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This lawsuit could disrupt the U.S. tax system. Key facts are in dispute.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Dec. 5 in Moore v. United States, a challenge to an offshore earnings tax passed in 2017 to offset the Trump tax cuts.
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Donations to GOP drop as worries mount about the party’s finances
Donors have not cut as many large checks to the RNC in recent years, and the party’s small-dollar program has also suffered ahead of the 2024 elections
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Univision anchor Jorge Ramos rebukes network for not challenging Trump
Univision anchor Jorge Ramos said Saturday that reporters should ask hard questions of Donald Trump in the wake of a widely criticized interview by the network.
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White House grapples with internal divisions on Israel-Gaza
The Hamas attacks and Israeli reaction have roiled the administration like no other issue.
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Biden hails hostage deal as progress — but huge challenges lie ahead
The president highlighted the U.S. role in helping to broker a pause in fighting, a rare bit of good news in a conflict that poses serious political risks for him.
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Democratic presidential candidate Phillips announces he won’t run for reelection in House
The 54-year-old told the Star Tribune it would be “irresponsible to continue to string both my constituents along and the other candidates who both have entered the race and who might be interested in entering the race.”
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Charles Peters, Washington Monthly founder, dies at 96
He vowed his magazine, a training ground for generations of reporters, would probe official Washington “the way that an anthropologist looks at a South Sea island.”
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Biden’s resistance to cease-fire could alienate youth voters in 2024
As the death toll rises in the Middle East, some young U.S. voters dissatisfied with President Biden’s response are considering a third-party vote or sitting out.
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New York Mayor Eric Adams is accused of sexual assault
The summons, filed under New York’s Adult Survivors Action, the plaintiff also accuses Adams of employment discrimination and retaliation in 1993, when they both worked for the city.
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OpenAI and X: Promises of populist technology, shaped by a single man
In the end, power in Silicon Valley is largely held by a small cadre of believers and loyalists who deliberate in secrecy and answer to no one.
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CEO of pro-DeSantis super PAC resigns amid rising tensions
Never Back Down CEO Chris Jankowski stepped down on Wednesday amid increasingly public divisions over strategy.
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Jerry Doolittle, who wrote White House jokes and murder mysteries, dies at 90
A former Post journalist, Mr. Doolittle left the diplomatic corps after helping disclose details of the U.S. bombing of Laos during the Vietnam War.
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How to argue about politics this Thanksgiving
Could Biden lose? What to make of Trump’s authoritarian lean?
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GOP official’s wife convicted in months-long 2020 voter-fraud scheme
Kim Phuong Taylor wanted her husband, Iowa county supervisor Jeremy Taylor, to win “by any means necessary” in the 2020 elections, prosecutors say.
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As Democrats push to ban caste discrimination, some Indian Americans object
As Democrats push bills to ban discrimination by caste, some Indian Americans object that efforts are unnecessary.
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Biden yet again says Hamas beheaded babies. Has new evidence emerged?
Doubt was cast on initial reports of beheaded babies in the Hamas attack. An Israeli official pointed to new eyewitness accounts, but caution is still warranted.
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Republican Maloy wins special House election for Utah’s 2nd District
The attorney will serve the remainder of the term of former congressman Chris Stewart, who resigned in September because of his wife’s health.
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Democrats accuse X of profiting off misinformation in Israel-Gaza war
In a letter to Elon Musk, Democratic lawmakers accused X of failing to follow its own policies to curb “misinformation” and “terroristic propaganda videos.”
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Iowa evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats endorses DeSantis, knocks Trump
It’s unclear whether the endorsement will help the Florida governor reverse months of struggles.
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How the surge in migration to the U.S. might affect 2024
New research suggests that an increase in undocumented immigration pushes voters and elected officials to the right.
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