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NY Times – Politics

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a candidate for governor, recently took possession of more than 650,000 ballots as part of a fraud probe. Election officials say his investigation is baseless. [...]

Up to 200,000 people adopted as children from abroad are vulnerable to deportation by an administration searching for problems with their citizenship. [...]

Democrats have had limited political success running on the Affordable Care Act, even with its relative popularity. Now President Trump’s health care cuts may have given the issue new resonance. [...]

In a new set of oral histories, David Plouffe, President Barack Obama’s political adviser, described how he urged Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. not to challenge Hillary Clinton for the nomination. [...]

Republicans have largely been on defense against Democratic criticism. Here are five arguments advanced by figures in both parties. [...]

President Trump’s hopes that an Israeli plan to ignite an internal uprising against Iran’s theocratic government could bring the war to a swift end have so far been dashed. [...]





