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The plan worked. In 2016, Republican congressional candidates won 53 percent of the statewide vote. But, as predicted, they again won in 10 of the 13 congressional districts, or 77 percent of them. In 2018, the statewide vote was about evenly divided, but Democrats again secured only three seats. The case, Rucho v. Common Cause, […]

Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, the Republican chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, who has called for changes to asylum law to stem the influx of migrants, spoke through tears that were captured on video widely shared on Twitter. “I realize tragedies happen all over this country — all over this world,”

Speaking at a Liberal Democrat leadership debate hosted by the Victoria Derbyshire programme, Sir Ed Davey said MI6 once tried to recruit him as a spy to work overseas. The former energy secretary added: “I’d just been appointed to be the economic adviser to Paddy Ashdown, so I never became Double O Davey”. He said

WASHINGTON — His aides teased that President Trump might insert himself into the 2020 Democratic presidential primary debate by live-tweeting the two-hour conversation that unfolded Wednesday night. But Mr. Trump, who took a classic “stay tuned!” attitude all week about whether he would follow through, said beforehand that he would be sitting it out. “Sorry,

Two women in whom E. Jean Carroll confided about having allegedly been sexually attacked by Donald Trump in the 1990s spoke publicly about it for the first time in an interview excerpted on the New York Times podcast “The Daily,” describing the conflicting advice they gave their friend at the time. On Wednesday, Megan Twohey,

What might the Supreme Court say? If the justices conclude, as lower courts have, that the Maryland and North Carolina maps are unconstitutional, they could rule narrowly and strike down just those maps, or they could rule more sweepingly against partisan gerrymandering in general. Either type of ruling would signal to state legislators across the

Want climate news in your inbox? Sign up here for Climate Fwd:, our email newsletter. WASHINGTON — Canada has signaled a willingness to buck one of President Trump’s most significant environmental rollbacks — a major weakening of auto pollution standards — by signing a clean-car deal with California, the state leading the fight against the

It took 30 minutes or so for Senator Elizabeth Warren to wind toward well-worn territory for her: a riff on the evils of insurance companies. “It’s not working for families,” she said, “But it’s sure as heck working for them. It’s time for us to make families come first.” It took barely a moment more

Whether a three-way deal is viable, however, is uncertain at best. Mr. Putin would like to recalibrate the relationship to focus on arms control, but on a one-to-one basis. He has complained repeatedly that Mr. Trump has not responded to his desire to renew the New Start treaty. “This is where President Putin would like

Hi, and welcome to a special post-debate edition of On Politics. I’m Lisa Lerer, your host. Before the first Democratic primary debate, there were a lot of comparisons to the Republican circus from last cycle. Then, like now, the stage was crowded with candidates. One in particular used the face-offs to his advantage: Donald J.