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Lawmakers Propose Measure to Avert Government Shutdown This Week
WASHINGTON — Top lawmakers proposed a stopgap funding package on Monday night that would avert a government shutdown at the…
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Trump White House Called Capitol Rioter on Jan. 6, Book Says
WASHINGTON — On the afternoon of Jan. 6, 2021, shortly after President Donald J. Trump took to Twitter to tell…
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White House Student Loan Forgiveness Could Cost About $400 Billion
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s plan to wipe out significant amounts of student loan debt for tens of millions of borrowers…
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How LeVar Burton (and Others) Helped Us Get Through the Pandemic
This is part of the I Want to Thank You series. We asked readers to tell us about who helped…
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Top State Judges Make a Rare Plea in a Momentous Supreme Court Election Case
WASHINGTON — “It’s the biggest federalism issue in a long time,” Chief Justice Nathan L. Hecht of the Texas Supreme…
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U.S. Warns Russia of ‘Catastrophic Consequences’ if It Uses Nuclear Weapons
WASHINGTON — President Biden’s national security adviser said on Sunday that the United States had warned Russia that there would…
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Former Texas Police Officer Acquitted in 2020 Shooting Death of Black Man
A white police officer who shot and killed a 31-year-old Black man in Texas two years ago and whose response…
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The Megastate G.O.P. Rivalry Between Abbott and DeSantis
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida wanted to irritate a set of wealthy, liberal elites when he flew…
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Whatever Happened to the Starter Home?
The American starter home has been a bungalow, a shotgun house, a rowhome.Credit...Library of CongressAs recently as the 1990s, when…
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Sundance Liked Her Documentary on Terrorism, Until Muslim Critics Didn’t
Meg Smaker felt exhilarated last November. After 16 months filming inside a Saudi rehabilitation center for accused terrorists, she learned…
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