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America Under Assault – Don’t You Dare Look Away

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Georgia Senate Runoff Exposes the GOP as a Puppet Show

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When The Simmering Public Finally Erupts

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Flog That Lame Duck For All We Are Worth

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India and Pakistan Agree to a Cease-Fire After Kashmir Attack: What to Know

After an escalation of their most expansive conflict in decades, India and Pakistan agreed on Saturday to halt the fighting, but reports of violence continued. [...]

Trump, Raking In Cash, Expands His Power in the G.O.P. Money World

His super PAC, which is said to have amassed $400 million alongside its nonprofit arm, has grown even more influential. And powerful groups for congressional Republicans are being stocked with Trump allies. [...]

World Catholics See the First American Pope as Hardly American

Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual identity has put them at ease. [...]

Pope’s Childhood in a Changing Chicago Tells a Story of Catholic America

The pope grew up in a Catholic enclave on Chicago’s South Side. That community is gone now. [...]

Pope Leo XIV Outlines Path for Catholic Church That Follows in Francis’ Steps

The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including a “loving care for the least and the rejected.” [...]

US and China Meet for First Time Since Trump Imposed Tariffs

The outcome of the trade negotiations, which are to resume on Sunday, could determine the trajectory of the global economy. [...]

‘Don’t Need a Deal’: Top Trump Economic Adviser Is All In on His China Hardball

In a wide-ranging interview, Stephen Miran, the chair of President Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, said, “Volatility doesn’t necessarily mean anything greater for the long term.” [...]

Another Casualty of the Trade Wars? Burgers Made With Brazilian Beef

Americans are eating record amounts of Brazilian beef. Now, tariffs and trade wars could push up U.S. prices and send more of it to China. [...]

Mother’s Day and Father’s Day Cards Are Sometimes the Only Performance Reviews We Get

Once in a year, in May or June, parents get a window, or a fun-house mirror, into how their children feel they’re doing. [...]

Putin Puts On Show of Defiance as Cease-fire Talks Drag On

Russia’s president used the celebration of victory in World War II to highlight the resources he has to keep fighting in Ukraine. [...]

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian. [...]

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics. [...]

Margins of Error

Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out. [...]

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

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European leaders pressure Russia over 30-day Ukraine ceasefire

France, Britain, Germany and Poland met President Vlodomyr Zelensky to discuss an unconditional ceasefire. [...]

Trump administration considers suspending habeas corpus

The White House is "actively looking at" suspending the legal right to challenge detention. [...]

Maga says Pope Leo may be American, but he's not 'America first'

Pope Leo XIV has expressed support for immigrants and criticism of JD Vance. Donald Trump's supporters aren't happy. [...]

Taylor Swift criticises Lively-Baldoni court summons

The singer's representatives say the court summons was designed to create "tabloid clickbait". [...]

How will Pope Leo lead? His first days may yield clues

Scrutiny about the way the latest pope might run the Catholic Church started the moment he stepped on to the balcony. [...]

Elton John and Dua Lipa seek protection from AI

They are among 400 artists appealing to Sir Keir Starmer, saying creative industries are threatened. [...]

Soviet-era spacecraft 'likely' to have re-entered Earth's atmosphere

The spacecraft, which launched in 1972 on a mission to Venus, circled Earth for over five decades. [...]

Mexico sues Google over 'Gulf of America' name change

President Sheinbaum argues Trump's executive order applies only to the US portion of the continental shelf. [...]

US confirms plan for private firms to deliver Gaza aid despite UN alarm

UN agencies say they will not co-operate with the proposed system because it appears to "weaponise" aid. [...]

Xi shows he wants to be close to Putin - but not too close

The relationship between China and Russia is no longer one of equals. [...]

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