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Charles Grassley, chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a man who thinks ahead: Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley named two conservative senators as preferred replacements for a potential Supreme Court vacancy created by Justice Samuel Alito's retirement, as Republicans race to lock in a younger conservative before control of the...
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The political failure of slopulism

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There was a good Times story preceding the election in Hungary about how a former Orban stronghold turned against him because the evidence of his extraordinary corruption had become too tangible to ignore, particularly in the context of a stagnating economy. The danger to competitive authoritarianism...
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Bubbapest

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Hahahahaha (White House link). On his historic trip to Budapest, Vice President JD Vance reinforced a new era of U.S.-Hungary bilateral cooperation in energy, technology, and security. The achievements outlined below advance a shared bilateral agenda rooted in innovation, strategic stability, and long‑term economic and security...
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