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May 11, 2026
A majority of the justices sided with Alabama in a move that could speed up efforts to put in place a congressional district map that would eliminate a majority-Black district.
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May 11, 2026
Democrats are trying to stoke public opposition to the project as they take aim at legislation to provide nearly $72 billion for the administration's immigration crackdown.
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May 11, 2026
Establishment and left-wing leaders are clashing over House seats scattered across the city.
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May 11, 2026
The G.O.P. has seized an edge on redistricting thanks to two court rulings, and it has more room to maneuver for extra seats before the midterms.
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May 11, 2026
State officials asked the justices to overturn a Virginia Supreme Court decision that struck down a congressional map, a major defeat for Democrats.
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May 11, 2026
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. has paused until at least Thursday a federal appeals court ruling against the Food and Drug Administration that would restrict access by mail to mifepristone.
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May 11, 2026
Congress would have to agree to any suspension, and dropping federal taxes would not make up for the steep increase in prices since the war began.
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May 11, 2026
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has toned down his public criticism of vaccines, under orders from the White House. But inside his department, a sprawling research effort is a top priority.
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May 11, 2026
As the government has been devising plans to keep the dollar dominant, China has been making its own moves to increase global influence of the renminbi.
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May 11, 2026
The delegation includes business leaders across a wide range of industries, including Tim Cook of Apple and Elon Musk of Tesla.
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May 11, 2026
The delegation includes business leaders across a wide range of industries, including Tim Cook of Apple and Elon Musk of Tesla.
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May 11, 2026
The Interior Department added $6.2 million to the no-bid contract for repairs to the Lincoln Memorial pool late last week.
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May 11, 2026
Cole Tomas Allen faces four counts in what prosecutors say was a plot to kill President Trump and other top officials at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner.
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May 11, 2026
A no-bid contract for repairs to the Lincoln Memorial pool now costs $13.1 million, far more than the $1.8 million Mr. Trump initially said it would.
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May 11, 2026
Students say they have been passed over for jobs and interviews because of visa restrictions. Some have a Plan B: leaving the United States.
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May 11, 2026
The company said that it had identified, for the first time, hackers using artificial intelligence to discover an unknown bug. The attempted attack represents "a taste of what's to come," one expert said.
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May 11, 2026
The Trump administration has held up the sale for months ahead of President Trump's meeting this week with President Xi Jinping of China.
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May 11, 2026
The slowed pace of grants by the National Science Foundation, under attack from the White House, could put the United States at a disadvantage with China, the scientists warned.
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May 11, 2026
Students say they have been passed over for jobs and interviews because of visa restrictions. Some have a Plan B: leaving the United States.
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May 11, 2026
One Democrat is accused of being a Republican in disguise. Another plans to drop out to boost an independent. It's primary eve in one of the country's most unusual midterm contests.
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May 10, 2026
The Trump administration said last week that the war had run its course, but the U.S. president and Israel's prime minister in interviews on Sunday did not rule out renewed combat.
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May 10, 2026
The two countries have been discussing a 30-day extension to the cease-fire and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
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May 10, 2026
A speck of blue on an otherwise red area in some presidential elections, the dot is now dividing candidates in a key midterm contest.
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May 10, 2026
The two countries have been discussing a 30-day extension to the cease-fire and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
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May 10, 2026
The tax is a little over 18 cents a gallon for gasoline. With the average national price above $4.50, the measure will provide little relief.
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May 10, 2026
A private conversation involving House members from Virginia and the top House Democrat reflected the fury and desperation that has gripped the party after Friday's ruling.
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May 10, 2026
A court ruling that struck down an election map swiftly ended some Democratic House candidacies and pushed others into much tougher races.
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May 10, 2026
Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are boosting their profiles, generating speculation about who's lining up for the 2028 presidential nomination.
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May 10, 2026
A gunman's attack at the April dinner has spurred more debate than usual about one of Washington's most dissected rituals.
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May 10, 2026
As a new generation of chronically online oversharers runs for office, many find themselves tripped up by past statements. Their response? Delete, distance, disavow.
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May 09, 2026
Republican-controlled legislatures in the South are breaking up majority-Black congressional districts in the wake of the Supreme Court's recent ruling. Our national politics reporter Nick Corasaniti describes what it means for the midterms.
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May 09, 2026
Where things stands in the race for House control after recent court rulings.
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May 09, 2026
The president has reworked his tariffs repeatedly — sometimes because they have been declared illegal — with more updates still to come.
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May 09, 2026
Republicans are charging ahead in the nation's redistricting race, and showing new bullishness after months of growing midterm fears.
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May 09, 2026
Gov. Abigail Spanberger had initially been skeptical of the push for new maps, but as the state's leading Democrat she had a political stake in its fate.
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May 09, 2026
JetBlue Airways is adding flights at Spirit Airlines' former home airport as it tries to turn a profit again.
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May 09, 2026
The "majority-minority" House districts struck down by the Supreme Court last week sent a surge of Black and Hispanic lawmakers to Congress. They also opened opportunities for the G.O.P.
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May 09, 2026
Four states are considering drawing new maps in the coming weeks. Another dozen or more could join the fray next year.
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May 09, 2026
A staff member on the House China Committee was promised $10,000 for U.S. policy insights, on issues like Venezuela and rare-earth minerals.
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May 08, 2026
Where things stands in the race for House control after recent court rulings.
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May 08, 2026
Of the 57 attacks in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific against boats accused of drug trafficking, there have rarely been survivors.
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May 08, 2026
The targeted Americans are accused of misdeeds that can qualify them to lose citizenship, but denaturalization has rarely been invoked in the past.
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May 08, 2026
State officials urged the justices to allow them to jettison Alabama's congressional district map, citing the Supreme Court's recent decision that dealt a blow to the Voting Rights Act.
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May 08, 2026
A federal appeals court declined, for now, to halt an order requiring D.H.S. to permit unannounced visits to immigration detention centers by Democrats in Congress.
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May 08, 2026
Immigration hard-liners have grown frustrated with the level of deportations and the Department of Homeland Security's attempts, under its new secretary, to stay under the radar.
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May 08, 2026
The vice president dropped into the state to stump for a vulnerable House Republican and, maybe, lay a little groundwork for a potential presidential run.
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May 08, 2026
The Pentagon on Friday released online what it called "new, never-before-seen" files, dating back decades, related to unidentified flying objects.
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May 08, 2026
Dr. Makary has been a supporter of the Make American Healthy Again Movement but made some enemies in the administration over vaping, the abortion pill and rejections of new drugs.
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May 08, 2026
President Trump handpicked a firm he said had worked on his swimming pool to repair the iconic site near the Lincoln Memorial.
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May 08, 2026
The ruling was a major lift to the G.O.P. efforts to build a structural advantage through redistricting.
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May 08, 2026
The targeted Americans are accused of fraud or other misdeeds that can qualify them to lose citizenship, but denaturalization has rarely been invoked in the past.
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May 08, 2026
Experts have been quick to reassure the public after the deaths aboard the Dutch cruise ship MV Hondius, but images and turns of phrase have rekindled anxieties from Covid's early days.
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May 08, 2026
The decision is a major victory for Republicans, wiping away a measure approved by voters to allow Democrats to gain as many as four House seats in the midterms.
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May 08, 2026
The decision is a major victory for Republicans, wiping away a measure approved by voters to allow Democrats to gain as many as four House seats in the midterms.
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May 08, 2026
The initial files are murky images that show what could be anything. The government said more would be released on a rolling basis.
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May 08, 2026
Forced to fight for political survival because of redistricting, Ken Calvert and Young Kim, both Republicans, are accusing each other of being insufficiently MAGA.
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May 08, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio flew to Rome this week after an unexpected spat between President Trump and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy, once one of the president's best friends in Europe.
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May 07, 2026
The State Department said it would review all Mexican consulates in the United States, following claims in conservative media that the consulates interfere in politics.
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May 07, 2026
The Trump administration is moving to more strictly enforce a 1996 law that gives the State Department the authority to revoke passports over unpaid child support.
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May 07, 2026
Saudi Arabia's refusal of support suggests that President Trump's unpredictable approach to Iran has strained ties with one of his closest allies in the Middle East.
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May 07, 2026
In an opinion piece in The Washington Post, the Pennsylvania senator wrote that while he was "at odds" with the party's approach to some issues, his values had not changed.
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May 07, 2026
The exchange was the latest twist in a week of mixed signals in the region and tensions over the Strait of Hormuz, as President Trump searches for an off-ramp in the war that he started.
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May 07, 2026
The escalating attacks raise the threat that the cease-fire could break down.
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May 07, 2026
The request comes after a federal appeals court temporarily blocked a Food and Drug Administration regulation that has greatly expanded access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
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May 07, 2026
The project would transform the granite exterior of the historic Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which dates to the 1800s.
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May 07, 2026
Federal judges in Rhode Island ordered an investigation into a lawyer who withheld information about a migrant's international criminal charges. Now, D.H.S. says it can't find the migrant.
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May 07, 2026
President Trump and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who have had a rocky relationship, met for talks on trade and other issues. But they skipped a planned joint appearance.
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May 07, 2026
The United States and its partners have burned through an enormous amount of air defense missiles in the Iran war, and production is slow.
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May 07, 2026
A three-judge panel in Washington heard arguments in the lawsuit aimed at stopping the Pentagon from disciplining Senator Mark Kelly for a video warning about illegal military orders.
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May 07, 2026
After a Supreme Court ruling that weakened the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Republicans carved up a majority-Black Memphis seat as the national redistricting wars continue.
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May 07, 2026
The move would further solidify the U.S. refugee program as a pipeline for the white minority from South Africa.
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May 07, 2026
Representative Tom Barrett, a Michigan Republican facing a tough re-election race, introduced a bill to impose limits on the use of military force in Iran and end the fighting this summer.
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May 07, 2026
Our national political correspondent Lisa Lerer explains the impact of President Trump's spate of attacks against Pope Leo XIV ahead of the closely contested midterm elections.
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May 07, 2026
In strikingly different ads, Graham Platner argued that "Susan Collins's charade is over" while Senator Collins highlighted the economic benefits she has brought to Maine.
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May 07, 2026
The Trump administration has slashed funding for infectious disease research and has far fewer employees, including disease detectives, to respond to outbreaks.
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May 07, 2026
The Fifth Circuit, reversed more than any other appeals court, has a reputation for taking extreme positions.
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May 07, 2026
Candidates debated housing and insurance policy in the first half, then furiously attacked one another at the end.
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May 07, 2026
The meeting at the Vatican followed President Trump's condemnation of Pope Leo XIV for opposing the war in Iran.
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May 07, 2026
The meeting at the Vatican followed President Trump's condemnation of Pope Leo XIV for opposing the war in Iran.
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May 07, 2026
President Trump and President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who have had a rocky relationship, will meet on Thursday for talks on security, trade and critical minerals.
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May 07, 2026
Candidates debated housing and insurance policy in the first half, then furiously attacked one another at the end.
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May 06, 2026
The ruling is the latest in a saga driven by President Trump's desire for redemption in the state, which he lost in 2020. The county is likely to appeal.
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May 06, 2026
The Republican senator from Maine, running for re-election at age 73 in one of this year's top Senate races, made the disclosure after mounting online scrutiny on the left.
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May 06, 2026
Four candidates have emerged as leaders in the primary election to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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May 06, 2026
The Trump administration has eliminated more than 350,000 federal jobs. But an annual effort to inspire talented people to serve the public continues.
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May 06, 2026
The administration's latest shifts on the status of the conflict show how treacherous it is to speak for a president who cultivates an erratic style.
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May 06, 2026
At a private event in Washington last month, Mr. Smith, the former special counsel, accused Justice Department leaders of targeting people for prosecution to please and impress the president.
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May 06, 2026
Attacks are flying, prominent Democrats are taking sides and the fight is just getting started.
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May 06, 2026
Low approval ratings? MAGA divisions? The president was able to turn out party loyalists in an Indiana primary to help him oust Republican state lawmakers who had crossed him.
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May 06, 2026
The finding stems from a 2023 Supreme Court decision that overturned race-conscious admissions. U.C.L.A. officials said the school accepts students on merit.
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May 06, 2026
The vice president, a skeptic of the war, made his first visit of the cycle to the state that will kick off the 2028 nominating process.
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May 06, 2026
The U.S. military is essentially on standby as officials give contradictory signals about the status of the Iran war effort.
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May 06, 2026
Founders of the Ben Franklin Fellowship are trying to dismantle pro-diversity practices in the agency and to boost career diplomats who promote President Trump's ideas.
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May 06, 2026
The commerce secretary appeared for hours in a closed-door session on Wednesday with the House Oversight Committee
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