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Arrests Motivated by Politics Face a Supreme Court Test
A 72-year-old city councilwoman in Texas, accused of misplacing a document, says she was the victim of retaliation for exercising…
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New York Democrat Announces Early Departure From House, Citing G.O.P. Dysfunction
Representative Brian Higgins, Democrat of New York, said he would step down in February.
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Tim Scott Suspends ’24 Campaign, as His Sunny Message Failed to Resonate
He entered the Republican presidential race as a rising star with substantial financial resources, but struggled to break out of…
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A Mayor’s Suicide Leaves an Alabama City Seeking Answers
The mayor fatally shot himself after a news site published a photo of him in makeup and said he had…
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In Israel, Christie Says Trump Ducked Mideast Progress and Fueled Bigotry
The former New Jersey governor and chief G.O.P. antagonist to the former president cited Mr. Trump’s rhetoric of intolerance and…
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Major Freeway Near Downtown Los Angeles Is Closed Indefinitely After Fire
All lanes on a part of Interstate 10 remained closed a day after two nearby storage yards were engulfed in…
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Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block
The two lappet-faced vultures had been together for just a few months, yet the massive birds, with their watchful, featherless…
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Kelly Johnson Embodies the Hard-Line Views She Shares With the Speaker
The wife of Mike Johnson, the new speaker, has rallied opposition to abortion rights and used her pastoral counseling business…
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Her Livelihood? Hunting Pythons in the Dead of Night.
An unexpected chill can fall over the Florida Everglades late at night. Stars speckle the sky. Frogs croak and croak,…
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Trump Takes Veterans Day Speech in a Very Different Direction
The former president said that threats from abroad were less concerning than liberal “threats from within” and that he was…