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May 26, 2026
President Trump's record of ousting those he sees as disloyal continued apace with Senator John Cornyn's defeat. Whether his relationship with Senate Republicans can be repaired is another question.
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May 26, 2026
Mr. Allred beat the incumbent, Representative Julie Johnson, and is now favored to win the general election in a heavily Democratic Dallas-based district.
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May 26, 2026
President Trump's record of ousting those he sees as disloyal continued apace with Senator John Cornyn's defeat. Whether his relationship with Senate Republicans can be repaired is another question.
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May 26, 2026
Carlos De La Cruz, a first-time candidate, defeated a moderate rival in a U.S. House district that was redrawn to favor Republicans, but where Democrats see an opportunity.
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May 26, 2026
The victory by Johnny Garcia, a sheriff's deputy, brought relief to Democrats, who hope to hold onto a seat that Republicans redrew to flip it.
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May 26, 2026
After connecting his opponent to past criticism of President Trump, the conservative state senator now advances to the general election.
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May 26, 2026
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, overcame scandals and a significant fund-raising disadvantage to win. His victory sets up the general-election clash that Democrats had hoped for.
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May 26, 2026
Mr. Menefee, one of the newest members of Congress, beat Representative Al Green, a Democrat who is more than twice his age, in a primary runoff.
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May 26, 2026
With the support of President Trump, Mr. Paxton unseated Senator John Cornyn in a high-profile Republican runoff.
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May 26, 2026
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, overcame scandals and a significant fund-raising disadvantage to win. His victory sets up the general-election clash that Democrats had hoped for.
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May 26, 2026
With the support of President Trump, Mr. Paxton is trying to unseat Senator John Cornyn in a high-profile Republican runoff.
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May 26, 2026
He is fighting for political survival against a primary challenger backed by President Trump.
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May 26, 2026
The showdown, manufactured by a Republican gerrymander, created one of many generational clashes consuming Democrats this cycle.
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May 26, 2026
James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, has been raising money and looking to unite his party for the general election.
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May 26, 2026
He is a veteran lawmaker and a vocal critic of President Trump who is facing a runoff against a fellow Democratic member espousing generational change.
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May 26, 2026
He is one of the newest members of Congress, running on a message of generational change against a fellow Democratic member who is more than twice his age.
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May 26, 2026
President Trump is said to be considering the appearance after his hometown team, the Knicks, clinched a championship spot.
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May 26, 2026
Unofficial results will start coming in after polls close at 7 p.m. local time. They will be posted on the state's voter portal.
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May 26, 2026
Lawyers representing federal workers said the move is intended to chill speech and could be challenged on First Amendment grounds.
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May 26, 2026
Mr. Paxton, a Texas Senate candidate, has led Senator John Cornyn in all but one independent poll in the Republican primary runoff.
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May 26, 2026
In past outbreaks, Americans exposed to the virus were sent home to be treated in state-of-the-art facilities. The Trump administration has already flown some U.S. citizens to Europe for treatment.
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May 26, 2026
President Trump has sought revenge in G.O.P. primaries. Democrats have turned out to vote in large numbers. Republicans have gained a redistricting advantage.
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May 26, 2026
A Republican-led redistricting effort forced Representative Al Green, who has served 11 terms, and Christian Menefee, one of the newest members of Congress, into a battle for the same seat.
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May 26, 2026
Defense lawyers are increasingly accusing the Justice Department under President Trump of using its powers to prioritize the president's political imperatives above the pursuit of actual justice.
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May 26, 2026
The warnings came after U.S. forces struck military sites in Iran. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that negotiations to end the war were continuing.
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May 26, 2026
The race between Senator John Cornyn and his right-wing rival, Ken Paxton, has cost mountains of cash. More of it has gone to help Mr. Cornyn — but that money may not be enough.
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May 26, 2026
Florida officials had asked the justices to hear a lawsuit accusing California and Washington of improperly granting licenses to an immigrant accused in a fatal crash.
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May 26, 2026
The new congressional map Texas Republicans drew to favor the party has led to several contentious primary runoffs.
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May 26, 2026
President Trump, who will turn 80 next month, did not give details on the exam.
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May 26, 2026
A group of immigration judges in 2020 challenged work-related restrictions on their public speaking engagements, saying they violated their free speech rights.
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May 26, 2026
In the last weeks of the contest, Representative Chip Roy reported raising more than $8 million, and he intensified his attacks on Mayes Middleton, a state senator.
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May 26, 2026
The Ultimate Fighting Championship bout is scheduled for June 14, President Trump's 80th birthday.
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May 26, 2026
President Trump, whose health has been a subject of public scrutiny, will turn 80 next month.
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May 26, 2026
Alabama is likely to appeal the ruling, which stops an effort to use a new congressional map that would redraw one majority-Black district.
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May 26, 2026
Eight days of legal arguments at Guantánamo have brought the long-running terrorism case to a moment of truth in the long wait for justice.
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May 26, 2026
Republicans have made gains with voters on education issues. A plan championed by Mr. Emanuel, a Democratic former mayor of Chicago, centers on college affordability.
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May 26, 2026
Judges and grand juries have increasingly lost faith in the Justice Department as the president uses it to reward his friends and go after his opponents.
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May 26, 2026
All eyes will be on the Republican Senate runoff between the incumbent John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton. But Tuesday's runoffs in Texas will feature other key contests.
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May 26, 2026
All eyes will be on the Republican Senate runoff between the incumbent John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton. But Tuesday's runoffs in Texas will feature other key contests.
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May 26, 2026
Burt Jones, the leading G.O.P. candidate for governor, worked with Trump allies to try to overturn the election, and even talked to the president himself.
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May 25, 2026
Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, a critic of President Trump who lost his primary last week, filed papers for another candidacy but said he was not sure which office he might seek.
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May 25, 2026
President Trump called for countries in the Middle East to join the Abraham Accords as part of a peace deal with Iran. Analysts say it is unlikely.
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May 25, 2026
"The stupid stuff is killing our chances," said a retiring Republican senator.
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May 25, 2026
The contest between the incumbent John Cornyn and his challenger Ken Paxton will culminate in a Tuesday runoff. Here are the developments that shaped the campaign.
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May 25, 2026
Saikat Chakrabarti, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's former chief of staff, is running in San Francisco to succeed Representative Nancy Pelosi, whom Mr. Chakrabarti irked with an incendiary tweet seven years ago.
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May 25, 2026
For years, courts have welcomed cases brought by self-represented litigants. Now those plaintiffs have A.I., and their filings are consuming more and more bandwidth.
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May 24, 2026
Graham Platner, a Senate candidate in Maine, blamed private equity for destroying "our favorite baseball team." NESN, which is owned by the team, pulled his campaign ad, citing an intellectual property violation.
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May 24, 2026
The Secretary of State said the United States was prepared to begin those talks if Iran opens the Strait of Hormuz as part of an apparently emerging deal on the war.
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May 24, 2026
President Trump is trying to create individual lists of citizens by state to determine who can vote, even as his administration acknowledges they would be unreliable.
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May 24, 2026
The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating to determine who shot the bystander, who underwent surgery, and how many bullets were fired.
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May 24, 2026
In New Delhi, Secretary of State Marco Rubio tried to explain why President Trump has pushed aggressive trade and immigration policies affecting India and Indians in the United States.
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May 24, 2026
President Trump has alternated between bullying the justices and cozying up to them as the court prepares to announce major decisions that will determine the fate of the key aspects of his agenda.
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May 24, 2026
In highly competitive House races that Democrats need to flip in November, the left is betting that calls for universal health care and taxing the wealthy will resonate — even among Republicans.
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May 23, 2026
A gunman who opened fire near the White House was shot and killed by federal officers, and another person was wounded by gunfire. President Trump was in the White House at the time.
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May 23, 2026
At Gibraltar, at the tip of Spain, British forces are ready to deploy autonomous mine-hunting equipment if a peace agreement is achieved.
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May 23, 2026
A witness reported hearing dozens of shots. It was not immediately clear what led up to the shooting or whether anyone had been injured.
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May 23, 2026
After a year focused on immigrants here illegally, the Trump administration is now making it harder for legal migrants to stay in the country. It is a risky pivot.
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May 23, 2026
Two recent moves aligned the department ever more closely with President Trump's own efforts to whitewash the events of that day.
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May 23, 2026
More than three quarters of Americans, including 55 percent of Republicans, said President Trump's policies have increased the cost of living in their community.
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May 23, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has a "gargantuan task" during his visit to Delhi: defuse tensions over President Trump's anti-India aggression and overtures to China.
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May 23, 2026
President Trump continues to act like he's politically all-powerful, even in the face of indications that he is not.
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May 22, 2026
There is no shortage of targets if he decides to strike: Energy facilities left untouched, the deep underground nuclear storage site at Isfahan and missile sites that appear to have been dug out.
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May 22, 2026
Housing officials were told to exclude emotional support animals and tighten the definition of a service animal when granting accommodations for disabled tenants.
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May 22, 2026
There is no shortage of targets should President Trump, in coordination with Israel, decide to resume the assault on Iran.
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May 22, 2026
The Trump administration announced plans to expand a ban on entering the United States to legal permanent residents who had been in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda or South Sudan.
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May 22, 2026
The constellation of individuals and groups involved claims to have suffered partisan attacks by the federal government under Trump, yet would not be compensated.
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May 22, 2026
The C.I.A. and N.S.A. cannot fully deploy the latest models on their classified systems because of a shortage of cutting-edge chips.
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May 22, 2026
The economic backdrop that Kevin M. Warsh inherits as chair of the Federal Reserve does not call for the interest rate cuts that President Trump wants.
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May 22, 2026
He has focused on internal politics, building a loyal base despite tactical disputes.
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May 22, 2026
A top state lawmaker who opposed drawing new districts for the fall elections now says he supports producing an all-Democrat map for the next cycle.
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May 22, 2026
Education Secretary Linda McMahon has said she wants to hire more civil rights lawyers, but the White House has proposed cutting that office in half.
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May 22, 2026
Republicans, seeing President Trump's personal agenda diverging from their political interests, vented their outrage about paying those who threatened their lives on Jan. 6, 2021.
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May 22, 2026
The change is likely to affect hundreds of thousands of people. It could also lead to more family separations as spouses or relatives wait for application decisions, immigration lawyers said.
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May 22, 2026
The move deals an embarrassing blow to the Trump administration, which made the Maryland man, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the face of its deportation campaign.
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May 22, 2026
Ms. Gabbard had a difficult tenure in the Trump administration and was seldom seen in the room when the president made important national-security moves.
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May 22, 2026
Ms. Gabbard had a difficult tenure in the Trump administration and was seldom seen in the room when the president made important national-security moves.
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May 22, 2026
The economic backdrop that Kevin M. Warsh inherits as chair of the Federal Reserve does not call for the interest rate cuts that President Trump wants.
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May 22, 2026
Republicans drew the former D.N.C. chairwoman out of her district. Her decision to run in Florida's 20th Congressional District, however, has stoked tensions with Black Democrats.
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May 22, 2026
Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, made the donation after agreeing to an interview with lawmakers about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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May 22, 2026
The president, vice president and acting attorney general have offered a series of inaccurate claims to defend an unusual fund announced this week.
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May 22, 2026
The divisions are clear, but there's more common ground than one might expect within the coalition, a Times/Siena poll shows.
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May 22, 2026
Gov. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia urged her fellow Democrats, including the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, to stop talking about drawing new congressional lines for partisan advantage.
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May 22, 2026
The economic backdrop that Kevin M. Warsh inherits as chair of the Federal Reserve does not call for the interest rate cuts that President Trump wants.
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May 22, 2026
E. Jean Carroll won two court cases against him, but it took decades for her to come forward. The film is at its best on the reasons for her hesitance.
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May 21, 2026
In a nearly two-hour conversation, Mr. Biden discussed his addiction to drugs and alcohol, and Ms. Owens apologized for her past remarks about him.
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May 21, 2026
The legislation to build a Smithsonian museum to honor women became contentious after it was amended to say the museum could only recognize "biological" females.
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May 21, 2026
President Trump faced a wall of opposition from Senate G.O.P. lawmakers, in part over his plan to create a $1.8 billion fund to reward his allies.
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May 21, 2026
Defense Department officials had abruptly canceled the deployments of thousands of troops there just last week.
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May 21, 2026
Judge Carl J. Nichols seemed skeptical that the changes President Trump has rushed to make would irreversibly deface the pool if he later found them illegal.
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May 21, 2026
Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, went to Capitol Hill to allay Republicans' concerns over a fund to pay people who claim government mistreatment. It did not go well.
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May 21, 2026
The Trump administration this week created a $1.8 billion fund to dole out taxpayer dollars to the president's political allies, and declared that Mr. Trump is immunized from tax audits. Our chief legal affairs correspondent, Adam Liptak, explains how these legally questionable moves test the Constitution's limits on the president's power.
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May 21, 2026
The report partly blamed aides to Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Kamala Harris for her defeat. But it was widely seen as a poorly executed examination, bringing fresh scrutiny to Democrats.
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May 21, 2026
The government has appealed a judge's ruling that it violated the free speech rights of Francesca Albanese, who was sanctioned for speaking out against Israel.
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