Federal
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US
On First Day of New Term, Supreme Court Hears Debate Over First Step Act
The justices heard arguments about how to interpret part of the law aimed at reducing prison sentences for people convicted…
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US
How Did the Government Get to a Shutdown, and What Will It Take to Reopen?
Any deal to keep it open would have to be bipartisan, since the Senate and White House are controlled by…
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World
Restaurateur Who Bribed New York Politicians Faces Sentencing
Harendra Singh pleaded guilty to paying off the former executive of Nassau County, and admitted he also tried to bribe…
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World
Why the Mayor Could Lose Control of Rikers Island
It will be up to a judge to decide if an outside authority will run the troubled jails complex. She…
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US
Judge Unseals More of Affidavit Used to Seek Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant
The newly disclosed sections revealed more of the evidence cited by the Justice Department as a basis for searching former…
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World
Former New York Election Official Admits to Vote Fraud Scheme
Jason Schofield, a Republican, pleaded guilty to using voters’ personal information illegally to obtain absentee ballots as a Rensselaer County…
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US
D.C. Court Weighs Writer’s Defamation Suit Against Trump
At issue is whether former President Donald J. Trump was acting in his official capacity as president when he made…
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World
Brazil’s Authorities Race to Identify Organizers of Brasília Riot
With more than 500 people arrested after supporters of Jair Bolsonaro ransacked Brazil’s seats of government, the authorities began to…
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Opinion
Election Deniers Are Also Economy Deniers
The people who will be running the House of Representatives for the next two years — a group that does…
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Opinion
What Went Unsaid in the Chief Justice’s Report on the Judiciary
John Roberts, the chief justice of the Supreme Court, recently filed his 2022 “year-end report on the federal judiciary.” It’s…