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El-Sayed trashed Stevens. Now he needs her voters.

Abdul El-Sayed won the Democratic nomination for Michigan Senate, but by much less than anticipated. After weeks of running an arrogant campaign that...

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Dace Potas

GOP's big government push isn't the antidote to socialism. This is.

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Emily Seidel

I'm worried about Ariana Grande. We need to talk about it.

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Nicole Russell

No munitions? No prob! Let's lob Reflecting Pool liner at Iran instead.

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Rex Huppke

What morals? MAGA voters say they support candidates accused of abuse.

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Sara Pequeño

'Not in his nose': A father's plea for year-round school

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Joel Burgess

Portland may lose its NBA team. Blame left-wing policies.

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Justin Haskins

As a Republican lawmaker, there's nothing I can do to rein in Trump

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Rex Huppke

Democrats can't afford more moral victories

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Sara Pequeño

Republicans need to start thinking beyond Trump

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Dace Potas

El-Sayed's socialist coalition could sink him in November

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Ingrid Jacques

They can't afford to stay cool. It might kill them.

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Sharon Block And Dr. Satchit Balsari

C'mon, Trump. This Iran war doesn't feel very 'America First.'

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Nicole Russell

With Miller, Republicans have their own Platner problem

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Dace Potas

Trump's polls are amazing, and my abs have never looked better!

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Rex Huppke

We're tired of culture wars. Country music is cashing in.

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Natalie Sandoval

Republicans know they're failing, so they call the left 'communist'

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Sara Pequeño

Republicans just fell for Trump's slush fund sleight of hand

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Chris Brennan

When evil came to an Idaho In-N-Out, courage answered

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Nicole Russell

Welcome to the Trump vs. Pirro vs. Burgum clown show

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Rex Huppke

Here's what Congress misses in the daylight saving time debate

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I sell women's sexual health, pleasure tools. They're not toys.

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Alexandra Fine

Are Democrats about to repeat the GOP's midterm mistake?

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Dace Potas

Mamdani's 30% off groceries is about to cost New Yorkers $70 million

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Nicole Russell

We're fighting over the wrong school crisis

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Elizabeth Grace Matthew

All I hear is 'War is bad!' But Big Oil is making bank.

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Rex Huppke

The stick shift is dying. We're losing more than nostalgia.

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Ingrid Jacques

Republicans, Democrats agree on one thing: AI

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Steven Kull

It's time to take politics out of protecting our wildlife

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Andrew Bowman

Democrats finally have the right candidate to beat Susan Collins

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Sara Pequeño

Musk was done with politics – until Trump offered a $1.6B contract

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Chris Brennan

I'm a doctor. Republicans have forgotten the reality of COVID.

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Dr. Thomas K. Lew

Supporting troops means questioning war, not just funding it

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Dave Petri

The economy is growing. So why are liberals downplaying it?

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Tim Swarens

What the media isn't telling you about Trump's wins

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Douglas Mackinnon

Forget explosive diarrhea. Protect us from RFK Jr.'s new cooking show.

This is a factual sentence that can be written here in the year 2026: Amid an outbreak of explosive diarrhea and with measles cases at a 35-year high,...

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Rex Huppke

Trump may pull Blanche's nomination, but he's not going anywhere

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Chris Brennan

Fires, floods are extreme weather opposites. But there's a connection.

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Elisabeth Moyer

It doesn't matter if Fauci is a good guy. I'm alive because of him.

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Blake Fontenay

Trump's poll numbers are hilariously bad

It seems Donald Trump would make a better plumber than a president – his poll numbers are so far down the toilet they’re touching porcelain. In a...

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Rex Huppke

Millions could've kept health insurance. Trump spent it on Iran.

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Chris Brennan

Democratic socialists aren't telling the whole story

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Dace Potas

How should Americans combat antisemitic speech, violence? Tell us.

Antisemitism is spiking across the United States and across the world.  Antisemitic rhetoric promoting stereotypes and conspiracy theories against...

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Will Carless

Fauci chooses silence at Senate hearing. His diary speaks volumes.

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Nicole Russell

I spoke before the FDA about peptides. Here's what I said.

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Dr. Anant Vinjamoori

A Fox News host had a baby. Conservatives are attacking him for it.

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Ingrid Jacques

John Cornyn finds his nerve – right on schedule

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Daniel Allott

I'm so mad that a fictional movie is historically inaccurate

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Rex Huppke

DSA declared victory in NY. They still have battles to fight.

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Sara Pequeño

Data center opponents are on the wrong side of history

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Gene Marks