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Why Did It Take the GOP So Long to Panic About Herschel Walker?

Walker surged to a massive lead in the primary off his celebrity and Donald Trump’s endorsement, but a number of Republicans worry he can’t win in November.

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Democrats Want to Campaign Against MAGA Candidates

Democrats in a number of races around the country are planning to use “MAGA” as a cudgel against their GOP opponents in 2022.

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Races to Watch on Tuesday as Primary Season Kicks Off

The results Tuesday will provide the first real clues to a couple of endlessly debated political questions.

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Will Trump Candidates Endanger Republicans’ Washington Takeover?

Republicans are nervous Trump-endorsed candidates won’t be able to win in general elections and could wash away the red wave they’re hoping for in the fall.

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Democrats Mull Biden’s Value in Critical Midterms as Poll Numbers Tumble

“Do you run with the president, or away from him?” That question gained new urgency last week with the release of two new polls a senior DCCC staffer called “depressingly bad.”

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Biden’s Russia Response Is Giving Him a Boost. Can He Make It Last?

Biden as a war-time president could revive his political fortunes and, possibly, those of the Democratic party. Here’s how.

10 min read

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Putin Has Never Lost a War. Here Is How He’ll Win In Ukraine

The Russian leader wants to restore Moscow to a position of great power in Eastern Europe—while dealing NATO a humiliating blow.

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Why Putin Is Fixated on Ukraine

Much is made of the Russian president’s KGB background, but less attention is paid to another side of Putin.

5 min read

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Why the GOP Won’t Put up Much Fight Over Biden’s Supreme Court Nominee

Republicans will only lose if they try to fight Biden’s nominee. But some are calculating they could win in a different arena if they let things go smoothly.

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For NATO Members in Russia’s Shadow, U.S. Is Doing Too Little Too Late

Allies in Eastern Europe worried the U.S. wasn’t taking the Russian threat seriously enough. Then Biden held his disastrous press conference.

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Trump Spent Jan. 6 Anniversary Watching Cable News and Fuming

Trump canceled a January 6 press conference, then fumed as he watched President Joe Biden and Democrats denounce him as a threat to democracy.

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Trump’s Backing of ‘Stop the Steal’ Candidates May Cost GOP Seats in 2022

GOP mainstreamers fear Trump’s obsession with the 2020 election and brash style will hurt the party in the midterms—and in 2024 as well.

16 min read

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Can Joe Biden Save His Presidency?

With his domestic agenda at risk of failure and the prospect rising of a Democratic drubbing in the midterms, Biden needs to act swiftly to rescue his term.

23 min read

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After Afghan Withdrawal Debacle, Biden’s Counterterrorism Plan Draws Fire

Joe Biden is counting on an ‘over-the-horizon’ strategy to keep America safe from terrorists once U.S. troops exit Afghanistan. Defense experts are skeptical.

7 min read

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Trump Was So ‘Gobsmacked’ by Fauci Emails, He Paused a Golf Game to Take a Call about Them

The former president’s friends and aides worry that his “reinstatement” talk makes him sound “unhinged.” But his insistence that COVID-19 was caused by a Chinese lab leak doesn’t sound so crazy in light of Dr. Fauci’s email comments.

7 min read

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Exclusive: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Biden’s First Foreign Visitor, on the Challenge of China

Following his historic White House summit, Japan’s prime minister sat down for an exclusive Newsweek interview by Nancy Cooper, Bill Powell and Dev Pragad at the Willard InterContinental Washington D.C. on April 17th 2021.

12 min read

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Donald Trump Spends His Days Gossiping, Golfing and Plotting Revenge on RINOs

The ex-president seems calm, friends say, but he’s busy making plans to defeat “disloyal” Republicans in 2022.

6 min read

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Biden’s Tough China Policy Poses Business Risk to Some of His Biggest Donors

The new president seems ready to follow the path set by his predecessor. That may not sit well with big campaign contributors from Wall Street to Silicon Valley to Hollywood, who are fixated on the massive—and still growing—Chinese market.

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Donald Trump Expects Impeachment Trial to Be ‘Badge of Honor’—But Rethinks 2024 Run

The ex-president wanted to use the trial to relitigate his claims of election fraud, but Lindsey Graham told him, “You don’t want to go there.”

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Mitch McConnell Disdained the Democrats’ ‘Half-Assed’ Impeachment Process, Friend Says

The Senate minority leader “likes things done properly,” says a friend, and McConnell thought the House vote was “a sham.”

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The Donald Trump Advisers Who Brought On the Capitol Riot

President Trump and his inner circle thought they were winning the post-election political battle. “Then all hell broke loose,” said a longtime aide.

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