One Word Has Elevated Minnesota’s Governor to the Democrats’ V.P. Wish List
“These guys are just weird,” Gov. Tim Walz, a former schoolteacher, has said of the opposition.
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“These guys are just weird,” Gov. Tim Walz, a former schoolteacher, has said of the opposition.
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After months of roaring around the city in a souped-up Dodge Charger, drawing furious complaints and unpaid fines, Miles Hudson was led out of court on Monday in handcuffs.
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In two years, Texas has bused more than 119,000 people to Democrat-led cities, shifting both migration patterns and the debate over immigration. The list of cities keeps expanding.
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Native American tribes say the casinos are part of their right to self-determination. But state officials fear they could siphon revenues from the Oregon Lottery.
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The vice president released an ad called “Fearless” that focuses on her time as a prosecutor, while a spot from the former president attacked her as soft on immigration.
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The spot, running on television in six battleground states, reflects an effort by the former president to center immigration that predates Kamala Harris’s rise to the top of the Democratic ticket.
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Before Kari Lake can take on Representative Ruben Gallego for a Senate seat, she must win her Republican race. And two House races set up by the primaries will be hotly contested in the fall.
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The vice president is narrowing her choices. How do the top contenders match up on political skills that matter most?
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Two Chinese athletes, one of whom was named to the Olympic team in Paris, tested positive in 2022 for a banned steroid. China blamed contaminated food, as it had after previous positive tests.
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A video call with 60,000 self-professed “White Dudes for Harris” showed the breadth of Democratic support for her candidacy, and the ways the party is learning to make fun of itself.
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The horse, a 10-year-old stallion named Bullwinkle, was one of only 200 Banker horses, a breed on the Outer Banks in North Carolina that descended from horses brought over by Spanish explorers.
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Hundreds of Vietnamese civilians died at the hands of American soldiers, but Lieutenant Calley was the only one found guilty.
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After months of roaring around the city in a souped-up Dodge Charger, drawing furious complaints and unpaid fines, Miles Hudson was led out of court on Monday in handcuffs.
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The fire, which has been burning since last Wednesday, is already one of the largest in the state’s history.
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JD Vance has long spoken about his concerns about the falling birthrate — and it’s not just him.
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Mr. Cooper, the governor of North Carolina, had been seen as one of the half-dozen top candidates to join the Democratic presidential ticket.
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“These guys are just weird,” Gov. Tim Walz, a former schoolteacher, has said of the opposition.
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If President Biden’s proposed 18-year term limit had been in place during the most recent four administrations, the court’s 6-to-3 conservative split would be reversed.
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House leaders picked 13 lawmakers with background in national security and law enforcement, including a Republican who trafficked in conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
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Mark Lamb, a right-wing immigration hard-liner, once might have been the archetypal Republican Senate candidate in the border state. But he’s the underdog in Tuesday’s primary.
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The presidential candidates have offered few ideas for reducing the debt burden as red ink continues to mount.
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The authorities said five people traveled from Jacksonville to Tampa to “locate and kill” the rapper known as Julio Foolio. Three of them are in custody on murder charges.
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Investigators said a 17-year-old charged with intentionally causing a freight train derailment in Nebraska had recorded the crash, which he then posted on YouTube.
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An anonymous group of junior staff members has modeled its effort on an internal State Department messaging system, hoping to create an outlet for calls for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza.
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She ran to the left as progressive ideas dominated the last competitive Democratic primary. Now, in a tough general election, Republicans are digging up her old stances.
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The bureau also provided the most comprehensive portrait to date of the gunman, revealing that he had carefully concealed more than two dozen online purchases of weapons and explosives using aliases.
By Glenn Thrush
Flash floods rushed through portions of the park on Sunday. Dollywood was expected to reopen on Monday.
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In a speech in Austin, Texas, the president outlined a proposal that included term limits and an enforceable ethics code for the justices but that faces long odds in a divided Congress.
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Democrats could formally make Kamala Harris their nominee this week, as she narrows her running mate choices and attacks her rivals, Donald Trump and JD Vance, while they hit the trail.
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Many who fled the fire in California have been anxiously waiting to hear whether their houses are still standing. Others are grappling with news of homes and barns leveled by flames.
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Critics say the immunity ruling is flawed for reasons similar to those the court gave for overturning Roe, which had established a right to abortion.
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The Iowa Supreme Court ruled last month that the Republican-backed law could be enforced. Abortions had been legal in the state up until about 22 weeks.
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Native American tribes say the casinos are part of their right to self-determination. But state officials fear they could siphon revenues from the Oregon Lottery.
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