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‘A subversion of the justice system’: DoJ shifts into Trump’s ‘political wing’ as criminal investigations accelerate

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President has ‘succeeded in completely politicizing’ justice department, experts say, using it to punish his enemies Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DoJ) has increasingly become his administration’s “political wing” with criminal investigations of economic and political foes and an FBI raid of a Georgia election office seeking evidence for Trump’s debunked claim that his 2020 … Read more

Americans are finally taking a critical approach to Israel. We can do that without sliding into antisemitism | Joel Swanson

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Israel’s role in drawing the US into a war on Iran is attracting healthy scrutiny. It’s also creating a permission structure for antisemitism The joint US-Israel military strikes on Iran have forced a reckoning that American political culture has been approaching for years, but has perhaps never had to face as head-on as it does … Read more

US Submarine Sinks Iran Ship as War Spreads Across Middle East

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The United States and Israel are targeting all parts of the Iranian military, leadership and internal security forces as the war in the Middle East continues to escalate and spread. A periscope video shows a U.S. submarine destroying an Iranian navy ship. It’s the first time the U.S. has used a torpedo to sink an … Read more

Moderate Democrats plot path to victory by winning the middle

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At the Third Way conference in Charleston, centrists debated ways to win – and were sure electoral success lies with them Joe Walsh half jumped out of his seat when discussion at the Third Way conference in Charleston turned to how Democrats sound to voters. “Tone! My God!” the former Republican congressman shouted. “The Democrats … Read more

Trump Defends Decision to Strike Iran as New Details Emerge

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As President Donald Trump defends his decision to strike Iran, new NBC News polling shows a majority of voters disapprove of the President’s handling of the situation in Iran. It comes as a senior U.S. official confirms details of a phone call between Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the strikes. NBC’s Garrett … Read more

MAGA hardliner pushes ban on immigration from Islamic countries, US adversaries in wake of Texas shooting

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Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., plans to introduce a bill that would halt entry from a set of Muslim countries, an effort Ogles framed as a continuation of travel restrictions President Donald Trump implemented in 2017. “Mass Islamic immigration, legal or illegal, has transformed America and brought destructive consequences,” Ogles said. “America’s moral exemplar is a … Read more

Thousands of Americans Still Stranded as Iran War Spreads

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As the war with Iran enters its sixth day, Americans remain stranded in the Middle East and are scrambling to flee the conflict by any means necessary. The State Department says the first charter flights are starting to take off amid a widespread airspace lockdown. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports for TODAY from Dubai.

A cure for cancer would deliver $185T economic windfall, report says

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EXCLUSIVE: For decades, curing cancer has been medicine’s holy grail. Now economists say it could also be the ultimate economic jackpot, delivering an estimated $185 trillion to the U.S. economy. At a time when policymakers are weighing the cost of medical research against ballooning federal deficits, the report argues that curing cancer would pay for … Read more