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The bipartisan fear that American democracy is on the brink

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/25/2023 - 1:15pm
Both sides agree that the 2024 election is a moment of risk. They disagree on why.
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5 things to know about Mike Johnson, the new House speaker

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/25/2023 - 1:14pm
What we know about the views of the new speaker, Mike Johnson, on Ukraine, Donald Trump and the 2020 election.
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Progressives rebel against Biden’s handling of Israel-Gaza crisis

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/25/2023 - 11:37am
A split over the Middle East war jeopardizes a coalition with the left that Biden has nurtured for three years.
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It’s the culture war, stupid: How Republicans view the presidency

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/25/2023 - 11:07am
New research shows that Republicans are more interested in a president who focuses on cultural fights than one who focuses on the economy.
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Shouting down an election-denial question embodies the Republicans’ problem

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/25/2023 - 9:52am
At some point, the person second-in-line to the presidency should have to answer for his efforts to subvert democracy.
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10 hours, 2 nominees: Chaos on Capitol Hill and still no House speaker

Washington Post Elections - Wed, 10/25/2023 - 1:01am
House Republicans spent another day trying and failing to elect a speaker to lead the House of Representatives.
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Republicans choose Johnson as fourth speaker nominee, after Trump nixes Emmer run

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 10:45pm
Johnson will now see if he can earn 217 Republican votes on the House floor, a hurdle the three nominees before him could not clear.
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House Republicans pick Rep. Mike Johnson as their fourth speaker nominee

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 9:54pm
House Republicans started over on the search for the next speaker of the House after Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was ousted last week.
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Michael Cohen and Trump meet again during civil fraud trial

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 6:20pm
The former president and his ex-lawyer found themselves face to face once again, with the latter testifying against the former during a civil fraud trial.
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Jewish Florida lawmaker breaks from DeSantis and endorses Trump

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 6:04pm
Randy Fine, a top DeSantis ally and sole Jewish GOP lawmaker in the Florida legislature, announced he was switching his support to former president Donald Trump.
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Georgia’s 6-week abortion ban stays for now, state Supreme Court rules

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 4:55pm
The case returns to a lower court to determine whether the 2019 law violates due process, equal protection and other rights inherent in the state Constitution.
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Tom Emmer quickly ran into a Trump-sized problem with his speaker bid

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 3:15pm
Emmer is ill-suited for a party focused on hard-right purity tests and Trump-ism. And it showed.
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Americans are very aware of just how old Biden and Trump are

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 2:32pm
New polling indicates that Americans are not overestimating Biden’s age.
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Trump files new challenges to federal election obstruction case in D.C.

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 2:10pm
In filings before a midnight deadline, Donald Trump’s legal team sought to toss his indictment, claiming First Amendment and double-jeopardy protections.
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Jenna Ellis’s tearful guilty plea should worry Rudy Giuliani

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 12:18pm
She chose to do statement that blamed “lawyers with many more years of experience than I.”
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The layers of falsehoods that led to Jenna Ellis’s plea deal

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 12:03pm
Donald Trump’s effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election was built on a foundation of confirmation bias and ignorance. His allies, most recently Jenna Ellis, are paying the price.
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Tracking the Trump investigations and where they stand

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 11:58am
Former President Donald Trump has been indicted in four cases — all while leading the Republican field in the 2024 presidential race. Here's the latest news on each.
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Trump pledges to turn away those who don’t like ‘our religion’

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 9:58am
Donald Trump puts a finer point on his old rhetoric on immigration, telling a crowd, “if you don’t like our religion ... you are not getting in.”
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Here are the eight Republican candidates running for House speaker

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 5:21am
The Republican conference is planning to meet Monday evening to hear from this new crop of candidates seeking to become House speaker.
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Trump seethes at gag order in federal case while his campaign relishes it

Washington Post Elections - Tue, 10/24/2023 - 5:00am
The former president took advantage of a temporary pause in the gag order to resume attacking special counsel Jack Smith in the federal Jan. 6 case.
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