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Updated Aug 17, 2026 - Politics & Policy

Dems plan Oman war powers push after Trump threatens bombing

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Kindergarten vaccine exemptions rose in 2025-2026: CDC

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Trump's Iran strategy opens Pacific security gap

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Updated Aug 17, 2026 - Politics & Policy

Big Bend border wall construction paused by Trump administration

Demonstrators against the construction of a section of the US-Mexico border wall during a protest at Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park, Texas, US, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026.
Updated Aug 17, 2026 - Politics & Policy

House Ethics investigating Rep. Jimmy Gomez over sexual misconduct allegations

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Aug 17, 2026 - World

Kushner urges Netanyahu to test Hamas disarmament in Gaza

President Donald Trump's envoy Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2019.
Updated Aug 17, 2026 - Politics & Policy

Trump fails to undo E. Jean Carroll verdict at Supreme Court

Two blonde women smile as they leave a courthouse as a crowd holds signs around them with Donald Trump's face on them.
Updated Aug 17, 2026 - Politics & Policy

Older Democrats walloped by midterms anti-establishment revolt

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Aug 17, 2026 - Health

America's meetup explosion

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Why prescription drug prices are plunging

The Democratic establishment's ideas deficit

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Wildfires become a grid planning challenge

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Aug 17, 2026 - Technology
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What happens to the secrets you share with AI

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