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Dorie Ladner, Unheralded Civil Rights Heroine, Dies at 81

She risked arrest and worse in pursuit of her goals of integration and voting rights from the time she was a teenager.

03/16/2024

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Trump’s Alternate Reality Pitch, Examined

The war in Ukraine. Hamas’s attack on Israel. Inflation. The former president has insisted that none would have occurred if he had remained in office after 2020.

03/16/2024

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How Trump Is Scrambling to Raise Cash

The former president is facing converging financial crunches as he and the Republican Party confront a shortfall against President Biden and the Democrats.

03/16/2024

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Share of Democratic Registrations Is Declining, but What Does It Mean?

Virtually every group of voters under 70 has become less likely to register as Democrats compared with Republicans since 2019.

03/16/2024

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Republican Senate Slugfest in Ohio Fuels Jitters About Trump’s Candidate

The former president will appear alongside Bernie Moreno on Saturday, one potential sign that Mr. Moreno could use an 11th-hour assist.

03/16/2024

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Ankle Monitors and Curfews: Inside Biden’s New Tracking System for Migrant Families

The goal of the program is to keep people from skipping out on their asylum hearings, joining the millions of undocumented people who stay in the country indefinitely.

03/16/2024

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TikTok Bill’s Progress Slows in the Senate

Legislation to force TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell the app or have it banned in the United States sailed through the House, but the Senate has no plans to move hastily.

03/16/2024

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A Watershed Moment for the Politics of Israel, Courtesy of Chuck Schumer

Republicans have long sought to make Israel a partisan issue, framing their party as the only one truly supportive of the Jewish state. The Senate majority leader’s blistering speech may have helped.

03/16/2024

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After R.B.G. Awards Go to Musk and Murdoch, Justice Ginsburg’s Family Objects

The children of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who championed liberal causes and women’s rights, said the choice of recipients this year was an “affront” to the memory of their mother.

03/15/2024

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Iran and U.S. Held Secret Talks on Proxy Attacks and Cease-Fire

Diplomats gathered in Oman in January, with the U.S. side seeking to stop attacks on Red Sea shipping and American bases, and Iran looking for a Gaza cease-fire.

03/15/2024