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Blanche Is Confirmed as Attorney General After Overcoming G.O.P. Concerns

Todd Blanche, who has served as acting attorney general since April, eked out Senate approval, despite growing unease about his willingness to rein in President Trump.

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An ICE Detention Center Roils a Colorado Town and Jolts a House Race

Tiny Hudson, Colo., was mostly known as a speed trap between plains and suburbs. Then ICE announced it was coming, setting off months of protests.

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How the Reflecting Pool Came to Mirror Trump’s Washington

A hospitality manager for the Trump Organization traveled to Las Vegas to find a solution to problems at a national landmark. This is the untold back story of the fallout.

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What Black Voters in Georgia Want and Aren’t Getting

In Georgia, where Black voters could help decide control of the Senate, Mara Gay asks what they want from America and the Democratic Party.

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Trump Signs Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship and ‘Birth Tourism’

The orders come after the Supreme Court ruled June 30 that President Trump’s previous efforts to end birthright citizenship were unconstitutional.

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