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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and OLIVIA DIAZ Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The Justice Department failed Thursday to secure a new indictment against New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge dismissed the previous mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter. Prosecutors went back to

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday came to the rescue of Texas Republicans, allowing next year’s elections to be held under the state’s congressional redistricting plan favorable to the GOP and pushed by President Donald Trump despite a lower-court ruling that the map likely discriminates on the

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press Washington (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is imploring his fellow Republicans to stop venting their frustrations in public and bring their complaints to him directly. “They’re going to get upset about things. That’s part of the process,” Johnson told reporters Thursday. “It doesn’t bother me. But when there is

By JONATHAN MATTISE and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — As a leader of the College Democrats at Vanderbilt University, Luci Wingo knew the odds of a Democrat winning one of Nashville’s three U.S. House seats weren’t great. Yet her hope grew as the party mounted an aggressive campaign for its candidate,

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — After flirting with the idea of leaving California to run for Congress in Texas, Republican Rep. Darrell Issa said Thursday he’s staying put. “I can hold this seat. I’m not quitting on California and neither should anyone else,” Issa, who represents a district anchored