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Updated Jul 8, 2026 - Politics & Policy

House Democrats' Jeffries-skeptic caucus isn't done growing

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Scoop: GOP megadonor Ken Griffin says he'd back Rubio over Vance in 2028

GOP megadonor Ken Griffin

Trump's NATO trouble tour

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Fed saw "upside risks" to inflation, disagreed on rate path

Fed chairman Kevin Warsh

Trump's Iran deal goes from "unconditional surrender" to "over"

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (Not Shown) for bilateral talks at Beştepe Presidential Compound during the NATO Summit on July 08, 2026 in Ankara, Turkey

Scoop: Musk's SpaceXAI releases new model, Grok 4.5

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Updated Jul 8, 2026 - Technology

Scoop: Trump administration lifts restrictions on OpenAI's GPT 5.6

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Oil jumps after Trump's Iran ceasefire comments

The Trump effect: Why Dems embraced a Platner time bomb

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks during a primary election night watch party after winning the Democratic nomination Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Blue Hill, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Exclusive: Republicans juice spending to protect Senate "red wall"

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Updated Jul 8, 2026 - World

Trump says Iran ceasefire "over" and talks a "waste of time"

NATO's Mark Rutte and President Trump seated in front of American flags.

How a top State Dept. official "went rogue" over Machado's Venezuela plans

State Department Deputy Secretary Chris Landau
Jul 8, 2026 - Health

Obamacare premiums set for another double-digit jump

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Updated Jul 7, 2026 - Politics & Policy

U.S. strikes Iran after attacks on vessels in Strait of Hormuz

A large cargo ship with bright deck lights glides across calm, dark water at dusk, with a hazy purple sky and distant silhouettes of hills and a small tower on the horizon.
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