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Jul 21, 2026
Troy Jackson, who is expected to become his party's nominee in the state's marquee Senate race, has long been an economic populist, but his positions on social issues have changed markedly over time.
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Jul 20, 2026
For the state's progressives, Graham Platner was tempting. Troy Jackson is tested.
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Jul 20, 2026
Ms. Graham, who filled her brother's Senate seat in South Carolina after his death, does not appear to have previous political experience. But she does have President Trump's endorsement.
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Jul 20, 2026
Republicans now face a worst-case political scenario of being asked to fund an unpopular war over which they have exercised little oversight.
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Jul 20, 2026
Mr. Jackson, who has emerged as the clear front-runner to replace Graham Platner, is a Republican turned Democrat who is seen as close to Mr. Platner on policy.
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Jul 20, 2026
There are important lessons in my state's Senate race.
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Jul 19, 2026
Troy Jackson, a progressive, solidified his clear edge in the contest to replace Graham Platner, as Shenna Bellows, Jordan Wood and Nirav Shah ended their bids.
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Jul 19, 2026
Troy Jackson, a progressive former State Senate president, showed signs of significant strength, as half the state's counties picked delegates to a convention where they will choose Graham Platner's replacement.
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Jul 18, 2026
The move by Cindy Burbank could clear a path for Dan Osborn, an independent candidate backed by her party's leadership. But Republicans have cried foul, and her effort could face obstacles.
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Jul 18, 2026
This week: the Todd Blanche hearing, Lindsey Graham's legacy and progressive infighting.
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Jul 18, 2026
The state's Democratic Party must pick Mr. Platner's replacement by the deadline of July 27.
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Jul 18, 2026
Graham Platner's campaign for Senate imploded last week. The activists who backed him are seeking a candidate to carry his populist message in the race against Republican Susan Collins.
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Jul 18, 2026
The Trump administration has recently sought to scale back sanctions as adversaries develop workarounds that some believe could erode the U.S. dollar's supremacy.
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Jul 17, 2026
The fund-raising race is tighter than it seems.
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Jul 17, 2026
Most G.O.P. lawmakers had little to say about the president's claims of election vulnerabilities, and he did not appear to move the needle on the voting restriction bill he championed.
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Jul 17, 2026
Markwayne Mullin reiterated the president's false claims about voting security while escalating the administration's legally questionable attempts to control state elections.
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Jul 17, 2026
What will the Republican Party look like after 2028?
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Jul 17, 2026
Voting-rights activists said the changes are a blatant attempt by G.O.P. leaders to make it harder for Black voters and students, who tend to vote for Democrats, to cast ballots this fall.
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Jul 16, 2026
Many of President Trump's attempts to curtail mail voting have been blocked by the courts. Before Trump, Republicans actually embraced absentee voting.
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Jul 16, 2026
Dozens of investigations, audits, recounts and court proceedings examined the 2020 election. None found the widespread voter fraud that President Trump claimed tilted the vote.
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Jul 16, 2026
Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, a key vote on confirmation, had demanded the acting attorney general meet with victims.
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Jul 16, 2026
A House panel approved the measure. But Republicans are divided over its size, cost and policy provisions, and many are concerned about the timing before the midterm elections.
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Jul 16, 2026
Ken Paxton, a Republican, has not debated in more than a decade. A showdown with James Talarico, a Democrat, could be a key moment in the hard-fought race.
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Jul 16, 2026
Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina made the stipulation during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday for witnesses to discuss Mr. Blanche's nomination.
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Jul 16, 2026
In the first half of this year, Democrats raised more cash in every key Senate race except Iowa.
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Jul 16, 2026
The Texas attorney general and his trusts now hold at least 15 properties worth about $9 million.
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Jul 16, 2026
To prevail in Michigan's crucial Senate primary, Representative Haley Stevens will need to overcome Democratic voters' skepticism of Israel. Pro-Israel groups are spending heavily to help her.
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Jul 15, 2026
Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, may have the deciding vote on Todd Blanche's confirmation as attorney general. Even a single Republican "no" vote would block Mr. Blanche's nomination, and the senator said after Wednesday's meeting that he had not made up his mind.
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Jul 15, 2026
During his confirmation hearing, the acting attorney general refused to discuss the termination of an investigation into a commutation issued by President Trump.
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Jul 15, 2026
The party's leaders have a political experiment on their hands.
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Jul 15, 2026
Jay Clayton, President Trump's nominee to lead the nation's intelligence community, was repeatedly questioned by Democrat senators about the 2020 election during his confirmation hearing.
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Jul 15, 2026
To win, they'll have to convince Democrats at a July 25 convention that they're the best candidate to take on Senator Susan Collins, a Republican.
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Jul 15, 2026
Even a single Republican "no" vote would block Mr. Blanche's nomination from consideration by the full Senate, which could sink his confirmation.
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Jul 15, 2026
Dr. Erica Schwartz told senators in a confirmation hearing that she did not think Robert F. Kennedy Jr. or President Trump would ask her to do anything to hurt public health. Some senators were incredulous.
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Jul 15, 2026
Democratic candidates are hastily building bare-bones campaigns and forgoing traditional outreach like TV ads in a sprint to appeal to party delegates, rather than Maine voters.
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Jul 15, 2026
During his confirmation hearing, the acting attorney general refused to discuss the termination of an investigation into a commutation issued by President Trump.
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Jul 15, 2026
Democrats and gun control advocates are concerned that his comments about Check-Mate Industries, a company led by his mother-in-law that manufactures magazines, reveal a conflict of interest.
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Jul 15, 2026
Republicans should have the decency, patriotism and self-respect to vote against Mr. Blanche.
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Jul 15, 2026
A gamble to become President Trump's personal lawyer has landed Todd Blanche the chance to be the nation's top law enforcement official.
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Jul 15, 2026
Republicans should have the decency, patriotism and self-respect to vote against Mr. Blanche.
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Jul 15, 2026
Todd Blanche's nomination is broadly a referendum on President Trump's vision of the Justice Department as a projection of his power.
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Jul 15, 2026
Dr. Erica Schwartz supports vaccines and is seen as a mainstream choice to lead an agency that has been a target of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s efforts to change federal immunization policies.
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Jul 15, 2026
His progressive, populist message was able to occupy a kind of middle ground in the party's primary electorate.
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Jul 14, 2026
A New York Times/Siena poll of battleground states showed a mix of voter motivations, with the strongest candidates proving more popular than their parties.
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Jul 14, 2026
Todd Blanche's role in interviewing Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will be front and center as he seeks to become attorney general.
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Jul 14, 2026
The Democrats hoping to challenge Ms. Collins, a vulnerable Republican, have seized on the fatal incident, drawing attention to her record on immigration matters.
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Jul 14, 2026
Three days after Lindsey Graham died, his younger sister Darline Graham took the oath to hold his seat until his term ends in January.
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Jul 14, 2026
The sudden death of Senator Lindsey Graham has renewed criticism of an increasingly aging Congress and the norms that reward seniority and tenure.
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Jul 14, 2026
The vote reflected how the political debate over the conflict in the Middle East has sapped bipartisan support for a normally popular measure.
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Jul 14, 2026
Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan testify about the Supreme Court's over $200 million request for more security.
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Jul 14, 2026
Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, the first justices to appear before lawmakers since 2019, are requesting millions of dollars to address security concerns amid rising threats.
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Jul 14, 2026
Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Barrett, the first justices to appear before lawmakers since 2019, are requesting millions of dollars to address security concerns amid rising threats.
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Jul 13, 2026
Senators returned to the Capitol mourning their colleague, who played pivotal roles on multiple issues confronting lawmakers.
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Jul 13, 2026
The killing of a man in Biddeford quickly became an issue in the Senate race, with Democrats aiming to tie Senator Susan Collins to President Trump's immigration crackdown.
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Jul 13, 2026
Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina appointed Senator Lindsey Graham's sister, Darline Graham Nordone, to finish his Senate term.
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Jul 13, 2026
Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, has offered condolences to those who loved Mr. Graham while considering the political fallout from his death. Republicans are scrambling to arrange a new primary election.
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Jul 13, 2026
A lot of things have changed in American politics since our writer went on parental leave.
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Jul 13, 2026
Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina named Darline Graham Nordone to replace Mr. Graham, who died on Saturday.
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Jul 13, 2026
He initially called Donald Trump a "kook" who was "unfit for office," only to join the new president's Mar-a-Lago circle. "I'm still in the game," Mr. Graham once explained of his much-analyzed turnabout.
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Jul 13, 2026
Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina will name a replacement for Senator Lindsey Graham, who died on Saturday.
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Jul 13, 2026
After the senator and his sister, Darline, lost their parents, he guided her through the teenage years and into college. He called her success the highlight of his life.
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Jul 13, 2026
Mr. Graham, a long-serving senator from South Carolina, was known for his ability to maintain relationships even with his political foes. But the support of Black voters remained elusive.
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Jul 13, 2026
The sharp-witted South Carolinian repaired relations with President Trump to advance his foreign policy goals, was willing to cut deals with Democrats and tried to insert himself into every legislative fight.
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Jul 13, 2026
Colleagues, world leaders and constituents remembered Senator Lindsey Graham, who died on Saturday, for his commitment to South Carolina and U.S. foreign policy.
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Jul 12, 2026
Senator Lindsey Graham died on Saturday night, a day after returning from Ukraine and four months before he was to face re-election.
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Jul 12, 2026
The condition that killed Senator Lindsey Graham is deadly, sudden and difficult to treat — "like a knife to the back," one expert said.
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Jul 12, 2026
The Republican senator denied that he had suffered a heart attack and said he had left the hospital and moved to a physical rehabilitation center. He did not give a timetable for returning to Capitol Hill.
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Jul 12, 2026
The South Carolina Republican was Ukraine's most influential champion inside President Trump's mostly "America First" political orbit.
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Jul 12, 2026
Senator Lindsey Graham died on Saturday night, a day after returning from Ukraine and four months before he was to face re-election.
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Jul 12, 2026
By the standards of the aging Senate, where the average age is more than 65, the South Carolina Republican wasn't particularly old.
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Jul 12, 2026
In an interview on Sunday, President Trump recounted his last conversation with Senator Lindsey Graham, hours before his death. Mr. Graham sounded "perfect," he said.
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Jul 12, 2026
Mr. Graham's unexpected death on Saturday prompted a wave of tributes for an outsize and often divisive figure in U.S. foreign policy.
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Jul 12, 2026
He died from "a brief and sudden illness" on Saturday evening, his office said. Over more than two decades in the Senate, he consistently pushed for the use of U.S. military power overseas.
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Jul 12, 2026
The senator had sometimes struggled to maintain support from his party's most right-wing voters. But leaders paid tribute to his wit and stalwart support of South Carolina.
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Jul 12, 2026
He died of "a brief and sudden illness" on Saturday evening, his office said. Over more than two decades in the Senate, he consistently pushed for the use of U.S. military power overseas.
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Jul 12, 2026
Key Republicans on the Judiciary Committee could push for concessions from Todd Blanche, in line to be attorney general, though they did not appear in revolt.
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Jul 12, 2026
Mr. Graham died of a "brief and sudden" illness on Saturday evening, his office said. He served in the Senate for more than two decades.
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Jul 11, 2026
Mr. Platner's withdrawal from a marquee Senate race, under pressure from his party, has set in motion an unusual competition to become the new nominee.
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Jul 11, 2026
Mr. Platner's withdrawal from a marquee Senate race, under pressure from his party, has set in motion an unusual competition to become the new nominee.
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Jul 11, 2026
What America's embarrassments have in common.
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Jul 11, 2026
Two senior editors discuss the difficult effort to track down allegations against the leading Democrat for Senate in Maine and the questions that soon followed.
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Jul 11, 2026
The collapse of Graham Platner's Senate bid in Maine after a rape allegation renewed attention to a movement built by Senator Bernie Sanders that some say is too forgiving of male misconduct.
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Jul 11, 2026
After a 10-day clock, the housing bill turned into law at midnight without the president's signature. But his decision not to sign reflects a growing rift between him and Senate Republicans.
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Jul 10, 2026
A letter circulated by Democratic Socialists of America members asked that candidates sever ties with Morris Katz, a consultant for Mr. Platner and Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
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Jul 10, 2026
The move paved the way for the party to choose a new nominee to challenge Senator Susan Collins in a race both parties see as key to the control of the Senate.
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Jul 10, 2026
The last-minute scramble to name a replacement reminds some in the party of the challenges they faced in 2024.
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Jul 10, 2026
Readers respond to an editorial about lessons from Graham Platner's failed Senate campaign. Also: The Smithsonian's goal.
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Jul 10, 2026
The president did not say he would veto the housing legislation, so it would still become law unless he does. But his pronouncement reflects a growing rift between him and Senate Republicans.
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Jul 10, 2026
Happy Friday. I want to tell you about a rare instance of bipartisan cooperation in Congress.
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Jul 10, 2026
Lisa Lerer, a New York Times national political correspondent, explains how recent allegations against the Senate candidate Graham Platner and his subsequent withdrawal from Maine's primary race have reignited a longstanding conflict between the progressive and establishment wings of the Democratic Party.
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Jul 10, 2026
Senate Majority PAC says it entered July with $126 million, a new midyear high, after raising $147 million with an affiliated nonprofit from April through June. But can it keep pace with the G.O.P.?
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Jul 10, 2026
They believe the accuser, but they also grieve the demise of a campaign that promised that politics could be different — and they blame those who failed to find a less flawed candidate.
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Jul 09, 2026
How much have the rules of politics changed?
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Jul 09, 2026
The state Democratic Party has said it will pick a replacement through a nominating convention before a July 27 deadline. Candidates are already lining up.
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Jul 09, 2026
Graham Platner is one of just a handful of candidates in recent decades who have withdrawn from a Senate race after securing a major party nomination.
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Jul 09, 2026
The deadline to pick a new nominee is July 27 and candidates are already lining up. State party leaders said they would hold some form of nominating convention.
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Jul 09, 2026
The state Democratic Party has said it will pick a replacement through a nominating convention before a July 27 deadline. Candidates are already lining up.
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Jul 09, 2026
The questions his political demise raises go far beyond Maine.
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Jul 09, 2026
Mr. Platner's withdrawal, which comes after a woman accused him of rape, creates deep uncertainty in a race that both parties see as crucial to their hopes of winning the Senate.
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Jul 09, 2026
Graham Platner's bid for the Senate inspired progressive Democrats. But the campaign, which he suspended Wednesday, was messy, disorganized and ultimately doomed by a steady drip of scandal.
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