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Most Republicans say Trump didn’t even try to overturn the election
It’s hardly the first poll to suggest strong unfamiliarity -- or refusal to acknowledge -- the basic facts underlying Trump’s indictments.
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Democrats plot end run around Tuberville blockade of military promotions
It will only work, however, if some Republicans back it.
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The ongoing terror of mass-shooting incidents
Mass-shooting deaths make up a small portion of annual deaths in the United States but have an outsize presence in the public imagination.
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Dean Phillips’s primary challenge of Biden will face many obstacles
Minnesota congressman Dean Phillips is expected to announce his presidential intentions in New Hampshire on Friday. Democratic strategists say it’s unlikely to undermine Biden’s path to the nomination.
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Bertie Bowman, revered aide who got start sweeping Capitol steps, dies at 92
The son of sharecroppers, Mr. Bowman ran away from home at age 13, swept the Capitol steps and then became the longest-serving African-American congressional staff member in history.
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Special counsel urges judge to crack down further on Trump’s comments
Special counsel Jack Smith urges a judge to modify the conditions of Trump’s release to make clear he could go to jail if he keeps talking about witnesses.
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N.C. Republicans pass redistricting map expected to flip 3 House seats
The move comes months after a GOP-controlled state Supreme Court allowed gerrymandering based on politics.
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New speaker Mike Johnson’s 2020 election denial could have 2024 implications
The new House Speaker worked behind the scenes after the 2020 election to boost Donald Trump’s efforts to stay in office through a long-shot court challenge
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New House speaker Mike Johnson faces herculean task of uniting Republicans
Johnson was the GOP’s fourth speaker nominee in three weeks, but the only one able to achieve a majority of votes on the House floor to clinch the speakership
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A historic gamble: Mike Johnson’s unpaved path to House speaker
The staunch conservative’s quick rise has no modern comparison, and he’s had little training for the difficult job.
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Biden, shifting tone, stresses need for Palestinian state after war
Biden denounces Hamas killings but also condemns attacks by Israeli settlers as “pouring gasoline on the fire.”
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The new House speaker is Mike Johnson. Who?
After three long, chaotic weeks, the nation finally has a new House speaker – U.S. Rep. Mike Johnson from Louisiana. So who is he? And how did Congress get here?
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Clarence Thomas’s RV loan was forgiven, Senate committee report says
Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) called on Justice Clarence Thomas to say whether he declared the forgiven loan on his tax filings.
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Presenting the most popular(ly named) speaker in recent history
Speaker Mike Johnson takes the gavel presumably because Chris Smith and James Williams were otherwise occupied.
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Judge fines Trump $10,000 for second violation of New York gag order
Donald Trump was fined $5,000 because of the gag order last week. This time, the judge said he did not believe a remark by Trump was directed at Michael Cohen.
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The GOP rebukes Gaetz and the ‘chaos caucus.’ Then it rewards them.
Republican institutionalists again affirmed an incentive structure that has hamstrung leaders.
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Four consequences of the Republican fight for House speaker
Is the Republican Party broken?
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Iran oil sales are surging and Hamas is terrorizing. Is Biden to blame?
Iran’s oil sales have jumped since Biden took office, but is it because he has weakened sanctions imposed by Trump?
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Trump’s latest attack on witnesses is one of his most brazen
Trump responded to a report about Mark Meadows’s testimony by sending a message to anyone who cooperates with prosecutors against him.
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Rep. Mike Johnson elected speaker, breaking weeks-long stalemate
Late Tuesday, Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) became the fourth Republican pick for the post since the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) three weeks ago.
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