The Texas lawsuit and the Age of Dreampolitik
The separation of political reality from political fantasy still exists — for now. — NYT: Top Stories
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Leaders fete 5 years of Paris climate pact, without U.S.
FILE – In this Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020 file photo, the sun rises amid smog during the dry season in Mexico City. Five years after a historic climate deal in Paris, world leaders are again meeting to increase their efforts to fight
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‘An indelible stain’: How the G.O.P. tried to topple a pillar of democracy
The Supreme Court repudiation of President Trump was also a blunt rebuke to Republican leaders who had put their interests ahead of the country’s. — NYT: Top Stories
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Election 2020 today: Biden’s Obama redux; GOP bands together
FILE – In this April 29, 2016, file photo, then-national security adviser Susan Rice is seen on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. President-elect Joe Biden is naming Susan Rice as director of the White House Domestic Policy Council.
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In Arizona, Trump’s false claims have torn open a GOP rift
FILE – In this Oct. 19, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump, left, pauses with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey during a campaign rally in Tucson, Ariz. Ducey spent much of Trump’s presidency trying not to provoke confrontation with the president or his
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Charges in Beirut port blast stir controversy in Lebanon
FILE – In this Jan. 21, 2020 file photo, outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Hassan Diab, speaks during a press conference after his government was announced, at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon. On Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, the Lebanese
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AP sources: Biden picks Lloyd Austin as secretary of defense
FILE – In this Sept. 16, 2015, photo, U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Lloyd Austin III, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. Biden will nominate retired four-star Army general Lloyd J. Austin to be secretary of defense. That’s according to three people
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Safe harbor law locks Congress into accepting Biden’s win
In this Dec. 4, 2020, photo, President-elect Joe Biden speaks about jobs at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del. Other than Wisconsin, every state appears to have met a deadline in federal law that essentially means Congress has to accept the electoral
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Feds passed up chance to lock in more Pfizer vaccine doses
President Donald Trump speaks after awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, to Olympic gold medalist and former University of Iowa wrestling coach Dan Gable in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in Washington.