Akane Shiga went undrafted by P.W.H.L. teams and doesn’t speak English. She’s carving a path in pro hockey nearly 6,000 miles from home anyway.
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Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Tax Bill Moves Forward, but Election-Year Politics Threaten Its Chances
Republicans planned on Wednesday to push a $78 billion bipartisan tax bill through the House. The effort is a test of whether a dysfunctional Congress can pass major legislation in an election year.
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Tuesday, January 30, 2024
Trump Is Turning Court Appearances Into Campaign Stops
The New York Times’ Jonathan Swan analyzes Donald J. Trump’s campaign strategy in the court room.
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Law Enforcement Braces for Flood of Child Sex Abuse Images Generated by A.I.
Artificial intelligence technology has drastically simplified the creation of images of children being exploited or abused, whether real or fake.
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Trump’s PACs Spent Roughly $50 Million on Legal Expenses in 2023
The former president is facing four criminal indictments and potential trials that could drive his legal bills even higher as he seeks to lock up the Republican presidential nomination.
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War in Ukraine Has Weakened Putin, C.I.A. Director Writes
William J. Burns says Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has created recruiting opportunities for the spy agency and ushered in a new era.
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Monday, January 29, 2024
Coroner Suspends Investigation Into Death of Former N.H.L. Player
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Sunday, January 28, 2024
Pelosi Wants F.B.I. to Investigate Pro-Palestinian Protesters
The former House speaker suggested without offering evidence that some protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza had financial ties to Russia and Vladimir V. Putin.
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Biden Vows to Retaliate After Strike in Jordan Kills American Soldiers
President Biden has carefully calibrated his responses to attacks by Iranian-backed militias since Oct. 7. Now he must decide how far he is willing to go after a drone attack killed three American soldiers.
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Haley’s Dilemma: How to Diminish Trump Without Alienating Republican Voters
On “Meet the Press,” Nikki Haley said she trusted a jury’s judgment in Donald Trump’s sex-assault defamation case, while she tries to peel away the former president’s supporters.
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At the Defense Table, Trump Uses the Courtroom as a Stage
In two civil trials, the former president has showcased his disdain for the legal system and provided a preview of how he might handle himself when any of his four criminal cases go to trial.
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Saturday, January 27, 2024
Nikki Haley Was Target of ‘Swatting’ Incident in December, Authorities Say
The Republican presidential candidate was not home at the time of the episode on Dec. 30, one of several targeting politicians late last year, Reuters reported.
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Negotiators Close In on Hostage Deal That Would Halt Fighting in Gaza for Weeks
A written draft agreement calls for the phased release of captives held by Hamas in exchange for a cessation in Israel’s military offensive for about two months.
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Harry Connick Sr., New Orleans D.A. Criticized for Overreach, Dies at 97
The city’s top prosecutor from 1973 to 2003, he led an office that sent hundreds of Black men to prison and became known for its record of wrongful convictions.
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Friday, January 26, 2024
Colorado Voters Make Case to Block Trump From Ballot
A group of Colorado voters urged the Supreme Court to uphold a lower court decision blocking the former president from the state’s primary ballot.
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Why Nikki Haley Has So Few Friends Left in South Carolina Politics
Nikki Haley could use some help rescuing her campaign. But Republicans in her home state are flocking to Donald J. Trump.
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Johnson Digs In Against Border Deal as Negotiators Try to Salvage It
The speaker said the emerging bipartisan immigration deal would be “dead on arrival” in the House, after senators conceded that the opposition of former President Donald J. Trump may have doomed it.
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Thursday, January 25, 2024
Haley Super PAC Says It Raised $50.1 Million, Eclipsing Trump
The figure for the second half of last year outstripped the haul of more than $46 million that Donald J. Trump’s allied super PAC announced this week.
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Wednesday, January 24, 2024
U.S.C. Women’s Basketball Sits Safely in the Hands of L.A.’s Newest Star
JuJu Watkins is one of the best freshman players the sport has seen in a long time: “She has kids screaming her name.”
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New Hampshire and Iowa Reveal Broader Weaknesses for Trump
As Donald J. Trump pivots to a general election, early results point at the rough road ahead with critical independent voters.
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
For People Fleeing War, U.S. Immigration Fight Has Real-Life Consequences
The Biden administration has allowed more than a million people into the United States temporarily under a program that Republicans in Congress want to limit.
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Biden Aide Is Taking Reins of His 2024 Re-election Campaign
The aide, Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, who was the campaign manager for President Biden’s 2020 bid, will move from the White House to his re-election headquarters in Wilmington, Del.
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Haley Vows to Run Against Trump Regardless of New Hampshire Primary Results
The former South Carolina governor expressed confidence as she stopped into polling places in New Hampshire, saying she had “outworked and outsmarted” the rest of Trump’s opponents.
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Appeals Court Denies Trump’s Request to Review Gag Order in Election Case
The former president now has one option left if he wants to keep fighting the order: appealing to the Supreme Court.
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Monday, January 22, 2024
Which Team Has the Best Odds to Win the Super Bowl?
The Detroit Lions are the big underdogs among the four remaining teams.
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Sunday, January 21, 2024
Ron DeSantis Drops Out of 2024 Presidential Race and Endorses Trump
The Florida governor, who once appeared to be Donald Trump’s most daunting challenger, ran a costly, turbulent campaign that failed to catch on with Republican voters.
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Coco Gauff Is Having a Very Different Kind of Grand Slam
The U.S. Open winner is winning under the radar in Australia — which is just the way she likes it.
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Saturday, January 20, 2024
Nikki Haley’s Books: What to Know
Her writings provide insights into her upbringing and identity, often glossed over on the stump, as well as her politics and ties with Donald Trump.
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Haley Campaign Making $4 Million Ad Buy in South Carolina
The reservation was presented as an indication of her intention to stay in the race regardless of the outcome on Tuesday.
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To Undercut Haley, Trump Will Surround Himself With SC Leaders
A traveling slate of South Carolinians will join Donald J. Trump at his rally Saturday night, a show of strength that Mr. Trump hopes will highlight Nikki Haley’s lack of support in her home state.
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Friday, January 19, 2024
How a Stanford Professor Helped Lay the Foundation for This 49ers’ Era
The same principles that have guided Silicon Valley businesses set a storied N.F.L. franchise on its return to prominence.
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Thursday, January 18, 2024
Judge Declines to Hold Prosecutors in Contempt in Trump Election Case
Judge Tanya S. Chutkan issued her order after prosecutors continued to file court papers in the former president’s election interference case even though she had put the proceeding on hold.
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Judge Denies Effort to Remove Trump From the Ballot in Washington State
Voters had sought to disqualify the former president under the 14th Amendment, following the lead of Colorado and Maine.
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What to Know About the Federal Law at the Heart of the Latest Supreme Court Abortion Case
The federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, known as EMTALA, requires hospitals to provide medically necessary care to stabilize patients in emergency situations.
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Do Political Ads Even Matter Anymore?
A confluence of political forces and changing media behavior are testing their efficacy in the Trump era.
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Do Political Ads Even Matter Anymore?
A confluence of political forces and changing media behavior are testing their efficacy in the Trump era.
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Why New Hampshire Thinks It’s Smarter Than Iowa
“Iowa picks corn, New Hampshire picks presidents” is a favorite slogan in the state, where Republicans tend to have a libertarian streak.
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Goldman Files Censure Against Stefanik for Calling Jan. 6 Defendants ‘Hostages’
The resolution accuses the No. 4 House Republican of helping to peddle the voter fraud conspiracy theories that fueled the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol.
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Haley says she won’t debate unless Trump or Biden are onstage.
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Judge Blocks JetBlue From Acquiring Spirit Airlines
The ruling is a victory for the Justice Department, which had argued that the merger would reduce competition.
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Monday, January 15, 2024
Christian Pulisic, Thriving in Milan, Has Big Dreams for the U.S Soccer Team
The most expensive U.S. player ever was billed as the LeBron James of soccer. At 25, he knows his biggest opportunities to deliver for his country are still ahead of him.
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U.S. Defense Secretary Is Released From the Hospital After 2 Weeks
The secretary, Lloyd J. Austin III, kept the White House in the dark about his hospitalization for several days, a major breach of protocol at the highest national security levels.
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Sunday, January 14, 2024
U.S. and Iran Wage a Proxy War
Iran wants to flex its muscles without directly taking on the U.S. or Israel, but that cautious strategy is subject to miscalculation on all sides.
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Trump Has Made Claims About Caucus Fraud. What if He Underperforms?
The former president’s high expectations for the caucuses and history of election denial have many wondering what he’ll do if he doesn’t like the results.
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Democrats Fret That Biden’s Power Players Are Not at His Campaign Base
President Biden has a re-election campaign with two distinct centers of gravity — the White House and his Delaware headquarters — and advisers who are juggling two jobs at once.
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Saturday, January 13, 2024
Two SEAL Team Members Missing After Incident Off Somalia Coast
The soldiers were said to have disappeared into the water after a vessel boarding attempt. Pentagon officials said the episode was not related to recent clashes with the Houthi militia in Yemen.
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Much of Houthis’ Offensive Capability Remains Intact After U.S.-led Airstrikes
The strikes damaged the group’s ability to carry out complex missile and drone attacks, U.S. officials said, but identifying targets has proved to be a challenge.
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Subzero Temperatures Are Set to Make Iowa’s Caucuses the Coldest in History
Temperatures are not forecast to rise above minus 2 degrees on Monday, and by the time caucusing begins, the wind chill could make it feel more like minus 35 degrees.
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Friday, January 12, 2024
C.I.A. Homes In on Hamas Leadership, U.S. Officials Say
A new task force at the spy agency is also working to boost intelligence collection on hostages still held in Gaza.
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Johnson Says He’ll Stand by Deal to Avert Shutdown, Spurning Hard-Right Demands
The House speaker is facing intense pressure from far-right Republicans to abandon the agreement he struck with Democrats to keep the government from partially shutting down next week.
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Thursday, January 11, 2024
ESPN Used Fake Names to Secure Emmys for ‘College GameDay’ Stars
The network returned 37 Emmy statues after an investigation found that it had falsified information to give awards to on-air talent ineligible to receive them.
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Trump Tried to Clean Up His Remarks on TV, but Not on Social
The former president presented a more restrained front on air Wednesday, but he resumed his more incendiary comments soon after.
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Pentagon Inspector General to Investigate Lloyd Austin’s Hospitalization
The independent review will be conducted in addition to assessments by the defense secretary’s chief of staff and the White House after top officials were not notified of the episode for days.
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024
Norma Barzman, Blacklisted Screenwriter, Dies at 103
After she and her husband, a fellow writer, saw work in Hollywood dry up during the Red Scare, they continued their careers in self-exile overseas.
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Trump’s Boldest Argument Yet: Immunity From Prosecution for Assassinations
A lawyer for the former president said he would be immune from prosecution for the murder of a political rival unless he was first impeached and convicted in Congress.
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Iowa’s Governor Bet on DeSantis. Voters Aren’t Thrilled.
Kim Reynolds remains popular among Republicans in her state, but she drew grumblings from Trump supporters by throwing her weight behind his opponent.
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Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Fox News and Trump Go Live Wednesday for First Time in 2 Years
A town hall in Iowa on Wednesday is the network’s first live interview with the former president in nearly two years, the latest twist in a long-running drama.
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White House Orders Review After Austin’s Undisclosed Hospitalization
The president’s chief of staff sent a memo to cabinet secretaries reminding them to keep the White House informed when they may not be able to perform their duties.
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For Anti-Trump Republicans, It All Might Come Down to New Hampshire
With the Iowa caucuses likely to be a battle for second place, the next nominating state appears to offer the best chance of an upset defeat of Donald Trump.
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Trump Says He Hopes Any Economic Crash Happens in 2024 Under Biden
Former President Trump said Monday night that he hoped any downturn would come before his possible re-election — under President Biden’s administration.
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Monday, January 8, 2024
Send Us Your Questions About the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election
Got a query, or just curious about the election? The On Politics newsletter team can help: We’re answering reader questions.
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Why Iowa Turned So Red When Nearby States Went Blue
Over the past 15 years, the Upper Midwest has seen a remarkable state-by-state sorting of voters along partisan lines.
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A snowstorm in Iowa is hindering Republicans’ campaign plans.
In the last week before the Republican caucuses, the threat of heavy snow has forced Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy and Donald J. Trump to alter their schedules.
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Donald Trump Is Connecting With a Different Type of Evangelical Voter
They are not just the churchgoing, conservative activists who once dominated the G.O.P.
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Sunday, January 7, 2024
Pressure Builds on Pentagon to Explain Timeline of Austin’s Hospitalization
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has yet to disclose why he has been at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for the past week.
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Liz Cheney Implores Republicans to Reject Trump
She endorsed efforts to remove him from the ballot and said, “Tell the world who we are with your vote. Tell them that we are a good and a great nation.”
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From Lebanon to the Red Sea, a Broader Conflict With Iran Looms
With its proxies attacking from many vantage points and its nuclear program suddenly revived, Iran is posing a new challenge to the West — this time with Russia and China on its side.
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Saturday, January 6, 2024
Defense Secretary Austin Kept White House in the Dark About His Hospitalization
Lloyd J. Austin III issued a statement Saturday night saying, “I take full responsibility for my decision about disclosure.”
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Biden to Deliver State of the Union Address on March 7
Speaker Mike Johnson invited the president to address a joint session of Congress on an unusually late date.
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Joseph Hendrie, 98, Dies; Key Figure in the Three Mile Island Crisis
He was chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 1979, when America faced its worst nuclear power mishap in history.
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Friday, January 5, 2024
Biden Condemns Trump In Re-Election Speech: ‘Your Freedom Is on the Ballot’
President Biden framed the election as a choice between a candidate devoted to upholding American ideals and a chaos agent willing to discard them for his personal benefit.
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Three years later, Jan. 6 hangs over the presidential contest.
President Biden is using the weekend anniversary of the Capitol attack for a speech on democracy, seeking to set himself apart from Donald J. Trump, who is heading to Iowa.
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Young Voters Worry About a Biden-Trump Rematch
Anjali Huynh, a politics reporter for The New York Times, spoke to young voters about the 2024 presidential election.
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Ramaswamy Repeats Call for Ballots to Be English Only
The tech entrepreneur has been frequently pushing for English-only ballots. The Voting Rights Act prohibits such ballots in many cases.
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Thursday, January 4, 2024
Why Wayne Rooney’s Return to English Soccer Lasted Only 15 Games
The former D.C. United coach’s reign at Birmingham City was disastrous on and off the field.
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Kim Davis, Kentucky Clerk Who Denied Same-Sex Marriage Licenses, Told to Pay $260,000 in Legal Fees
Kim Davis, the former county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, must pay a couple’s legal fees and expenses, a judge ruled. A jury previously ordered her to pay the couple $100,000 in damages.
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Trump Wants Prosecutors Held in Contempt in Federal Election Case
The former president’s lawyers sought to have Jack Smith and two deputies explain why they should not be held in contempt of court for taking new steps in the case after it was put on hold.
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Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Kennedy Announces He Is on the Ballot in Utah
It is the first state to give Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic who is running for president as an independent, a spot on its 2024 ballot.
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It’s 2024, and the Candidates Are Campaigning at a Furious Pace
The Iowa caucuses are less than two weeks away. The candidates challenging Donald J. Trump hope a strong showing will lead to consolidated support.
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Tuesday, January 2, 2024
Conservative Group Wins Legal Victory Over 2020 Voting Challenges in Georgia
The group, True the Vote, had been accused by the liberal organization Fair Fight of violating the Voting Rights Act by intimidating voters. A judge rejected the claims.
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Haley’s Civil War Gaffe Complicates Her New Hampshire Push
Her failure to mention slavery in response to a question about the causes of the Civil War has given Chris Christie fresh ammunition as they compete for the anti-Trump vote.
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Trump Appeals Decision Barring Him From Maine Primary Ballot
The move attempts to overturn the decision by Maine’s secretary of state, which made the state the second to rule the former president ineligible for the primary ballot.
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Trump to Skip CNN Debate in Iowa to Attend Fox News Town Hall
Donald J. Trump is expected to participate in a Fox News town hall on the same day, the network announced Tuesday.
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Monday, January 1, 2024
The Changing Perception of Lacrosse-Style Goals in Hockey
Some still deem it as a trick shot or even disrespectful. But for many, including the N.H.L.’s young stars, it’s just another way to score.
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Looking Ahead to 5 Things That Will Shape the 2024 Election
Trials, a Kennedy and the economy are among the variables to consider.
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The Debate Over Debates Is Over, at Least for Now
Donald Trump’s rejection of a second meeting with Kamala Harris may or may not be final. But it could complicate his effort to portray her a...
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Judge Aileen Cannon has given sober consideration to arguments that some experts say should have been promptly dispensed with, leaving a bac...
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“I am voting for a decent person I disagree with on policy over a criminal defendant without a moral compass,” wrote Mr. Duncan, who was in ...
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The aircraft manufacturer and a union representing 125 firefighters are at odds over pay at the company’s plants in the Seattle area. from...