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Kansas Voters Will Decide Whether to Hold Open Elections for State Supreme Court

The Kansas Supreme Court, made up mostly of jurists appointed by Democrats, has long served as a check on the Republican-dominated Legislature.The justices...

Trump Is Said to Sign Order Aimed at Dismantling Education Department

President Trump plans to sign an executive order on Thursday instructing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dismantling the agency, according to two...

Los Angeles Faces Nearly $1 Billion Deficit as It Rebuilds From Fires

Los Angeles is facing a projected shortfall of nearly $1 billion next fiscal year, and significant cuts and “thousands” of layoffs are “nearly...

How Tim Walz Attacked Elon Musk by Borrowing From Trump

My colleagues and I have written about how Elon Musk is dominating the political conversation. I wanted to hear what that sounds like...

Here’s what to know.

For years, the assumption — held by conspiracy theorists and many historians alike — was that the final tranche of documents related to...

Jackie Robinson’s Legacy Vanishes, Then Reappears on Defense Department Site

An article on the Defense Department website devoted to Jackie Robinson’s military career disappeared and then reappeared, joining a series of government web...

The Amtrak chief executive abruptly resigned from the rail service.

Stephen J. Gardner, Amtrak’s chief executive, announced on Wednesday that he would be stepping down from the passenger rail service about three years...

Couple Who Abused Adopted Children Are Sentenced to Decades in Prison

A West Virginia couple who adopted five children were sentenced to decades in prison on Wednesday after they were convicted of abusing some...

Judge Grants the Government Another Day to Share Details on Deportation Flights

The back and forth between a federal judge and the Trump administration over the timing of two flights it arranged last weekend deporting...

Small Plane That Crashed in Alaska Was a Half-Ton Overweight, U.S. Says

A small plane that crashed in Alaska last month, killing all 10 people on board, was a half-ton overweight for the icy weather...

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