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Federal Judge Halts Enforcement of Texas Abortion Law
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Wednesday granted the Justice Department’s request to halt enforcement of the recently passed Texas…
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Supreme Court Justices Make a Surprising Proposal in Torture Case
WASHINGTON — Twenty years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Supreme Court on Wednesday found itself struggling to address two…
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Francis Collins, Who Guided N.I.H. Through Covid-19 Crisis, Is Exiting
WASHINGTON — Dr. Francis S. Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, holed up in an Airbnb in…
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The Cocooning of Kyrsten Sinema
Sign up here to get On Politics in your inbox every Tuesday and Thursday. In February 2018, I went to…
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Democrats Lost the Most in Midwestern ‘Factory Towns,’ Report Says
WASHINGTON — The share of the Democratic presidential vote in the Midwest declined most precipitously between 2012 and 2020 in…
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Justice Dept. to Weigh Prosecuting F.B.I. Agents in Nassar Case
The Justice Department is reviewing its decision not to prosecute the F.B.I. agents who failed to pursue allegations of sexual…
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Arizona Could Lose Relief Funds for Undermining School Mask Mandates
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration warned Arizona on Tuesday that it could lose some of its state and local recovery…
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New Trump Super PAC Formed in the Wake of Misconduct Accusations
Allies of former President Donald J. Trump formed a new super PAC days after Corey Lewandowski, Mr. Trump’s former campaign…
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Biden Officials End Ban on Abortion Referrals at Federally Funded Clinics
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Monday reversed a contentious policy set under President Donald J. Trump that barred organizations…
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Nearly 40 Million People Are Still Enslaved Worldwide
Nearly 40 million of people around the world are enslaved today, and the largest number live in India. There, in…