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NRA meltdown has Trump campaign sweating
Republicans worry that the NRA and two other groups that have long formed the core of their electoral infrastructure will be effectively on the sidelines.
"I think you’re going to see Republicans frankly in a world of hurt without a major funding group like that."
That haul puts him in the same strata as South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, who reported on Monday he raised $25 million in the second quarter.
Other presidents have celebrated the Fourth. It's hard to think of one who has less sense of what it's about.
The move would breach a vow to bring Iran’s oil exports to zero.
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Trump's Fourth of July extravaganza troubles former military leaders
"This looks like it’s becoming much more of a Republican Party event," says one retired general.
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I’m Trans. The 2020 Candidates Don’t Know How to Pander to Me.
A debate slip-up by Julián Castro is the latest evidence of how little my community really matters to Democrats.
2020
Unhappy With Their 2016 Coronation, the Democrats Start a 2020 Circus
After the maelstrom in Miami, the presidential candidates and their campaign staffs are talking openly about a long, divisive primary.
2020
Bipartisan Joe Isn’t Deluded About Working with Republicans
Joe Biden is getting hammered by his own party for promising a return to bipartisanship. Thing is, it actually worked during the Obama years.
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For the World’s Autocrats, June Was a Rare Bad Month
Around the world, democracy has had a resurgence. Now are U.S. voters willing to step up?
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The Wayfair Boycott Is a Waste of Time
If it feels good, do it—but don’t think you’re changing anything.
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I Got Smeared by Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Conservative women, don’t kid yourselves. Her record has been shameful.
2020
Did the Democrats Step on a Second Big Land Mine?
On immigration, they’ve steered the party close to an open-borders policy without any serious reckoning with how to handle the influx of arrivals.
2020
Biden ‘Dated Himself,’ ‘Underperformed’—and ‘Was Eaten Alive’
The four-hour, two-night debate is over. According to our experts, Bernie Sanders was eclipsed, Joe Biden (maybe) survived a pummeling, and Kamala Harris changed the 2020 race.
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John Roberts Just Called Out the Trump Administration for Lying
Will he have the stomach to do it again?
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‘An Odd Stretch of Forgettable White Guys Yelling at Each Other’
What really changed in last night’s crowded, chaotic debate? According to our experts, the party’s swinging left, there’s a new Texan in town, and Trump might be a bigger problem than the Democrats thought.
2020
The Land Mine that Just Got Laid for Elizabeth Warren
It passed almost unnoticed, but history suggests we just saw a potent political weapon get pointed at two top candidates, Warren and Bernie Sanders.
Washington And The World
What Trump Really Just Told the Iranians: He’s Out of Ideas.
The administration’s new Iran sanctions are symbolic. But that’s not the problem—it’s the message they’re sending.
‘That’s a Senate seat waiting for someone to take it’: The left targets Ed Markey
Should the 72-year-old Democratic senator be worried?
Trump’s foreign luxury resorts collide with his South Korea diplomacy
As Trump traveled to South Korea, a business deal was expanding between the Trump family business and a company partly owned by the Korean government.
Last week's Supreme Court decisions, explained
The Supreme Court ruled that the path to put a citizenship question on the census was "contrived." But it's far from the end of the road for the question.
Dems step up oversight amid detention center firestorm
Elijah Cummings is summoning top DHS leaders to testify, including the acting head of DHS.
Trump taps 2 for Fed board, risking new clash with Congress
The nominations, which Trump tweeted out, come after two of the president's earlier picks for the Fed board withdrew their nominations.
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