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Russia Outlaws a News Site and a Rights Group, Stifling Critical Voices
The Kremlin stepped up efforts to banish independent sources of news. Prosecutors labeled Meduza, a popular news site, “undesirable,” so…
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World
In State Legislatures, Old Rivalries Are Reheated by National Politics
The relationships between big cities and rural-dominated legislatures have often been hostile. But a rift between Nashville and the Tennessee…
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World
G.O.P. State Lawmakers Push a Growing Wave of Anti-Transgender Bills
Four states could ban transition care into young adulthood. Lawmakers in several others want to restrict drag shows in ways…
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Finance
Biden Bans Roads and Logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest
The U.S. Forest Service rule restricts development on more than nine million acres in North America’s largest temperate rainforest, reversing…
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World
Spanish Police Arrest a Man in Letter Bomb Case
A 74-year-old Spanish man made and sent all of the six letter bombs himself, the authorities alleged, though the “participation…
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Finance
California Voters to Decide on Regulating Fast-Food Industry
Pre-empting a law signed last year, business groups forced a ballot initiative on state oversight of wages and working conditions.
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Health
New Lawsuit Challenges State Bans on Abortion Pills
The case, brought by GenBioPro, a company that makes one of two abortion drugs, argues that it is unconstitutional for…
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World
2023’s Biggest, Most Unusual Race Centers on Abortion and Democracy
The election for a swing seat on Wisconsin’s Supreme Court has huge policy stakes for the battleground state. Cash is…
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World
Will the Real G.O.P. Please Stand Up? A National Power Struggle Goes Local.
In one deep-red pocket of rural Pennsylvania, three warring factions each claim to represent the Republican Party. Tensions boiled over…
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News
Ron DeSantis Likes His Culture Wars for a Reason
Here’s a question: What does Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida think about Medicare? Medicaid? Social Security? The Affordable Care Act?…