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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…
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Mother of Uvalde Gunman Arrested Over Threats to Kill a Man
The police said Adriana Martinez Reyes, who told them the teenager behind the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, was her…
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Former U.S.C. Official Sentenced to Six Months for Role in College Admissions Scandal
Donna Heinel, as the gatekeeper for athletic recruits, played a key role in the sweeping college admissions scandal.
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Widening Highways Doesn’t Fix Traffic. So Why Do We Keep Doing It?
Interstate 710 in Los Angeles is, like the city itself, famous for its traffic. Freight trucks traveling between the city…
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Speaker Quest Reveals McCarthy’s Tenuous Grip on an Unruly Majority
WASHINGTON — As dawn broke after yet another day of Representative Kevin McCarthy of California trying and failing to become…
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Hell and High Water: California’s Wild Weather Uproots Trees, Strains State
Pounding rainstorms following an epic drought leave thousands of broken trees that batter roads, levees and neighborhoods.