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American allies see a second Trump term as all but inevitable. “The anxiety is massive.”
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This month’s TV encounter with his Republican rival will be a crucial opportunity for the president to change voters’ jaundiced view of him.
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Moments of great physical upheaval—pregnancy, puberty, illness, athletic training, weight fluctuations, aging, transition—can be accompanied by great revelations.
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Voters believe Trump would handle the economy better than Biden. Economists think differently.
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The players found a way to navigate the injustice of segregation, turning it into a means of self-empowerment.
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After years of resurgence in the U.S., the disease is getting weird.
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Trump Wishes His Trial Were Rigged
But instead he got a fair one, and was convicted by a jury of his peers.
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