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Republican nominee Donald Trump further escalated his long-running bid to discredit federal law enforcement by accusing agencies on Monday of mishandling the investigation of last week’s apparent assassination attempt and…

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Kamala Harris’s what-can-you-do-for-me problem

September 23, 2024

Things have been looking up for Vice President Kamala Harris and her campaign for a while now — to the point that even Donald Trump’s former surefire issues of immigration,…

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The place crime obviously spiked since 2020? Trump’s imagination.

September 23, 2024

Crime is perhaps the perfect issue on which unscrupulous politicians can focus. Americans perennially have a sense that crime is rising in the country, if not in their own neighborhoods.…

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GOP effort to change how Nebraska allocates electoral votes hits roadblock

September 23, 2024

A key Republican state lawmaker said Monday he does not support changing how the state awards its electoral votes before the November election, imperiling a last-ditch push by former president…

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Mark Robinson defiant, diminished on trail as staff, allies flee campaign

September 23, 2024

WILKESBORO, N.C. — His staff had just resigned en masse. His allies believed he would lose. His scandals now threatened to drag down his whole party in the critical state…

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Republicans aim to shift electoral college a bit more in their favor

September 23, 2024

To a Republican tuning in to NBC News’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, what Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was proposing no doubt made perfect sense: Instead of allocating some electoral…

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The ‘policy’ mirage that undergirds Donald Trump’s support

September 23, 2024

One of the central characteristics of the 2024 presidential election is its steadiness. That’s counterintuitive, certainly; rarely has any contest seen as much tumult as we’ve seen in the past…

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Project 2025 is a huge blunder from Trump’s allies

September 23, 2024

There is vanishingly little doubt that Project 2025 has become one of the most unpopular political programs or ideas in recent history. The question is increasingly how much voters intend…

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One judge, one courthouse: Why judge-shopping is an issue in the U.S.

September 23, 2024

Leaders of the federal court system and some members of Congress are trying to limit the practice of judge shopping — when a person or group files a lawsuit in…

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Donald Trump’s imaginary and frightening world

September 23, 2024

In Donald Trump’s imaginary world, Americans can’t venture out to buy a loaf of bread without getting shot, mugged or raped. Immigrants in a small Ohio town eat their neighbors’…

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Trump foments distrust of federal law enforcement over assassination attempt probe

Kamala Harris’s what-can-you-do-for-me problem

The place crime obviously spiked since 2020? Trump’s imagination.

GOP effort to change how Nebraska allocates electoral votes hits roadblock

Mark Robinson defiant, diminished on trail as staff, allies flee campaign

Republicans aim to shift electoral college a bit more in their favor

The ‘policy’ mirage that undergirds Donald Trump’s support

Project 2025 is a huge blunder from Trump’s allies

One judge, one courthouse: Why judge-shopping is an issue in the U.S.

Donald Trump’s imaginary and frightening world