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AIPAC's Record, Risky Primary Push

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Revealed: FCC chair Brendan Carr’s close coordination with White House and rightwing media

Internal documents obtained by Guardian show White House meetings, scheduled calls with top Trump officials and communications with Fox News producers

Why are progressives winning across the United States? It’s not complicated

Poll after poll shows the same thing. The American people know that the current economic system is rigged

The cracks in Trump’s coalition are getting deeper

This week, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll has President Donald Trump’s approval rating at an abysmal 33%, a new low in his presidency. Trump started his second term with a 91% approval rating among Republicans, but that support has dwindled to 79%. While that number looks high on paper, it is significantly lower than the average in our current age of extreme political polarization. Trump averaged an 87.6% approval rating among Republicans during his first term, and Joe Biden enjoyed 85% approval among Democrats during his less-than-stellar four years in office.

ABC News has morphed into MSABC

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Who is Natalie Harp? Trump’s closest and most devoted aide is in the spotlight

Speculation about US president’s executive assistant sparks furious backlash from White House

‘We now live without this violence’: the Colombian farmers giving up coca for palm oil

Subsidies and a crackdown on armed groups are helping smallholders rebuild their lives, leaving behind decades of conflict and fear

Trump is harming the Navy

President Donald Trump has a constitutional obligation to check his ego at the door when it comes to military readiness. Increasingly, he is failing to do so, and it is having deleterious consequences for the Navy.

DSA chapter plans 'Riots and Uprisings' reading club

The Democratic Socialists of America are planning “Reading Groups” in the Washington, D.C., area that include a study of recent “Riots and Uprisings.”

UAE severs trade with Iran after reported missile strike

Washington and Tehran are considering next steps after negotiations fell apart, while the UAE has suspended trade with Iran.

Zelenskyy faces challenge to his wartime rule as former defense chief calls for election

Former Ukraine Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has called for wartime elections, saying Kyiv must restore its democratic process despite the ongoing war.

Justice Department to send record 1,000 monitors to polling places for midterm elections

The head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division announced Monday that she's planning to deploy 1,000 federal monitors to polling places throughout the U.S. for the midterm elections. Jen Fifield, reporter for ProPublica, joins CBS News to discuss.