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Muhamad Yehia Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) emerged victorious from the three-way election for Senate majority leader on Nov. 13 alongside the Republican conference’s five other leadership picks. As the current minority whip and second-ranking Senate Republican, Thune was viewed as a frontrunner in the race to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell …

Muhamad Yehia Some Republican-led states say they’ll block the Justice Department’s election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities’ decades-long practice of watching for violations of federal voting laws. Officials in Florida and Texas have said they won’t allow federal election monitors into polling sites Tuesday. And on Monday, …