How Big Banks, Ranchers and Unions Found a Common Foe in Biden Regulators

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] When a member of Congress loses re-election and is trying to figure out what turned voters away, their position on an arcane bank regulation doesn’t usually come up. But a…

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Biden Backs Schumer After Senator Calls for New Elections in Israel

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden expressed support Friday for Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer after the senator called for new elections in Israel, the latest sign that the U.S. relationship with its closest Middle East ally is careening toward fracture over the war in Gaza. Schumer, a Jewish Democrat from New York, sent tremors through…

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U.S. Patience With Netanyahu Is Running Out

[time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] It’s never been a secret: many Democrats despise Benjamin Netanyahu. But with Israel’s military campaign to destroy Hamas producing a humanitarian catastrophe and tens of thousands of civilian deaths, Democratic leaders are taking a gloves-off approach toward the Israeli Prime Minister who refuses to change course in Gaza: calling for the end of…

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The Fight for Same-Sex Marriage Isn’t Over. Far From It.

This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago, Kelley Robinson was running the political shop at Planned Parenthood. Like so many abortion advocates and activists, she had seen the…

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Judge Dismisses Some Charges Against Trump in Georgia 2020 Election Interference Case

ATLANTA—The judge overseeing the Georgia 2020 election interference case on Wednesday dismissed some of the charges against former President Donald Trump and others, but the rest of the sweeping racketeering indictment remains intact. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee quashed six counts in the indictment, including three against Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential…

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Why Trump Flipped on TikTok

As Congress moves ahead with legislation that could ban TikTok, the popular platform has found an unlikely ally in Washington: Donald Trump. Over the last week, Trump has railed against a bill that would remove TikTok from U.S. app stores unless its Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, sells its stake. To many, the move came out…

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