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Term limits would upend Congress as we know it

Washington Post Elections - Sat, 09/16/2023 - 5:00am
Americans broadly support term limits for Congress. Here’s how the proposal from Republicans Ted Cruz and Ralph Norman would change Capitol Hill.
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Boebert apologizes for vaping and disrupting ‘Beetlejuice’ musical

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/15/2023 - 11:29pm
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) said she’s “truly sorry” after she and a companion were booted for singing and “causing a disturbance” during a performance in Denver.
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Special counsel fights Trump bid to oust Judge Chutkan from Jan. 6 case

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/15/2023 - 8:26pm
Prosecutors say veteran D.C. judge Tanya Chutkan’s statements in sentencing two Capitol attack defendants do not show she has prejudged Trump.
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Biden administration proposes new rule that would limit Trump purge

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/15/2023 - 6:31pm
The measure is an attempt to thwart plans by the former president and his allies to replace career government officials with political loyalists if he’s reelected.
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A who’s who — and who says what — of the IRS-Hunter Biden dispute

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/15/2023 - 4:29pm
Newly reported testimony from participants of a 2022 meeting about the Hunter Biden investigation undercuts key claims from IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley.
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Lauch Faircloth, senator who battled D.C. during fiscal crisis, dies at 95

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/15/2023 - 4:13pm
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

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/15/2023 - 4:05pm
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

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/15/2023 - 11:55am
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

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/15/2023 - 11:20am
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

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/15/2023 - 10:40am
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

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/15/2023 - 6:43am
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

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/15/2023 - 6:10am
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

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/15/2023 - 6:00am
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

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/15/2023 - 5:00am
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

Washington Post Elections - Fri, 09/15/2023 - 4:00am
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

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 9:01pm
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

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 6:26pm
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

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 5:45pm
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

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 5:40pm
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

Washington Post Elections - Thu, 09/14/2023 - 5:29pm
The filing brings a long-simmering legal battle over the future of online speech before the nation’s highest court.
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