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Trump said he wanted the military to fight the “enemy within” the U.S. “We should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military,” Trump recounted telling his defense secretary.
Let’s start with the stipulation that the current government shutdown could hardly have been designed to be more damaging to Republican candidates in next month’s off-year gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey.
The federal government shutdown — and the escalating battle over which party bears the most blame — has injected a major new question mark into the governor’s race in Virginia, home to hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
Scores of diplomats walked out of the United Nations as a world leader began to speak in a dramatic sign of the country’s isolation. Welcome to our coverage of politics in the United States.
Experts on political violence said the factors shaping the current moment are clear — and similar to those that shaped past periods of political violence.
A consensus opinion has emerged about President Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 election: Disengaged voters were critical.
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Most on the U.S. left, while decrying Kirk's murder, do not see him as a martyr. They view him as a polarizing figure, as he divided public opinion with remarks about Black Americans, LGBTQ communities, Muslims and immigrants.
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