María Corina Machado is being honored for her push for democracy even as she backs President Trump’s military buildup and aggressive campaign against Venezuela.
The dispute before the court involved a Republican effort to lift limits on how much money political parties can spend in coordination with candidates.
In 2010, in the landmark case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court struck down legal limits on independent political spending by corporations and unions.
Mr. Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, faces a bitter Republican primary showdown with Representative Elise Stefanik. The winner will likely face Gov. Kathy Hochul in the fall.
At an annual event for Democratic governors, optimism about next year overshadowed the search for a long-term vision. As Gretchen Whitmer put it, adding an expletive: “Let’s go!”
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, the new vice chair of the Democratic Governors Association, in Grand Rapids this summer. Asked this weekend in Phoenix if she planned to run for president, she shot back, “Who knows?”
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and other conservatives on the Supreme Court have embraced the so-called unitary executive theory, which holds that the Constitution vests all executive power in the president and that he must be able to control everything the executive branch does.
The government is pushing hard to raise turnout in an election overshadowed by a deadly fire and public anger over safety lapses and official accountability.
President Trump backed Nasry Asfura days before the Nov. 30 election and denounced his opponents. In a close race, that has potentially tipped the scales.
Many older Chinese immigrants are shifting to the political right, dividing from their children, a trend playing out in the New York City mayor’s race.
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