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After President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, congressional Republicans are rallying around the Netanyahu government’s next big ask, sovereignty over Syria’s Golan Heights. Could the annexation of the West Bank be next?

Politics is a dumpster fire and democracy may not survive, but by God, the EVs are coming. It’s really happening.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders campaign in deep-red Kansas

The ratification of the Fourteenth Amendment marked a turning point in U.S. history. Yet 150 years later, its promises remain unfulfilled.

Youth voter registration went up 41 percent in Florida after Parkland

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It is time for Ramaphosa to take decisive steps. He does not have sufficient time left. The early months in office set the tone. He has taken important decisions. But this administration needs to develop a strong vision and communicate it.

Detaining immigrant children has morphed into a surging industry in the U.S. that now reaps $1 billion annually — a tenfold increase over the past decade.

“The left wing of the possible” is how Ocasio-Cortez practices politics. Her agenda is in line with Sanders: single-payer universal health care, equal rights for women, ethnic and sexual minorities, a $15 minimum wage, guaranteed employment.