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Why is an Arizona State University law clinic defending Kari Lake?

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 09/30/2023 - 8:05am
A university legal clinic represents an election-denying ally of Donald Trump. Some alumni are fuming.
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Nine younger voters tell The Post what 2024 candidates should focus on

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 09/30/2023 - 4:00am
From affordable housing and abortion to support for small businesses, here’s whats nine Millennial and Gen Z voters want 2024 candidates to focus on.
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Prosecutors cite Trump’s supposed gun purchase as possible crime

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/29/2023 - 9:09pm
Prosecutors arguing for a gag order against Donald Trump cite a recent retracted claim of him purchasing a weapon as a possible violation of the law.
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IRS consultant charged in leak of tax returns for Trump, wealthy Americans

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/29/2023 - 9:07pm
Charles Edward Littlejohn, 38, of D.C. is accused of being behind blockbuster reports by New York Times and ProPublica in 2020 and 2021.
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Congress begins to admit it’s running out of time to avoid a government shutdown

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/29/2023 - 6:53pm
Speaker Kevin McCarthy has been focused on passing long-term spending bills, hoping it will shake loose some support for a short-term plan to avert a government shutdown.
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Newsom facing competing pressures as he decides on Feinstein successor

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/29/2023 - 6:32pm
The California governor has said he plans to name a Black woman as an “interim appointment.” Some activists say he should dispense with any reelection conditions and choose Rep. Barbara Lee.
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House fails to pass short-term funding bill as shutdown looms

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/29/2023 - 4:32pm
Congress is racing against the clock to avoid a federal government shutdown ahead of an Oct. 1 deadline.
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Landmark Texas, Florida social media cases added to Supreme Court term

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/29/2023 - 2:07pm
The Supreme Court on Friday said it would wade into the future of free speech online, examining laws passed in Florida and Texas.
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Anti-Trump GOP groups start waving white flag. This memo shows why.

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/29/2023 - 1:26pm
The memo from a key group that ran millions of dollars in ads opposing Trump suggests very little works. Other groups’ actions suggest they agree.
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Who could replace Dianne Feinstein in the Senate?

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/29/2023 - 1:23pm
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) has set two key parameters for his appointment. Here’s who could fit them.
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Cope springs eternal: The anti-Trump right grabs at Glenn Youngkin

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/29/2023 - 1:13pm
Eight years later, we’re still doing this?
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Dianne Feinstein hailed as a trailblazer after death at 90

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/29/2023 - 12:10pm
Female senators, in particular, thanked the senator for paving a trail for other women in politics.
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The average age of Congress is rising. That’s unlikely to change soon.

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/29/2023 - 11:43am
The average age of Congress is rising with the current class of lawmakers one of the oldest in history.
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Dianne Feinstein survived a 1976 assassination attempt, thanks to a dud bomb

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/29/2023 - 11:41am
Feinstein, who died Thursday at age 90, was targeted by a terrorist group that left a bomb on the windowsill of her San Francisco home in December 1976.
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Once common, Senate deaths in office are now rare

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/29/2023 - 11:03am
Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s death is one of only two of a sitting senator in the last 10 years.
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Court ruling puts Trump’s New York empire at stake

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/29/2023 - 10:43am
A judge’s unusually sweeping ruling in a civil case accusing Donald Trump of inflating property values could force him to sell his famed New York real estate.
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On Fox News, GOP impeachment leaders spread false claims with impunity

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/29/2023 - 9:15am
Host Sean Hannity assiduously shielded his audience from the facts.
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U.S. doesn’t learn from long history of threatened and real shutdowns

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/29/2023 - 5:00am
There have been five shutdowns since fiscal 1977, but 20 funding gaps that threaten federal service disruptions. Other democracies don’t treat their people this way.
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Senate Republicans in discussions to add border security to stopgap bill

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 09/28/2023 - 10:55pm
The parties have rarely been able to find consensus around the border-patrol issue.
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‘Baby steps aren’t going to cut it’: Debates do little to dent Trump dominance

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 09/28/2023 - 8:42pm
Once seen as GOP candidates’ best chance at a game-changing moment, the showdowns have reinforced Trump’s advantage in the eyes of many Republicans.
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