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'SNL': Southwest Airlines apologizes for mass cancellations over holidays, offers absurd solutions
by USA TODAY on January 29, 2023 at 8:21 am
"Saturday Night Live" is joining in on many 2022 holiday travelers' favorite pastime: hating on Southwest Airlines.
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'SNL': Merrick Garland, FBI agents search Pence, Obama's houses for classified documents
by USA TODAY on January 29, 2023 at 8:16 am
Democrat and Republican politicians alike, beware: If you've taken classified documents, United States Attorney General Merrick Garland will find you.
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Wind chill and winter storm warnings work their way across the country: Weekend weather updates
by USA TODAY on January 29, 2023 at 8:05 am
Another winter storm is working its way across the US, forecast to stretch across the Midwest in the coming days, with snow reaching the East Coast.
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Did anyone win the $572M Powerball jackpot? See the winning numbers for Saturday's drawing
by USA TODAY on January 29, 2023 at 7:11 am
Powerball's jackpot has climbed to an estimated $572 million, with a cash option of $308.9 million. See the winning lottery numbers for Jan. 28, 2023.
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'SNL': Michael B. Jordan jokes about his 'first public breakup' months after Lori Harvey split
by USA TODAY on January 29, 2023 at 6:45 am
While hosting "Saturday Night Live," Michael B. Jordan joked his "very first public breakup" months after splitting with Lori Harvey.
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The real-life version of 'Terminator': This tiny shapeshifting robot "melts" to escape cages
by USA TODAY on January 29, 2023 at 5:44 am
A Lego-shaped shapeshifting robot can change from solid to liquid and re-form, squeeze into tight spaces, perform complex tasks and even escape cages.
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Patrick Beverley gets technical for showing ref camera after LeBron James doesn't get call
by USA TODAY on January 29, 2023 at 5:33 am
Lakers' Patrick Beverley received a technical foul after bringing a camera on court to try and show ref Eric Lewis that LeBron James had been fouled.
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Bills' Damar Hamlin offers up thanks in video: 'I can't tell you how appreciative I am'
by USA TODAY on January 29, 2023 at 1:08 am
Damar Hamlin took to Instagram on Saturday to offer up his thanks to a whole host of people in his first extensive public comments since his collapse.
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'We're here:' Donald Trump hits the campaign trail again in New Hampshire, South Carolina
by USA TODAY on January 28, 2023 at 11:58 pm
After two months of turmoil, the former president who is running again in 2024 resumed campaigning with events in New Hampshire and South Carolina.
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Video released of brutal police beating of Tyre Nichols: More protests planned, SCORPION unit permanently deactivated
by USA TODAY on January 28, 2023 at 11:56 pm
The city of Memphis on Friday released over an hour of footage of the brutal traffic stop that led to the death of Tyre Nichols.
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When the officers are Black: Tyre Nichols' death raises tough questions about race in policing
by USA TODAY on January 28, 2023 at 11:52 pm
The five police officers are Black. Does it matter? Experts say the race of the victim in police-involved shootings is far more important.
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'Cloud of dishonor': Memphis Police SCORPION unit disbanded after Tyre Nichols' death
by USA TODAY on January 28, 2023 at 11:46 pm
Memphis police disbanded the SCORPION unit Saturday. The officers charged in Tyre Nichols' death were members of the specialized Memphis Police unit.
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Black skateboarders in Memphis and beyond honor Tyre Nichols: 'We've lost one of our own'
by USA TODAY on January 28, 2023 at 9:01 pm
'I think everyone is really outraged right now in skateboarding, for sure. And that's the only lens that I'm looking at it through.'
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Protests seen in Chicago, NYC; more expected nationwide after release of Tyre Nichols video in Memphis
by USA TODAY on January 28, 2023 at 7:49 pm
A number of groups are organizing protests from coast to coast as Memphis officials prepare to release video of the police killing of Tyre Nichols.
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AFC championship game: Three keys to Cincinnati Bengals vs. Kansas City Chiefs
by USA TODAY on January 28, 2023 at 5:22 pm
Sunday will be the fourth matchup between the Bengals and Chiefs in the last 13 months. Here are three keys to the AFC championship game.
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Amy Robach, T.J. Holmes will not return to 'GMA' following alleged affair, ABC News says
by USA TODAY on January 28, 2023 at 1:50 pm
Following weeks of speculation about their fate on "GMA3," Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes have been ousted from the news program.
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NFC championship game: Three keys to San Francisco 49ers vs. Philadelphia Eagles
by USA TODAY on January 28, 2023 at 12:00 pm
Two of the most complete teams in the NFL face off when the Philadelphia Eagles host the San Francisco 49ers Sunday in the NFC championship game.
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This week in politics: More classified documents highlights bigger problem, Senate hearing on Ticketmaster fiasco
by USA TODAY on January 28, 2023 at 10:00 am
Classified documents were found at Mike Pence's Indiana home. Senators held a hearing on Ticketmaster after the Taylor Swift ticket debacle.
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Presidents Day 2023 sales are here early—shop sales at Nordstrom, Samsung and Lowe's
by Reviewed on January 27, 2023 at 9:33 pm
Beat the seasonal shopping rush with these early Presidents Day sales at Amazon, Nordstrom, Samsung, Lowe's and more of our favorite retailers.
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Driving in the snow? What to do if you're stuck in your car during a winter storm
by USA TODAY on January 27, 2023 at 7:28 pm
Winter weather can be treacherous and it's important to stay safe if you get stuck.
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Is it better to pay someone to do your taxes or do them yourself? We'll help you decide.
by USA TODAY on January 27, 2023 at 5:03 pm
Each year, people wonder if they should do their own taxes or enlist a professional. We'll help you decide what to do for tax season 2023.
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USA TODAY Sports' NFL championship game picks: Who reaches Super Bowl 57?
by USA TODAY on January 27, 2023 at 12:27 pm
Championship Sunday will determine whether the 49ers, Eagles, Bengals or Chiefs will play on Super Sunday in two weeks.
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'A huge windfall': Automakers look to hire tech talent from job cuts in Silicon Valley
by USA TODAY on January 27, 2023 at 12:24 pm
As the tech sector sheds jobs, GM is seeking to bolster the tech talent within its ranks as it shifts its focus to software-operated vehicles.
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One X-factor (non-QB) for each NFL team during conference championships
by USA TODAY on January 27, 2023 at 12:18 pm
Each NFL conference championship team has a (non-QB) X-factor that will have to step up for their team to make the Super Bowl.
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Monterey Park, Half Moon Bay shootings make January one of most violent months on record
by USA TODAY on January 27, 2023 at 11:00 am
39 people have died in six mass shooting events in the first three weeks of 2023, including the Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay shootings.
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Can chiropractic adjustments cause strokes? 2 Kentucky women say yes, and so did a jury
by USA TODAY on January 27, 2023 at 9:05 am
Do chiropractic adjustments cause strokes? They are rare, but two Kentucky women, citing their own devastating cases, say the answer is yes.
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by USA TODAY on January 27, 2023 at 12:35 am
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What Edward Hopper saw
on January 26, 2023 at 2:51 pm
An exhibition of his paintings in New York reveals timeless insight into the city and its people
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Ron DeSantis wants to limit free speech in the name of free speech
on January 26, 2023 at 2:51 pm
The Sunshine State’s public colleges are getting a dose of illiberal right-wing politics
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A violent dispute is impeding police reform in Atlanta
on January 26, 2023 at 2:51 pm
A forest, a fatal shooting and a police car up in flames
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A shortage in America creates opportunities for nurses with wheels
on January 26, 2023 at 2:51 pm
Once, frackers travelled to the Dakotas to make money. Now nurses do
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Ukraine to get 45 top battle tanks from US, Germany. How they will aid in war with Russia
by USA TODAY on January 26, 2023 at 1:49 pm
Top-ranked vehicles will give Ukrainian forces key advantages over older Russian tanks on the battlefield
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Why Justin Bieber, Genesis and other major musicians are choosing to sell their catalogs now
by USA TODAY on January 25, 2023 at 5:50 pm
Cha-ching! Major musicians such as Justin Timberlake and Justin Bieber aren't waiting until the end of their careers to cash out millions from their songs.
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'Nuclear nightmare' ticks closer: Why any use of nuclear weapons would be a disaster
by USA TODAY on January 24, 2023 at 10:55 pm
The Doomsday Clock is the latest reminder that humanity has the capability to destroy itself at any time with nuclear warfare.
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Congress is gridlocked. America’s statehouses are very much not
on January 24, 2023 at 9:14 pm
Bans on electric cars and drag shows are on the menu in 2023
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There is no easy escape from America’s debt-ceiling mess
on January 23, 2023 at 12:42 pm
Defaulting is unthinkable, but the “workarounds” to avoid default bring their own dangers
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Musical festivals
by USA TODAY on January 23, 2023 at 6:42 am
2023 lineups 🎶
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How America’s far right flits from issue to issue
on January 19, 2023 at 2:46 pm
Hostility to gay and trans Americans is the current obsession
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What the spread of universal basic-income schemes says about America’s safety net
on January 19, 2023 at 2:46 pm
Giving out cash by lottery ought to be a poor way to help people
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It is still legal to hit children in school in 19 American states
on January 19, 2023 at 2:46 pm
Corporal punishment is particularly common in Mississippi
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George Santos is the congressman America deserves
on January 17, 2023 at 8:00 pm
He is the right man for a democracy where winning matters more than anything else
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Incomes are rising in America, especially for the poorest
on January 15, 2023 at 6:57 pm
But those in the middle, hit by inflation, have less to cheer about
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The presidential mislaying of classified documents is infectious
on January 13, 2023 at 6:52 am
Another president, another special counsel
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How rappers are strengthening Donald Trump’s movement
on January 12, 2023 at 3:42 pm
And ensuring it will outlast him
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After a spectacularly chaotic start for Congress, more discord looms
on January 12, 2023 at 3:42 pm
Some of Kevin McCarthy’s rule changes looks good. His deals do not
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America’s army has launched a scheme to slim down its recruits
on January 12, 2023 at 3:42 pm
The shortage of potential soldiers able to pass physicals has forced the army to change tack
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Polyamory is getting slivers of legal recognition in America
on January 12, 2023 at 3:42 pm
Searching for rights in a monogamous world
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What California’s deadly storms reveal about the state’s climate future
on January 11, 2023 at 12:21 pm
Climate change will intensify wet and dry periods in the Golden State
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America’s culture wars extend into medicine
on January 8, 2023 at 9:34 am
Florida is exhibit A
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Chicago’s woes are over-hyped
on January 5, 2023 at 2:20 pm
In fact, the Windy City could offer a model for change across America
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Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul have grand plans for New York City
on January 5, 2023 at 2:20 pm
Can office blocks be converted into places to live?
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The great mystery of American politics
on January 5, 2023 at 2:20 pm
Why is the country divided so evenly? What might change that?
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Pay-transparency laws do not work as advertised
on January 5, 2023 at 10:33 am
Which is a pity, as California and Washington have just adopted them
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Republicans struggle to elect a speaker of the House
on January 4, 2023 at 2:08 am
Kevin McCarthy’s floundering bid for the role augurs more dysfunction in Washington
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The new geopolitical epoch
on December 26, 2022 at 5:10 pm
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and China’s military build-up, herald a new era of big-power rivalry
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The fraught art of festive tipping
on December 24, 2022 at 3:18 pm
Holiday gratuities are as New York as bagels and yellow cabs
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How America defies expectations
on December 24, 2022 at 3:15 pm
In many ways the country has had an exceptional year
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The House delivers its 800-page report on the January 6th riot
on December 23, 2022 at 6:15 pm
The plot was familiar, but the committee has added detail, footnotes and a call to prosecute
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Volodymyr Zelensky brings his message to Washington
on December 21, 2022 at 7:45 pm
The purpose behind the pageantry
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Free speech is not in peril in America
on December 20, 2022 at 4:00 pm
The problem is deeper than that
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Title 42 might be nixed
on December 20, 2022 at 4:00 pm
What the end of an obscure public-health order will mean for America’s border
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Is forced treatment for the mentally ill ever humane?
on December 19, 2022 at 3:01 pm
Worsening homelessness prompts new mental-health policies in California and New York
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Los Angeles mourns P-22, the city’s celebrity mountain lion
on December 18, 2022 at 1:57 pm
For a decade, Angelenos shared their park with a puma. He became the face of a movement
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Donald Trump’s popularity with Republican voters is sinking
on December 18, 2022 at 1:07 pm
Polls reveal a fall in support for him to Make America Great Again, again
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by USA TODAY on December 16, 2022 at 5:13 am
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Republicans should leave Hunter Biden to his painting, and the Justice Department
on December 15, 2022 at 2:10 pm
When it comes to presidential families, Americans have hard-earned empathy
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Why catalytic-converter theft has soared in America
on December 15, 2022 at 2:10 pm
Ease, speed and economics are making stealing a once-obscure car part more common
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Axe-throwing may be the friendliest new sport in America
on December 15, 2022 at 2:10 pm
It is a particular boon to lonesome men who look like Vikings
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A city experiments with paying people not to be annoying
on December 15, 2022 at 2:10 pm
Baltimore’s squeegee kids are the subject of a new policy experiment
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E-cigarette taxes may reduce teenage drink-driving deaths
on December 15, 2022 at 2:10 pm
But anti-vaping policies could also have unintended consequences
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What to make of the Twitter Files?
on December 14, 2022 at 9:34 pm
They contain two accusations: one seems true, the other does not
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America’s unions are gentrifying
on December 14, 2022 at 7:32 pm
Will that reverse their decline?
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The Supreme Court searches for a middle way
on December 8, 2022 at 2:45 pm
Two cases address free speech and state legislatures’ power over elections
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Feral house cats have invaded Hawaii
on December 8, 2022 at 2:45 pm
They are killing the state’s native species. Some Hawaiians want to cull them instead
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What Democrats—and Republicans—can learn from Raphael Warnock
on December 8, 2022 at 2:45 pm
He is drawing on old sources to create a wiser politics
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What to expect from Congress’s lame-duck session
on December 8, 2022 at 2:45 pm
The legislature has set itself a long to-do list before it can decamp for the holidays
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Two Trump Organisation companies are found guilty of tax fraud
on December 7, 2022 at 12:48 pm
Donald Trump himself was not on trial, but is thought also to be under investigation
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Raphael Warnock wins in Georgia
on December 6, 2022 at 5:49 am
And another of Donald Trump’s endorsees fails to convince the electorate
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A new Supreme Court case may dampen protections for LGBT people
on December 5, 2022 at 10:21 pm
In 303 Creative v Elenis, America’s justices seemed to favour a Christian web designer in a battle over gay rights
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Young Americans increasingly end their own lives
on December 3, 2022 at 3:07 pm
Suicide is now the second-biggest killer of ten- to 18-year-olds
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Elon Musk is showing what a waste of time Twitter can be
on December 1, 2022 at 3:08 pm
He, and his critics, should remember the meaningful work he is capable of
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America’s syringe exchanges might be killing drug users
on December 1, 2022 at 3:08 pm
But harm-reduction researchers dispute this
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Women are revitalising funeral services in America
on December 1, 2022 at 3:08 pm
A once-conservative industry has started to change
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A winemaker’s lawsuit against Napa County is about more than sour grapes
on December 1, 2022 at 3:08 pm
It reflects the business climate in California
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The Democrats muster an orderly leadership succession
on November 30, 2022 at 8:06 pm
Despite losing the House, the party has avoided the visible divisions of the Republicans
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How will America deal with three-way nuclear deterrence?
on November 29, 2022 at 9:34 pm
It risks a new arms race, not only against Russia but also against China
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Why it’s hard to buy deodorant in Manhattan
on November 24, 2022 at 3:11 pm
Organised retail crime gangs are behind a shoplifting spike
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Homelessness is declining in Washington, DC
on November 24, 2022 at 3:11 pm
Despite the abundance of tents in the capital, the city is doing a good job
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Joe Biden has a chance to rebalance America’s judiciary
on November 24, 2022 at 3:11 pm
A Democratic majority in the Senate should have plenty of time to focus on the nominations
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Racial discrimination in mortgage lending has declined sharply in America
on November 24, 2022 at 3:11 pm
Control for factors like credit scores and troubling racial gaps almost disappear
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New York state reckons it’s got cannabis legalisation right
on November 24, 2022 at 3:11 pm
The advantage of not going first
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Congress should act now to protect Dreamers
on November 24, 2022 at 1:32 pm
The lame-duck session is America’s best chance to honour its obligation to child immigrants
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America’s federal government has ruthlessly crushed organised crime
on November 22, 2022 at 7:41 pm
But there are some unintended consequences of this success
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In a Republican House, investigations and fiscal clashes loom
on November 17, 2022 at 3:19 pm
There is a window for compromise in Congress’s lame-duck session, but it’s brief
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Ron DeSantis may be Republicans’ best chance to prevent Donald Trump’s return
on November 17, 2022 at 2:55 pm
How different is he?
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Quantifying the Trump effect
on November 17, 2022 at 2:55 pm
How Democrats held the Republicans to historically small midterms gains
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Oklahoma’s gay rodeo illustrates an important social phenomenon
on November 17, 2022 at 2:55 pm
We’re just not quite sure what it is yet
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Glenn Youngkin is a kinder, gentler Trumpist
on November 17, 2022 at 2:55 pm
Virginia’s governor has a unique approach to adapting Donald Trump’s politics
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Donald Trump declares that he will make America great again, again
on November 16, 2022 at 8:16 pm
Regrettably he should not be underestimated
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Of course Donald Trump is running again
on November 16, 2022 at 3:27 am
Even though Republican opposition to another presidential bid is growing
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