A billionaire running as a progressive failed to defeat Steve Hilton, a Republican who will face Democrat Xavier Becerra in November.

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Graham Platner overcame a raft of negative press to win in a landslide in Maine Tuesday night. He'll target Susan Collins with his anti-establishment message until November.

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Billionaire Tom Steyer's bid for California governor as a progressive failed, letting former Fox News host Steve Hilton face Xavier Becerra in November.

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The oysterman’s scandals have given some voters pause. Others dismiss them as meddling from a power structure fearful of a political maverick.

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City Councilmember Nithya Raman will face off against incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in the November general election.

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A proposal to entwine U.S. and Israeli tech in AI and autonomous systems is controversial — and closely resembles a pro-Israel bill that died earlier this year.

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Malik Muhammad’s attorney believes they were transferred for helping other incarcerated people advocate for their legal rights.

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RT @NoahHurowitz: The daughter of 2028 Olympics chair Casey Wasserman is training to compete in LA — but not for the U.S.!

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Stella Wasserman is training to compete for the Israeli equestrian team at the 2028 Games. Her father Casey Wasserman, chair of LA28 Olympic Committee, has come under fire over his ties to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

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Hollywood scion Casey Wasserman faced criticisms as Los Angeles Olympics chief for his connections to the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

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Anthropic wants to keep AI away from repressive regimes. But what about its part-owner, the repressive dictatorship of Abu Dhabi?

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Former immigration judge Andrea Sáenz and American Immigration Council’s Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on the conditions at Delaney Hall and other ICE detention centers across the U.S.

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After cutting its support for front-line healthcare workers in Central Africa, the Trump administration is pointing fingers.

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Though its backers remain optimistic, a bill blocking U.S. support for Israel’s war in Lebanon exposed rifts among Democrats.

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Supporting Israel is now a fringe position among Democratic voters. Why does the media keep covering it like a 50/50 issue?

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The U.S. is feeding Pentagon propaganda to internet users in Latin America through a content mill bearing telltale signs of AI generation — like an image of a newspaper whose sloppily rendered headline reads “SO THEE HOUTIERRER TO TO GHAHOBATEE.”

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Local health workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are battling Ebola without adequate supplies, testing materials, or international support. Experts say Trump administration policies have hurt global health security and outbreak response.

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With Karen Bass's opponent in November still undecided, some leftists hope DSA city councilmember Nithya Raman has a shot. Others doubt her credibility. “I don’t know what version of Nithya I’m ever getting on anything,” one voter said.

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A day after House Democrats voted unanimously to block the Iran war, Democratic leaders helped defeat Rashida Tlaib's measure aimed at Israel’s parallel war in Lebanon.

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Hamawy was a 9/11 first responder, helped save the life of a U.S. senator, and provided medical aid in Gaza. But a surge of negative press aimed to paint him as a terrorist for the brief testimony he gave at the trial of Omar Abdel-Rahman 30 years ago.

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The bombing, and all its attendant death and suffering, sure doesn’t feel like a “ceasefire” in any real sense. But news outlets continue to spin the fantasy that the ceasefire is intact — just “fragile” or “tested.”