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President Trump is dominating the political stage for now. But attention will shift soon enough toward the 2028 race.
Trump has at times entertained the idea of seeking a third term — a notion encouraged by some of the most combative voices in MAGA World such as Steve Bannon.
The near-universal expert view is that such a quest would be flagrantly unconstitutional. Trump would also be 82 by Election Day 2028. |
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Americans are broadly opposed to political gerrymandering, but polls show even Democrats are coming around to the idea as the redistricting battle between the parties has intensified over the summer.
Polling shows voters across the spectrum view gerrymandering with distrust and support limits on politicians being able to draw the lines to help their side. But in practice, members of both parties are becoming more open to their states responding to others' efforts to capitalize on the process. |
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Parents are losing trust in artificial intelligence (AI) in schools even as more districts look to adopt the technology. A recent PDK poll found parents are not comfortable with AI software getting personal information about their children such as grades, and that Americans overall frown upon AI usage for creating lesson plans. The distrust is a drop from previous years that schools will have to confront both as the Trump administration and the industry look to push AI in schools. |
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The House and Senate are headed for a tussle over the annual, must-pass defense spending bill as the upper chamber's version stands at odds with the budget passed by the House and a proposal from the Trump administration.
The Republican-led Senate Appropriations Committee last month approved nearly $853 billion for the Defense Department for fiscal year 2026, a bill that allocates $21.7 billion more than President Trump requested earlier this year. |
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President Trump on Saturday spent time on the golf course, dispelling rumors that health issues were keeping the president out of the public eye. He was spotted at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Va., after his schedule was void of public events for several days in a row. The empty agenda set off a flurry of social media posts raising questions about the president's health after a photograph of bruising on his hand during a White House Cabinet meeting went viral. |
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The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has offered to provide protection for former Vice President Harris after President Trump canceled her Secret Service protection, according to new reporting from the Los Angeles Times, which cited law enforcement sources. The Times, in a report published Friday, said the CHP offer came in the wake of discussions between the offices of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (D). |
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is pressuring Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign after this week's tumult at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that saw top officials depart after the agency director was ousted. Sanders, the ranking member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, said that he agrees with President Trump and Kennedy on making the public "healthy again," but warned that the problem is that "since coming into office President Trump and Mr. Kennedy have done exactly the opposite." |
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GOP politicians backed by conservative media figures are seeking to turn the tables on "thoughts and prayers" after mass shootings, arguing that dismissing prayer minimizes the importance and comfort many find in religious faith at times of tragedy and crisis. The idea of offering "thoughts and prayers" after a mass shooting has been a point of criticism or even ridicule in some quarters as mass shootings at schools and other public places become a constant, dark part of American life. |
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A group of five Democratic senators called on Secretary of State Marco Rubio to push Israel for increased humanitarian aid to Gaza, specifically infant formula, as reports circulate that Israel will slow or altogether stop aid into parts of northern Gaza. "We write to you today asking that the United States use its full power and authority to immediately facilitate a massive surge in all humanitarian aid, and in particular infant formula, into Gaza to address this crisis," the group of Democrats wrote in a Friday letter to Rubio. "The United States and Israel, have a moral obligation to address the dire conditions that threaten the lives of Palestinian families." |
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OPINION | Social Security is broken. The program has run deficits for many years and will continue to do so indefinitely. The so-called "trust fund" is nothing more than IOUs from the federal government and that will be exhausted in late 2032, and the long-term unfunded liabilities are in the tens of trillions of dollars. Politicians who insist Social Security can't be touched are not protecting seniors. They are pandering, and when the "Trust fund" is exhausted, there will be 24 percent benefit cuts across the board unless something is done to fix the problem. |
OPINION | NATO faces a crisis of readiness, made worse by the European Union's fixation on green policies that increase energy costs and undermine military preparedness. Spain has rejected NATO's proposed 5 percent GDP defense spending target — it is instead prioritizing green initiatives over security. The U.S., a NATO member, risks being drawn into a European conflict if deterrence through strength fails as the Russian bear threatens. |
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President Trump has cut hundreds of thousands of jobs from the federal work force, disproportionately affecting Black employees. |
A September cut is likely, but the breadth of support and the path afterward are up in the air. |
Do not antagonize one's opponents unnecessarily, a basic principle of diplomacy says. But as the United States faces a trade war with China and various tensions overseas, President Donald Trump's emissaries are increasingly ticking off allied countries and being called to account. |
BY ERIN COX AND KATIE SHEPHERD |
The first-term governor and potential presidential candidate initially sought to strike a conciliatory tone with the president, but National Guard deployment to D.C. and attacks on Baltimore have changed that.
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