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President Biden has a diverse group of advisers, but few have the influence of three men in his inner circle during his final campaign. Read full article

Voters recalled a Southern California school board president after his conservative majority approved policies on critical race theory and transgender issues. Read full article

The challenges from defendants charged with trying to overturn the 2020 election will be a test case for a new but little-known state law aimed at curbing political prosecutions. Read full article

A $20 million program will give financial restitution to students who endured abuse and neglect at the hands of the state. Read full article

In 2022, David DePape broke into Ms. Pelosi’s San Francisco home and eventually beat her husband with a hammer. Read full article

Judge Aileen Cannon held a hearing to consider a question that has been quickly dismissed in other cases: whether there is a constitutional basis for the appointment of a special counsel. Read full article

A New York Democratic primary sheds light on the split over Gaza and the party’s leftward shift. Read full article

So far, aided by growing solar capacity, heat-related outages have been limited. Read full article

A fund-raising pact with the Republican Party is expected to replenish the money Donald J. Trump paid his lawyers as he faced three indictments and finished a criminal trial in New York. Read full article

The measure would affirm the right to abortion in the State Constitution. Democrats hope that it will help Senator Jon Tester in his bid for re-election. Read full article