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NY Times – Politics

The Republican leaders of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees told Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. that anonymous judges who responded to a Times questionnaire may have violated ethics rules. [...]

The classified meeting did not relieve mounting unease among lawmakers over President Trump’s expanding campaign of lethal strikes against drug cartels. [...]

Off-year elections might hold more lessons for Republicans than Democrats. [...]

President Trump has berated Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, in public. But privately, Mr. Trump describes him as slick and a good talker. [...]
Representatives Ken Calvert and Young Kim will vie for the same district, underscoring the dilemma faced by state Republicans as their territory dwindles after the passage of Proposition 50. [...]






