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He’ll Be Clerk of One of the Country’s Largest Counties. He’s 19.
Sebastian Matta, a sophomore at Arizona State University, was elected on Tuesday as Superior Court clerk in Maricopa County, Ariz.
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Mysterious Request Scrambles Major Supreme Court Gun Case Against Cook County
In an unusual move, the lead plaintiff in one of two cases challenging semiautomatic weapons bans has asked to drop out weeks before the cases are heard.
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With So Much New Blood in the Senate, the Average Age Is Falling. To 63.
Incoming senators are nearly 15 years younger than departing ones, on average. But the chamber’s overall age isn’t shifting much.
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U.S. Homeless Population Had Record Drop in 2025
The Department of Housing and Urban Development credited President Trump, while homeless advocacy groups said that so-called Housing First policies of his predecessors played a part.
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Trump’s D.C. Construction Blitz May Be About to Get Tougher
The president has bulldozed through obstacles as he has sought to remake the face of Washington. But newly empowered Democrats and angry judges are setting up a high-stakes showdown.
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Susie Wiles Is the Latest Powerful Woman to Exit the Trump Administration
A wave of high-ranking women have left the Trump administration in the past year. Many were replaced by men.
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Democrats Took Over Texas. What Now?
Democrats’ wins in the Lone Star state exceeded their wildest dreams.
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China’s Top Spy Agency Recruited Woman Who Targeted Jensen Huang
U.S. intelligence concluded that Alice Huang, a Chinese business executive who developed a close relationship with Nvidia’s leader, was an asset of Beijing’s Ministry of State Security.
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How Elon Musk Frittered Away Nearly $500 Million on the Midterm Elections
Behind the scenes, the world’s richest person spent a record amount over two years to bend the country’s politics to his will. He couldn’t.
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Christopher Murphy Will Not Return to Senate Next Week After Stroke
Senator Christopher S. Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, said in a statement that he would spend several weeks recovering at a rehabilitation center.
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Here’s the latest.
Mr. Miller, the White House’s domestic policy adviser, who has driven the administration’s immigration crackdown, will replace Susie Wiles, the president said.
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Trump Taps Stephen Miller as New White House Chief of Staff
Mr. Miller, the White House’s domestic policy adviser, who has driven the administration’s immigration crackdown, will replace Susie Wiles, the president said.
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Hegseth Faces Impeachment Effort and Bipartisan Scrutiny After Midterm Elections
A looming impeachment push could put President Trump’s polarizing defense secretary in a standoff with Democrats and Republicans.
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F.A.A. to Phase Out Floppy Disks in Air Traffic Control Towers
Decades after the computer industry moved on, federal officials plan to finally ground the once-vaunted tech relic.
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U.S. Attorney Who Oversaw Centerpiece of Trump’s Revenge Campaign Resigns
Jason Reding Quiñones is the latest prosecutor to leave the Justice Department after being assigned a sprawling investigation seeking retribution against President Trump’s perceived enemies.
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John D. Rockefeller IV, West Virginia Governor and Senator, Dies at 89
The rare Democrat in a fabled family of wealthy Republicans, he served 30 years as senator and helped bring health insurance to millions of low-income children.
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Melania Trump Repositions the White Suit
The first lady wore a white suit to preside over the White House meeting of delegations from Russia and Ukraine.
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These Newly Elected Lawmakers Know Something Trump Doesn’t: Science
Among those elected to Congress on Tuesday are a mathematician, a microbiologist and a chemical engineer. They plan to take on a White House that has threatened funding cuts to research.
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Trump Says He Met With a Senior Russian Official on a Ukraine Peace Deal
President Trump said the deal “might involve all of Europe.” He indicated he had met with a Kremlin envoy whom Melania Trump hosted at the White House on Thursday.
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National Guard to Expand Patrols in Washington With Military Vehicles and Boats
The Pentagon said that the decision by Pete Hegseth to widen the patrols was made on Oct. 29, just before a landslide defeat for Republicans in the midterm elections.
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Rubio Rejects Reports He Will Leave His Jobs to Run for President
President Trump’s secretary of state and national security adviser said he intended to stick with the administration to the end.
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Trump Takes Fresh Aim at Alaska, Still Counting Its Senate Results
Mary Peltola, the Democrat, was leading Senator Dan Sullivan, the Republican, in incomplete returns. A New York Times analysis suggested she was on track to prevail.
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The Many Meanings of James Talarico’s Winning Cowboy Boots
Obviously, the Texas election was about more than shoes. But the symbolism mattered.
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Why a Merciless Supreme Court Rebuke on Election Eve Matters
The justices took just hours to reject Trump’s bid to meddle in the election.
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