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NY Times – Politics
Such a ruling would probably send the case back to a lower court and could delay any trial until after the November election. [...]
The departure of U.S. military personnel in Chad and Niger comes as both countries are turning away from years of cooperation with the United States and forming partnerships with Russia. [...]
The Secret Service agent was removed during an incident on Monday morning shortly before Vice President Kamala Harris left for a campaign event in Wisconsin. [...]
A man who pleaded guilty to stalking the lawyer, Lisa Page, had been discharged from the Marines after expressing an obsession with her as well as mass shootings, information that was shared with the F.B.I. [...]
The Campaign Legal Center said in a complaint that Trump political committees had used an intermediary firm “as a conduit to conceal payments” totaling $7.2 million. [...]
He won the right to services like school and health care for people illegally crossing the border into the U.S. He also fought the Trump administration’s family separation policy. [...]