The Sunday Read: ‘Who Hired the Hitmen to Silence Zitácuaro?’

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Chuck Schumer on Governing With (Or Without) Trump

Warning: This episode contains strong language.Last spring, the political picture for Senator Chuck Schumer, the minority leader, was downright bleak. President Trump was back in the White House. Schumer’s Democratic caucus was largely powerless to stop him. And restless Democrat ...  Show more

The Voters Who Flipped Congress

The midterm elections were an electoral tsunami for Democrats: a complete collapse of the Republican coalition and a landslide victory.Nate Cohn, the chief political analyst for The New York Times, examines the results to figure out which voters showed up, which stayed home and h ...  Show more

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