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Labor Day Protests Denounce Trump While Supporting Workers

Par :Robert Chiarito · Abigail Geiger · Sean Piccoli and J. David Goodman
The demonstrations were part of the continuing effort by Trump opponents to try to pressure his administration, even if many events were modest in size.
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Redistricting Push Creates Chaos for Incumbents in Both Parties

Par :Annie Karni
Republicans and Democrats in Congress are wary of the potential consequences of President Trump’s drive to redraw districts.

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The California State Capitol in Sacramento. The state’s Democrats are retaliating against Texas’ redistricting with their own plan.
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For Democrats, Hindsight Is 2021

Par :Reid J. Epstein
Democrats once had a chance to blunt a couple of the moves President Trump is making now, on redistricting and the takeover of the police force in Washington, D.C.

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The U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Back in the spring of 2021, when Democrats controlled the House and Senate, there were two measures that would have helped to protect against some of President Trump’s current moves.
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Trump and Democrats Float Unusual Midterm Conventions

Par :Shane Goldmacher
Both parties appear to be weighing gatherings that would gin up excitement for candidates in 2026 — and give a major platform for ambitious politicians hoping to lead the parties in 2028.

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Donald J. Trump speaking on the final night of the Republican National Convention last year.
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After Threats, Mayors of Blue Cities Seek United Front Against Trump

Par :Katie Glueck
“An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us,” said Mayor Justin Bibb of Cleveland, who led a private strategy call on Wednesday.

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Mayor Justin Bibb of Cleveland urged elected Democrats at all levels of government to seize what he called a “unique opportunity” to go on the offensive with a message on crime reduction.
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Gates Foundation Quietly Cuts Ties With Firm Linked to Democrats

Par :Theodore Schleifer
Officials made no mention of politics in cutting ties with a network of nonprofit funds, but Bill Gates has made other moves to insulate the charity from political pressures.
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Democratic Party Scraps Resolutions on Israel and Gaza After Fraught Debate

Par :Katie Glueck and Shane Goldmacher
The measures were almost entirely symbolic, yet laid bare the broader fault lines dividing and shaping the party nearly two years after the war began.

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A worsening humanitarian situation is unfolding in Gaza, fraying Israel’s traditional coalition of support in the United States and around the world.
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Gov. Pritzker Challenges Trump’s Threat to Send National Guard to Chicago

Par :Julie Bosman
The Illinois governor pointed out that eight of the 10 states with the highest homicide rates are led by Republicans.

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Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois in front of the Trump Hotel on the Chicago River on Monday.
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Newsom Signs California Redistricting Plan to Counter Texas Republicans

Par :Laurel Rosenhall
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic state lawmakers moved quickly to create new districts that could help their party flip five congressional seats. Their plan still requires voter approval.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation to redraw California’s congressional districts in a way that could flip five seats for Democrats. The plan still requires voter approval.
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Gavin Newsom’s Redistricting Ballot Fight Raises $6.2 Million Online

Par :Shane Goldmacher
The figure makes plain how a gerrymandering push that began in Texas but spread nationwide has energized the Democratic base.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom, Democrat of California, has nicknamed his remapping effort the “Election Rigging Response Act,” arguing it is a counter to Texas’ pledge to redraw its map.
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Texas Senate Advances Redistricting as California Legislature Joins Race

Par :J. David Goodman
Lawmakers in the nation’s two most populous states were voting Thursday on competing proposals as the battle over U.S. House maps intensified.

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Todd Hunter, a Republican state representative in Texas, with fellow Republican members of the State House of Representatives during a session at the Capitol in Austin on Wednesday.
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Obama Endorses Newsom’s Redistricting Proposal as a ‘Responsible Approach’

Par :Kellen Browning
The former president suggested that Democrats opposing G.O.P. efforts in Texas and elsewhere should advance their own gerrymandering plans.

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Former President Barack Obama last year. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s approach to redistricting, he said, is “designed to address a very particular problem in a very particular moment in time.”
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Senate Adds Guardrails in an Effort to Force Trump to Obey Spending Bills

Par :Carl Hulse
Leaders of the Appropriations Committee are trying to tighten up funding legislation to give the Trump administration less leeway to refuse to spend federal money.

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Senator Patty Murray of Washington joined other Appropriations Committee members in a letter to Russell T. Vought, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, to protest his decision to not spend nearly $3 billion in emergency funds.
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Texas House Approves Redistricting Maps, Just as Trump Wanted

Par :J. David Goodman
The State Senate will vote Thursday on maps intended to help the G.O.P. win five more U.S. House seats in the midterm elections. California Democrats will counter on the same day.

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Lawmakers on the floor of the Texas State House chambers on Wednesday.
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5 Takeaways From the Times Analysis of Democratic Decline in Voter Registration

Par :Shane Goldmacher
Thirty states, as well as Washington, D.C., allow voters to register with a political party. Here’s what the data shows.

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The Democratic edge for voter registration in swing states like Nevada has been vanishing as the Republican share continues to grow.
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The Democratic Party’s Voter Registration Crisis

Par :Shane Goldmacher and Jonah Smith
The party is bleeding support beyond the ballot box, a new analysis shows.

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Florida has had a significant shift of registered voters in the Republican direction, a remarkable inversion that explains the state’s transformation from a perennial battleground to the new symbol of red America.
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Susan Collins to Get Hollywood Treatment at Fund-Raiser Featuring Democrats

Par :Theodore Schleifer and Brooks Barnes
Democrats hoping to retake the Senate in the midterm elections next year are targeting the seat of Senator Collins, a Maine Republican who is seen as a moderate.

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Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, is expected to attend fund-raising events in Northern California around the time of the Hollywood event.
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Texas Rep. Nicole Collier Slept on the House Floor in Protest

Par :J. David Goodman
Nicole Collier, a state representative, slept in the Capitol rather than agree to police surveillance imposed by Republicans after a Democratic walkout. “I am resisting,” she said.

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State Representative Nicole Collier, a Fort Worth Democrat, at right, in the State House chamber on Monday.
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California Republicans File Suit Seeking to Block Newsom Redistricting Plan

Par :Laurel Rosenhall
Republican state lawmakers argue that Democratic lawmakers violated 30-day disclosure rules in the California Constitution.

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James Gallagher, the Assembly Republican leader, criticized the Democrats’ plan to redraw the California congressional map. California Democrats have said that they were responding to redistricting changes by Republicans in Texas.
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The Politics of Crime Are Perilous for Left and Right Alike

Par :Shaila Dewan
President Trump has latched on to concerns about crime, as liberals point to its decline. The politics often flip when it comes to mass shootings.

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Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents and Metropolitan Police Department officers at a checkpoint on Wednesday night in Washington, D.C.
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In Maine, a Political Novice Makes a Long-Shot Bid to Oust Collins

Par :Annie Karni
Democrats hope to recruit Governor Janet Mills to challenge the powerful Republican senator, but an oyster farmer with a working man’s pitch thinks he has a better chance.

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Graham Platner shucking oysters at the farm he co-runs in the Frenchman Bay in Maine.
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The Fight With Democrats That Trump Wants Now

Par :Jess Bidgood
Crime is tricky territory for Democrats and President Trump knows it.

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President Trump’s effort to take over law enforcement in Washington, D.C., is ramping up as it enters its second week.
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Trump Wants to Fight Democrats on Crime. They’re Treading Cautiously.

Par :Jess Bidgood and Lisa Lerer
Democrats see the federal takeover of Washington as a way for President Trump to stoke fear for political gain. But they are mindful that issues of public safety continue to resonate with their own supporters.

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A National Guard member patrolling in Washington, D.C.
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Trump Wants to Fight Democrats on Crime. They’re Treading Cautiously.

Par :Jess Bidgood and Lisa Lerer
Democrats see the federal takeover of Washington as a way for President Trump to stoke fear for political gain. But they are mindful that issues of public safety continue to resonate with their own supporters.

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A National Guard member patrolling in Washington, D.C.
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Protesters Gather to Oppose Trump’s Push on Redistricting

Par :J. David Goodman
Thousands assembled around the country to demonstrate against a Republican effort to redraw congressional maps in their favor for 2026.

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Demonstrators gather outside the Texas State Capitol in Austin to protest Republican-led efforts to redraw the state’s congressional districts.
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Newsom’s Gerrymander of California Has a Formidable Foe: Schwarzenegger

Par :Laurel Rosenhall
The actor-turned-governor helped overhaul how California draws political maps. In an interview with The New York Times, he said he would fight to preserve that legacy.

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In 2019, Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke at a rally against gerrymandering on the steps of the Supreme Court.
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California Lawmakers Release a Proposed House Map Favoring Democrats

Par :Laurel Rosenhall
The plan would help Democrats flip five seats, offsetting the gains Republicans hope to make by redrawing maps in Texas.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom held a campaign-style rally in Los Angeles on Thursday to urge voters to approve a redrawn congressional map in California.
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Congressional Democrats Move to End Trump’s Control of D.C. Police

Par :Michael Gold
The legislation has little chance of success, given that Republicans control Congress.

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Officers with the Department of Homeland Security and Washington Metropolitan Police Department at a traffic checkpoint Wednesday in Washington.
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How Ambitious Democratic Governors Are Navigating Trump’s Redistricting War

Par :Reid J. Epstein and Nick Corasaniti
Some have emerged as a front line against Trump’s push to grab more seats in Congress, putting the issue at the center of their party’s politics. Others are ceding the spotlight.
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Texas Democrats Will Return Home, Allowing Vote on Redistricting Plan

Par :J. David Goodman
The leader of Democrats in the Texas House said the battle over redistricting, which could determine control of Congress, is likely to continue in the courts.

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State Representative Gene Wu, leader of the Democrats in the Texas House, speaking at a news conference in Chicago, where lawmakers from his party have fled.
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Solomon Peña, Republican Ex-Candidate, Sentenced in Politically Motivated Shooting Plot

Par :Pooja Salhotra
Solomon Peña, who lost a bid for a seat in the New Mexico Legislature in 2022, was found guilty in March of orchestrating the attacks against state Democrats.

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Solomon Peña was arrested in January 2023. The authorities said he had paid four men in cash to shoot at the homes of certain Democratic officials.
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Hispanic Democratic Officials in Texas Plead Not Guilty to Voter Fraud

Par :Edgar Sandoval and Samuel Rocha IV
Texas’ attorney general, Ken Paxton, has now used his “election integrity unit” to indict 15 Latino Democrats under a 2021 statute that outlawed delivering ballots for other voters.

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“Let me be crystal clear: the integrity of our elections is the bedrock of our democratic process, and any elected official trying to cheat the system will have to answer for it,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said in a statement.
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