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Sanders if passed at 1: 'Why would I be mad?'
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Judge Pauses Elements of Trump Plan to Shut Down U.S.A.I.D.
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'Grow up': Vance, Khanna spar over rehiring DOGE staffer
Vice President Vance and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) sparred on social media platform X over the proposed rehiring of a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer who resigned after his ...The Hill - 12h -
Stock market suffers weekly loss after Trump tariff jitters strike again
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After Attack, New Orleans Is Rattled but Ready for the ‘Biggest Show on Earth’
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The Imagine Dragons Starfield Song Will Beam From Moon To Earth This Month
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FireAid benefit show will keep streaming for another year
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Documentarian Alex Gibney Teams Up With a Google Billionaire
The Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney has sold a majority stake in his Jigsaw Productions to the philanthropist Wendy Schmidt.The New York Times - 22h -
Why a Super Bowl Viewership Record Could Be on the Horizon
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Snail Games will show up at GDC with new games and partnerships
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How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid
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Palmerston, the British Foreign Service Cat, Takes Up New Post in Bermuda
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Go behind a gravity-defying 'Wicked' flight
Visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman is proud of his team's dazzling work but is quick to note that storytelling was at the heart of everything in the film, creating dynamic scenes that connect ...Los Angeles Times - 2d -
Joan Didion's diary of post-therapy notes is going to be published
Joan Didion's diary of post-therapy notes, addressed to her husband, John Gregory Dunne, is going to be published in 'Notes to John.'Los Angeles Times - 2d -
Meet the woman keeping the adorable pups happy at this year's 'Puppy Bowl'
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How Going to Commercial During the Super Bowl Works
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Degenhart scores 22 as Boise State downs San Jose State 79-52
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UFC 312: Middleweight champion Dricus du Plessis believes he can 'absolutely' take down Khamzat Chimaev
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Jackson scores 17 as VCU downs Dayton 73-68
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Super Bowl prices are down this year. StubHub explains why
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As Trump and Musk Upend Washington, Congressional Phones Can’t Keep Up
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AEW CEO Tony Khan says he wants to keep company private to pass it down to his kids
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Why Trump wants an American sovereign wealth fund
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The Treble to the periphery - what's going on with Jack Grealish?
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To Keep Aid Coming, Ukraine Appeals to Trump Allies: Conservative Christians
A Ukrainian delegation to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington will make the case that Russia threatens the religious freedom of Christians who don’t follow the Russian Orthodox Church.The New York Times - 1d -
Why It Is So Difficult to Stop the Flow of Fentanyl Into the U.S.
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Guatemala strikes deal with Rubio to accept migrants from other countries deported from the US
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