elections

Tom Steyer is running for California governor as a populist billionaire

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Tom Steyer is running for California governor as a populist billionaire

Tom Steyer, co-chair of Galvanize Climate Solutions, speaks during the Aspen Ideas: Climate conference in Miami Beach, Florida, US, on Monday, March 6, 2023. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Billionaire businessman and activist Tom Steyer, who once self-financed an unsuccessful White House campaign and spent his own money advocating for President Donald Trump’s impeachment, has launched his bid … Read more

Epstein files bill officially passes in Senate, sending it to Trump

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Epstein files bill officially passes in Senate, sending it to Trump

US Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Republican from South Dakota, speaks with reporters outside his office on day 41 of the federal government shutdown, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, November 10, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images A bill forcing the Department of Justice to release its files on sex offender … Read more

Court blocks Texas from using new congressional map backed by Republicans

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Court blocks Texas from using new congressional map backed by Republicans

The Texas State Capitol on the day of a new session of the Texas House after Democratic lawmakers left the state to deny Republicans the opportunity to redraw the state’s 38 congressional districts, in Austin, Texas, U.S., August 11, 2025. Sergio Flores | Reuters A federal court in Texas on Tuesday blocked Texas from using … Read more

House overwhelmingly passes bill to release Jeffrey Epstein files

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House overwhelmingly passes bill to release Jeffrey Epstein files

Epstein abuse survivor Lisa Phillips speaks during a news conference with lawmakers on the Epstein Files Transparency Act outside the U.S. Capitol on November 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. Heather Diehl | Getty Images The House on Tuesday voted nearly unanimously to order the Department of Justice to release all of its files on notorious … Read more

Acting head of FEMA leaves after short and troubled tenure

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Acting head of FEMA leaves after short and troubled tenure

Acting Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) David Richardson testifies before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management in the Rayburn House Office Building on July 23, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images David Richardson, the acting head of the Federal … Read more

AI industry-backed super PAC targets New York Democrat in opening shot of midterms

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AI industry-backed super PAC targets New York Democrat in opening shot of midterms

A bipartisan super PAC launched by a slew of artificial intelligence leaders has picked its first target: a Democratic congressional candidate who helped lead an effort to put safety measures on the AI industry. Alex Bores, a New York State Assembly member, has pushed “ideological and politically motivated legislation” that would “handcuff” the nation’s edge … Read more

AI could be causing ‘quiet time’ in labor market, top Trump economic aide Hassett says

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AI could be causing ‘quiet time’ in labor market, top Trump economic aide Hassett says

Artificial intelligence could be increasing worker productivity so much that companies slow hiring, top Trump administration economic advisor Kevin Hassett said Monday. “I think that there have been mixed signals in the job market,” the National Economic Council director said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” adding that he has seen “really, really positive signals in the … Read more

Trump is pardoning dozens of allies and backers. Here’s who might be seeking clemency

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Trump is pardoning dozens of allies and backers. Here’s who might be seeking clemency

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral lunch with Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Nov. 7, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump has doled out dozens of executive clemency grants in the past few weeks alone, issuing pardons and commutations to major business … Read more

What Democrats are — and aren’t — getting in the deal that could end the government shutdown

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What Democrats are — and aren’t — getting in the deal that could end the government shutdown

Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) speaks at a press conference with other Senate Democrats who voted to restore government funding, in Washington, DC on November 9, 2025. Nathan Posner | Anadolu | Getty Images Update: The Senate on Monday night passed the deal, sending the funding bill to the House. Senate Democrats are poised to help … Read more

Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says

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Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says

Former Donald Trump lawyer and former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani arrives at U.S. Federal court in his case to surrender valuables to Georgia election workers he was found to have defamed, in New York City, U.S., November 26, 2024.  Brendan McDermid | Reuters President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy … Read more