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Can Senate Republicans buck midterm history again?

ANALYSIS — Eight years ago, President Donald Trump’s mediocre job approval rating created a difficult national political environment for Republicans, who lost more than 40 seats in the House. But GOP senators bucked the midterm backlash and gained two seats. Could they do it again? The April 20, 2018, edition…

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In swing states and beyond, ‘War Game’ sounds a warning - Roll Call

They gamed out an insurrection they never want to see, and now the documentary-makers have taken the conversation on the road.

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War Game Documents an All-Star Political Live-Action Role-Playing Game

What happened when some officials role-played a bigger, noisier rerun of January 6, 2021

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Heitkamp Challenges Incumbent Baesler In Nonpartisan Race For Superintendent Of Public Instruction

Baesler and Heitkamp make their cases for North Dakota's top education job.

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Who is Tim Walz? The governor with a history of winning over Republicans

The Minnesota governor has delivered progressive policies in his state and has a history of swaying Republican districts

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Dem probes secretive Christian group

Democrat launches the most aggressive official inquiry ever into The Family and the National Prayer breakfast

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LGBTQ+ foe joins Prayer Breakfast board

Former member of Congress opposes LGBTQ+ rights and has secret history with breakfast organizers

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St. Paul makes history with all-female city council, a rarity among large U.S. cities

St. Paul, Minnesota, has an all-woman city council for the first time in its history — and experts say it may be the largest U.S. city to ever have an all-woman council

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Anti-gun reform senators now "sorry"

"I didn’t feel at the time like this was my issue" at the time, one senator said. Now "it’s everyone’s issue"

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North Dakota Legacy Fund Amendment To Be Decided By Voters In 2024

North Dakota voters will decide on an amendment to decrease the amount of money lawmakers can spend from the state legacy fund.

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Biden’s failed pick of Gigi Sohn for FCC post shows influence of dark money on U.S. politics

Groups targeting the nominee included one co-founded by ex-Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., who’s now director of the University of Chicago Institute of Politics.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tanked Biden pick highlights escalation of dark-money forces

When President Joe Biden nominated Gigi Sohn to serve on the Federal Communications Commission, she expected to face criticism over her desire to expand free internet access and improve competition among broadband providers

The Independent UK

Army of lobbyists helped water down banking regulations

A handful of red-state Democrats were instrumental in helping Republicans secure a rollback of banking regulations sought by then-President Donald Trump in 2018

The Independent UK

Heidi Heitcamp, new University of Chicago’s Institute of Public Policy boss, is ‘North Dakota nice’

She succeeds David Axelrod. Two things you didn’t know: Heidi isn’t her real first name. And she grew up in a town so small that “my family was one-tenth” its total population.

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How the gas industry aims to rebrand as ‘clean’ energy to appeal to Black and Latino voters

Pipeline companies facing opposition in blue states have launched a $10m PR campaign targeting the Democratic base

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Michael Hiltzik: Big business musters more lies to smear a Biden nominee because she would do her job

Riding high after killing off President Biden's nomination of a pro-labor regulator for a key post at the Department of Labor, big business has been sharpening its knives for a noted consumer advocate nominated to join the Federal Communications Commission.

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