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U.S. Political Party Preferences Shifted Greatly During 2021 — WASHINGTON, D.C. — On average, Americans' political party preferences in 2021 looked similar to prior years, with slightly more U.S. adults identifying as Democrats or leaning Democratic (46%) than identified as Republicans or leaned Republican (43%).
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Texas rabbi: Security training paid off in hostage standoff — COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — U.S. and British authorities Monday continued an investigation into the weekend standoff at a Texas synagogue that ended with an armed British national dead and a rabbi crediting past security training …
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FBI finally admits Texas synagogue siege WAS an anti-Semitic terror attack after first claiming it was ‘not specifically related to the Jewish community’ — FBI initially said in the hours after the attack it was not directed against Jews — They backtracked late Sunday after the statement provoked outrage
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11 Hours of Fear, Negotiation and Finally, Relief
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Texas synagogue hostage-taker was a British citizen; two arrested in England
Texas synagogue hostage-taker was a British citizen; two arrested in England
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James McAuley / Washington Post:
The Texas synagogue hostage situation reminds us that we must prioritize combating antisemitism
The Texas synagogue hostage situation reminds us that we must prioritize combating antisemitism
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Who Is King of Florida? Tensions Rise Between Trump and a Former Acolyte — A spat over Covid has exposed friction between the former president and a rising G.O.P. governor unwilling to curb his ambitions. — For months, former President Donald J. Trump has been grumbling quietly …
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Trump dogs “dull” DeSantis ahead of potential 2024 matchup — Donald Trump is trashing Ron DeSantis in private as an ingrate with a “dull personality” and no realistic chance of beating him in a potential 2024 showdown, according to sources who've recently talked to the former president about the Florida governor.
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The left dreamed of remaking America. Now, it stares into the abyss as Biden's plans wither. — In 2020, prominent liberals promised major changes to the safety net and climate policy — Just three years ago, as they vied to lead the country, the Democratic Party's presidential candidates competed …
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Swing-district Democrats in need of a midterm reboot push leadership to break up BBB
Swing-district Democrats in need of a midterm reboot push leadership to break up BBB
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How Manchin and Sinema Completed a Conservative Vision — The decision by Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin to block their fellow Democrats from passing new federal voting-rights legislation clears the path for years of tightening ballot restrictions in Republican-controlled states.
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Martin Luther King III wants no ‘empty promises’ when it comes to voting rights
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To Honor MLK, Focus on His Actual Work
To Honor MLK, Focus on His Actual Work
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School Closures Were a Catastrophic Error. Progressives Still Haven't Reckoned With It. … Recently, Nate Silver found himself in the unenviable role of main character of the day on Twitter because he proposed that school closures were a “disastrous, invasion-of-Iraq magnitude (or perhaps greater) policy decision.”
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Covid Live Updates: Approval of U.S. Pandemic Response Hits New Low — Just 36 percent of Americans in a recent poll thought U.S. coronavirus efforts were “going well.” In New York, tentative optimism has taken hold. — Here's what you need to know: — Just over a third of Americans …
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Book bans are back in style — School districts from Pennsylvania to Wyoming are bowing to pressure from some conservative groups to review — then purge from public school libraries — books about LGBTQ issues and people of color. — Why it matters: A pivotal midterm election year …

The Trump Org Stiffed a Hotel. His Kids May Pay the Price. — The D.C. attorney general wants to drag the Trump Organization back into a lawsuit. His evidence? An unpaid $49,000 hotel bill. — Former President Donald Trump and his family company have a long history of stiffing contractors …
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‘270 doctors’ called out Joe Rogan, but the authors of the letter and the vast majority of its signatories are not medical doctors — Only a handful are practicing physicians. — Are you seeing all of those blaring corporate press headlines targeting Joe Rogan this weekend …

Rolls-Royce, Bentley, BMW Sales Surge as Cheaper Brands Lag Behind — Luxury sales boom as car makers shift scarce chip and raw materials toward high-margin models — BERLIN—A surge in luxury-car sales and the shifting of scarce semiconductors to the most profitable vehicles helped …
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Kristi Noem's on a Political Rocket Ship. But Don't Rule Out a Crash. — SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — One Saturday last fall, around the opening of South Dakota's pheasant hunting season, a crowd of businesspeople and political benefactors who'd come to meet and hunt with the state's governor …
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Electoral act reform picks up growing bipartisan support — An increasingly broad and powerful array of lawmakers is coalescing around the idea of changing how Congress tallies Electoral College votes — as MLK Day comes and goes on Monday without broader voting rights reforms.

'It's ugly out there': Rail thefts leave tracks littered with pilfered packages — The scene was a stretch of railroad tracks in Lincoln Heights on Saturday: A blizzard of torn plastic wrappers, cardboard boxes and paper packaging attesting to a wave of rail car thievery that officials say has been on the rise in recent months.
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It's Long Past Time to Prosecute Phony GOP Electors — The individuals who signed and transmitted fraudulent Electoral College ballots claiming their states voted for Donald Trump must be held to account. — DONALD TRUMP SUPPORTERS PROTEST OUTSIDE CLARK COUNTY ELECTION DEPARTMENT WHERE BALLOTS …
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Democrats see good chance of Garland prosecuting Trump — Senate Democrats believe there is a good chance the Department of Justice will prosecute former President Trump for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election and inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol …
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