The real estate developer’s appeal for help from the Texas attorney general is under scrutiny.
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At West Point Commencement, Kamala Harris Says Military’s Strength Lies in Diversity
The vice president’s address to graduates of the U.S. Military Academy came as the armed forces have sought to forge a new identity.
Hard-Right Republicans Gird for ‘War’ on Debt Ceiling Deal
As a top negotiator said an agreement was “hours or days” away, an ultraconservative group of lawmakers harshly criticized its emerging contours.
Trump Calls Paxton Impeachment Proceedings ‘Very Unfair’
The former president took to social media to weigh in on the events in Texas.
Yellen’s Debt Limit Warnings Went Unheeded, Leaving Her to Face Fallout
The Treasury secretary, who considered ways to contain the fallout of a default when she was a Fed official in 2011, had urged Democrats to raise the limit while they still had control of Congress.
Reparations Are a Financial Quandary. For Democrats, They’re a Political One, Too.
Republicans have criticized recent estimates of what Black Americans are owed in reparations. But for Democrats, they pose deeper problems for a party eager to retain the allegiance of Black voters.
Inside Fox’s Legal and Business Debacle
Fox’s handling of the defamation suit brought by Dominion Voting Systems, which settled for $787.5 million, left many unanswered questions.
DeSantis Steps Up Attacks on Trump, Hitting Him on Crime and Covid
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida vowed to repeal the First Step Act, a Trump-era criminal justice law, if elected president. He called it “basically a jailbreak bill.”
DeSantis’s Administration Solicits Endorsements and Money for His Campaign
The appeals for endorsements from lawmakers and donations from lobbyists, which were described by several people familiar with the outreach, blur the line between the governor’s administration and his campaign.
Inside the Debt Ceiling Negotiations on Capitol Hill
What day is it, anyway? As talks drag on, the situation is getting painful for everyone from the negotiators to the tourists on Capitol Hill.