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NY Times – Politics

His introspective memoir tries to challenge the conventional wisdom about his upbringing, explores his marriages and airs a little dirty laundry — but says relatively little about politics. [...]

Mr. Newsom, the California governor and a potential presidential candidate, writes that the privileged caricature of his background is mistaken. [...]

All have amassed enormous war chests, new filings show, making them the financial wild cards of this year’s midterm elections and feared political spenders. [...]

Democrats have struggled to raise money, as is often the case for the party out of power, but the depth of their financial hole against the Republican National Committee is noteworthy. [...]

The president and the top Senate Democrat, who are often at each other’s throats, agreed to try to keep the government open and to start talks on new limits on federal immigration agents. [...]

The image of Liam Conejo Ramos, wearing a blue winter hat and Spider-Man backpack while in the custody of immigration agents, fueled outrage across the country. [...]




