U.S.
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Voting Rights and the Battle Over Elections: What to Know
The current battle over voting rights — who gets to vote, how votes are cast and counted, who oversees the…
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Ungerrymandered: Michigan’s Maps, Independently Drawn, Set Up Fair Fight
One of the country’s most gerrymandered political maps has suddenly been replaced by one of the fairest. A decade after…
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Federal Officials Say Early Omicron Data Suggests a Less Deadly Wave
WASHINGTON — Top federal health officials emphasized on Wednesday that data on skyrocketing coronavirus cases in the United States and…
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Another Judge Quits Guantánamo Case
WASHINGTON — A Marine judge presiding at a war crimes trial at Guantánamo Bay stepped down on Thursday because he…
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Texas Board Withdraws Clemency Recommendation for George Floyd
The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has withdrawn a recommendation that George Floyd be granted a posthumous pardon for…
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… and a Merry Christmas From the ‘Patriots’ of Jan. 6
A boy recently received a Christmas card signed by more than two dozen of his heroes. Many of them took…
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Biden Promised 500 Million Tests, but Americans Will Have to Wait
WASHINGTON — President Biden promised Americans he is making 500 million coronavirus tests available free of charge, but help is…
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Can Schools Handle Omicron?
This is the Education Briefing, a weekly update on the most important news in U.S. education. . This is our…
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Jan. 6 Panel Seeks Interview With Jim Jordan, a Close Trump Ally
WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Capitol attack asked Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio on Wednesday to sit for…
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On More Generous Terms, Obamacare Proves Newly Popular
A record number of Americans — 13.6 million — have signed up for health plans through the Affordable Care Act’s…