The vice-presidential candidate wasn’t always tough on firearms. When he ran for Minnesota governor, he tried to recast a legislative record that had gotten high marks from the N.R.A.
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Trump Promises Lower Interest Rates, but the President Doesn’t Control Those
The Federal Reserve sets interest rates, and it operates independently of the White House. But rates could come down as inflation cools.
Trump Opens Door to Birth Control Restrictions, Then Tries to Close It
Former President Donald J. Trump dodged a question about whether he backed restrictions on birth control in an interview on Tuesday, but suggested he might support letting states enact them. When asked if he supported “restrictions on a person’s right to contraception” in an interview with KDKA, a CBS affiliate in Pittsburgh, Mr. Trump gave…
Trump’s Trial Challenge: Being Stripped of Control
“Sir, can you please have a seat.” Donald J. Trump had stood up to leave the Manhattan criminal courtroom as Justice Juan M. Merchan was wrapping up a scheduling discussion on Tuesday. But the judge had not yet adjourned the court or left the bench. Mr. Trump, the 45th president of the United States and…
Who Will Win Control of the House in 2024? California May Hold the Key.
As Democrats look to wrest control of the U.S. House of Representatives in November, their fight will fully begin with Tuesday’s primaries in California. And their immediate trouble is not Republicans. It’s Democrats themselves. In the Republican-held Central Valley district stretching from Bakersfield to Fresno, which would have favored President Biden by 13 percentage points…
Republican Women, Fearing Backlash on Abortion, Pivot to Birth Control
She had barely opened her town hall to questions when Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a Republican from a competitive district in Iowa, was pressed to defend her opposition to abortion rights. “One of the main functions of the federal government is to protect life,” Ms. Miller-Meeks, who won election in 2020 by just six votes, told…
Kremlin Considers How to Bring Wagner Under Its Control
The Kremlin is considering options on bringing the private military group Wagner under its direct control after the presumed death of its leader, Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, according to U.S. and Western officials. Among those possibilities, officials say, are absorbing Wagner into the Defense Ministry or its military intelligence arm. The Kremlin could also install a…
A Year After Dobbs, Advocates Push in the States for a Right to Birth Control
One year after Justice Clarence Thomas said the Supreme Court should reconsider whether the Constitution affords Americans a right to birth control, Democrats and reproductive rights advocates are laying the groundwork for state-by-state battles over access to contraception — an issue they hope to turn against Republicans in 2024. The justice’s argument in Dobbs v….
U.S. Will Try to Bring China Into Arms Control Talks
The White House will renew its effort to draw China into discussions about entering arms control talks, President Biden’s national security adviser said on Friday, and will attempt to establish a global accord that specifies that artificial intelligence programs can never be used to authorize the use of nuclear weapons without a human in the…
3 Special Elections Will Determine Control of the Pennsylvania House
For a month, the Pennsylvania legislature has been frozen by a handful of vacancies in the State House of Representatives that made the difference between Democratic and Republican control, and by representatives’ inability to agree on basic operating rules. Special elections on Tuesday could bring the General Assembly back to life. Those elections will fill…