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Trump is trying to remake the presidency. Here's why
Susan Davis
No one can say he wasn't upfront about it. "It's good to have a strongman at the head of a country," then-candidate Donald Trump declared at a New Hampshire campaign rally back in January 2024. In ...[Continue Reading]
NPR
about 1 year ago
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We have never been closer: Top Republican worries GOP will lose Texas House majority
Alejandro Serrano
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Wednesday said Texas Republicans are going to have a tough time holding onto their majority in the state House this fall, the latest and perhaps most notable sign yet of GOP u ...[Continue Reading]
Salon
1 day ago
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Mamdanis Approval Rating Is More Impressive Than It Looks
Ross Barkan
As he clears the 100-day mark of his unprecedented mayoralty, just how popular is Zohran Mamdani? New polls from Marist College and Emerson College offer a window into the support the 34-year-old so ...[Continue Reading]
New York Magazine
1 day ago
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Mad About the Mandolin
Tim Parks
Calace, I discovered, was a Neapolitan workshop that had been making mandolins since 1825, and Raffaele Calace, the grandson of the founder, had been the greatest composer for mandolin in the late ni ...[Continue Reading]
The New Yorker
1 day ago
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Americans are eating up the meat industry's health claims
Rich Bellis
Protein-hungry shoppers are buying more meat with their health top of mind. Health experts, however, wish theyd think beyond the butcher counter. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited ...[Continue Reading]
NBC News
1 day ago
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The Deadly Labyrinth of Nigerian Healthcare
Gazelle Mba
The Weekend Read / April 11, 2026 May Nigeria Not Happen to You The Deadly Labyrinth of Nigerian Healthcare My mother miraculously survived a series of health scaresbut she barely survived our cou ...[Continue Reading]
Thenation.com
1 day ago