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In Epstein, Democrats Find Weapon Against Trump and Republicans

Working to exploit a G.O.P. rift, Democrats are aggressively pushing charges of a coverup in the case of the accused pedophile, which many of them once dismissed as a conspiracy theory.

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Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, and Representative Katherine Clark, Democrat of Massachusetts, arriving for a news conference on Wednesday.
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Democrats Broach Potential Walkout to Block Texas Redistricting

Hakeem Jeffries, the House Democratic leader, told Texas Democrats on a call on Tuesday that the moment required everyone to take extraordinary actions.

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Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas had called for the 30-day special session to begin later this month to include the redrawing of the state’s political maps, along with potential legislation to address the deadly flooding in the Texas Hill Country.
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