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Analysis, key moments from Republican presidential debate
The Washington Post’s most experienced political reporters engage in a real-time conversation about what they see on the Republican debate stage.
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Takeaways from the second Republican debate
GOP presidential hopefuls try to seize on one of their dwindling chances to make an impression as Trump again skips the debate.
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Candidates’ differences on Ukraine reflect stark divide within GOP
Republican presidential candidates sparred Wednesday over whether to continue supporting Ukraine’s efforts to defend itself again an ongoing Russian invasion.
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Ramaswamy, echoing Trump, calls for an end to birthright citizenship
Ramaswamy, the son of Indian immigrants, said children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States should not be granted citizenship, because their parents “broke the law” to be in the country.
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‘Donald Duck’ and other Trump attacks from the Republican debate
Former president Donald Trump, who skipped the second GOP debate, faced attacks for his absence from rivals lagging behind him in the polls.
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Republican presidential candidates blame UAW strike on Biden
The candidates focused their criticism on President Biden and the striking union members.
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GOP hopefuls say both parties — and Trump — should be blamed if government shuts down
At the second GOP presidential primary debate Wednesday, candidates blamed President Biden’s policies for the possibility of a shutdown — but also used the question to call out former president Donald Trump for skipping the event.
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Senate adopts resolution requiring men to wear business attire on chamber floor
The change was made following days of upheaval sparked by Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer’s decision to stop enforcing the requirement of business attire.
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Chutkan rejects Trump request to step aside as judge in his D.C. trial
Trump attacked the veteran jurist and demanded recusal within days of his Aug. 1 indictment for obstructing the 2020 election.
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In photos and video: The scene at the second Republican presidential debate in California
Seven GOP candidates debated at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California’s Simi Valley while former president Donald Trump skipped the debate and instead delivered a speech in Michigan.
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What we know about the flash-mob-style ransacking in Philadelphia
Police said criminals used a protest over a ruling in the fatal police shooting of Eddie Irizarry as cover to loot several stores in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
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The third kick of the shutdown ‘mule’: McConnell’s warnings go unheeded
House Republicans are driving the GOP toward its “third kick of the mule” in 10 years — set to force another shutdown, starting Sunday, in which their Senate counterparts are pleading with them to abort the obviously bad mission.
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Latino leaders dismiss Sen. Menendez’s claim of persecution over ethnicity
Hispanic leaders offered mixed responses around the legal peril Menendez now faces after a long career as a leading voice on issues affecting the Latino community.
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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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