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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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After winning campaigns in both red and blue states, abortion rights activists are facing a test of the limits of their success in what is sometimes ranked as the most “pro-life state in America.”
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Analysis by Aaron Blake: It might have been true at one point. It’s not so clear it is anymore -- particularly as another former president stands accused of his own dirty tricks.
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Review by Adam Goodheart: “The Demon of Unrest” zooms in on a place, time and small group of actors whose individual dramas encapsulate broader events in the run-up to the Civil War.
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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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Does your dog need more friends? Every animal is different, but research shows that social companionship can have a major impact on a dog’s health and lifespan.
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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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The law that President Biden signed Wednesday gives TikTok up to a year to find an owner that isn’t Chinese or be banned in the United States. Here's three burning questions that don’t have straightforward answers:
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Analysis by Aaron Blake: A poll shows Americans are skeptical the jury’s verdict will be fair --- but not necessarily for the reasons Trump suggests. And Trump isn’t proving a sympathetic defendant.
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Many of us differ on what counts as gaslighting — the form of emotional abuse and manipulation in which one person attempts to bend the reality of another. Here’s how to identify emerging, moderate and severe gaslighting, and how to deal with them:
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Global warming is endangering Antarctica’s meteorites, and a new analysis forecasts that close to three-quarters of the continent’s meteorites could disappear from the ice sheet surface by century’s end.
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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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