Category: Elections and Politics
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A Trump-Putin-Xi Meeting on Nukes? Make Beijing Show Its Hand
The White House says nuclear weapons will lead the first Trump-Putin-Xi meeting next Thursday in Shenzhen. New START expired in February, and China, with about 620 warheads, has never agreed to any cap. Talking is fine. Washington should demand verification, keep Ukraine and Taiwan off the menu, and trade nothing for free.
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What Caused the FAA Outage? Old Routers Buckled Under Their Own Upgrade
Officials say Friday’s FAA outage came from old switches and routers that were overloaded as new equipment was patched in, not a cyberattack. Here is what they said, what GAO already warned about, and what Congress should demand before a $50 billion check.
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FAA Ground Stop Halts the Nation. Taxpayers Deserve a Straight Answer.
The FAA grounded every departing flight in the U.S. on Friday after a telecommunications outage hit all 22 en route air traffic control centers. Officials see no sign of an attack so far, but the cause is unknown. Here’s what we know, the questions about the new AI system, and why taxpayers deserve answers.
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Mexico Tariffs Over a Caravan? Enforcement Is the Better Weapon.
Trump threatened to double Mexico tariffs unless Mexico stops a caravan of up to 2,000 migrants. He is right that the caravan must not reach the border. But fiscal 2026 apprehensions fell to about 98,700, and enforcement did that. A tariff on $534 billion in Mexican imports would mostly tax Americans.
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Iran Won’t Give Up Its Enriched Uranium. Keep the Blockade.
Iran’s top security official says the regime’s enriched uranium will never leave the country, and that it wants the material for nuclear submarines. The last verified count was 440.9 kilograms of 60% uranium, and inspectors have been gone since mid-2025. That is the best argument yet for keeping the blockade in place.
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Mississippi Senate Race: Colom’s Upset Is a Warning to the GOP
Democrat Scott Colom unseated Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith by about 4,669 votes, Mississippi’s first Democratic Senate win since 1982. Prices, a refusal to debate and a blocked judgeship explain the upset, and a 55-seat Democratic Senate now shapes spending, judges and oversight.
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Jim Jordan Is House Minority Leader. Defense Alone Isn’t a Plan.
House Republicans chose change, electing Jim Jordan over Steve Scalise, 106-73, as House minority leader. It was Jordan’s third run at the top job, and the conference he inherits is the smallest since 1993. A minority that only defends the White House will stay a minority. A minority with a budget can win the House…
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How Impeachment Works: 22 Impeachments, 8 Removals, Zero Presidents
The House has impeached officials 22 times, and the Senate has removed eight, every one a federal judge. As the House takes up Rep. Thomas Massie’s articles against Pete Hegseth, here is how impeachment works, from privileged resolutions to the two-thirds Senate vote, and why the bar should stay high.
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Trump Doubts the Midterm Election Results. The Evidence Doesn’t.
Six days after Republicans lost Congress, President Trump asked whether the midterm election results were “honest,” blaming polls, early voting “dumps” and machines. Each claim can be checked. Polls missed toward Democrats, the early vote’s tilt was public a week ahead, and about 96% of voters were expected to vote with a paper trail. Election…
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Hegseth Impeachment Aims at the Wrong Man. Congress Owns This War.
Rep. Thomas Massie is forcing a Hegseth impeachment vote this week, and Hakeem Jeffries is a “hard yes.” Massie is right that the Iran war has outrun the War Powers Resolution. But the Secretary of Defense doesn’t start wars, and impeachment won’t end one. Congress holds the real lever: an $87.6 billion supplemental, only about…
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