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Migrant Apprehensions Surpass a Fiscal Year Record

WASHINGTON — Apprehensions of migrants crossing the southwestern border were down for the second month in a row in July, but the number in just the first 10 months of the government’s fiscal year already exceeds the total during the previous year, setting a record, according to data released on Monday. Unauthorized crossings typically decline […] More

by Tonya Frazier August 15, 2022, 8:43 pm
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Justice Dept. Objects to Releasing Affidavit Used to Search Trump’s Home

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department objected on Monday to making public the affidavit used to justify the search of former President Donald J. Trump’s home in Florida, saying its release would “compromise future investigative steps” and “likely chill” cooperation with witnesses. In a 13-page pleading, filed in a federal court in southern Florida in response […] More

by Tonya Frazier August 15, 2022, 8:13 pm
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Ron DeSantis and Republicans’ Mar-a-Lago Playbook

Republican politicians weighing how to react to the F.B.I.’s search of Mar-a-Lago last week had several options. Boiled down, they were: 1. Immediately denounce it as a “witch hunt” and threaten to investigate or even defund the bureau, while calling for Attorney General Merrick Garland’s impeachment. 2. Issue a cautious, place-holder statement expressing confidence in […] More

by Tonya Frazier August 15, 2022, 6:46 pm
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Surviving Relatives of U.S. Drone Strike Victims Remain Stranded in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON — Soon after the U.S. military mistakenly killed 10 civilians, including seven children, last August in the final U.S. drone strike before American troops withdrew from Afghanistan, the Biden administration pledged to help surviving members of the family relocate to the United States for their safety. Nearly a year later, fewer than a dozen […] More

by Tonya Frazier August 15, 2022, 6:16 pm
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Eric Herschmann, Lawyer in Trump White House, Is Subpoenaed

Eric Herschmann, a lawyer who worked in the White House under former President Donald J. Trump, has received a subpoena from a grand jury looking into activities related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, the latest indication the Justice Department’s investigation is intensifying, according to two people familiar with the matter. The subpoena […] More

by Tonya Frazier August 15, 2022, 6:05 pm
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Opinion | Why Republicans Turned Against the Environment

In 1990 Congress passed an amendment to the Clean Air Act of 1970, among other things taking action against acid rain, urban smog and ozone. The legislation was highly successful, greatly reducing pollution at far lower cost than business interest groups had predicted. I sometimes see people trying to use acid rain as an example […] More

by Tonya Frazier August 15, 2022, 6:00 pm
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Opinion | Liz Cheney and Lisa Murkowski Face Their Voters

When elected leaders put party before country, Americans are diminished as a society: We grow cynical, we believe less, we vote less. Every so often, however, we witness a leader who takes a principled stand, at odds with their party leaders or supporters (or both) and ultimately against his or her own self-interest. In our […] More

by Tonya Frazier August 15, 2022, 2:00 pm
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In Wisconsin, 2 Huge Races Stand Between G.O.P. and Near-Total Power

KAUKAUNA, Wis. — Nowhere in the country have Republican lawmakers been more aggressive in their attempts to seize a partisan edge than in Wisconsin. Having gerrymandered the Legislature past the point that it can be flipped, they are now pushing intensely to take greater control over the state’s voting infrastructure ahead of the 2024 presidential […] More

by Tonya Frazier August 15, 2022, 4:00 am
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Some Republicans Make a More Restrained Case for Defending Trump

WASHINGTON — As Republicans continued on Sunday to defend former President Donald J. Trump after an unprecedented F.B.I. search of his residence in Florida, deep fissures were visible in the party’s support for law enforcement amid a federal investigation into Mr. Trump’s handling of top secret documents. Immediately after the search, congressional Republicans, including members […] More

by Tonya Frazier August 14, 2022, 8:31 pm
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Man Dies by Suicide After Ramming Car Into Barricade Near U.S. Capitol

A man drove his car into a barricade near the U.S. Capitol building early on Sunday morning and then died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the authorities said. The man exited his car, which crashed at East Capitol Street and Second Street after 4 a.m., as it caught fire, the U.S. Capitol Police said in […] More

by Tonya Frazier August 14, 2022, 12:58 pm
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Presidential Power to Declassify Information, Explained

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald J. Trump’s claim that he had declassified all of the documents that the F.B.I. seized in the search of his Florida home last week — including those marked as top secret — has heightened interest in the scope of a president’s power to declassify information. On Friday, Mr. Trump’s office […] More

by Tonya Frazier August 14, 2022, 9:23 am
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Opinion | Many Americans Think Congress Is More Broken Than It Actually Is

Is it everything that Democrats dreamed of? Not by a long shot. But it’s major progress — all the more remarkable for the fact that it is happening under an evenly divided Senate. It flies in the face of the prevailing narrative that Washington is irreparably broken and that President Biden is a nostalgic old […] More

by Tonya Frazier August 14, 2022, 6:58 am