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Election Guardrails Thinned — Who’s In Charge?

ProPublica says at least 75 nonpartisan election-security staff are gone from federal offices, raising sharp questions about who now holds the keys to America’s...
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The American Dream Is Aging Fast in California

California’s housing mess is now pushing first-time homeownership into the late 40s, and that should alarm every family watching the American dream slip away.Quick...
'TILL HELL FREEZES OVER': Senators respond to Trump's DEMAND

Trump’s Election Bill Just Hit the Senate Wall

President Trump has made the SAVE America Act a top priority, but the Senate still has not passed it.Quick TakeTrump is pressing Senate Republicans...
ICE will release body camera video only when in agency's 'best interests'

Best Interests? ICE Picks What We See

ICE’s new body-camera policy gives the agency broad control over what the public gets to see.Quick TakeICE says body-camera footage can be reviewed and...
'I'm not a politician': Sen. Darline Graham gives closing statement

Trump’s Agenda Meets a Conservative Dilemma

A Trump-backed South Carolina senator just vowed to scrap the filibuster to pass a voting bill, raising big questions for conservatives about power, principle,...
man in suit speaking at podium with US flags behind

Did Trump Break Diplomacy—or Rewrite It?

Trump’s most consequential foreign-policy damage may not be the agreements he abandoned or the summits he disrupted, but the deeper institutional injury: allies, adversaries,...
Dr. Fauci will have to plead the Fifth at hearing, senator predicts

FIFTH AMENDMENT Frenzy: What’s Fauci Hiding?

The ferocity of the battle over Anthony Fauci is less about one man’s misjudgments than about a pandemic-era system that allowed sweeping, life-altering decisions...
Trump makes Cabinet meeting at Camp David laugh by saying ICC not pursuing him but 'it could happen'

Trump, Rubio Challenge ICC Authority Over Americans

At Camp David, President Trump turned a tense discussion about the International Criminal Court into laughter while backing a hard-line defense of American and...
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Can Boston Afford To Hold Back The Sea?

Boston is staring at a $10 billion flood plan that could reshape miles of its shoreline for decades.Quick TakeThe United States Army Corps of...
Bite of Seattle shooting: city leaders and law enforcement share details of response

No Leads, No Chief—Seattle On Edge

Seattle’s top police chief is under fire as three people were killed in separate shootings within four days, and he was reported to be...

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