Mayor’s Race in South Dakota’s Largest City Rests on 2 Votes
With nearly all votes counted, a former Republican legislator was leading a Democratic state senator to be mayor of Sioux Falls, S.D.
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Support Builds on the Right for Prosecuting Women Who Get Abortions
Sentiment is shifting amid frustration in the antiabortion movement that more abortions are happening now than when Roe v. Wade fell.
Five Big Questions for Democrats After New York’s Primaries
The anti-establishment left surged. How shaken are party leaders?
Utah Senate President Loses Primary After Data Center Backlash
The upset of J. Stuart Adams represented one of the strongest examples of how the data center issue has affected elections.
Trump Reimagines America by Putting Himself on Its Money
Cash might be a relic, but — like royalty and emperors — President Trump still wants his face on American currency.
Pulte Trims Spy Agency, but Spares Bulk of Staff for Now
Six intelligence officials were fired and nearly four dozen others were sent back to their home agencies elsewhere, former officials said.
As Blockbusters Loom, Monkey Business at the Supreme Court
An unlikely trio of justices issued a slashing critique of plea bargains that included several references to orangutans.
Map: 5.6-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Northern California
View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.
Trump Refuses to Sign Housing Bill Until Unpopular Voting Restrictions Pass Congress
The president’s announcement declared the bill to be “of minor importance” at the same time that House Republican leaders were heraldi…
Calling Democrats ‘Communists,’ Trump Keeps Close Eye on N.Y. Primaries
The president posted repeatedly into Wednesday morning to label Democrats as extreme, delight in his rivals’ losses and express some appar…
Camp Mystic, Where 28 Died in Texas Floods, Files for Bankruptcy
Catastrophic floods that swept the Texas Hill Country last July killed 25 campers, two counselors and the camp’s executive director.
Trump to Meet With G.O.P. Senators Amid New Divisions
The president has been unhappy with pushback from Republican senators and a resistance to abandoning the filibuster to pass new voting restr…