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15+ min ago   (1699+ words) Chris Van Hollen says the Democratic Party needs change. Is he the one to lead it? Log Cabin Republicans remove transgender rights from mission Trump-Vance administration’s LGBTQ brain drain: what you need to know White House targets gender-affirming care funding,…...

38+ min ago   (647+ words) Chris Van Hollen says the Democratic Party needs change. Is he the one to lead it? Log Cabin Republicans remove transgender rights from mission Trump-Vance administration’s LGBTQ brain drain: what you need to know White House targets gender-affirming care funding,…...

6+ hour, 3+ min ago   (118+ words) “President Donald Trump threatens in one moment to slowly asphyxiate Iran’s economy and, in the next, to quickly bomb them into submission,” Politico reports. “Republicans who disagree which option is correct are still united on one thing: They’re over Trump’s…...

5+ hour, 47+ min ago   (87+ words) “Two key reasons led to Army Secretary Dan Driscoll’s resignation, announced Monday: the feeling that his modernization initiatives were being blocked, and the chaos created by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s firing of senior generals,” Axios reports. “Driscoll’s wartime resignation, on…...

5+ hour, 39+ min ago   (112+ words) “President Trump’s plan for the U.S. to own majority control of Venezuelan oilfields harkens back to a century-old era of colonialism and backroom dealmaking with Venezuelan oilmen and politicians, energy and geopolitical analysts said,” Fortune reports. “While a revitalization…...

4+ hour, 31+ min ago   (178+ words) “Iran’s economy was already under strain before the U.S. and Israel launched their war on the Islamic Republic, grappling with negative growth, soaring inflation and a currency crisis. Those problems were compounded by strikes on the nation’s civilian and…...

4+ hour, 39+ min ago   (139+ words) “The Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Central Asia this week with a message for a world increasingly unsettled by President Trump: China has friends and influence, and is prepared to help shape what comes next,” the New York Times…...

6+ hour ago   (309+ words) “The Trump administration’s decision to bring Russia back into the fold at a gathering of the world’s leading economic officials is stirring fresh tensions with European allies who want to continue isolating Moscow over its war in Ukraine,” Politico reports....

12+ min ago   (870+ words) WB’s got “Practical Magic 2” and “Dune 3,” Disney’s got “Avengers” and “Hexed,” but could Sony’s “Resident Evil” be the surprise of the fall? The dog days of summer are nearly over. Fittingly, Ridley Scott’s “The Dog Stars” closed out August with…...

42+ min ago   (340+ words) When the state's new fiscal year begins on Tuesday, Texas hospitals expect to lose $27 million a day in additional Medicaid funding.The shortfall is the result of a decision by the Trump administration to withhold approval from Texas for about…...