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People make threats online, under screen names, anonymously, publicly. At the federal, state and local level, threats against elected officials have risen to record highs.
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Perspective by Candace Buckner: A day after his new boss described him as a lethal franchise-setter capable of snatching the soul of a defense, Daniels reminded an assembly of reporters that he’s just a young quarterback who needs to learn the playbook.
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Two weeks in, the first criminal trial of a former president has been personally taxing for Donald Trump and disruptive to his campaign.
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Perspective by Rachel Hunt: Cancer among young patients isn’t common, but it’s on the rise. For young patients like me, it’s hard to wrap our minds around the randomness of it all.
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In 2023, there were 8,008 recorded cases of threats against members of Congress, according to the U.S. Capitol Police. In 2022, there were 7,501 cases, and Joe Morelli’s threat to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was one of them.
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Perspective by Monica Hesse: The aesthetic of the Express pants was not high fashion but high assimilation. It was shopping-as-handholding, an assurance that you and millions of other young women were in it together, even if you were still figuring it out.
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Fresh off some historic wins for the labor movement, United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain could be the man who makes the biggest difference for President Biden in key Midwestern swing states in the fall.
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A century before today’s fights on book bans and history curriculums, pioneering Black lawmaker John Roy Lynch sought to correct the record on Reconstruction.
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Baltimore principal’s racist rant was an AI fake. His colleague was arrested. The case raises fresh concerns about easily accessible AI tools that can allow users, with only a few seconds of real audio footage, to create believable clones of people.
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Analysis by Dan Balz: Five years after a landslide victory, Britain’s Conservative Party is deeply divided and appears headed towards one of its worst defeats in a generation.
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Analysis by Paul Kane: More than a dozen former members of Congress started a discussion aimed at reviving the ailing institution. The outlook was bleak.
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As of Jan. 1, Americans who buy certain electric cars can request the federal electric vehicle tax credit as a discount. The government created the tax credit in 2022, but before this year, car buyers had to wait until tax season to get their money.
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Arrests of pro-Palestinian protesters continued into the weekend, as student groups nationwide resisted orders to break down encampments, and some universities pointed to antisemitic acts on their campuses.
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After news spread that Kristi Noem, the South Dakota governor and Trump V.P. hopeful, described how she shot and killed her dog and farm goat, a growing number of elected officials and political groups all suddenly want you to know: they love their dogs.
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An Iraqi TikTok star known to her followers as Om Fahad was fatally shot in a late-night attack outside her home in Baghdad, authorities said.
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Three months before an Olympics that presents unprecedented security challenges at a globally tense time, French officials are facing a potential shortfall of qualified private contractors to help protect the Games.
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Large tornadoes ripped through Eastern Nebraska and southwestern Iowa on Friday, downing power lines and leveling homes and other structures in the Plains. A few injuries had been reported as of Saturday morning, but no fatalities.
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Two weeks in, the first criminal trial of a former president has been personally taxing for Donald Trump and disruptive to his campaign.
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