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The history of Arizona’s Civil War-era abortion ban

Arizona lawmakers voted Wednesday to repeal a Civil War-era state law that amounts to a near-total ban on abortion following an Arizona Supreme Court...

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High interest rates probably aren’t going away anytime soon

Even borrowing money is more expensive these days — and the Federal Reserve might decide to keep it that way for a while. All eyes are on the...

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How today’s antiwar protests stack up against major student movements in history

Protests against the war in Gaza have spread to college campuses across the country in the days since students at Columbia University were arrested...

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Biden might actually do something about ludicrously expensive concert tickets

Buying concert tickets is a drag, as Taylor Swift fans know all too well. When tickets first went on sale for her highly anticipated Eras Tour in...

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The history of Arizona’s Civil War-era abortion ban

Earlier this week, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that a Civil War-era state law that amounts to a near-total ban on abortion can be enforced,...

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Will Israel let aid workers in Gaza do their jobs?

An Israeli airstrike Monday killed seven aid workers who were delivering food to Palestinians on the brink of widespread famine in Gaza. The attack...

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Truth Social just made Trump billions. Will it solve his financial woes?

Former President Donald Trump’s net worth has skyrocketed to about $7.5 billion since Trump Media, the parent company for his social network Truth...

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How Sam Bankman-Fried’s possible sentence stacks up against the century’s biggest fraudsters

Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the defunct crypto exchange FTX who was convicted on fraud and conspiracy charges last year, will be sentenced...

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Should we care about RFK Jr. and his new running mate?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to name Nicole Shanahan, a Silicon Valley lawyer and ex-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, as his running mate...

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Apple is facing a new antitrust lawsuit that could dethrone the iPhone

The Biden administration filed a sweeping antitrust lawsuit against Apple Thursday that targets a product that has long been the major revenue driver...

22.03.2024 7

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Reddit is going public. Will its unruly user base revolt?

Reddit, the launchpad for many meme stocks, could now become one: The social media giant makes its debut on Wall Street this week in one of the most...

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TikTok could avoid a ban with a sale. Finding a buyer won’t be easy.

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Under Biden, US oil production is as high as it’s ever been

The US is the largest crude oil producer in the world, pumping out nearly 13 million barrels on average every day in 2023, an all-time record,...

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Biden’s vs. Trump’s economy, in 8 charts

American economic pessimism has been bafflingly persistent despite major indicators showing that the economy is actually strong. Unemployment is low,...

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Congress wants to ban TikTok — but don’t panic just yet

This week, congressional offices on Capitol Hill were inundated with phone calls and social media posts begging them to reconsider an audacious bill...

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Mark Robinson, the North Carolina GOP nominee for governor, is off the rails even by MAGA standards

The Republican Party under Donald Trump has habitually elevated extreme right-wing candidates who can’t find enough support outside of hardcore...

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China’s new economic growth plan isn’t really a plan at all

The Chinese government outlined on Monday its plan to boost the country’s sluggish economic growth, but experts say it fell short of the kind of...

06.03.2024 20

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Bitcoin is ... back?

Bitcoin is nearing its record-high price, previously set in 2021 at about $69,000, and some financial experts say the cryptocurrency’s recent surge...

05.03.2024 7

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Can Biden contain the fallout from his Gaza policy in Michigan?

Arab American activists and their allies are urging voters to cast ballots as “uncommitted” in Michigan’s Democratic primary on Tuesday in...

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Netanyahu’s postwar “plan” for Gaza is no plan at all

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has unveiled his most detailed plans yet for the future of Gaza. However, there is a problem: The plans are...

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The US is ready to call for a ceasefire in Gaza. Does it matter?

For the third time since war broke out in Gaza in October, the US vetoed a ceasefire resolution at the United Nations on Tuesday — even as it...

21.02.2024 10

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America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained

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Israel’s dangerous escalation in Rafah, explained

The world on Sunday got its first look at how devastating an Israeli invasion of Rafah — Gaza’s southernmost city, where more than a million...

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What’s really going on at the border, explained

Republicans tried and failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday as part of their plan to use the southern border as...

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Democrats are trying to pass a right-wing border bill, but the GOP won’t let them

A bipartisan group of Senate negotiators has reached a $118 billion deal that trades sweeping border security measures for aid for Ukraine, Taiwan,...

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America is exporting more arms than ever. Here’s why.

US foreign military sales recently reached a record high, largely driven by Russia’s war in Ukraine. The 2023 fiscal year, ending October 1, saw...

04.02.2024 20

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How Nevada botched its key role in the GOP primary

Nevada is doing things differently this election season, and not necessarily for the better. Former President Donald Trump and his former US...

02.02.2024 5

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The war in Gaza isn’t going well for Israel, but it’s far from over for Netanyahu

Pressure is mounting on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the war in Gaza brings high costs and few operational successes. Monday marked...

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The Biden administration’s plan to slash bank overdraft fees, explained

The Biden administration has proposed a new rule that would curb overdraft fees incurred when consumers withdraw more than the available funds in...

18.01.2024 9

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A calendar of Trump’s upcoming court dates — and how they could overshadow the GOP primary

Donald Trump may have won the Iowa caucuses by a historic margin. The question, though, is whether he can sustain his momentum through a primary...

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How Iowa accidentally became the start of the presidential rat race

Welcome back to the Iowa caucuses — or at least, a version of them. The caucuses, a contest in which voters gather in local meetings run by their...

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America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained

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The US may be flouting its own laws by sending unrestricted aid to Israel

The recent high-profile killings of three Israeli hostages, two women in a Gaza church, and 11 unarmed Palestinian men in front of their family...

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Biden weighs a “shocking” revival of Trump’s immigration agenda

It’s hard to overstate the potential destructiveness of the sweeping changes to US immigration policy currently being discussed as part of President...

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What elite universities — and their critics — get wrong about campus antisemitism

The firestorm over antisemitism on college campuses may be dying down from its hottest point last week, when congressional questioning of three elite...

15.12.2023 4

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Can Democrats overcome their deep divisions over Gaza?

Democratic divisions over the war in Gaza have spilled out into the open in recent weeks, raising questions about the potential electoral consequences...

09.12.2023 7

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Israel’s wartime assault on the free press

The Gaza war has proved one of the deadliest conflicts for journalists in recent memory. At least 63 journalists and media workers have been killed...

08.12.2023 5

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America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained

07.12.2023 4

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The many, many times Israelis and Palestinians tried to make peace — and failed

Even though Israel has approved a temporary ceasefire in its unprecedented assault on Gaza following Hamas’s October 7 attack, Israeli Prime...

22.11.2023 20

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How to think through allegations of genocide in Gaza

As the civilian death toll continues to rise from Israel’s war in Gaza in response to Hamas’s October 7 attack, more and more voices have warned...

13.11.2023 7

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Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group, explained

As Israel begins ground operations in Gaza, the potential for the conflict to expand regionally — including to Lebanon, the home of Israel’s...

28.10.2023 4

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America’s unique, enduring gun problem, explained

26.10.2023 4

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How we talk about the Israel-Hamas war

During a war, political actors, human rights groups, and the media can use unfamiliar terminology without adequately explaining it — or even using...

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A timeline of Israel and Palestine’s complicated history

Hamas’s attack on Israel, and Israel’s offensive in Gaza in response, is yet another escalation in a long conflict that has already left thousands...

19.10.2023 10

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How the US became Israel’s closest ally

Despite political differences that at times strained relations between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden, the...

14.10.2023 10

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Hamas, the militant group that attacked Israel, explained

An unprecedented surprise attack in southern Israel by Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, has led to an...

11.10.2023 4

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How Biden ended up building part of Trump’s border wall

The Biden administration has authorized the construction of a new section of border wall in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley. It’s a reversal of...

05.10.2023 2

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9 questions about Kevin McCarthy’s downfall and House GOP chaos, answered

House Republicans are in disarray after ousting Speaker Kevin McCarthy in an unprecedented vote, scrambling to pick a replacement who can unify a...

05.10.2023 10

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Kevin McCarthy’s fight to survive as House speaker, explained

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will call a vote Tuesday on whether he will remain the leader of the House. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has led a...

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Who is Laphonza Butler, California’s new senator?

California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Sunday that he will appoint Laphonza Butler, the president of the abortion rights group Emily’s List, as the...

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