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The Chief Justice insists that his Supreme Court isn’t biased even as it keeps making dramatic leaps rightward.

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A whistleblower says the U.S. Postal Service is rushing out an online system for President Trump's push to restrict mail voting that could "derail" the midterm election if courts allow it to proceed.

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