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The Bulwark’s Tim Miller declared that congressional Republicans are “carrying the biggest political brunt” of the issue.

President Trump called Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Monday to win his support for Ukraine to join the European Union (EU), a conversation that came after discussions with European leaders who were at the White House, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.  The talk with Orban, one of the…
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Harry Enten said the president’s efforts aren’t sticking with Americans and advised him to “move on to other issues.”

The wrongfully deported Maryland man is being punished because he had “the audacity to fight back,” his lawyers argued.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will lead a newly formed joint commission that will work on forging a security guarantees proposal for Ukraine, an administration official told The Hill’s sister network NewsNation on Tuesday. The commission will be made up of U.S., Ukrainian, European and NATO officials.  The agreement for the commission came during Monday’s…
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Tuesday the opening of a migrant detention facility in Nebraska as President Trump’s administration ramps up the expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) detention capabilities.  The new facility, located in the southwest part of the state, was dubbed “Cornhusker Clink” and will house “criminal illegal aliens”…
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Stephen A. Smith accused Trump of being “damn near friendly” toward Russian President Vladimir Putin during their Alaska summit.

The Trump administration says it’s revoking the security clearances of 37 current and former national security officials.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that President Trump wants the U.S.-Mexico border wall to be painted black so that it would be too hot for migrants to climb over.  “Now, if you look at the structure that’s behind me, it’s tall, which makes it very, very difficult to climb, almost impossible. It also…
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Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) called for “action” from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) amid a redistricting battle in his state. Johnson on Monday had gone after California Democrats’ proposed House map and said he was taking measures to halt the new congressional lines. “Democrats across the nation have played politics with redistricting for decades, and…
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Social media users wondered what the good parts of slavery were.

Texas Republicans forced Democrats to sign a slip authorizing a police officer to surveil them until Wednesday, when the House is scheduled to reconvene.

Not even a full day after hosting European leaders who expressed solidarity with Ukraine, Trump on Tuesday reverted to his usual pro-Putin self.

Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday said law enforcement officers would not be cross-collaborating with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) “Project Portero” targeting narcotic smugglers. “The DEA put out a statement yesterday saying that there is an agreement with the Mexican government for an operation called Portero,” Sheinbaum said during her morning news briefing,…
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Federal regulators are suing a ticket broker accused in a multimillion-dollar scheme to resell thousands of tickets to live events, including Taylor Swift’s record-setting “The Eras Tour,” by bypassing Ticketmaster security measures. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed its suit against Key Investment Group LLC and its affiliates Monday, alleging that the Maryland-based ticket reseller…
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Russia is refusing to commit to a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin, which President Trump has encouraged as a next step toward ending the war between their two countries. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov argued Tuesday that any summit between the leaders should be prepared “step by step, gradually,…
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The California governor is utilizing a particular strategy in his relentless attacks on Trump, and professors of political science have thoughts.

Ben Rhodes, who served as former President Obama’s deputy national security adviser, expressed skepticism on Tuesday that a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine could materialize in the near future. In an interview on MSNBC’s “Chris Jansing Reports,” Rhodes said it appears the two sides remain far apart on key issues — like…
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Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) said Tuesday that President Trump is “taking cues about democracy” from Russian President Vladimir Putin after Trump announced Monday he was planning to sign an executive order to get rid of mail-in ballots. “Look, mail ballots are secure,” Griswold said on “CNN News Central.” “They cannot be hacked…
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Former Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) raised more than $3.6 million in the first 24 hours after he launched his comeback campaign for the Senate on Monday. Brown’s campaign said in a release Tuesday that the donations came from all 88 of Ohio’s counties and 95 percent of them were less than $100, averaging $53…
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Cabinet member Scott Bessent said he wanted to “set the record straight” on Donald Trump’s meeting with Vladimir Putin.

The investigation comes amid an escalating — and political — showdown between the Trump administration and the city over control of the police department.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu (D) struck back Tuesday at the Trump administration’s legal threats over her city’s immigration policies with a blistering letter asserting Boston won’t “bow down to unconstitutional threats or unlawful coercion” from the federal government. “The U.S. Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our…
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The redistricting war going on across the country began with the president asking — or, as some see it, directing — Texas to redraw its congressional map to give the GOP as many as five additional House seats in the 2026 midterm elections. Given that the party that holds the White House typically loses House…
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