2024 Presidential Election - Kamala Harris & Donald Trump

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Texas Republicans Ready to Pass New Redistricting Maps, Just as Trump Wanted

The effort is intended to help the G.O.P. win five more U.S. House seats in the midterm elections. Other states, red and blue, are likely to redraw their own maps.

August 20, 2025

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5 Takeaways From the Times Analysis of Democratic Decline in Voter Registration

Thirty states, as well as Washington, D.C., allow voters to register with a political party. Here’s what the data shows.

August 20, 2025

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Pirro to ease prosecutions for carrying registered rifles, shotguns — calls DC law ‘violation of the Supreme Court’s holdings’

“Criminal culpability is not determined by the instruments people employ but by the intent and conduct of the actor.”

August 20, 2025

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DOJ probing whether DC crime stats were manipulated

The investigation into the allegations that DC’s Metropolitan Police Department fudged data to make crime rates appear lower is reportedly being led by the office of DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro, according to multiple outlets.

August 20, 2025

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Southern border wall will be painted black to make it ‘even harder for people to climb,’ DHS Secretary Kristi Noem says

Trump made the request because he “understands that in the hot temperatures down here, when something is painted black, it gets even warmer, and it will make it even harder for people to climb.”

August 19, 2025

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Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’

The remark, made as the president has ordered a wide-ranging review of museum exhibits, added to his pattern of minimizing Black history.

August 19, 2025

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Susan Collins to Get Hollywood Treatment at Fund-Raiser Featuring Democrats

Democrats hoping to retake the Senate in the midterm elections next year are targeting the seat of Senator Collins, a Maine Republican who is seen as a moderate.

August 19, 2025

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Trump’s White House Joins TikTok

The move continues a remarkable turnabout toward the app for President Trump, who tried to ban TikTok in his first term.

August 19, 2025

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For Trump, Flashy Summits Come First. Grunt Work Comes Next.

Diplomats scrambled to come up with detailed proposals for security guarantees and other sticking points following two high-level summits in Alaska and Washington.

August 19, 2025

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