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Trump’s theory of global power faces a reckoning in Iran and Canada

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Trump’s test: TACO or dig in on Iran sanctions, Canada tariffs | CNN Politics
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Trump’s test: TACO or dig in on Iran sanctions, Canada tariffs | CNN Politics

Donald Trump’s presidency rests on the premise that he and the United States are so powerful that allies and enemies alike must submit to his will.

Dolly Parton was the one person who could unite a deeply divided country

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Dolly Parton cut through politics and united a divided country | CNN Politics
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Dolly Parton cut through politics and united a divided country | CNN Politics

At a time when no American celebrity seems immune from the country’s many divisions, Dolly Parton was a crossover icon who stayed neutral in the culture wars while still speaking her mind.

Trump can’t make Canada the 51st state, but settles for renaming a lake

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Trump settles for renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America | CNN Politics
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Trump settles for renaming Lake Ontario to Lake America | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday ordering the renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America as his frustration grows over Canada trade war.

Secret CIA visit highlights Putin and Trump’s common strategic trap

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/0....8/28/politics/trump-

Secret CIA visit highlights Putin and Trump’s common strategic trap | CNN Politics
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Secret CIA visit highlights Putin and Trump’s common strategic trap | CNN Politics

Neither Russia’s war in Ukraine nor the US war in Iran is going to plan, as Ratcliffe’s Moscow visit highlighted.

Last-minute doomsday scenarios for the 2026 election

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Last-minute doomsday scenarios for the 2026 election | CNN Politics
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Last-minute doomsday scenarios for the 2026 election | CNN Politics

Imaginations run wild at what President Donald Trump and his allies might yet do to interfere in the coming midterm election. He’s already done quite a bit.

Justice Department issues subpoena to Comey ally in new leak investigation

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Justice Department issues subpoena to Comey ally in new leak investigation | CNN Politics
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Justice Department issues subpoena to Comey ally in new leak investigation | CNN Politics

Federal prosecutors issued a grand jury subpoena requiring Daniel Richman, a longtime friend and adviser to former FBI director James Comey, to testify in a renewed probe into whether Comey improperly shared sensitive information with the media, acco

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation after tension with Hegseth

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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation after tension with Hegseth | CNN Politics
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Army Secretary Dan Driscoll submits resignation after tension with Hegseth | CNN Politics

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has submitted his resignation to President Donald Trump, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

Vance casts El-Sayed as ‘evil’ and tells him to ‘keep my wife’s name the hell out of your mouth’

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Vance casts El-Sayed as ‘evil’ and tells him to ‘keep my wife’s name the hell out of your mouth’ | CNN Politics
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Vance casts El-Sayed as ‘evil’ and tells him to ‘keep my wife’s name the hell out of your mouth’ | CNN Politics

Vice President JD Vance said in Michigan on Monday that “there’s something about Abdul El-Sayed that is very, very, evil,” arguing that the state’s Democratic Senate nominee is symptomatic of a growing trend in America of fighting “for one group at t

Trump keeps stacking up ‘emergency’ wins at the Supreme Court

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Trump keeps stacking up ‘emergency’ wins at the Supreme Court | CNN Politics
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Trump keeps stacking up ‘emergency’ wins at the Supreme Court | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump has piled up a series of significant victories on the Supreme Court’s emergency docket since returning to power in 2025.

In 2020 forum, James Talarico said Texas oil was ‘not gonna last,’ called capitalism ‘oppressive’

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James Talarico described capitalism as ‘oppressive system’ in 2020 comments | CNN Politics
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James Talarico described capitalism as ‘oppressive system’ in 2020 comments | CNN Politics

Six years before becoming Texas Democrats’ US Senate nominee, James Talarico described capitalism as an “oppressive system” during a Sierra Club event, grouping it with White supremacy and climate change and saying ending the ways all three worked to