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U.S. Sanctions Aimed at Russia Could Take a Wide Toll

WASHINGTON — The most punishing sanctions that U.S. officials have threatened to…

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Democrats Decried Dark Money. Then They Won With It in 2020.

Steve Sampson, an Arabella spokesman, sought to downplay the firm’s role or…

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Can You Gerrymander Your Party to Power?

Gerrymandering is the intentional distortion of political districts to give one party…

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As Breyer Pondered Retirement, Biden Bet on a Hands-Off Strategy

Other presidents and their advisers have been more forceful about creating an…

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Jan. 6 Committee Subpoenas Fake Trump Electors

The scheme to employ the so-called alternate electors was one of Mr.…

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Republicans Relish Biden’s Troubles, Eyeing a Takeover of Congress

“Heating costs are up, grocery costs are up, and you have a…

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McConnell Warns Against ‘Radical’ Supreme Court Pick

As for Mr. McConnell, it is not clear what he could do…

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Are New Voting Bill Talks for Real or for Show?

WASHINGTON — Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, was finally closing in…

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New Justice Will Have Little Power to Thwart Supreme Court’s Rightward Lurch

WASHINGTON — Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s successor at the Supreme Court may…

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