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U.S. votes during Election Day 2025, with results to come later in races including New York City's mayoral election, New Jersey and Virginia governor and California's Proposition 50.
Carl Hulse is the chief Washington correspondent for The Times, primarily writing about Congress and national political races and issues. He has nearly four decades of experience reporting in the nation’s capital.
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Trump administration says it’s given 7 classified briefings to Congress on US military boat strikes
The Trump administration said Monday it has provided seven separate classified briefings on US military strikes on alleged drug boats, even as lawmakers have said they have not received the information they want.
WASHINGTON -- The pressure to end the second-longest federal government shutdown is gaining new urgency this week as millions of Americans face the prospect of losing food assistance, more federal workers miss their first full paycheck and recurring delays at airports snarl travel plans.
Two survivors of the Pentagon's boat attacks were returned to their home countries, raising new concerns about whether such strikes are legal.
The government shutdown is set to surpass the previous record set in early 2019 and officially become the longest on record, lasting 36 days.View on euronews