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The Holdup at the Center of the Iran Talks, and Trump’s Baseless New Claims of Voter Fraud

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By: Tracy Mumford · Will Jarvis · Margaret Kadifa · Jake Lucas · Ian Stewart · Erika Solomon · Devlin Barrett · Casey Newton and Lisa Lerer
Plus, “I’m busy, but you can talk to my A.I. twin.”

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President Trump has repeatedly said that the United States and Iran were coming close to a deal to end the war. It is not clear that they are actually any closer at the moment.
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Democratic Group Kicks Off $50 Million Midterm Blitz in Conservative Strongholds

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By: Shane Goldmacher
American Bridge is hoping that Republicans are vulnerable in parts of the country that had been exceedingly tough terrain for Democrats in recent elections.

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American Bridge is kicking off a roughly $50 million advertising campaign targeting Republicans in more than a dozen House districts and four Senate races.
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Maine Elections Test Democrats’ Support for Platner: What to Watch in Today’s Primaries

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By: Kellen Browning
Any indication of tepid support for Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine, will be seen as a warning sign about his chances against Senator Susan Collins, the Republican incumbent.

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Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate for Senate in Maine who is seeking to challenge Senator Susan Collins in the fall, has been mired in scandals in recent weeks.
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Trump Previews Fall Strategy With Baseless Claims of California Vote Fraud

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By: Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman
The president is using the slow count of mail ballots in California to renew his effort to cast doubt on election outcomes he doesn’t like, despite a lack of evidence of any widespread fraud.

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By baselessly framing the rise of a candidate for Los Angeles mayor as a Democratic scam, President Trump has extended his long-running project to erode public faith in elections.
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A Timeline of Donald Trump and Lindsey Graham’s Relationship Before the South Carolina Primary

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By: Bayliss Wagner and Meg Felling
Once one of President Trump’s fiercest critics, the South Carolina senator has dramatically shifted his posture over the years. Will it pay off on Tuesday in his primary?

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Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, left, and President Trump.
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Ken Paxton’s Former Defense Lawyer Endorses James Talarico

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By: J. David Goodman
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.”

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Dan Cogdell, a defense attorney for Ken Paxton, at the State Capitol in Austin during Mr. Paxton’s impeachment trial in 2023.
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What’s Taking So Long to Count California Ballots?

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By: Maia Spoto
Other states with vote-by-mail manage to count much more quickly.

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Election workers processing ballots for the California state primary at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center on Friday in City of Industry, Calif.
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Why Everyone Wants Jon Ossoff to Run for President

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By: Michelle Goldberg
The Georgia senator is excoriating Trump and his systemic corruption in a way that transcends the Democratic Party’s progressive-moderate divide.

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Why It Takes California So Long to Count Votes

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By: Laurel Rosenhall · Jill Cowan and Livia Albeck-Ripka
Experts say speeding up the count in California would take more resources, but also scaling back rules that expand voting access.

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Ballots are sorted the day after California’s primary election at the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center in City of Industry, Calif., on Wednesday.
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