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Democrats, climate activists grasp for comeback after blow from Manchin
The United States, the world's No. 2 producer of greenhouse gas pollution, may find itself with little ability to address the problem.
Biden to Senate Dems: Accept Manchin’s demands
The president called for the quicker passage of a smaller reconciliation bill.
Manchin disputes claims he rejected Dems’ climate and energy spending
"As far as I'm concerned, I want climate, I want an energy policy."
Time for Biden's 'Beast Mode'?
Climate advocates want the president to declare a national climate emergency.
Trump campaign operative who delivered Jan. 6 false elector lists is identified
Mike Roman passed the names to a House GOP aide in a bid to get them to then-Vice President Mike Pence, people familiar with the episode told POLITICO.
‘Moms for Liberty’ mobilize for school board races — with DeSantis in tow
The group is known for being vocal at school board meetings and pushing back against policies they perceive as liberal in schools.
Meh. White House-curious governors unfazed by D.C. gridlock.
A quarter of the 18 governors who traveled to Maine for the National Governors Association conference this week have been floated as potential 2024 presidential contenders.
West Wing Playbook
The power players, latest policy developments, and intriguing whispers percolating inside the West Wing.
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Capital City
‘A Real Chilling Effect’: A Lefty Scholar is Dumping CAP — For AEI
Ruy Teixeira predicted Obama’s rise. Now he’s scorning DC’s liberal think tanks for caring more about diversity than class.
Politics
Opinion | How Kevin McCarthy Misplayed His Hand on the Jan. 6 Hearings
What the Democrats owe to the Republican leader.
Law And Order
Opinion | How Announcing His 2024 Campaign Could Be Trump’s Best Legal Defense
The former president can throw a major wrench in the pending and potential criminal investigations that might implicate him.
Politics
Opinion | Polls Show Americans Don’t Care that Much about Dobbs — and Won’t Base Their Vote on it
Sorry, Samuel Alito isn’t handing Democrats the election.
Column | Altitude
The Republican Who Wants To End The Trump Era — Without Taking on Trump
Glenn Youngkin’s potential candidacy would be laughable in an earlier era. It may be serious in this one.
Q&A;
The Man at the Center of the New Cyber World War
Yurii Shchyhol’s job is to protect Ukraine against ongoing Russia cyberattacks. But the war he’s fighting is global, he says — and he has some advice for the rest of us.
Washington And The World
Opinion | A New Shape for US-Saudi Relations
“Oil for security” is now in the past. As my nation develops, we can build a partnership around energy, stability and regional growth.
First Person
Opinion | I Am a Man With a Genetic Condition. The Abortion Fight Is About Me, Too.
After Roe, many people will lose the right to become parents without passing on a serious genetic condition. I know that struggle firsthand.
Fourth Estate
Opinion | Newsom, Harris, Buttigieg and the Democrats Definitely Not Challenging Joe Biden
There’s an art to being in the mix while saying you’re not.
Q&A;
A Former Mueller Prosecutor Takes Merrick Garland to Task
Andrew Weissmann speaks out about the Jan. 6 committee hearings, how to prosecute a conspiracy, and the Justice Department’s investigation — or lack thereof — of Trump and his inner circle.
Foreign Affairs
Opinion | Why Hard-Liners Are Gaining Steam in Latin America
When the state of commodity markets is the biggest factor shaping elections, democracy is in trouble.
CULTURE CLUB
The New Trump Documentary Shows Us Exactly What He’s So Good At
There are no unguarded moments in the new Trump documentary from Alex Holder. But that lack of candor is its own insight.
Republicans are poised to win the House and Senate. Welcome to our Election Forecast.
We rated every race in play in the midterms. Here’s who we think will win.
House passes $839B defense bill, swatting down Biden’s military plans
The House-passed National Defense Authorization Act is $37 billion above the president's request.
The 20 counties that will decide the midterms
Here are the places to watch.
Jan. 6 panel talking with Justice Department about false Trump electors, chair says
For the first time, Bennie Thompson is publicly saying which evidence gathered by the Capitol riot panel is of particular interest to federal prosecutors.
Don’t expect Biden’s Saudi trip to bring down oil prices
A hard push by the president would probably fail to get Saudi leaders to pump new crude supplies into the world oil market.
STATES
Did Minnesota accidentally legalize weed?
“That doesn’t legalize marijuana?” Republican Sen. Jim Abeler asked after state lawmakers OK’d products with hemp-derived THC.
Chinese fighter jet had ‘unsafe’ interaction with U.S. military plane in June
The incident, not previously reported, involved a Chinese Su-30 and a U.S. C-130.
Low demand for young kids’ Covid vaccines is alarming doctors
Alabama and Mississippi are among states expecting few young children will get the shots soon.
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