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Trump announced his run for president in mid-November, just days after several candidates he had endorsed in the midterms lost their races, weakening his position in the Republican Party as more and more Republicans began to distance themselves from him. Trump. DeSantis has yet to say definitively whether he will run, but his popularity and growing star power in the Republican Party point to a high probability that he will soon launch a campaign for president. DeSantis won re-election in November by nearly 20 points over his Democratic challenger, Charlie Crist. Florida also saw a red wave, surpassing the Republican…

Last week, former President Donald Trump attacked "Jewish leaders" for lack of loyalty to him and for neglecting his record in Israel, in a post on his social media site, Truth Social. | Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo Former President Donald Trump will meet with an Orthodox Jewish educational group on Friday, amid ongoing controversy over his decision to dine with two prominent anti-Semites. Trump will address the annual Torah Umesorah Presidential Conference at his club, National Doral, in Miami, a person close to Trump confirmed. The event is part of a day-long gathering bringing together leaders, educators and askanim (Jewish social…

Rep. Don Beyer listens to Virginia Governor Ralph Northam speak at a campaign event for Democratic Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe. | Photo by Andrew Harnik/AP The Department of Energy announced a breakthrough in the decades-long quest to recreate on Earth the process that powers the Sun: nuclear fusion. To simplify a bit, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California recently shot a bunch of lasers at a piece of hydrogen. The lasers used 2.05 megajoules of energy to hit the hydrogen. The resulting reaction produced 3 megajoules of energy. For the first time in the history of fusion…

cartoon carousel Every week, political cartoonists from across the country and across the political spectrum apply their inky skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies, and other shocking events in the world of politics. The fruits of this labor are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and infuriate readers of all political persuasions. Here's a deal on the best of this week's crop, fresh from the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker. By POLITICAL STAFF 12/16/2022 07:25amEST