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A Pennsylvania judge on Friday dismissed a temporary protective order against Teddy Daniels, a far-right Republican candidate for lieutenant governor whose wife has accused him of verbal abuse and threatening behavior. “Justice was served today in a court of law,” Daniels said outside the Wayne County Courthouse after President Judge …

KHARKIV, UKRAINE — The anxiety gnaws at you every minute that you are awake and most of the minutes you are asleep. It jolts you out of dreams. I meet Ilya, 24, in line for the one supermarket that is open in the slushy snow and my hands are shaking …

Donald Trump may be out of the limelight (and off of Twitter) for the moment, but the MAGA foot soldiers who stoked his racist fantasies, encouraged his worst impulses, and looked the other way for four years of chaos and cruelty haven’t left us. The leading villains of the Trump …

Mondaire Jones likes to say that, for him, policy is personal. The mantra is more than just a campaign sound bite for the 33-year-old New York Democrat who this summer won a hotly contested primary to all but ensure he’ll win the state’s 17th Congressional District, which covers a suburban …

When he was fired, arrested, and charged with the murder of George Floyd, Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin belonged to a union. Officer Brett Hankison still enjoys union membership, despite being terminated by the Louisville Metropolitan Police Department over the killing of 26-year-old Breonna Taylor. Unlike other public sector unions …

It’s apparently “intellectually casual Friday” at the White House, where President Trump, in a series of tweets, has delved deeper into the crazy to signal his support for protesters opposing state social-distancing orders aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus. At 11:21 Friday morning, our itchy president tweeted “Liberate …

Pete Buttigieg has returned to the scene of the crime, or at least the site of what some progressives see as his original sin. He is back at Stevens High School in Claremont, New Hampshire, on a desultory Saturday in January. The ancient gym walls were bathed in red, white, …

WASHINGTON —Anonymous campaign cash is as much a fixture of American politics nowadays as yard signs and awkward photos of presidential contenders eating corn dogs. Dark money may have existed well before Citizens United, but that 2010 Supreme Court decision opened the floodgates for untraceable money to soak our elections. …

J ose felt exhilaration and dread as he trailed the coyote. He had just reached the United States, but in the blacked-out night he had to double-time his footsteps to keep up with his guide, navigating cactus spines that sliced his arms and ankles. They were at the beginning of …

The first pair of Democratic Party debates in Miami created headlines, viral moments, and for a few, hangovers. There is danger of that again in the second round, to begin tonight. The candidate field remains enormous, if changed. Last time, of 24 hopefuls, 20 participated, with Massachusetts congressman Seth Moulton …