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State lawmakers ask Trump administration to end its review of state regs
[ad_1] Crews install portraits of state capitol buildings ahead of the National Conference of State Legislatures annual summit on Aug. 4 in Boston. NCSL…
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Trump Repeats Obama’s Mistake
[ad_1] Donald Trump has long detested Barack Obama and sought to present himself as the opposite of his presidential predecessor in every way. But…
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Amending the Constitution Is Impossible Until Suddenly It’s Not
[ad_1] The American experiment with constitutional democracy is in grave peril. If Donald Trump becomes president again, fighting to preserve U.S. constitutional democracy through…
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How Black Americans Kept Reconstruction Alive
[ad_1] The Civil War produced two competing narratives, each an attempt to make sense of a conflict that had eradicated the pestilence of slavery.…
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A Speaker Without Enemies—For Now
[ad_1] When Representative Mike Johnson arrived in Congress in 2017, he received an important piece of advice from a fellow Louisianan, Representative Steve Scalise.…
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The Book-Bans Debate Has Finally Reached a Turning Point
[ad_1] Across multiple fronts, Democrats and their allies are stiffening their resistance to a surge of Republican-led book bans. President Joe Biden and Vice…
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What Winning Did to the Anti-abortion Movement
[ad_1] In a normal year, the March for Life would begin somewhere along the National Mall. The cavalcade of anti-abortion activists in Washington, D.C.,…
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Is Trump Still a Viable Candidate? Yes and No.
[ad_1] Even before Donald Trump announced he was seeking the presidency again, last week’s election results showed Republicans how difficult it will be to…
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The Next Presidential Election Is Happening Right Now in the States
[ad_1] Kristen McDonald Rivet let out a big, slightly rueful laugh. “I was underestimating the level of national attention this race was going to…
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‘Stop the Steal’ Is a Metaphor
[ad_1] Starting in 2008, a widely circulated conspiracy theory was that Barack Obama was not actually born in America. Strivers on the political right…