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US politicians duel over Afghanistan war's disastrous legacy as Afghans face starvation

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken became the first senior Biden administration official to testify to Congress about the hurried, bloody and...

The President compared embattled California Gov. Gavin Newsom's Republican opponent, conservative radio show host Larry Elder, to former President Trump

The President’s message on the eve of Election Day echoes the way Newsom has closed his campaign: By likening conservative talk radio...

Analysis: News media faces conundrum as Republicans baselessly cry 'fraud' again, this time in California

Tuesday’s California recall is American politics in a nutshell. “Recalls are weird,” Ari Melber said on MSNBC Monday night. This recall is...

'Trump has a point': Dana Bash on his comments about Bush

Democratic divisions threaten to bog down Biden's economic package

Democratic leaders had hoped that the party could coalesce behind a proposal by Wednesday. But a wide range of Democratic senators made...

Administration to start clemency process for some federal inmates on home confinement due to Covid conditions

The process will start with a review of nonviolent drug offenders on CARES Act home confinement with four years or less to...

Analysis: How believing the Big Lie has become central to being a Republican

Almost 6 in 10 (59%) of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents said that “believing that Donald Trump won the 2020 election” was very...

Mississippi abortion clinic asks Supreme Court to uphold Roe v. Wade

“The right to decide whether to continue a pregnancy is grounded in the Fourteenth Amendment’s protection against deprivation of a person’s liberty...

Opinion: Biden isn't living up to his promises

Biden’s message to the country on Thursday, in which he outlined his new six-point strategy to handle the Covid-19 pandemic, was (another)...

Temporary fencing to surround Capitol ahead of September 18 right-wing rally

Manger said the fence will start going up a “day or two” before the event, and if “everything goes well,” it will...