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The Fight Over Gerrymandering
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April 22, 2026
Virginia voters yesterday agreed to a constitutional amendment that would temporarily redistrict the state if any other state redistricted for partisan…
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There is the unmistakable feeling that the wheels are coming off the MAGA bus.
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April 20, 2026
Late Saturday evening, Josh Dawsey and Annie Linskey of the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump was so unstable and angry after learning on April 3…
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April 19, 2026
On the evening of April 18, 1775, the people who lived in the British colony of Massachusetts had gone to bed with the sun, as usual.
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