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The White House plans to withhold congressionally approved money for research, education and programs serving immigrants and minority groups.
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The development concerns US midterm elections generally and is not tied to a named race, election or candidate.
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Resolution No. 26-0842 concerns activities tied to the November 2, 2026 barangay and youth council elections.
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The group is urging Republican lawmakers to link high living costs to federal expansion and promote spending restraint and greater competition.
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An internal Army message seeks information on units that could be available within four months as the military continues planning focused on Cuba.
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Tehran says its plan could reopen the waterway and restart negotiations with Washington before the November midterm elections.
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A development involving Elon Musk has renewed scrutiny of privately backed tools or services that could touch election data.
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Chinese reporters accompanying President Xi Jinping clashed with U.S. journalists and security personnel during his White House state visit.
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President Trump and China’s President Xi thanked each other for past hospitality and discussed opportunities to meet again.
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Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Tim Cook joined the two presidents at a White House dinner focused on a consequential economic relationship.
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A Democratic-led resolution seeking to limit President Donald Trump’s war powers involving Iran failed in the Senate.
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The White House visit paired red-carpet ceremony and personal diplomacy with Trump’s earlier accusations against China.
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Muslim Americans are responding to Republican politicians’ messages opposing Sharia as an unspecified election approaches.
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The Sept. 24 edition of “The Takeout” focuses on Trump’s ceremony for Xi Jinping and the restoration of journalists’ White House access.
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A Senate measure addressing war powers involving Iran failed to secure enough support, even with new backing from Republican senators.
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Three independent candidates visited Capitol Hill to discuss AI and argue that officeholders can operate outside the two major parties.
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A review identified more than 30,000 noncitizens added to voter rolls in 11 states since 2000, though the count remains subject to revision.
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The breaks are emerging less than six weeks before Election Day as Republicans work to protect a slim congressional majority.
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Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Amazon’s founder joined business leaders at Thursday’s White House state dinner.
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New polling finds broad concern about the midterms, but earlier elections do not show that such worries consistently reduce voting.
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Trump’s national ratings have fallen to a record low, while Democrats are now favored in the contests for control of the House and Senate.
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Trump and Xi held a short summit covering a broad agenda, the focus of an NPR conversation with Mary Louise Kelly and Emily Feng.
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The U.S. is trying to recover unserviceable F-35 components diverted while being shipped from Australia to the United States.
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Republicans stopped a Democratic war powers resolution as some in the party began distancing themselves from President Trump over the conflict.
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The narrow vote came days after President Donald Trump threatened Iran in a United Nations address and as gas prices disrupted midterm politics.
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The tracker focuses on which party voters want to hold the House majority, rather than any single congressional contest.
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Rising diesel prices are straining businesses as Republican lawmakers press President Trump to consider banning diesel exports.
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The leaders met as the United States and China extended a tariff pause and continued competing over advanced artificial intelligence.
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The fish-centered dinner includes squash soup, sesame-crusted sea bass and a dessert made with White House honey.
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Republican lawmakers are pressing the Pentagon to explain how sensitive F-35 parts were diverted to Hong Kong and ended up in China.