Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins testifies before the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, May 20, 2026, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Credit: Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo Midway through the ...

President Trump’s appointment of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence is roiling an emerging bipartisan extension of warrantless spying.

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In the pre-1960s South, which Supreme Court Republicans have just brought back from the dead, Blacks have no voice in federal lawmaking.

The only truly passionate players in today’s election appear to be the corporate moguls funding the anti–Tom Steyer campaigns.

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