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DC insider's blunt case for Graham Platner: 'Maybe we need' someone who's 'messed up'

DC insider's blunt case for Graham Platner: 'Maybe we need' someone who's 'messed up'

Democratic political consultant James Carville wants Maine voters to back Graham Platner despite the candidate’s flaws — and partly because of some of them. Platner

Trump repeats same story over and over as signs of deterioration mount

Trump repeats same story over and over as signs of deterioration mount

Either the nearly 80-year-old Donald Trump believes a cognitive test is an intelligence test or he's lying about his mental health. I don't think there's a gray

Americans are fighting rapid technological change — with violence

Americans are fighting rapid technological change — with violence

The rapid deployment of artificial intelligence across society is causing a dangerous new form of extremism that is radicalizing individuals across the ideological

Lauren Boebert curses out reporter who asks about alleged affair with Thomas Massie

Lauren Boebert curses out reporter who asks about alleged affair with Thomas Massie

One of the Republican lawmakers who stood up to President Donald Trump over his longtime friendship with the late Jeffrey Epstein cursed out a Fox News journalist

Scott Pelley fires back at Trump's attacks on his patriotism in new interview

Scott Pelley fires back at Trump's attacks on his patriotism in new interview

The broadcast journalist who stood up to CBS News' increasingly pro-MAGA bias is now speaking out about his views on President Donald Trump and the First Amendment

Americans shouldn't feel guilty about rooting against the US in the World Cup

Americans shouldn't feel guilty about rooting against the US in the World Cup

The 2026 World Cup promises to be the planet’s most-watched sporting event. It’s also poised to generate its fair share of controversy.Taking into account the history

Trump is the nightmare America needed to wake up

Trump is the nightmare America needed to wake up

I detest him and everything he does or says. Ditto his despicable aides and Cabinet members, his unprincipled sycophants and suck-ups.But it’s possible that someday

'Appalling' video captures driver wrecking ancient National Park forest

'Appalling' video captures driver wrecking ancient National Park forest

San Francisco Gate reports employees are searching for someone who appears to have illegally driven a car through the delicate bristlecone pines ecosystem of the

Trump so 'detached from reality' he may not even know how wrecked he is: report

Trump so 'detached from reality' he may not even know how wrecked he is: report

President Donald Trump genuinely appears in no hurry to end his self-created Iran war disaster, which is tearing down Republicans’ chances in the November midterms

Feeble GOP rebellion won't save them in November: analysis

Feeble GOP rebellion won't save them in November: analysis

Guardian writer Chris Stein says do not expect the lock-step Republican Party to find it’s spine and wholly disown it’s MAGA king in time for the November midterms