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The high-stakes, battleground Senate race that no one is talking about
North Carolina Republicans have a message for Washington: The cavalry needs to come. Their Senate nominee, former Republican National Committee chair Michael Whatley, is lagging...
Kristen Welker Remembers Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Legacy
NBC’s Kristen Welker joins Willie Geist to remember senator Lindsey Graham who has died at 71. Kristen discusses Sen. Graham’s long road through South Carolina...
U.S. and Iran trade strikes after IRGC declares Strait of Hormuz "closed"
The U.S. military launched a new round of strikes against Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday in response to an IRGC missile...
Iran’s supreme leader vows revenge for father’s killing
Iranian state media reports that the Revolutionary Guard says the Strait of Hormuz is closed until further notice. It comes as Iran’s new supreme leader,...
Mexico threatens legal action over citizens' deaths in ICE custody
Mexico plans to file criminal complaints in the United States over the deaths of Mexican nationals in ICE custody, Mexico's Foreign Minister Roberto Velasco Álvarez...
Inside the alternative playbook to AI regulation
AI regulation in the U.S. over the last few months has been a frenzy. Some experts say it didn't have to be this way.Why it...
Meta's new AI image maker draws fire over consent
Meta's move to allow user to create AI images using the likenesses of people with public Instagram accounts is drawing criticism from several camps, including...
How Republicans Can Win on Credit Card Swipe Fee Reform
When Americans head to the polls in just a few months for the midterm elections, the most pressing issue on their minds as they fill...
This Isn't Journalism
Friday on the RealClearPolitics podcast, Carl Cannon, Tom Bevan, and Andrew Walworth break down the media's coverage of socialism as an ideology, as Democrats embrace...
Trump snubs housing bill to pressure GOP
President Trump is refusing to sign a landmark bipartisan housing bill to protest Senate Republicans' failure to pass an unrelated bill that would tighten voting...
GOP senators dread pre-election shutdown fight
Senate Republicans are anxious to avoid giving Democrats another opening to force a government shutdown weeks before the midterm elections.Why it matters: The appropriations process...
Apple sues OpenAI for trade secret theft
Apple is suing OpenAI for trade secret theft, alleging the AI giant deliberately and systematically solicited and stole confidential information from the iPhone-maker's current and...