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Republicans intensify their assault on city governments
A new phase in the American tussle between state and local powers #press
North Carolina may be the hottest political battleground of 2024
Political manoeuvring and changing demography are making it the most interesting state to watch #press
The Supreme Court blocks Joe Biden’s student-debt-relief plan
But the president says the fight isn’t over for a programme that would have benefited 43m Americans #press
What to make of the Supreme Court’s tumultuous term
Landmark 6-3 decisions overshadow a smattering of liberal wins #press
Dick Ravitch, New York’s fiscal superman
The developer who helped save the city and later kept the subway on track died on June 25th #press
The case for a third-party campaign in 2024 is actuarial, not ideological
No Labels wants to be political insurance for democracy, yet may doom it #press
The FDA approves the first-ever non-prescription birth-control pill
Progressives hope it will blunt the effect of abortion bans #press
Joe Biden donates weapons to Taiwan, as he does to Ukraine
Will it forestall a crisis with China, or provoke one? #press
The fun and the fury of a rattlesnake derby
A rite—or, to critics, a wrong—of spring in Oklahoma #press
We’re hiring a new Washington correspondent
An opportunity to join our editorial staff #press
USAID is changing the way it tries to do good in the world
The goal for the agency is to put itself out of business #press
Why Donald Trump’s defeat in court matters
The sexual-assault verdict is the first major legal judgment against him #press
Why chaos looms at the US-Mexico border
As a measure to limit migration expires, several cities have already declared a state of emergency #press
Donald Trump has become more dangerous
As awful as it was, CNN’s town hall did the country a service by revealing the threat he presents #press
It turns out that Democrats bus migrants, too
America’s officials don’t respect each other’s borders. Congress needs to step in #press
Could the 14th Amendment fix America’s debt-ceiling debacle?
A constitutional workaround is plausible—but a deal would be better #press
America has a shortage of lab monkeys
That is bad for biomedical research and encourages smuggling #press
Republican presidential candidates canoodle with Moms for Liberty
They hope that whipping up maternal fervour will propel them to the nomination #press
Joe Biden should run against the Ivy League
The Supreme Court has given him the chance to restore his party’s commitment to uplift for all #press
An abortion battle causes mayhem in America’s military ranks
A senator takes the culture war to the armed forces #press