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Statehouse Democrats Embrace an Unfamiliar Reality: Full Power
LANSING, Mich. — For the first time in 40 years, a legislative session began in Michigan last week with a…
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How Restaurant Workers Help Pay for Lobbying to Keep Their Wages Low
The National Restaurant Association uses mandatory $15 food-safety classes to turn waiters and cooks into unwitting funders of its battle…
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This Is How Red States Silence Blue Cities. And Democracy.
NASHVILLE — January in Nashville ushers in two forces for chaos: erratic weather and irrational legislators. Both are massively disruptive.…
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A Year After a Fiery Voting Rights Speech, Biden Delivers a More Muted Address
On Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, the president assured an audience at Ebenezer Baptist Church that its side in the…
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Alfred T. Goodwin, Judge in Pledge of Allegiance Case, Dies at 99
He ruled the pledge unconstitutional because the words “under God” violated the separation of church and state. The Supreme Court…
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Writer’s Lawsuit Accusing Trump of Rape Can Proceed, Judge Rules
In allowing E. Jean Carroll’s lawsuit to move forward, Judge Lewis Kaplan upheld the legality of New York’s Adult Survivors…
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Russia releases a U.S. Navy veteran quietly detained in Kaliningrad in April of last year.
Russia released a Navy veteran who had been detained since April in Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania,…
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His Star Rising, Youngkin Juggles Local Issues and National Ambition
Virginia’s Republican governor is considering a presidential run, but a divided state legislature may thwart his ambitions for conservative policy…
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If D.C. Is a Swamp, DeSantis’s Florida Is Under Water
Engulfed in turmoil in Washington, D.C., and the humiliation and setbacks of their party leaders, Republicans can be forgiven for…
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With F.B.I. Search, U.S. Escalates Global Fight Over Chinese Police Outposts
Beijing says the outposts aren’t doing police work, but Chinese state media reports say they “collect intelligence” and solve crimes…