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Congress passed a symbolic resolution on Tuesday to condemn socialism — a move that saw eight Democrats cross the aisle to back the GOP on the measure.

The vote, which has no actual effect on public policy, was swiftly mocked by observers on social media.

President Donald Trump’s latest threats against Iran are alarming officials inside his own administration who fear he is digging himself into another military escalation, according to new CNN reporting.

The concerns emerged after the U.S. launched fresh strikes on Iran and Trump threatened it would be hit “much harder” - and even “wiped out as a country” — if it retaliated.

A Republican congressional candidate in Florida is denying that she carpetbagged from Illinois and that she is under federal indictment for wire fraud — but evidence reviewed by The Bulwark's Andrew Egger, Cathy Young, and Jim Swift suggests otherwise.

"The tale begins in March 2023, when federal prosecutors in Illinois indicted one Te Dora Brown of Palos Park on 13 felonies, accusing her and her husband Christopher Scott of fraudulently obtaining hundreds of thousands of dollars in COVID relief money by applying for federal loans on behalf of phony employees at companies that turned out not to exist," said the report. Specifically, prosecutors say the two used the money to make "splurge buys at Tiffany, Nordstrom, and Saks Fifth Avenue, buying Uber Eats, and withdrawing huge sums in ATM cash."

Former GOP strategist Steve Schmidt laid out the slow, gradual transformation of MAGA into what he sees as an overtly fascist movement in his latest episode of "The Warning" on YouTube, published Tuesday.

He opened by noting that today is the 87th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Poland. "It took a long time from Hitler's Munich coup in 1923 to the start of World War II — almost 20 years. It took six years for the Nazi Führer to take power and to start a war that would kill 80 million people."

President Donald Trump is carrying out a long-standing ambition to seize another country’s oil, according to a new analysis.

Writing for The Atlantic, Jonathan Chait argued Tuesday that Trump’s new oil agreement with Venezuela represents the culmination of an idea the president has promoted for at least a decade: The United States should take control of an adversary’s natural resources after defeating it.

The House overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to censure Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) after an ethics investigation found that he engaged in “persistent unprofessional and inappropriate conduct towards two young female staffers,” according to an NBC News report.

The resolution passed 413-2, with Edwards and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) casting the only opposing votes.

Apple Maps has renamed Lake Ontario “Lake America” for users in the United States - provoking accusations that another technology giant has caved to President Donald Trump.

The change began rolling out Tuesday following Trump’s directive ordering the federal government to rename the body of water, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported. Apple Maps will keep the “Lake Ontario” name for Canadian users, while international users will see both names.

Former Trump administration Homeland Security staffer Miles Taylor did not mince words as he lambasted the Supreme Court for effectively neutering any attempt to stop President Donald Trump from building his White House ballroom.

The ruling, which lifted lower-court blocks on construction as litigation continues, was closely divided, with Chief Justice John Roberts joining the liberals in a dissent against the rest of the conservative majority. The ruling technically doesn't declare Trump's actions legal, but all but ensures the ballroom will be built before any definitive ruling that it's illegal can be made.