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Proponents say voters are motivated by stopping President Trump. Republicans have already begun pointing fingers over lackluster fund-raising and coordination. Read full article

Insufficient numbers of air traffic controllers, a byproduct of the government shutdown, were affecting travel hubs across the country. Read full article

Three Confederate statues that were removed from communities around the state are back on view for the public — this time on private land. Read full article

The Democrat-controlled legislature approved an amendment that would allow redistricting next year, but the process will take months. Read full article

The Senate majority leader is unwilling to pursue the “nuclear option” to blow past a Democratic filibuster and reopen the government. Read full article

NASA’s chief, Sean Duffy, set the record straight after Kim Kardashian repeated the conspiracy theory that the 1969 moon landing had been faked. Read full article

Outnumbered and facing vast stakes, Justices Kagan and Jackson are split over the best approach: investing in diplomacy inside the court or sounding the alarm outside. Read full article

The Texas attorney general has escalated the pace of high-profile legal actions, raising concern that his Senate campaign is influencing his law enforcement work. Read full article

President Trump traveled to Asia to be a statesman, a showman and a traveling salesman, depending on the audience. Read full article

The president said it was time for G.O.P. leaders to get rid of the longstanding rule requiring most Senate legislation to have 60 votes to pass. Read full article