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How Jamaica-born Judge Tanya S. Chutkan became Trump’s latest target
Tayna Chutkan has been a public defender, a high-powered private attorney and a Jan. 6 judge. Now she presides over Donald Trump’s D.C. election case.
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The partisan gap on vaccines isn’t limited to covid
It’s just particularly pronounced in that case.
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Menendez, facing more calls to resign, to address fellow Senate Democrats
More than half of the Democratic caucus has encouraged Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) to step down following his indictment last week on bribery charges.
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Republicans are doing their best to get blamed for a shutdown
The GOP usually gets blamed for shutdowns anyway. But a series of developments and comments appear to make that more likely.
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Will this be the least important presidential debate in U.S. history?
The first Republican debate didn’t change things much. With the stage combining for less than half the support of GOP voters, the second one isn’t likely to either.
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Court rulings poised to play pivotal role in battle for Congress
The Supreme Court’s Alabama decision was just one among a series of redistricting cases expected to influence the balance of power on Capitol Hill.
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The impeachment inquiry is starting exactly as might have been expected
The unreliable chairman of the House Oversight Committee offers a dubious new allegation as he prepares to take second-hand testimony.
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A judge’s conspicuous note on Trump, the Saudis and ‘influence buying’
Donald Trump argued that his inflated property values were legitimate because the Saudis would pay them. Judge Arthur Engoron was seemingly taken aback.
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How much would your house be worth if the Trump Organization owned it?
See how your home price would look if you applied the same level of inflation that a New York judge laid out in a ruling in a fraud case against Trump.
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Bidens’ dog bites Secret Service officer in 11th known aggressive incident
Commander, a German shepherd, previously bit several people between late 2022 and early 2023.
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That wasn’t on my 2023 Republican debate bingo game card...
Pick which topics the candidates might discuss and play along while you watch the debate.
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Lina Khan’s Amazon lawsuit is nothing like her famous law article
The Amazon lawsuit the FTC filed Tuesday shows how Lina Khan has evolved as a regulator.
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What Republican voters think of candidates before the second debate
Our poll found Donald Trump has the most positive image among potential Republican voters.
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What to watch and who is participating in the second Republican debate
Seven candidates have qualified for the second GOP presidential debate. Here’s what’s at stake for each candidate.
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Sen. Bob Menendez faces rapidly growing calls from colleagues to resign
A growing list of Democrats in the Senate are calling for the senator from New Jersey to resign after being indicted on bribery-related charges.
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Republican candidates embrace Reagan. But he’d be out of step in Trump’s GOP.
The 40th president’s legacy will be the backdrop of the Republican race Wednesday, when seven candidates will debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
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Senate moves forward on short-term deal to avert government shutdown
The measure would fund the government for six weeks and include additional money for Ukraine and domestic disaster relief. But its future in the House is unclear.
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The GOP’s defenses of Bob Menendez, and what they ignore
Cotton’s and Rubio’s defenses aren’t really about Menendez, of course. But they reinforce a vastly — and increasingly — different standard of accountability between the parties.
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Fentanyl smuggling is hard to stop — but easy to use as a cudgel
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy keeps using fentanyl deaths to criticize the Biden administration, but it’s not clear he has a solution.
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Supreme Court won’t let Alabama use disputed House map for 2024
The Supreme Court refused Alabama’s request to hold 2024 elections under a congressional map judged to be an unlawful effort to dilute Black voters’ power.
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