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Two of them are retiring, and none of the others face re-election in 2026. Read full article

Supporters of Abigail Spanberger, Virginia’s governor-elect, say they expect her to reverse efforts to impose conservative priorities on the state’s prestigious public university system. Read full article

Like many rural small towns, Tieton, Wash., is facing a confluence of circumstances that has made keeping its one-room library, a “civic symbol” for the town, untenable. Read full article

A weekend gathering in Texas drew activists, homeopaths, doctors, lawyers, parents and a Republican senator who asked, “Why isn’t Tony Fauci in prison?” Read full article

Lower courts condemned the treatment of Damon Landor, a Rastafarian, but found that a federal law protecting religious rights barred him from suing prison officials for money. Read full article

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For 40 days, Senator Chuck Schumer kept his caucus unified. But an end approached without Democrats achieving an extension of expiring health insurance subsidies. Read full article

Some residents are receiving benefits, but the uncertainty over what will happen over the coming weeks has many worried. Read full article

The top Senate Republican sounded hopeful on Sunday that enough Democrats could be brought on board to move forward quickly on a measure that would reopen the government. Read full article

The president’s ballroom project will transform one of the most recognizable buildings in the world and could nearly double its size. Read full article