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Why Amy Klobuchar Wants to Run a State Beleaguered by Trump

7 septembre 2026 à 11:57
The senator opted to run for governor, having concluded that many Minnesotans lost faith in state government under fellow Democrats. But some wonder: Would she be a fighter in the role, or a conciliator?

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Senator Amy Klobuchar, the third highest-ranking Democrat in the chamber, is running for governor in Minnesota.

Trump’s Trade War Is Shaping the Fight for Congress

7 septembre 2026 à 10:33
In Colorado and across the country, higher costs, tariffs and cheap beef imports are affecting voters who will help determine which party controls the House next year.

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Representative Jeff Hurd of Colorado, center, at the state fair in Pueblo last month. Mr. Hurd, a first-term Republican, has leaned into his differences with President Trump.

Trump Posts Map Suggesting New Mexico Be Renamed as ‘New America’

7 septembre 2026 à 07:54
The suggestion, posted on social media, appeared to be the latest in the president’s efforts to alter geographic names.

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President Trump in the Oval Office on Friday. Over the weekend, he shared a map of New Mexico on social media with the word “Mexico” crossed out with a red X and replaced with “America.”

How a Colorado School District Is Fighting Trump’s Anti-Transgender Push

7 septembre 2026 à 05:03
Jefferson County, Colo., is one of the few public school systems to sue the Trump administration over demands that it revoke transgender protections or face funding cuts.

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The dispute has thrust Jeffco Public Schools into the center of a fight that President Trump has led targeting transgender Americans.

With a Gerrymander Vanquished, Wisconsin Democrats Aim for Control

7 septembre 2026 à 05:00
The swing state of Wisconsin had one of the most undemocratic State Assembly maps in the country. Now Democrats have a chance to take control of the legislature.

State Representative Jenna Jacobson goes door to door to talk with voters while campaigning in her hometown, Oregon, Wis.

For Trump’s Former Fixer, a Tortured Path From ‘Rat’ to Reconciliation

6 septembre 2026 à 19:14
The president has made peace with Michael D. Cohen, his onetime lawyer who turned against him. But contrary to Mr. Trump’s claims, Mr. Cohen has not recanted the testimony that helped convict his former boss.

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The relationship between Michael D. Cohen and President Trump has arguably been one of the most consequential in modern presidential history.

Trump Administration Again Asks Supreme Court to Allow Mail Voting Restrictions

6 septembre 2026 à 14:01
The filing puts the legality of the president’s push to impose limits on mail voting squarely before the justices even as states begin sending out ballots.

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Lawyers for the Trump administration urged the justices to clear the way for new U.S. Postal Service rules to go into effect before the midterm elections.

Trump Administration Again Asks Supreme Court to Allow Mail Voting Restrictions

6 septembre 2026 à 10:31
The filing puts the legality of the president’s push to impose limits on mail voting squarely before the justices even as states begin sending out ballots.

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Supreme Court in Washington last week.

As Midterms Approach, Republicans Find There Is No Escape From Trump

6 septembre 2026 à 05:04
The president’s strategy, message and spending have left the G.O.P. in a difficult spot as lawmakers try to outrun his sagging approval ratings.

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President Donald Trump walks on stage for a rally supporting Darline Graham’s Senate candidacy last month.

Trump’s War on Mail-In Ballots Has Voters Baffled. That May Be the Point.

From Oregon to Florida, officials are at once reassuring voters that their ballots are safe and encouraging them to use drop boxes or vote in person.

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Mail-in votes being processed by officials at the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Office in Largo, Fla., last month.

For Fired DeSantis Campaign Staff Member, a Second Chance at State Dept.

6 septembre 2026 à 05:01
The hiring of Nate Hochman, who lost his job amid an uproar over a video containing a Nazi symbol, underscores the administration’s willingness to overlook past transgressions.

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Nate Hochman is a deputy director in the State Department’s policy planning office, according to documentation reviewed by The New York Times.

The Battle to Save General Donahue From Hegseth’s Army Purge

6 septembre 2026 à 05:00
Gen. Christopher T. Donahue’s vision for fighting future wars won him powerful supporters around the world. Could they save his career?

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Gen. Christopher T. Donahue greeted service members before the 2023 renaming of Fort Bragg in North Carolina. The general had extensive combat experience and strong support in the Army.

Trump’s Super PAC Will Spend $10 Million on Texas Senate Race

5 septembre 2026 à 16:27
A financial filing announcing the TV and digital ad buy is the first general election spending by MAGA Inc. The group intends to boost the Republican nominee, Ken Paxton.

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Ken Paxton at a campaign rally in McAllen, Texas, in July.

Trump Officials Draft Plan to Pay At-Home Parents, Using Funds for Working Ones

5 septembre 2026 à 18:48
The proposed benefit, a top policy priority for Vice President JD Vance, would apply only to married couples and tap a fund intended to provide federal child care subsidies to working parents.

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About 80 percent of the 870,000 families that currently get child care subsidies from the Health and Human Services Department have single working parents, most of them mothers, according to department data.

Is Work Starting for Trump’s Arch? It Depends Who’s Asking.

5 septembre 2026 à 11:19
The Justice Department told a court the government would only conduct archaeological excavation, a day after a Trump official announced the project was in motion.

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A view along Memorial Bridge toward Arlington National Cemetery, which is expected to be blocked by President Trump’s planned arch.

Missouri Asks Supreme Court to Allow Voting Map Benefiting Republicans

5 septembre 2026 à 09:40
Missouri’s Supreme Court said a map redrawn to help Republicans could not be used in November and said voters should decide on the new boundaries.

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The emergency request came after the Missouri Supreme Court said that the map used in last month’s primary election was invalid, and that voters should have had a chance to weigh in on new district lines.

What the War in Iran Has Cost One Gold Star Family

5 septembre 2026 à 05:02
First Lt. Tyler James Feehan, who was 25, had been deployed to an air base in Jordan when enemy missiles and drones lit up the sky. He is among the 18 Americans who have died since the war began.

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Stephen and Shari Feehan have stayed in close touch with their son’s fiancée, Claire Fletcher, whom he was supposed to marry right after returning from his deployment to Jordan.

Appeals Court Maintains Block on Federal Voter Identification Tool

5 septembre 2026 à 01:11
A federal appeals court panel declined to let Homeland Security reopen access to a voter-screening tool that incorporated Social Security data.

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Voting machines in West Columbia, S.C., last month. The Trump administration has launched a legal effort to put in place new restrictions on voting before the midterm elections in November.

In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members

4 septembre 2026 à 22:08
About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military’s diminished stocks of munitions.

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U.S. government investigators are subjecting up to 50 members of the military’s Joint Staff to polygraph tests, according to officials briefed on the move.

Postal Service Internal Watchdog Opens Inquiry After Whistle-Blower’s Complaint

4 septembre 2026 à 19:01
The Trump administration’s effort to screen mail-in ballots for the midterms is facing numerous challenges.

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Workers in City of Industry, Calif., outside Los Angeles, sort through ballots cast during a statewide special election last November.

Trump’s Latest Clemency Grants Benefit Drug Offenders, Union Boss

4 septembre 2026 à 18:57
The president issued pardons or commutations to 30 people on Thursday, continuing his unorthodox and unpredictable use of clemency power.

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President Trump issued a clemency grant on Thursday to Emory Clash Jones, an executive who served a decade in prison for selling crack.

Judge Once Again Blocks Trump Administration’s Plans to Restrict Mail-In Ballots

4 septembre 2026 à 19:27
The ruling arrived before the Supreme Court could decide whether to intervene but appeared certain to set off yet another round of appeals.

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Sorting mail-in ballots in Largo, Fla., last month.

Trump Says He Will Spend Some of His War Chest on Republicans

4 septembre 2026 à 18:01
President Trump said he intends to hold some money back, even as Republican candidates ask for financial support.

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Senator Darline Graham with supporters in Myrtle Beach, S.C. President Trump has spent campaign money only to help Ms. Graham, a Republican of South Carolina who was appointed to her brother’s seat after his death.

Judge Orders Trump Officials to Divulge Names of Those Who Set Up $1.8 Billion Fund

4 septembre 2026 à 16:52
The plan to create a fund that could have funneled taxpayer money to the president’s allies drew repeated scrutiny, including a rare rebuke from Senate Republicans.

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President Trump supports compensating people like the rioters who were prosecuted for attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Prosecutors Won’t Try to Reinstate Key 9/11 Confession Taken After Torture

4 septembre 2026 à 16:43
The military’s lawyers said they feared an appeal could delay the trial of the man accused of masterminding the attacks, which is scheduled to start in mid-2028.

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The U.S. government had spent years defending the statements to F.B.I. agents at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in 2007 as untainted by the brutal treatment and isolation of Mr. Mohammed in secret overseas C.I.A. prisons, including 183 rounds of waterboarding.

Supreme Court Sides With Republicans in TV Ad Fight

4 septembre 2026 à 18:23
Republican groups had asked the court to clear the way for political parties to pay the same low-cost ad rates as candidates, a move that could undercut a Democratic advantage in the midterms.

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National Republican groups had filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court asking the justices to step in and clear the way for them to get the lower TV ad rates.

RFK Jr. Hires Army Doctor Who Opposed Covid Shots to Investigate if They Killed 2,500 Troops

4 septembre 2026 à 16:43
In a legal deposition, the doctor, Theresa Long, compared immunizing service members against Covid to Nazi doctors experimenting on concentration camp prisoners.

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More than 96 percent of service members were vaccinated against Covid before a mandate that they receive them was rescinded.

Pentagon Agreement With N.I.H. on Biodefense Draws Alarm From Democrats

4 septembre 2026 à 12:24
Under a new partnership, the Defense Department would play a larger role in biodefense and pandemic preparedness. Democrats warned it could allow a Pentagon cash grab.

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The agreement, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times, is focused on chemical and biological defense research.

Gloria Steinem Stayed Positive, Even as the Manosphere Took Hold

4 septembre 2026 à 11:52
The feminist icon thought many women would carry on her legacy. But at an unsteady time for feminism, how will the movement carry on?

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Gloria Steinem hosting a discussion at her home last year, focused on women’s health.

Trump Plans to Use Qatari Jet for Another Overseas Flight Despite Security Concerns

4 septembre 2026 à 16:47
The president intends to travel to Ireland on the plane, the first time he will have used it overseas since questions were raised about its defensive capabilities.

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President Trump deplaning from Air Force One in Las Vegas last month. He said weeks ago that the Boeing luxury jet donated by Qatar would be “maxed out” for security.

A More Confident Iran Emerges After Six Months of War With the U.S.

4 septembre 2026 à 11:21
New intelligence reports have assessed that Iran now has a far better understanding of its capabilities and the limits of U.S. power.

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A crowd mourning Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at the start of the war. U.S. intelligence reports, some current and former officials said, suggest that any agreement to fully end the war will be hard to reach.

Judge Ends Federal Oversight of Teamsters

3 septembre 2026 à 22:09
The union and federal prosecutors agreed that organized crime groups had been rooted out of union operations, the judge wrote.

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Sean M. O’Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union.

Trump Taps Army Engineering Official as Acting Secretary

3 septembre 2026 à 19:56
The move came days after the resignation of Daniel P. Driscoll, who had clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the purge of top generals in the Army.

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Adam R. Telle, the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, will take over as the acting Army secretary.

Trump to Break Ground on Arch Before Getting Approval

3 septembre 2026 à 19:44
Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, announced plans to start work on the site of the 250-foot-tall triumphal arch. Final approval of the project is still pending.

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President Trump has said that the 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery must be taller than the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

Missouri Supreme Court Delivers Win for Democrats in Redistricting Case

3 septembre 2026 à 23:40
The court said a map redrawn to benefit Republicans could not be used in November and said voters should decide on the new boundaries. The state attorney general vowed to appeal the decision.

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The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.

Proposal for White House Visitor Screening Center Advances

3 septembre 2026 à 18:05
A federal panel again paved the way for one of President Trump’s construction projects, even as it heard opposition to another proposal to fence in a park north of the White House.

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The entrance to the proposed screening center would be in Sherman Park, southeast of the White House.

JD Vance Says He Wouldn’t Call Iran Conflict a War

3 septembre 2026 à 17:51
In the first White House press briefing since Karoline Leavitt left as press secretary, the vice president suggested that when the conflict would end was up to Tehran.

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Vice President JD Vance took questions from reporters in the White House press briefing room on Thursday, the first briefing held by any administration official there in several weeks.

A judge suggests that Trump mail-in voting rules could cause ‘major disenfranchisement.’

3 septembre 2026 à 17:36
Judge Indira Talwani said the Postal Service appeared to be trying a haphazard “experiment” with a new rule that could result in valid ballots being tossed.

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An official picking up a mail-in ballot drop box at the Lackawanna County Government Center in Scranton, Pa., in 2024.

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Mail Voting Limits

3 septembre 2026 à 18:24
The justices have been asked to weigh in again on the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict mail voting — this time on whether the plans violate the Constitution.

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Administration lawyers asked the Supreme Court to clear the way for a new rule that prohibits the Postal Service from delivering ballots to voters in states that do not share voter data with the federal agency.

Judge Suggests Trump Mail-In Voting Rules Could Cause ‘Major Disenfranchisement’

3 septembre 2026 à 18:13
Judge Indira Talwani said the Postal Service appeared to be trying a haphazard “experiment” with a new rule that could result in valid ballots being tossed.

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An official picking up a mail-in ballot drop box at the Lackawanna County Government Center in Scranton, Pa., in 2024.

Hillary Clinton, Meghan Markle, Lena Dunham and Others Pay Tribute to Gloria Steinem

3 septembre 2026 à 17:47
After Ms. Steinem’s death at 92, celebrities and politicians reflected on her decades of activism for women’s rights and equality.

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Gloria Steinem “pushed open doors not just for herself, but for literally millions of women behind her,” Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and presidential candidate, said in a tribute on Thursday.

Homeland Security Secretary’s Plane Makes Emergency Landing

2 septembre 2026 à 23:53
The landing was the latest close call over Washington’s congested airspace to involve a senior government official.

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Markwayne Mullin, the homeland security secretary, was on a plane that made an emergency landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport on Wednesday.

White House Plans $250,000 Renovation of 2-Lane Bowling Alley

2 septembre 2026 à 21:08
A White House spokesman said the alley renovations included fixing broken lights. The project comes as the president has sought a broad overhaul of the White House and its surroundings.

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The bowling alley is in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, across from the West Wing of the White House.

As Midterms Loom, Democrats Feud Over Defections

2 septembre 2026 à 20:17
The fight has highlighted party divisions and raised questions about how Democrats will run the House should they win the majority.

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Representative Jared Golden of Maine was one of two Democrats to side with House Republicans on a procedural measure on Tuesday.
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