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Our election system is reaching a breaking point.

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Donald Trump is trying to amass the powers of a king.

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The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesn’t seem to know why.

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This year, for the first time in nearly a century, more foreign-born people will likely leave the United States than will enter.

Data centers in New Carlisle, Indiana (AJ Mast / The New York Times / Redux)

 

The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.

The monster storm is crawling across the Caribbean.

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Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.

Will he give a 19th-century law another look?

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The rise of headphone listening has changed us profoundly—and maybe not for the better.

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What will we lose when we lose the “literary outdoorsman”?

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The government is calling its illegal-gambling charges a major case. It’s more like small potatoes.

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The thrilling World Series shows that baseball is truly back—just in time for its next crisis.

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