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Lauch Faircloth, senator who battled D.C. during fiscal crisis, dies at 95
As federal overseers took over most of District finances in the 1990s, tensions grew between Mr. Faircloth and D.C. Mayor Marion Barry.
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Democrats’ weird answers on Kamala Harris
Democrats can pretend otherwise, but comments from Nancy Pelosi, Jamie Raskin and Gavin Newsom about Harris’s political future are conspicuous.
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The small, telling differences in how voters view Trump and Biden
The two likely 2024 candidates are viewed as similarly — but not equivalently — corrupt or mentally unfit.
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From bad to much worse for Ron DeSantis
His deficit has grown but the real story may be the broader distaste he has created among Americans.
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Trumpworld is still figuring out the Hunter Biden indictment conspiracy
Is it that Democrats want President Biden to step down? Or is it that this is still a way to protect the president? We’ll see!
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Double blows of inquiry and son’s indictment create tough stretch for Biden
Hunter Biden is charged two days after Republicans launch an impeachment process, abruptly creating legal, political and personal challenges for the president
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Inside VP Biden’s linking of a loan to a Ukraine prosecutor’s ouster
In December 2015, the then-vice president “called an audible” on linking the removal of a key Ukrainian figure to a loan guarantee, an official said.
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TikTok and U.S. rekindle negotiations, boosting app’s hopes for survival
Calls to ban the wildly popular app have faded ahead of the 2024 election.
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ICE can’t keep up with complex money laundering schemes, watchdog warns
Outdated technology and short staffing hinder the government’s ability to combat sophisticated money laundering schemes by drug traffickers and terrorists.
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Biden circle fires back hard at impeachment inquiry
President Biden has sought to remain above the fray, but his staffers — and son — have responded aggressively.
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Hunter Biden indicted on false statement, gun charges in Delaware
Hunter Biden has been indicted -- a legal and political setback for President Biden and his family after a plea deal fell apart this summer.
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After chaotic week, House heads home with government shutdown on horizon
Speaker Kevin McCarthy challenged his Republican detractors to oust him as the House swirled with chaos after a short week.
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Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin will resume offering abortions
Planned Parenthood and others stopped providing abortions in Wisconsin after the Supreme Court’s decision overturning the right to abortion and because of an 1849 state law that was broadly viewed as banning nearly all abortions.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to visit Washington next week
Zelensky’s visit was coordinated with the Biden administration in a joint push to Congress to provide $24 billion in aid, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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Supreme Court asked to pause limits on White House social media requests
The filing brings a long-simmering legal battle over the future of online speech before the nation’s highest court.
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The casual falsehoods of the GOP’s impeachment inquiry leader
Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) offered a litany of unproven or false claims in an interview this week.
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Wisconsin Republicans vote to fire elections director, who sues to keep her job
The vote creates a dispute over who is in charge of overseeing elections in a state that is expected to play a critical role in next year’s presidential campaign.
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The consolidate-against-Trump strategy remains a fantasy
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) is the latest to suggest that the only thing obstacle to beating Trump is the size of the field.
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‘You sell yourself so cheap?’ Romney’s stark indictment of GOP cowardice.
Romney is naming names in highly unusual ways, apparently recognizing that stopping Trump requires targeting his enablers.
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The terrorizing style in American politics
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) described the fear felt by senators as they considered Donald Trump’s second impeachment. That fear lingers broadly.
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