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Menace, as a Political Tool, Enters the Republican Mainstream
At a conservative rally in western Idaho last month, a young man stepped up to a microphone to ask when…
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In Scrutinized Kyle Rittenhouse Trial, It’s the Judge Commanding Attention
It is not every day that jurors in a criminal trial applaud a witness, but that was how the final…
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In Trial of Men Accused of Arbery Murder, Jurors Consider Security Videos
ATLANTA — The graphic footage of the killing of Ahmaud Arbery is not the only crucial video evidence in the…
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In Illinois, Dueling Infrastructure Votes Reflect Shifting G.O.P. Terrain
WASHINGTON — For months, Representative Darin LaHood appeared to be a sure Republican vote for President Biden’s major infrastructure bill…
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The Supreme Court Tactic That Aims to Kill Affirmative Action
The plaintiffs who filed lawsuits accusing Harvard and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill of racial discrimination in…
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‘I Defended Myself,’ Kyle Rittenhouse Tells Jurors in His Homicide Trial
KENOSHA, Wis. — Kyle Rittenhouse sobbed and gulped for air on the witness stand as he was asked to describe…
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San Francisco’s Top Prosecutor Will Face a Recall Election
Chesa Boudin, the district attorney of San Francisco, will face a recall election next year after a backlash in one…
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Swift Ruling Tests Trump’s Tactic of Running Out the Clock
WASHINGTON — On the surface, a judge’s ruling on Tuesday night that Congress can obtain Trump White House files related…
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House Republicans Who Backed Infrastructure Bill Face Vicious Backlash
WASHINGTON — One caller instructed Representative Adam Kinzinger of Illinois to slit his wrists and “rot in hell.” Another hoped…
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Travis Scott’s Ties to Houston Could Complicate Investigation of Fatal Concert
HOUSTON — As his music career ascended, Travis Scott developed more than the usual ties between a rap megastar and…