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2022-03-03 04:00:09 Republicans celebrate in Texas, as Democrats gird for November

Republicans saw higher voter turnout statewide and gains in heavily Hispanic areas that could would pay off for the party in the midterm elections. Gov. Greg Abbott won nomination for third term, as the GOP vote in 35 counties — most of them majority-Hispanic — broke records.

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2022-03-03 03:00:24 First Jan. 6 defendant pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy in Capitol attack

Joshua James admits to helping lead a group of Oath Keepers that is accused of organizing rioters to disrupt Congress

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2022-03-03 03:00:20 For some Democrats, Judge Jackson’s debut is six years late

Some Democrats wanted a Black woman picked six years ago after Scalia died.

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2022-03-03 02:20:18 Rep. Van Taylor (R) drops reelection bid after acknowledging extramarital affair

News of Taylor’s affair with Tania Joya, a former jihadist who now works to “reprogram” Islamist extremists, had circulated on conservative websites in the days leading up to the primary.

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2022-03-03 02:00:24 Jan. 6 committee expected to release new details about effort to pressure Pence to reject electors, overturn election results

Trump adviser Eastman sued by Jan. 6 committee

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2022-03-03 01:10:47 Americans are united on Ukraine -- and in their uncertainty about what’s next

Americans agree on standing with Ukraine and about getting tough on Russia. But the bipartisanship also extends to uncertainty about how to do that.

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2022-03-03 01:00:29 Central Asian countries now have two big worries about Russia

Moscow has seen little support this week from these countries.

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2022-03-03 01:00:24 Americans are united on Ukraine -- and in their uncertainty about what’s next

Americans agree on standing with Ukraine and about getting tough on Russia. But the bipartisanship also extends to uncertainty about how to do that.

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2022-03-03 01:00:19 The ludicrous effort to pretend that increasing voter turnout is nefarious

Making it easier to vote is not "fraud" and it is not "rigging".

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2022-03-03 00:20:32 Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis upbraids students for wearing masks, calling it ‘covid theater’

Florida's Hillsborough County remains an area with high levels of coronavirus where masks are recommended indoors, the CDC says.

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