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A House Republican facing a tough re-election fight is moving to impose strict limits on the Iran war, breaking with the Trump administration’s claim that hostilities have ended.  Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Mich., introduced a resolution Thursday that would authorize the war through the end of July to permanently degrade Iran’s nuclear program, address “imminent threats,” … Read more

Move comes days after supreme court ruling weakened Voting Rights Act protections against racial gerrymandering US politics live – latest updates Tennessee’s Republican-dominated legislature passed redistricting maps on Thursday, eliminating the state’s one Democratic, Black-majority congressional district a week after the US supreme court effectively gutted a major section of the Voting Rights Act. The … Read more

A Washington city councilwoman said she would rather fly a pride flag than the American flag while questioning why a local park displays 27 versions of the U.S. flag, some of which she said represent parts of American history that are “not great.” “To me, a pride flag is way more relatable than an American … Read more

The US is unlikely to pressure Benjamin Netanyahu to comply with truce terms. Europe must take action The meaning of the term “ceasefire” should be self‑evident. Yet Israel’s strikes have killed scores of people in Lebanon since it agreed a truce with Hezbollah under pressure from the US, with the two sides trading fire. There … Read more

The Justice Department is seeking voter registration list data from all 50 states and the District of Columbia over the past year.

President Donald Trump accused House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., of inciting the most recent assassination attempt against him, further escalating his feud with the top Democrat. Trump argued in a Truth Social post on Thursday that Jeffries should be arrested after promoting “warfare” against Republicans just days before the assassination scare at the White … Read more

The Department of Justice took aim at reporters it viewed as biased on social media on Wednesday after a federal judge sided with the government in a dispute over 2020 ballots and election materials it seized in Fulton County, Georgia, in January. “Wrong again, MacFarlane,” a DOJ communications account wrote in an X post, targeting … Read more

An aggressive and impassioned debate performance this week by reality TV star and online influencer-turned Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt is the latest evidence that his populist pitch to lead the nation’s second-most populous city appears to be gaining traction. Pratt tangled with the debate moderator after charging that incumbent Mayor Karen Bass was … Read more

Far-left nonprofits are pivoting from their May Day protests last week to mobilize voters for November’s midterm elections and push Democrats further left, even criticizing party leaders for shunning their candidates.  In an hour-long webinar hosted Tuesday night by “May Day Strong,” an organizing coalition for last week’s protests, speakers laid out an electoral plan … Read more

Musician whose real name is Bill Kahan Kapri is charged with trafficking MDMA after incident last November Kodak Black, the Florida-based rapper, was scheduled to appear in court in Orlando on Thursday on a felony drug charge stemming from an incident last year in which gunshots were allegedly fired near a children’s educational building. The … Read more