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Lawmakers Call for Tighter Ethics Rules After Revelations About Justice Thomas
An investigation by ProPublica revealed that Clarence Thomas accompanied Harlan Crow, a conservative donor and real estate billionaire, on a…
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5 Lessons for Democrats From Victories in Wisconsin and Chicago
The Wisconsin results show that the salience of abortion is not fading, and in Chicago, a “tough-on-crime” message fell short.
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F.D.A. Plans to Allow a Second Updated Covid Booster for Vulnerable Americans
Federal regulators plan to authorize an additional dose for seniors and immunocompromised people in the coming weeks, ahead of the…
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Chicagoans Go to the Polls in a Mayoral Race Between Very Different Democrats
Paul Vallas, a former public school executive, has called for a crackdown on crime, while Brandon Johnson, a county commissioner,…
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Wisconsin’s High-Stakes Supreme Court Race: What to Watch
The election for a swing seat on the court is likely to determine whether abortion remains illegal in Wisconsin, as…
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Death and Justice on the Border: A Migrant Is Killed, a Rancher Is Charged
KINO SPRINGS, Ariz. — Gabriel Cuen-Buitimea was slipping across a rancher’s land near the border with Mexico when the shooting…
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A Chicago Mayoral Hopeful Who Took on Hard-to-Fix Schools Faces a Political Shift
Paul Vallas has long been a supporter of charter schools. He is running against Brandon Johnson, an ex-teacher with a…
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Trump and Fox News, Twin Titans of Politics, Hit With Back-to-Back Rebukes
Donald Trump’s criminal indictment and Fox News’s civil trial have nothing in common, but, combined, they delivered a rare reckoning…
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Indicted and Running for Office? It Didn’t Begin With Trump.
American politics has a long history of candidates who were indicted or convicted of crimes but sought office again.
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Tennessee Law That Restricts Drag Performances
A federal judge put a hold on the law hours before it was to take effect, saying there were legitimate…