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The expected flood of new congressional maps is likely to produce fewer competitive districts, fewer ways for voters to hold elected officials accountable and more polarized politics. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/t3cQrvp

Senator Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and minority leader, considered the Maine governor his top recruit for winning the majority. Critics said her collapse showed he is out of touch with the party’s voters. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/i7Fu59m

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Mr. Trump expressed delight on social media on Tuesday after a British newspaper report said he was a 15th cousin of the British monarch. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/34IkTx5

The attack on a press dinner in Washington, which is being called an attempted assassination of President Trump, has also renewed the fight over reopening the Homeland Security Department. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/IBV12Gy

The joke was recorded two days before the White House correspondents’ dinner, where a gunman tried to storm the press gala. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/b6B5YrN

The royals will spend four days in the United States, two of them in the capital. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Zuc0r5g

Michael Glantz, a top agent at Creative Artists Agency, calmly ate his appetizer during the commotion at the White House correspondents’ dinner. He had his reasons. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/T371CsX

The Washington Hilton was the site of an assassination attempt against the 40th president. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/WgodPK2

Thousands remain without power as extensive damage occurred across two counties northwest of Fort Worth. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/g3qkTeu

The dismissals from an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation marked the president’s latest assault on scientific research organizations. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/HYWgURc

The United States has blown through weapons as the cost of the war in Iran has hit nearly $1 billion a day. Our national security correspondent Eric Schmitt explains how American costs may go beyond the financial. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/pIdClqz

A Republican-backed initiative has cleared the signature threshold for the election. Critics say the proposal could make it harder for people to vote. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/abf9jEM

The American Association of University Professors is drawing new members. The group’s critics say its political stances hurt its cause. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/I3kePgF

The department’s inspector general said it would audit the release of millions of pages of files to determine whether the agency had followed the law. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/KF0mGvl

The president’s weakening poll numbers come as the war in Iran has driven up gas prices, and more Americans are expressing concerns about the economy. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/DYRbpTP

Republican majorities are at odds on big issues as the Senate resorts to extraordinary measures to pass homeland security funding over a Democratic blockade. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/pGb0TLK

A decades-old law allows the president to wage war without congressional approval for 60 days, then limits his options for continuing. President Trump may seek to get around it. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/FiIK3Tj

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick stands accused of stealing $5 million in federal funds. She said she would step down minutes before an ethics panel was to vote on whether to recommend expelling her. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/3yC9dYA

The proposal reflects a global reality in which governments appeal to President Trump’s vanity to get American might on their side. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/4mw36VR

In a tense congressional hearing, the health secretary also said he bore no responsibility for the measles outbreak in the United States. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/B1AO2hZ

The party is seeking an extra edge in Virginia at a time when its thinking has changed on the partisan drawing of political maps — in large part, leaders say, because of President Trump’s tactics. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/wXYS5jl

An expert on biological weapons, she emerged as an influential voice during the F.B.I.’s rocky search for a suspect after the deadly anthrax attacks of 2001. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/SEmsVo9

In urging victims to step forward, the secretive panel in charge of investigating charges of misconduct by members of Congress acknowledged limits that could allow offenses to go unaddressed. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/xUrySti

Weighed down by President Trump’s approval ratings, some Republican incumbents are struggling to raise money while Democrats look for targets like a Tennessee seat south of Nashville. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/NuCzQnU

He was one of 5 University of Buffalo faculty members fired for not signing loyalty oaths. In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled in their favor. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/BwKDrM8

Some 1,000 protesters tried to storm a private breeding and lab facility in Wisconsin in an effort to steal thousands of beagles that are bred for medical experimentation. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Mjxyk96

A California man was charged with grand theft after the police said he reaped about $34,000 in what an official called an “off the charts” pasta-and-switch scheme involving Lego kits. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Qp0WkwR

Lawyers for the man, Tyler Robinson, have argued that filming the court hearings threatens his right to a fair trial. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/r2RtyZA

President Trump said the process of clinching a final peace deal with Iran would now “go very quickly.” But analysts called that unlikely. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/9XNkxh2

The Commission of Fine Arts, a Trump-aligned advisory body, granted preliminary approval. But its vice chairman suggested losing statues atop the structure and other revisions before a final vote. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/DJWvM5o

The woman forced the child, who was sitting in a cart, and his babysitter out of the store at knife point. She had the boy when police arrived, the department said. The shooting is under investigation. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/zMPCtHJ

For the fourth time since the war began, G.O.P. senators successfully fended off an effort to constrain the president. But there were signs of growing unease among Republicans. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/nkN6Fjz

Hundreds of small private colleges like Hampshire have closed in recent years as financial pressures and competition for students increase. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/4uedlWn

A survey from Ipsos and Reuters, released on Tuesday, found few Americans — 24 percent — think the war in Iran has been worth the costs and benefits. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/tm2R0DA

The woman said Mr. Swalwell, who resigned from Congress on Tuesday afternoon, raped her in a West Hollywood hotel room in 2018. She said she believed she was drugged. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/YfU8iFd

The government has accused Harvard of harboring antisemitism. Harvard says it prevailed in a similar case last year, and wants the lawsuit moved to the judge who ruled in its favor. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/R4j0CSi

Representative Anna Paulina Luna, Republican of Florida, said she wanted votes as early as Wednesday on expelling Representatives Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales over sexual misconduct accusations. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/tksN016

In a social media post, the representative said he was “deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past,” but promised to fight what he called “false allegations.” from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Zdm9oHP

In a signed letter, they called on law enforcement officials to “open a full and thorough investigation” of the California representative. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/aEGsqbL

In an interview with The New York Times, the Rev. Al Sharpton reflected on the performances of 10 Democrats who spoke and explained why two did not. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/OnIeSWl

At least 30 people were killed when a crushing crowd formed at the entrance to the fortress in northern Haiti. The Citadelle is one of the country’s most famous sites. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/M5ov3wX

As “the first nerd to enter poker,” he helped transform a game long ruled by intuition into one based on game theory, probability and logic. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/3LjyrKI

President Trump’s executive order, which has been challenged as unconstitutional, would limit the Postal Service to sending only the ballots of voters deemed eligible. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ZPwhTsB

Democrats in Congress have assiduously avoided talk of a third impeachment of President Trump, concerned that it would distract from their midterm campaign message. That tide seems to have turned. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/X8o1U4p

The lack of clarity has frustrated employees as Congress battles over how to fund the department. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/YETJSO1

President Trump said he had asked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scale back Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/qzrumUp

In testimony before state lawmakers, regents suggested that Jay O. Rothman had been well aware of the board’s concerns about his leadership. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Rou1PdD

Eli Tan, who covered the San Quentin Giants last year, shares how the story inspired one effort to expand prison sports in California. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/liVbjvy

Mr. Gugino, 81, had filed a lawsuit in 2021 against the city of Buffalo and members of its police force after officers fractured his skull at a Black Lives Matter protest. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/3Nhyi9q

The winners of a lottery for a presale prioritizing locals often came away with sticker shock. Still, organizers said early sales had “significantly exceeded” those of other Games. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/1k4EzjT

In person, on social media and in campaign ads, Democratic politicians are swearing with glee. It is usually aimed at President Trump. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/5q1GmAr

Even as a two-week ceasefire takes hold, mothers in multigenerational military families — some veterans themselves — are anxious about what the war in Iran could mean for their children, as they face the uncertainty of another conflict in the Middle East. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/3rv6Quf

In his first news conference since being elevated to acting attorney general, Todd Blanche said that “nobody has any idea” what led to Pam Bondi’s dismissal other than President Trump. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/OgNVzvG

The couple had gone to the husband’s Army base to complete paperwork so they could move in together. But within hours that plan derailed, and New York Times reporting about the case quickly spread. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/d0Hf3AD

The Easter Bunny was out of earshot as President Trump spoke to reporters about the war in Iran and his predecessor’s mental acuity. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/NbPHdra

No one was injured, but the councilman, Ron Gibson, called it “deeply unsettling.” from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/VexW9ab

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Ruby’s Pantry had 85 locations in communities in Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota and Iowa. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/jt4ni1c

A swing-district Republican called the war an “incredible operation,” and President Trump drew backlash from political figures in both parties over a social media post. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/yd2aP6b

For the Iranians, the Air Force colonel whose fighter jet had been shot down was possible leverage. For the U.S. military, finding him was a moral imperative. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/52MWl0J

The architect of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign wants “a moratorium on immigration from third world countries until we can heal ourselves as a nation.” The chaos in Minneapolis has not pushed him off that course. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/SqNbcA0

An Air Force officer of a F-15E Strike Eagle shot down on Friday by Iran spent a day in hostile territory with little more than a pistol for protection. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ufr1C4z

The Trump administration had said it would collect data from colleges to ensure compliance with a Supreme Court ruling ending affirmative action in admissions. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Plo832h

Some of the pedestrians at the parade in New Iberia, La., were critically hurt, according to the authorities, who said the driver was taken into custody. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/t4jfX56

The president’s request for 2027 reflects his preoccupation with eliminating programs that support diversity and civil rights. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/IZFMtoW

It’s still a tall task for the party to win back control. Here’s the latest. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/8IDljwy

The plan faces significant local political opposition and the dilapidated state of the site poses considerable logistical challenges. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/2sXCuZL

Acting mostly with approval from the Republican-led Congress, President Trump clawed back money it had approved for initiatives that enjoyed strong backing from members of both parties. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/NtuID9O

The board had been expected to vote to approve the project last month, but it was delayed after about 32,000 mostly negative comments rolled in from across the country. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/miaH2IM

Court papers show that Brian Cole Jr.’s lawyers might seek to blame a former Capitol Police officer whose name first surfaced in a right-wing media account and whom the F.B.I. briefly investigated. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/UVBoKvP

The justices grappled with questions about domiciles and foundlings, avoided policy debates and mused about the sweep of possible rulings. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/sMPv4hl