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Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee for Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat and a former U.S. House representative, cast his Democratic opponent, Abdul El-Sayed as “an extremist,” after the Aug. 4 primary ...

Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico has denied being a vegan, and recent campaign posts show him ordering egg and cheese tacos in Austin; eating chicken and steak at San Antonio's Fiesta; ...

President Donald Trump said he’s instructed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to “substantially reduce” U.S.-South Korea joint military exercises. He said this was “based on my very good relationship” ...

A jogger runs up a boat ramp that is normally underwater in Folsom, Calif., on Oct. 3, 2022. Widespread drought in large parts of Europe, the United States and China this past summer was made 20 times ...

President Donald Trump delivered a rare primetime address about an issue that has consumed him for years — the results of the 2020 election, which he lost to Joe Biden. In his nearly 30-minute speech, ...

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Defendants in the Jan. 6 riot in the U.S. Capitol face charges that include violent acts and attacks on officers. The defendants are not being prosecuted for political beliefs and, based on the ...

A fantastical story recently appeared on a website familiar to the fact-checkers of PolitiFact. Real Raw News has publis ...

After the end of his speech at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Biden turned around and gestured toward the onlookers to his right, who rose to applaud him. He wasn’t trying ...

The stock market has gone up during President Donald Trump’s second term, but his $30,000 figure for average 401(k) gains is not supported. Fidelity Investments data shows that during the majority of ...

With average nationwide gasoline prices above $4.50 a gallon, politicians are revisiting a perennial idea to ease high pump prices: suspending the federal gasoline tax. President Donald Trump said he ...