The former president?s claim ahead of a pivotal Supreme Court hearing that he was protecting the election system rather than subverting it is part of a pattern of shaping his own reality.

The move came about a year after the state?s deadliest school shooting and was opposed by some of the families whose children survived the attack.

The overwhelming bipartisan vote for the long-stalled $95.3 billion aid package capped a tortured journey for the legislation on Capitol Hill. President Biden is expected to quickly sign it.

The measure, which includes a provision on the sale or ban of TikTok, had wide bipartisan support.

Nikki Haley, who dropped out of the race more than a month ago, won more than 155,000 votes, an indication of Donald J. Trump?s difficulties in winning over her supporters.

A first-term representative, Ms. Lee defeated a centrist Democrat in a race that centered on her opposition to the war in Gaza.

Senator Bob Casey, the Democratic incumbent, will face David McCormick, a wealthy businessman whose first run for Senate was torpedoed by former President Donald J. Trump.

Less than two weeks after announcing a surprise long-shot bid for a House seat on Eastern Long Island, Mr. Santos said he was no longer pursuing the seat.

Assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan is paired with legislation to impose fresh rounds of sanctions on Iran and Russia and a measure that could lead to a ban on TikTok in the United States.

A tabloid publisher testified how he helped Trump?s 2016 campaign.

President Biden will deliver the commencement addresses in May as U.S. support for Israel fuels protests on other campuses.

The settlement likely signifies the end of a yearslong effort by U.S. Olympic gymnasts to seek justice for early failures by the F.B.I. to investigate Lawrence G. Nassar, the team?s doctor.

The party is banking on abortion access as an issue to animate the state?s competitive race for governor and, they hope, galvanize voters for President Biden.

The Democratic primary for Representative Summer Lee, a vocal Israel critic, is the contest getting the most attention on Tuesday.

The Biden campaign has made abortion one of its top issues, as polling shows it is one of the few subjects in which voters place more trust in President Biden than Donald Trump.

Project Maven was meant to revolutionize modern warfare. But the conflict in Ukraine has underscored how difficult it is to get 21st-century data into 19th-century trenches.

Some states with Republican-controlled legislatures want more data, while some controlled by Democrats want less, fearing it could be used to target patients or providers.

?When we think about what is at stake, it is absolutely about freedom,? Vice President Kamala Harris said during a visit to Wisconsin.

The congressional breakthrough on security assistance to Ukraine and Israel will let the president finally deliver arms to match his words. But it could be only a temporary respite.

The president may be making a similar case against his wealthy rival that Obama made against the G.O.P. nominee in 2012.

?Don?t give them a noble reason to indict you, because they will,? an unnamed associate told Donald J. Trump, according to an interview the person gave the F.B.I. in the classified documents case.

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