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In Speaker Fight’s Final Hours, Arm-Twisting, Flaring Tempers and Calls from Trump
Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s slog to his post ended with a remarkably public show of intraparty strife that played out in…
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From Gingrich to McCarthy, the Roots of Governance by Chaos
Mr. Gingrich began the zero-sum politics that mutated into the brand of the Tea Party and Trump M.A.G.A. Republicans and…
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Why McCarthy’s Slog to Speaker Could Mean Dysfunction Ahead in the House
The top Republican already had to work with a tiny majority and an emboldened right flank. Concessions he made to…
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Once Told to Move to the Back of the Bus, Jesse White Became an Illinois Institution
CHICAGO — Jesse White tells a story about being a Black college student from Chicago, newly arrived in Alabama in…
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Idaho Supreme Court Upholds Abortion Bans
The justices found that the state’s Constitution does not include a right to the procedure, bringing an end to a…
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After Election Problems in Houston, Republicans Seek to Overturn Results
A growing number of contests to elections in Texas’ Harris County are a broad attempt to cast doubt on an…
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Far-Right Critics Vex McCarthy in His Bakersfield District, Too
The Republican divisions posing problems for Representative Kevin McCarthy have been playing out not only on the House floor but…
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Biden Honors ‘Extraordinary Americans’ Who Defended Democracy on Jan. 6
President Biden marked the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack by awarding the Presidential Citizens Medal to 14 people.
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S.E.C. Inquiry Into Former Senator’s Stock Sales Is Closed Without Charges
The Securities and Exchange Commission ended its investigation into former Senator Richard Burr, three years after he sold more than…
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Federal Panel Rules South Carolina Congressional District Is Illegal Gerrymander
A three-judge federal panel unanimously ruled that South Carolina’s redrawn First Congressional District illegally removed 62 percent of the Black…