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How big of a tent do Democrats want? Michigan's Senate primary is testing the limits

By the time Hasan Piker takes the microphone at two campaign events with a Senate candidate in Michigan on Tuesday, the popular but controversial online streamer will have already generated plenty of noise inside the Democratic Party. Some have pitched him as a gateway to young people — particularly young men — who have drifted to the right in recent years. Others fear he is a sign of the party beholden to its extremes, pointing to inflammatory rhetoric like “Hamas is a thousand times better” than Israel, describing some Orthodox Jews as “inbred” and that “America

'Race-baiting' letter from group tied to Sapulpa candidate's spouse draws outrage

Iranians fear power outages and further attacks as Trump's deadline nears

Delta joins the growing list of US airlines raising checked bag fees as jet fuel costs soar

Delta Air Lines announced Tuesday it is raising checked baggage fees, part of a broader wave of U.S. carriers responding to higher jet fuel prices tied to the war in the Middle East. Beginning Wednesday, most passengers on domestic and short-haul international routes will pay $10 more for their first and second checked bags, and $50 more to check a third. That brings the fees to $45 for the first bag, $55 for the second and $200 for the third, according to Delta. “These updates are part of Delta’s ongoing review of pricing across its business and

California gas prices turn residents to Amtrak

Donald Trump Jr. criticizes the European Union during a trip to Bosnia

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In post-WWII America, the Levittown house was a house for all — as long as you weren't Black

They weren't the most impressive-looking houses: boxy and small, two bedrooms with a living room and kitchen, no basement, tossed up one after another in assembly-line fashion. For certain families in the years after WWII, though, they were perfect — a chance to have a home of one's own, an answer to a serious housing shortage. So was born Levittown, about 40 miles outside of New York City on Long Island. It grew to more than 17,000 houses, the first wholly planned American suburb. Developer William Levitt wasn't the first builder to use mass-produc

Black-led nonprofits didn't see the lasting funding boosts promised after 2020's racial reckoning

American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released, an Iraqi official tells the AP

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Liberals will try to expand their majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in a Tuesday election

One year after Elon Musk donned a cheesehead hat and unsuccessfully poured millions of his personal fortune into a judicial contest in the state, Democrats are hoping to deliver another setback to conservatives in Wisconsin’s Supreme Court election on Tuesday.Conservative judge Maria Lazar and liberal judge Chris Taylor are facing off to replace retiring Justice Rebecca Bradley, a conservative. The race won’t flip control of the court after liberals last year secured a 4-3 majority, but it will determine whether liberals can extend their hold on the state’s highest court, potentially thr

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How the House GOP majority will be affected by Tuesday’s special election for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s old seat

A Democrat’s bid to pull off a major upset Tuesday in former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ruby-red Georgia district will be closely watched by national Republicans trying to maintain a razor-thin House majority.The race to replace Greene, the former ally of President Donald Trump turned critic who resigned from Congress in January, advanced to a runoff when neither Democrat Shawn Harris nor Republican Clay Fuller was able to win a majority in a crowded all-party election on March 10.Harris, a retired Army brigadier general, has garnered national attention, with Pete Buttigieg going to Geo

Trump threatens to jail a journalist over Iran rescue ‘leak’

Trump threatens to jail unspecified reporter over airmen rescue leaks

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Video brings new scrutiny to an ICE shooting in Minneapolis after charges against 2 men collapsed

The city of Minneapolis released a video Monday showing a chase and scuffle that ended in a nonfatal shooting in January and the suspensions of two federal officers involved in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota. The video — from a city-owned security camera — captured part of the incident in which federal officers chased a Venezuelan man to his residence. Another Venezuelan man who lives there was shot during the confrontation. Federal authorities in February dropped all charges against the two immigrants and opened a criminal investigation into w

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Lil Nas X enters a mental health program intended to lead to dropped charges of attacking police

A judge has allowed Lil Nas X to enter a mental health diversion program intended to lead to the dismissal of charges of attacking Los Angeles police officers. Judge Alan Schneider told the “Old Town Road” rapper and singer on Monday that if he sticks to his treatment program and obeys all laws for two years, his four felony counts will be dismissed. The court found that the incident was the result of his since-diagnosed bipolar disorder and was an aberration from his usual behavior. The program, formally known as postponement of prosecution pr

Supreme Court clears path for Trump’s DOJ to dismiss criminal case against Steve Bannon

Steve Bannon wins Supreme Court order likely to lead to dismissal of contempt of Congress conviction

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US soldier trying to halt wife's deportation after she was detained on Louisiana military base

A U.S. Army staff sergeant is trying to halt his wife's deportation after she was detained inside a Louisiana military base where the couple was planning to live together just days after their wedding. The effort to remove the soldier's wife, who was born in Honduras and remained in a federal immigration detention center Monday, has drawn backlash from military family advocates who called the detention demoralizing in a time of war and warned that deporting spouses could undermine recruitment. Staff Sgt. Matthew Blank said he brought his wife, Annie Ramos, 22, to h

Wireless Festival canceled after UK bars rapper Ye over antisemitic remarks

The rapper formerly known as Kanye West was barred Tuesday from entering the U.K., where he was scheduled to headline the Wireless Festival in July, after a backlash over Ye's history of antisemitic remarks. Festival organizers canceled the three-day outdoor event as a result of the travel ban and said those who had bought tickets would get refunds. Ye applied for an electronic travel authorization to visit the U.K., but it was blocked by the government on the grounds that his presence in the country would not be “conducive to the public good.” �

Trump has delayed several deadlines for Iran, but Tuesday's nears with his most menacing threat

Beyond gas: The price increases American consumers are experiencing from the Iran war

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The Latest: US and Israel strike Iran's oil, rail and bridges ahead of Trump deadline

U.S. President Donald Trump has warned that a “ whole civilization will die tonight ” but said Iran still has time to capitulate ahead of a deadline he set for 8 p.m. in Washington. Trump on Monday threatened to blow up every bridge and power plant in Iran if it does not reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Such destruction would be so far-reaching that some experts in military law said it could constitute a war crime. The U.S. has already struck military targets on the Iranian oil hub of Kharg Island , according to a White House official on Tuesday, whi

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What to know about Trump’s threat to bomb Iran’s power plants and bridges, and why this could be a war crime

The clock is ticking down to US President Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to strike a deal and open the Strait of Hormuz – or be heavily bombed and face “hell.”Trump had set 8 p.m. ET Tuesday (Wednesday 3:30 a.m Tehran time) as the time by which to make a deal, threatening on Sunday to target Iran’s power plants and bridges. On Tuesday he escalated that rhetoric further, warning that “a whole civilization will die tonight.”However, he has made similar ultimatums on several occasions in recent weeks, delaying the deadline each time. And his threat is highly controversial, with ma