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NY Times – Politics

With a group called Women Strike for Peace, she helped organize demonstrations against the Vietnam War and nuclear weapons. “We managed to get things done,” she said. [...]

Ms. Habba resigned on Monday, after a federal appeals court last week found she had been serving as U.S. attorney unlawfully. [...]

A five-year-old photo of agents kneeling at a D.C. protest after George Floyd’s killing led to the firing of about 16 agents. [...]

Federal relief money comes after China boycotted American farm products in retaliation for U.S. tariffs. [...]

At an annual event for Democratic governors, optimism about next year overshadowed the search for a long-term vision. As Gretchen Whitmer put it, adding an expletive: “Let’s go!” [...]

Several conservative justices have indicated their willingness to strengthen the president’s power to fire independent agency leaders. [...]





