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FBI arrests officers who allegedly used police dogs to attack people

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 08/18/2023 - 10:29am
An FBI raid in the Bay Area led to the arrest of 10 officers with the Antioch and Pittsburg Police Departments, including three facing civil rights charges.
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James Buckley, conservative politician and U.S. senator, dies at 100

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 08/18/2023 - 10:04am
In political circles, Mr. Buckley was perhaps best remembered as the lead plaintiff in a landmark campaign finance lawsuit, Buckley v. Valeo.
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American democracy is cracking. These forces help explain why.

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 08/18/2023 - 9:34am
Many Americans believe the political system is broken. A Post analysis examined the forces fueling the sense that government fails to represent the people.
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Army base, once named for an enslaver, now honors slavery descendants

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 08/18/2023 - 7:18am
Arthur Gregg reflects on his career after a Virginia base was named after him, the only living person so honored. Until April, it was named for Robert. E. Lee.
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Trump could be booked in violent Atlanta jail with crumbling walls

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 08/18/2023 - 6:26am
A bug-covered body. A history of mismanagement. Shanks made from walls. Former president Donald Trump and 18 others may have to report to the Fulton County Jail.
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Ron DeSantis must defend Trump, show emotion in GOP debate, memos say

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/17/2023 - 11:47pm
Documents posted online by a firm affiliated with a pro-DeSantis super PAC lay out advice for the Florida governor in advance of the first Republican presidential debate.
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At summit with Japan and South Korea, ‘Bidenomics’ brings promise and peril

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/17/2023 - 9:00pm
As the United States has worked to try to address the concerns of South Korea and Japan while also bolstering its own manufacturing base, economic security has become a key tension point between the three nations.
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N.C. Republican bill limits mail voting, private election funding

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/17/2023 - 7:00pm
Gov. Roy Cooper (D) is expected to veto the bill, which he said was based on “the Big Lie of election fraud,” but Republicans have a veto-proof majority in the legislature.
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Trump asks to push Jan. 6 trial beyond 2024 election — to April 2026

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/17/2023 - 6:45pm
U.S. proposes a January 2024 trial, starting before primary voting begins, but Donald Trump’s lawyers ask for a major delay citing ‘overwhelming’ amount of evidence.
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Hunter Biden stays close to father at White House amid criminal probe

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/17/2023 - 4:49pm
A day after he reached a tentative plea deal, Hunter Biden began a two-week stay at the White House, underscoring President Biden’s fatherly attachment to him despite his son’s troubles.
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Woman sentenced to 22 years for trying to mail ricin to Trump

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/17/2023 - 3:02pm
A French Canadian woman who mailed a ricin-laced letter to President Donald Trump at the White House before the 2020 election was sentenced to 22 years in prison.
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Maui survivors say government help still lags

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/17/2023 - 2:23pm
Many Maui survivors say the federal response has been inadequate and slow, a mark of the steep challenge FEMA faces in responding amid escalating climate crises.
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Lawsuit claims Sen. Dianne Feinstein is the victim of financial elder abuse

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/17/2023 - 11:09am
The lawsuit is the latest in a number of ongoing legal complaints lodged by Sen. Dianne Feinstein and her daughter over the estate of her late husband.
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Weary of harassment, Black female election workers in Ga. welcome Trump charges

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/17/2023 - 10:00am
Since Donald Trump lost Georgia in 2020, Black women election workers and activists have faced a backlash from conservatives falsely claiming mass voter fraud.
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As Rosalynn turns 96, the Carters continue to defy the odds

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/17/2023 - 6:00am
Despite serious health problems, Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter still spend most days beside each other in the living room of the Georgia bungalow they built in 1961.
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Trump follows tested ‘counterpuncher’ playbook in face of indictments

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/17/2023 - 5:00am
Even before his latest indictment landed, the former president was punching back, dishing insults, personal attacks and threats. That's what he's done for six decades, with considerable success.
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Why Democrat Dean Phillips says Biden shouldn’t run

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/17/2023 - 5:00am
Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) supports Joe Biden’s agenda, but not his reelection. He argues a Biden candidacy will lead to another Trump presidency.
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Tim Scott announces second major ad buy of his presidential campaign

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/17/2023 - 4:00am
The $8 million buy will include television ads airing in Iowa and New Hampshire.
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How Republicans overhype the findings of their Hunter Biden probe

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 08/17/2023 - 2:00am
Rep. James Comer’s rhetoric does not track with the reports issued by House Committee Oversight staff.
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Appeals court embraces abortion-pill limits, sets up Supreme Court review

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 08/16/2023 - 7:17pm
The Supreme Court has ruled that mifepristone, a key abortion drug, will remain available for now under existing regulations while the litigation continues.
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