For Republicans, there’s reason to expect Obamacare to linger as a kind of zombie issue, used by conservative politicians to rally the base with little…
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Katie Hobbs and Kyrsten Sinema Illustrate a Voting Rights Divide
PHOENIX — The political fortunes of Katie Hobbs, the Arizona secretary of state, have risen unlike any other Democrat in the country in the tumultuous…
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Joe Manchin and the Magic 50th Vote for Democrats’ Voting Rights Bill
Democrats and progressive activists who have been working for months on a sweeping voting rights bill quickly embraced on Thursday a new, far narrower plan…
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These 14 House Republicans Voted Against a Juneteenth Federal Holiday
When the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Wednesday to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, a day after the Senate rushed the measure through unanimously,…
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As Wars Wind Down, Congress Revisits Presidential Powers
Many Republicans — and some Democrats — are likely to resist. “We want to keep the 2001 one,” said Senator James M. Inhofe of Oklahoma,…
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For Republicans, ‘Crisis’ Is the Message as the Outrage Machine Ramps Up
Last week, the target of Republican outrage was Ms. Omar, after a tweet she posted that appeared to equate the actions of Israel and the…
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Corporate America Forgives the Sedition Caucus
The Republican Party’s main House and Senate campaign committees — the N.R.C.C. and the N.R.S.C. — pulled in “a combined $1.7 million from PACs tied…
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Senate Confirms Top Biden Judge as McConnell Threatens Future Nominees
The Senate confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson on Monday to the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, giving President Biden…
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In Congress, Republicans Shrug at Warnings of Democracy in Peril
WASHINGTON — Senator Christopher S. Murphy concedes that political rhetoric in the nation’s capital can sometimes stray into hysteria, but when it comes to the…
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Demonizing Critical Race Theory
Critical race theory has simply become the latest tool. Right-wing politics in America is exhausted, out of ideas on how we should proceed and progress…
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