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Phil Brest, a veteran of the judicial confirmation wars, will head the American Constitution Society at a time of legal turmoil. Read full article

Graham Platner, a Democrat, said he would remove the tattoo. He also sought to distance himself from old Reddit posts that drew criticism. Read full article

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Scott Wiener, a Democratic state legislator, says he can’t afford to keep deferring to Representative Nancy Pelosi. Read full article

Wyoming is one of many states that embraced a campaign to encourage more people to enroll in higher education. Some leaders and students wonder if it was a mistake. Read full article

The president has placed proponents of his false claims into government jobs while dismantling systems built to secure voting, raising fears that he aims to seize authority over elections ahead of next year’s midterms. Read full article

The Secret Service said the driver was arrested and there was no longer a threat. President Trump was in the White House at the time, the Secret Service said. Read full article

The country has freed the man, one of two survivors of a U.S. military strike on a submersible vessel last week, defying President Trump’s claim that he would be held and prosecuted. Read full article

President Trump has proposed construction of an arch in the style of the Arc de Triomphe in Washington in the lead-up to the nation’s 250th anniversary. Read full article

The Trump administration is ratcheting up pressure on the Venezuelan president, Nicolás Maduro, while striking vessels that it says are trafficking drugs. Read full article