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This morning, Joe Kent — the director of the National Counterterrorism Center — resigned in protest over the war in...

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This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting...

After spending the past several months engaged in an intense Oscar campaign for Mary Supreme — including claiming that his...

As part of its ongoing release of the Epstein files, the Department of Justice has released three FBI memos relating...

The premise of the Republican Party’s arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee is that, nearly 200 years ago, Congress...