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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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Biden, in historic but sensitive move, joins UAW picket line
The president embraced union members — and a strike that could have serious economic consequences.
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Another campaign, another outrage over ‘free phones’
At his South Carolina rally, former president Donald Trump made an argument that would have been familiar in 2012.
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Bending to right, McCarthy pushes safety net cuts in shutdown battle
The House speaker embraced major spending reductions to win conservative support for a government funding bill.
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Gun laws become a 2024 issue in an unexpected way
Donald Trump couldn’t buy a gun if he wanted to. Hunter Biden did, and faces criminal charges as a result.
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Cassidy Hutchinson on Gaetz dating claim: ‘I have much higher standards’
The former Trump White House aide wrote about Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani in her new book, “Enough,” which is out Tuesday.
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Trump fights Jack Smith request for narrow gag order in Jan. 6 case
Prosecutors asked a judge to bar the former president’s ‘inflammatory’ attacks on case participants, citing a threat of violence and intimidation of jurors and others.
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Ralph Nader, wary of Trump, offers to help Joe Biden win
The political firebrand, long estranged from Democrats, fears fascism will be on the ballot in 2024 and it must be defeated.
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