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4 political takeaways from Rupert Murdoch’s exit
Murdoch’s big political moments and the Dominion lawsuit revelations that will forever color his legacy.
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Lauren Boebert’s migrant misinformation trail winds back to Canada 2006
The Colorado lawmaker shared a viral tweet that was based on bum information that has been debunked repeatedy.
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Senate confirms Joint Chiefs chair in respite from Tuberville blockade
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) invoked a parliamentary maneuver Wednesday in a bid to advance three senior-level military nominees whose promotions have long been stalled in the Senate.
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Biden invites Netanyahu to White House despite frosty relations
Biden is meeting the Israeli leader at a time of tension over Netanyahu’s Palestinian policies and judicial changes.
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Trump, who paved way for Roe repeal, faces abortion blowback from right
The tensions reflect intraparty divisions over an issue the GOP has struggled to navigate since Roe v. Wade was overturned last summer.
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Republican takes Jan. 6 and Justice Dept. claims to new places
The official GOP efforts to rewrite the post-Jan. 6 narrative have rarely been this full-throated.
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Tyranny of extreme minority: House traditions allow just a handful to dictate agenda
Forget the filibuster in the Senate. Over in the House, rules and tradition have been contorted so that as few as five members control the chamber.
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Family of Irvo Otieno settles suit over his death at Va. mental hospital
Irvo Otieno, 28, died in March while handcuffed and pinned to the floor of Central State Hospital for about 11 minutes by seven Henrico County sheriff’s deputies and three hospital employees.
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Garland pushes back against GOP claims of law enforcement bias
House Republicans accused Attorney General Merrick Garland of political bias within the Justice Department, focusing mostly on the Hunter Biden investigation.
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96-year-old judge who refuses to retire suspended for ‘misconduct’
Judge Pauline Newman has fought her removal from the Federal Circuit and refused to cooperate in an investigation into her competence.
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Georgia Trump electors argue they acted under federal authority
Lawyers for three of the 19 defendants in the Fulton County election-interference case appeared in federal court Wednesday.
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Pennsylvania debuts automatic voter registration, joining 23 other states and D.C.
The change fulfills a campaign promise for Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), who promoted the new system Tuesday as a “common sense” initiative.
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Trumpism costs the GOP in a crucial election, again
Extreme, Trump-aligned candidates possibly cost the GOP control of the Senate for the last three years. Now they might have cost it full control of a swing state, New Hampshire.
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David McCormick to announce fresh GOP bid for Senate in Pennsylvania
The former hedge fund executive lost a Republican primary battle to television celebrity Mehmet Oz last year.
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Garland comes before Congress with his record in the spotlight
The attorney general who vowed to keep the Justice Department free of politics has led it through two indictments of Donald Trump and one of Hunter Biden.
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House flounders as GOP fails to appease hard-right members on funding
House Republicans will return to negotiations over the continuing resolution as a Sept. 30 deadline to fund the government and avert a shutdown looms.
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Letter from Republican senators slams change in dress code enforcement
At the center of much of the GOP ire is Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who often dons hoodies and shorts while working — although not on the Senate floor.
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Biden’s efforts to court India challenged by assassination claim
Biden has aggressively wooed India’s Modi as a counterweight to China. A claim that India killed a Sikh separatist on Canadian soil complicates that effort.
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Biden to create new office of gun violence prevention
The move, long been pushed by gun control groups, comes amid stalled progress on gun-safety legislation
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John Fetterman would be particularly hard to body-double
The very large senator has been the target of particularly dumb online conspiracies.
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