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Lawyers for Donald Trump on Monday opposed prosecutors’ request to file an up-to-180-page legal brief this week explaining why the former president’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020…

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Kamala Harris’s what-can-you-do-for-me problem

September 23, 2024

Things have been looking up for Vice President Kamala Harris and her campaign for a while now — to the point that even Donald Trump’s former surefire issues of immigration,…

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The place crime obviously spiked since 2020? Trump’s imagination.

September 23, 2024

Crime is perhaps the perfect issue on which unscrupulous politicians can focus. Americans perennially have a sense that crime is rising in the country, if not in their own neighborhoods.…

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GOP effort to change how Nebraska allocates electoral votes hits roadblock

September 23, 2024

A key Republican state lawmaker said Monday he does not support changing how the state awards its electoral votes before the November election, imperiling a last-ditch push by former president…

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Republicans aim to shift electoral college a bit more in their favor

September 23, 2024

To a Republican tuning in to NBC News’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, what Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was proposing no doubt made perfect sense: Instead of allocating some electoral…

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Mark Robinson defiant, diminished on trail as staff, allies flee campaign

September 23, 2024

WILKESBORO, N.C. — His staff had just resigned en masse. His allies believed he would lose. His scandals now threatened to drag down his whole party in the critical state…

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Project 2025 is a huge blunder from Trump’s allies

September 23, 2024

There is vanishingly little doubt that Project 2025 has become one of the most unpopular political programs or ideas in recent history. The question is increasingly how much voters intend…

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The ‘policy’ mirage that undergirds Donald Trump’s support

September 23, 2024

One of the central characteristics of the 2024 presidential election is its steadiness. That’s counterintuitive, certainly; rarely has any contest seen as much tumult as we’ve seen in the past…

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One judge, one courthouse: Why judge-shopping is an issue in the U.S.

September 23, 2024

Leaders of the federal court system and some members of Congress are trying to limit the practice of judge shopping — when a person or group files a lawsuit in…

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Tension in the Middle East looms over Biden’s last big U.N. meeting

September 23, 2024

President Joe Biden will head to the United Nations General Assembly on Monday, seeking to cement his foreign policy legacy amid the growing threat of war between Israel and Hezbollah…

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Trump likens DOJ’s Jan. 6 filing to pre-election special counsel report

Kamala Harris’s what-can-you-do-for-me problem

The place crime obviously spiked since 2020? Trump’s imagination.

GOP effort to change how Nebraska allocates electoral votes hits roadblock

Republicans aim to shift electoral college a bit more in their favor

Mark Robinson defiant, diminished on trail as staff, allies flee campaign

Project 2025 is a huge blunder from Trump’s allies

The ‘policy’ mirage that undergirds Donald Trump’s support

One judge, one courthouse: Why judge-shopping is an issue in the U.S.

Tension in the Middle East looms over Biden’s last big U.N. meeting