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Navy and USS Lincoln’s Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in War
The aircraft carrier U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln’s supply problems began soon after the first day of the war, as Iranian missiles and attack drones fell on a Navy base in Bahrain. The Iranian attack, retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli assault on Tehran, destroyed much of the base. And as it went up in smoke, so did a…
Read MoreWith Big Choices Ahead, Ocasio-Cortez Navigates New Territory
Since she won her first election in 2018 at 28, becoming the youngest woman ever elected to Congress, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, has been a political obsession for fans to adore and critics to abhor. Her body, her weight, the clothes she wore in magazine shoots, her lipstick, her endorsements, her ill-fated…
Read MoreTrump Stokes Islamophobia by Calling Democratic Candidates ‘Jihadists’
President Trump on Monday described Democratic candidates in the midterm elections as “jihadists,” adding to Islamophobic statements recently made by Republican elected officials. Mr. Trump also delivered another tirade against people of Somali descent, saying: “They’re not smart, they have no aptitude, they have nothing going, and they’re telling us how to run our country.”…
Read MoreSenate Bows to Reality, Leaving Trump’s Voting Bill Undone
The Senate bowed to political reality at 4:36 a.m. on Saturday, adjourning and allowing bleary-eyed senators to leave Washington without any concrete steps toward passing the voting restriction bill that President Trump has demanded for months. Republican lawmakers had insisted they would work tirelessly to enact election changes that Mr. Trump has suggested the party…
Read MoreMichigan Senate Candidate, a Former Trump Critic, Shifts Toward Election Skepticism
In the chaotic aftermath of the 2020 election, as President Trump refused to accept defeat and pumped out false claims about voter fraud, Mike Rogers was a clear and consistent voice of reproach. Mr. Rogers, a former Republican representative from Michigan, denounced Mr. Trump’s efforts to undermine the election as “cause for both concern and…
Read MoreThe Doctor and His Diary: What Fauci’s Innermost Musings Reveal
The New England Journal of Medicine this was not. When Dr. Anthony S. Fauci’s pandemic diary was made public over the weekend by his Republican nemeses, it provided a rare, unfiltered look at the private thoughts of one of the most polarizing public officials in America as he led the nation through crisis. A typical…
Read MoreTrump Backs New Talks but It’s Unclear What He Hopes to Achieve This Time
President Trump said on Monday that there was “a good chance” a new round of diplomacy with Iran could yield a breakthrough, but warned that he would quickly resume the airstrikes he paused over the weekend if that did not happen. “We’re talking right now,” Mr. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. “Iran took…
Read MoreDemocrats Vote to Put South Carolina First in 2028 Primary
A powerful panel of the Democratic National Committee voted on Friday to make South Carolina the first state in the party’s fight for the 2028 presidential nomination, after a lobbying push that at times fractured Democrats along racial, geographic and ideological lines. In addition to putting South Carolina first on the calendar, the party preliminarily…
Read MoreMaine Democrats Will Replace Graham Platner. Here’s What to Know.
Now that Graham Platner has formally withdrawn from the Maine Senate race, the state’s Democratic Party is scrambling to nominate an alternative candidate to run against Senator Susan Collins, the Republican incumbent. Mr. Platner’s exit, after a rape accusation that he denies, leaves his party with a little more than two weeks to find a…
Read MoreNew Air Force One Lacks Defensive Countermeasures of Previous Model, Officials Say
The new Air Force One, which President Trump flew on earlier this week to Turkey, lacks the same defensive countermeasures that were security features of the old model, including its advanced antimissile capabilities, according to multiple officials who have been briefed on how the jet was retrofitted. Experts say the absence of those capabilities on…
Read MoreA Justice With No Plans to Retire and a Trump Lawyer Now on the Bench
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Read MoreDemocrats Clash Over Who Replaces Platner Even Before He Exits
The implosion of Graham Platner’s campaign for Senate in Maine after an accusation of rape has ripped open divisions inside the Democratic Party as its progressives and moderates battle to pick his successor even before he has said he will step aside. National Democrats have grown alarmed that a seat seen as crucial to winning…
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