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Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Far-Reaching Elections Case
In a North Carolina case, the court is being asked to decide whether to dramatically expand the authority that state legislatures have over election maps and voting laws.
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World
North Carolina’s Governor Says a Fringe Claim Before the Supreme Court Would Upend Democracy
Over the past six months, the United States Supreme Court has handed down one misguided ruling after another, stripping Americans of the constitutional right to an abortion, curtailing the regulation of guns and industrial emissions, and muddying the ...
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Travel
You’ve Got to Be Kidding! Real ID Deadline for Domestic Fliers is Extended. Again.
After years of delays, security-enhanced driver’s licenses and other updated identification requirements were set to be mandatory next spring. Now the government is giving you another two years.
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World
Arizona Certifies Midterm Results After G.O.P. Resistance
The state’s top officials certified the results after weeks in which several Republican candidates have sowed baseless doubts about the outcome.
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World
A New Clash Between Faith and Gay Rights Arrives at a Changed Supreme Court
A Colorado graphic designer says she has a First Amendment right to refuse to create websites for same-sex weddings despite a state anti-discrimination law.
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World
Security guarantees for Russia are an ‘essential’ part of any peace talks, Macron says.
PARIS — An “essential point” in any peace talks on the war in Ukraine should be how to provide security “guarantees to Russia,” given Moscow’s concerns over NATO, President Emmanuel Macron of France has said. Mr. Macron’s remarks, in a television ...
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World
What It Might Mean for Michigan to Vote Early in Democratic Primaries
If President Biden gets his wish, the state will move near the front of the presidential nominating calendar.
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World
The Next Anti-Abortion Tactic: Attacking the Spread of Information
With the dismantling of Roe v. Wade has come a push to crack down on speech and information about reproductive rights. Now that abortion has been banned in more than a dozen states, abortion opponents want to stoke confusion about the legality of not ...
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Health
U.S. Plans to End Mpox Emergency Declaration in Two Months
With few new cases, the plan not to renew the emergency past Jan. 31 is an acknowledgment that the disease previously known as monkeypox has mostly been suppressed.
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Business
Has Bob Iger Brokered a Truce With Florida?
Florida lawmakers are reportedly working to resolve their political fight with Disney, just days after Mr. Iger returned as the entertainment giant’s chief executive.