Ballroom, gas-tax fights illustrate GOP’s affordability pickle
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May 13, 2026
Americans are furious about the rising cost of living , and a series of internal battles on Capitol Hill this week is laying bare why Republ...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
New York Republicans see opening with tax-the-rich hike
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May 12, 2026
ALBANY, New York — Democratic infighting over taxing the rich is giving New York’s beleaguered Republican Party an opening. The question rem...
Why MAHA isn't breaking through on Capitol Hill
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May 12, 2026
The MAHA assault on junk food is not catching on in Congress, even as President Donald Trump and his legions of supporters use the populist ...
Monday, May 11, 2026
Trump administration ramps up oil engagement in Venezuela as election questions loom
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May 11, 2026
When the White House’s top energy adviser landed in Venezuela late last month, he was ushered into a terminal and asked to sign a guest book...
Congress’ Epstein probe raises a thorny question: Who counts as a victim?
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May 11, 2026
Nearly a year after the launch of the House Oversight Committee’s Jeffrey Epstein investigation, lawmakers are now wading into a thorny deba...
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Passengers begin leaving hantavirus ship at Tenerife
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May 10, 2026
The disembarkation was “proceeding normally” and all passengers on the MV Hondius were still asymptomatic, Spain’s health minister said. f...
Pentagon releases swath of UFO files
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May 10, 2026
The Pentagon on Friday released a major tranche of never-before-seen files about UFOs, the latest in a series of declassifications on topics...
