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White House frustrated by Israel’s onslaught but sees few options

Washington Post Elections - Sun, 11/05/2023 - 6:00am
As U.S. calls for a bombing pause have little effect, the shape of post-war Mideast — and the U.S.’s role in it — grows starkly uncertain.
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At Florida GOP summit, support for Trump overshadows DeSantis

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 11/04/2023 - 11:03pm
DeSantis faced more defections in his home state and a crowd that was excited about his 2024 rival.
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Flooding D.C. streets and bashing Biden, thousands demand Gaza cease-fire

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 11/04/2023 - 7:11pm
A broad coalition filled Freedom Plaza and marched to the White House, pressuring politicians for a cease-fire in the Israel-Gaza war and an end to U.S. aid to Israel.
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One year out, an unsettled country marks time for a 2024 showdown

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 11/04/2023 - 11:34am
Despite big events on the state, federal and international level, events of the year have yet to influence next year’s election.
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Democrats’ emotional divisions on Israel burst into public view

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 11/04/2023 - 11:22am
The raw emotions over Israel’s conduct are dividing the Democratic Party more than any other issue in recent memory.
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DeSantis group’s ad attacks Haley with facts but offers false conclusions

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 11/04/2023 - 10:10am
A pro-DeSantis super PAC suggests she made a national security blunder by welcoming a Chinese fiberglass company to South Carolina.
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How Speaker Mike Johnson’s plans for a Christian law school unraveled

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 11/04/2023 - 8:22am
Johnson vouched for the school, and agreed to serve as its dean, without seeing a key feasibility study, he would ultimately admit.
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House and Senate elections could provide historic reverse results

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 11/04/2023 - 7:00am
Both chambers face the possibility of the minority party winning next November, with each chamber flipping in the opposite political direction.
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Mike Johnson and Mitch McConnell are on a collision course

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 11/04/2023 - 5:00am
The new House speaker and the Senate GOP leader are struggling to hold together their fractious conferences while clashing with each other on policy priorities.
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The strengths and weaknesses of legal attempts to disqualify Trump

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 11/04/2023 - 5:00am
The cases are unlike any in history against a candidate for president and present several issues that have been rarely addressed by courts.
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Gag order against Trump in Jan. 6 case put on hold by appellate court

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 11/03/2023 - 5:15pm
A pause on Donald Trump’s gag order in his federal election interference trial in D.C. is in place as an appeals court reviews the matter.
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Trump appointee sentenced to nearly 6 years for attacking police on Jan. 6

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 11/03/2023 - 4:57pm
Trump appointee Federico Klein considered it part of his “duties” to attend the Jan. 6 Trump rally and join protesters who mobbed the Capitol. He was sentenced to 70 months.
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Supreme Court agrees to review gun-rights challenge to bump stock ban

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 11/03/2023 - 3:16pm
The federal ban on bump stocks was announced by the Trump administration after the devices were used in a 2017 mass shooting on the Las Vegas strip.
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Biden says consensus ‘ultimately possible’ in visit after Maine mass shooting

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 11/03/2023 - 3:05pm
The president and first lady met with first responders, family members and survivors of a rampage that killed 18.
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Government trust falls, democracy erodes, yet feds appreciated, reports find

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 11/03/2023 - 10:53am
Trust in government is fading away, as is American democracy, according to reports. That worries the right and the left, for different reasons.
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Trump Jr. tells court artist ‘make me look sexy,’ points to fake SBF sketch

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 11/03/2023 - 10:21am
A fake — and flattering — courtroom sketch of Sam Bankman-Fried was the inspiration for Donald Trump Jr.’s request to the courtroom sketch artist during his family’s civil fraud trial.
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Why the Israel-Gaza war is so politically dicey for Biden

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 11/03/2023 - 10:08am
New polling reinforces how aligning with Israel — as Biden has done — could alienate key groups that already are unenthusiastic about the president.
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John Fetterman unleashed: ‘I’ve already been dead once’

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 11/03/2023 - 7:59am
John Fetterman is flouting expectations of what a senator looks and acts like, and stretching the boundaries of behavior in a political body often compared to a country club.
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Nikki Haley jokes about fellow presidential candidate Ron DeSantis’s boots

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/02/2023 - 7:51pm
“We’ll see if he can run in ‘em,” Haley said on “of her GOP rival who has been accused of using footwear to appear taller.The Daily Show”
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Colorado judge weighs if Trump incited an insurrection, can run again

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 11/02/2023 - 5:27pm
A Colorado judge is weighing whether Donald Trump incited an insurrection and is barred from running for president again.
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