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For example, he grew irate at times at the Justice Department for failing, in his view, to properly investigate his political enemies or bring charges against them. And while he tried — and was ...

Donald Trump has completed a paradigm-shattering political comeback, winning the White House in an election shaped more by Americans’ dissatisfaction with the direction of the country than by ...

While the greatest political story of our lifetimes may be playing out in the 2024 presidential contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, there was a time ...

Perhaps the deepest learning of my college years came from rooming with someone who held radically different political views from mine. My sophomore-year roommate and I fought fiercely for the ...

Joe Dwinell Gov. Baker may not like to talk about politics these days but he’s been politically active Even if Gov. Charlie Baker apparently doesn’t like to talk about politics anymore after ...

Now, in the final weeks of the campaign, researchers have just published new findings about the social lives of people who are likely to endorse using political violence, and be willing to use it ...

Today, journalists from across the newsroom discuss how the political conversation affects their beat. It takes a village — or several desks at The New York Times — to provide round-the-clock ...

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Dubbed the “election of a generation,” the 2024 presidential race and its result may very well be adapted for the screen — it feels stranger than fiction, like a TV plot come to life. As ...

The nonpartisan Cook Political Report on Friday shifted six House races toward Democrats and two contests toward the GOP in its final update before Election Day. The election handicapper moved Rep.

In 2018, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of a group of Minnesota Tea Party supporters who argued that the state’s ill-defined ban on apparel with “political” messages was too broad.