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US
Six Days Shook Biden’s Candidacy. Can He Turn It Around?
I said this election wouldn’t be boring, but I didn’t think it would turn upside down so fast.
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Newyork
Forcing Biden Out Would Have Only One Beneficiary: Trump
Joe Biden refuses to drop out of the presidential race even as some liberals, rattled by the incumbent’s frightening debate performance last week, keep pressuring him to do so. Who’s surprised by that? The inertia of a presidential campaign is one of ...
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Newyork
If Biden Doesn’t Run, Nominate …
Readers’ suggestions include Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, Chuck Schumer, Joe Manchin, Al Gore and Andy Beshear.
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US
The Debate Hurt Biden, but the Real Shift Has Been Happening for Years
A 3-point move toward Trump in a new Times/Siena poll is not a fundamental change in the race, but it adds to longstanding concerns.
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US
In Immunity Decision, Clashing Views of the Nature of Politics
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority largely embraced Donald Trump’s dark view of tit-for-tat partisan prosecutions while liberals cited the prospect of power unchecked by legal accountability.
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Democrats Go Public With Panic About Biden Amid Fears of an Electoral Debacle
After days of quiet hand-wringing, a few Democrats went public with their concerns about the president, worried not only about his chances but also the party’s ability to hold the Senate and win the House.
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Newyork
The Supreme Court Creates a Lawless Presidency
The Supreme Court’s radical decision handing the president broad immunity from criminal prosecution on Monday will rightly be understood as enormously increasing the power and enormously reducing the accountability of the president. But it should ...
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US
Immunity Ruling Escalates Long Rise of Presidential Power
Beyond Donald J. Trump, the decision adds to the seemingly one-way ratchet of executive authority.
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Newyork
The Trump Decision Reveals Deep Rot in the System
On Monday the Supreme Court dispensed with the rule of law by effectively depriving the American people of crucial information we should have had before the November election. The question before the justices in Trump v. United States: Was Donald ...
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Newyork
Contentious Court Rulings: Immunity, Regulation and the Homeless
Readers discuss some of the major decisions at the end of the court’s term.