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President Donald Trump, left, greets justices of the Supreme Court, from left, Elena Kagan, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, before addressing a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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President Trump has been on a winning streak at the Supreme Court, though it’s often not clear why.

Democrats go all in on health care, betting it’s still a winning message for their flailing party

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., turns to Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, while speaking with reporters as the government lurches toward a shutdown if the Senate does not pass a House measure that would extend federal funding for seven weeks, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Democrats are making health care the centerpiece of their political comeback strategy after the disastrous 2024 elections.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., turns to Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, while speaking with reporters as the government lurches toward a shutdown if the Senate does not pass a House measure that would extend federal funding for seven weeks, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats go all in on health care, betting it’s still a winning message for their flailing party

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Trump’s new tariff blitz targets sectors like pharma and trucks, skirts Supreme Court fight

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California bill holding social media accountable for online threats awaiting governor’s signature

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California bill holding social media accountable for online threats awaiting governor’s signature

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FILE - A construction worker is hoisted towards the ceiling inside the 86th Street cavern of the Second Avenue subway tunnel, May 1, 2014 in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

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FILE - President Donald J. Trump's name is printed on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the new coronavirus outbreak in San Antonio, April 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

White House pulls nomination of E.J. Antoni to lead Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Trump says he’ll deploy National Guard to ‘every city’

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Trump throws $625 million lifeline to coal industry and opens federal lands to mining

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Trump threatens to cut off federal funds for NYC if Mamdani becomes mayor

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New corn growers’ leader calls for year-round ethanol fuel, more markets

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In this Oct. 6, 2020, photo, University of Illinois students walk past a mail-in ballot drop box that sits on the northwest corner of the university's Quad in Urbana, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) **FILE**

Illinois ballot case before Supreme Court could help candidates challenge mail-in ballot laws

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Security people stand on the area of the Oktoberfest that stays closed after a bomb threatening in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, Oct.1, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

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FILE - The Taliban's spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, sits during an interview in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Aug. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Abdul Khaliq, File)

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Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels, right, watches during warm ups before an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, in Landover, Md. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Daniels cleared to practice as Commanders prepare to play Chargers

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In this Oct. 1, 1975, photo, spray flies from the head of Joe Frazier as Muhammad Ali connects with a right in the ninth round of their title fight in Manila, Philippines. Ali won the fight on a decision to retain the title. The two fought three times, including two of the most famous matches ever. (AP Photo/Mitsunori Chigita) **FILE**

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Charlie Kirk speaks at Texas A&M University as part of Turning Point USA's American Comeback Tour, April 22, 2025, in College Station, Texas. (Meredith Seaver/College Station Eagle via AP, File)

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