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President Biden on Wednesday in contrast the present era of Republicans in Congress to racist lawmakers of the previous, arguing that as we speak’s crop was “worse” as a result of it had sought to undermine the legitimacy of elections. “I’ve served with actual racists,” he stated at a night fund-raiser in California. “I’ve served […] More

After the Supreme Court struck down President Biden’s plan to cancel billions of {dollars} in pupil mortgage debt, debtors questioned how he would make good on his promise to deal with debt burdening hundreds of thousands of Americans. The reply: He would do it little by little. Mr. Biden on Wednesday canceled $1.2 billion in […] More

In the conspiracy-soaked aftermath of the 2020 election, far-right activists clamored to examine ballots primarily based on elaborate — and false — theories. In Georgia, election deniers pushed for a assessment which may detect counterfeit ballots as a result of they weren’t folded, seemed to be marked by a machine or had been printed on […] More

Sidney Powell, L. Lin Wood and several other different attorneys who superior former President Donald J. Trump’s false claims of a stolen election will face authorized penalties after the Supreme Court declined to take up their attraction. The penalties — upwards of $130,000 in authorized charges incurred by the election officers they sued, plus referrals […] More

Eric Hovde, a Wisconsin businessman, on Tuesday introduced his marketing campaign for the Senate seat held by Tammy Baldwin, a Democrat, giving Republicans a outstanding candidate within the state after two sitting members of Congress declined to run. “Do you’re feeling like America is slipping away?” Mr. Hovde stated in his announcement video. “Our nation […] More

President Biden is anticipated to signal an government order on Wednesday that may strengthen the federal government’s potential to reply to maritime cybersecurity threats, amid heightened issues that China might search to hobble essential infrastructure methods inside the United States. Anne Neuberger, the deputy nationwide safety adviser for cyber and rising know-how, previewed the manager […] More

President Biden’s re-election marketing campaign ended January with almost $56 million available, extending his money benefit over former President Donald J. Trump, whose marketing campaign had about $30 million obtainable on the finish of the month. That is a leap for Mr. Biden, who ended 2023 with $46 million in his marketing campaign coffers, and […] More

About 100 folks turned out on Tuesday on the University of Michigan to induce Democrats to reject President Biden within the state’s main election, a political gathering that illustrated each the eagerness and the boundaries of the trouble to strain him into calling for Israel to cease waging struggle in Gaza. The rally, held by […] More

In the foyer of the grand Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Fla., the place a sprawling new drive in Washington’s right-wing ecosystem, the Conservative Partnership Institute, was holding its winter convention, the previous Trump authorized adviser Cleta Mitchell was exultant. “Did you hear the ‘War Room’ right now? Bannon was on fireplace!” she mentioned to […] More

The Biden administration is getting ready “main sanctions” towards Moscow in response to the demise of the Russian opposition chief Aleksei A. Navalny, a White House official mentioned on Tuesday. John F. Kirby, a National Security Council spokesman, mentioned the sanctions could be introduced on Friday. President Biden has mentioned there may be “little question” […] More

Locked out of energy on the Supreme Court and nonetheless enjoying catch-up in opposition to Republicans within the federal judiciary, Democrats are hoping to achieve a political benefit on a much less seen however nonetheless essential enjoying discipline: the state courts. After flipping the Arizona governor’s seat from Republican to Democratic final yr, Gov. Katie […] More

In 2017 they donned pink hats to march on Washington, registering their fury with Donald J. Trump by the lots of of hundreds. Then they flipped the House from Republican management, gained the presidency and secured a surprisingly robust exhibiting within the 2022 midterm elections, galvanized by their conviction that Mr. Trump and his allies […] More