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Ken Paxton’s Former Defense Lawyer Endorses James Talarico

8 June 2026 at 20:13
The lawyer, Dan Cogdell, helped save Mr. Paxton from criminal charges and an impeachment, but now he says the Texas attorney general has “lost sight of his mission.”

© Jordan Vonderhaar for The New York Times

Dan Cogdell, a defense attorney for Ken Paxton, at the State Capitol in Austin during Mr. Paxton’s impeachment trial in 2023.

Trump Administration Seeks to Revoke U.S. Citizenship of 17 Immigrants

8 June 2026 at 18:58
The push to denaturalize more immigrants is the latest sign that the administration is setting its sights on the legal immigration system.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

“We will continue to use every lawful avenue to denaturalize and remove aliens,” Markwayne Mullin, the homeland security secretary, said in a statement.

How the Drive to Find a Conspiracy Against Trump Rocked the Justice Dept.

8 June 2026 at 10:01
The push to investigate what the president’s allies saw as a “deep state” cabal intent on taking him down set off cascading crises, ended careers and undercut the department’s credibility with judges.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

The F.B.I. director Kash Patel’s “grand conspiracy case” sought to tie together actions by a group of people that President Trump blamed for various investigations into him.

They Got Platner’s Endorsement for Maine Governor. What Did They Do With It?

8 June 2026 at 10:00
The crowded race for governor has barely qualified as background noise in recent months, drowned out by the high-stakes, turbulent campaign for U.S. Senate.

© Amanda Sabga/Reuters; Cliff Owen & Joel Page, via Associated Press

Democratic candidates Troy Jackson, a former president of the State Senate; Shenna Bellows, the secretary of state, and Hannah Pingree, a former speaker of the State House.
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