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    Why the Gaza Cease-fire Probably Won’t LastAndrew Miller, a high-ranking State Department official under Biden, discusses the state of a fragile truce and Trump’s effect on the Middle East.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Los Angeles Shouldn’t Rebuild the Same Way AgainEnvironmental historian Char Miller makes a case for retreating from the hills.
    By Matt Stieb
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    There’s Still Hope for Snow-Loving New Yorkers This YearMeteorologist John Homenuk returns to explain why the city keeps dodging big storms and why all is not yet lost.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Why Trump’s Mass-Deportation Plans Depend on MexicoHe can’t turn incendiary rhetoric into action without help from other countries, policy expert Dara Lind says.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    How Worried Should We Be About the Latest Bird-Flu Mutation?A virologist explains that why this probably isn’t the big one — but that it’s a sign of bad things happening with the virus.
    By Matt Stieb
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    They Shocked Assad and the World. What Will They Do Next?Syria analyst Sam Heller on what to expect from the country’s new government of rebels.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    How Trump Could Attack Trans RightsA legal scholar weighs in on what the next few years may look like for trans rights.
    By Sarah Jones
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    How Luigi Mangione Probably Gave Himself AwayA former FBI agent spells out the methods law enforcement officials use to tighten their dragnet.
    By Jeff Wise
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    Why Trump Can Probably Get Away With a Mass Government PurgePublic-policy expert Donald Kettl thinks legal challenges won’t stop the incoming president — but backlash might slow him down.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Jimmy Wales on Why Wikipedia Is Still So GoodAfter almost a quarter-century, the online encyclopedia remains an internet oasis.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Pat Ryan Ran As a ‘Different Kind of Democrat’ — and Won BigThe New York congressman has won two tough races in two years. He thinks the Democratic Party could learn something.
    By Nia Prater
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    America’s Alarming Bird-Flu Strategy: Hope for the BestTwo virology professors discuss the lackluster response to an increasingly concerning outbreak.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Will We Get More Answers About UFOs in a Second Trump Term?A former Defense staffer explains how Trump’s intelligence appointees could provide more clarity in the search to find what is flying above our heads.
    By Matt Stieb
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    Sen. Chris Murphy
    Chris Murphy Wants Democrats to Break Up With NeoliberalismThe Democratic senator speaks out about the future of his party.
    By Sarah Jones
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    The Latinos Who Found Their Inner MAGAReporter Jack Herrera says that Trump won over many Latino voters — but Democrats lost them first.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Why Kamala Harris’s Campaign Was Doomed From the StartCook Political Report editor-in-chief Amy Walter on what she learned from a decisive Trump win.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    What’s Keeping a Prominent Election Analyst Up at NightRealClearPolitics’s Sean Trende worries that swing-state polls might be missing something big.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Steve Kornacki Is UndecidedWill he wear khakis? Will he sleep? MSNBC’s unlikely star prepares for Election Night.
    By Matt Stieb
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    Why Arizona Is Looking Trumpier in 2024Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, an expert in Grand Canyon State politics, on Kamala Harris’s uphill battle.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    The Artist Behind the Trump Statues in Portland and Philly Explains His WorkThe artist explains the guerilla installations of Trump honoring his alleged “lifetime of sexual assault.”
    By Matt Stieb
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    How Did This Become the Gender-Gap Election?Trump vs. Harris brings America’s gendered political preferences into sharper focus.
    By Sarah Jones
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    Can Kamala Harris Pull Off Another Upset in Georgia?Four years after a tumultuous presidential election in the Peach State, she’s an underdog against Trump.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Why There Are ‘More Warning Signs’ for Harris Than for TrumpCook Political Report’s Dave Wasserman on where he sees the toss-up presidential race two weeks out.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Will Trump’s Detroit Demonization Cost Him Michigan?Detroit Free Press politics editor Emily Lawler on the state of play in the Wolverine State.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    ‘I Would Rather Be Kamala Harris Than I Would Donald Trump’What Jim Messina, who guided Obama’s re-election, sees with two weeks left.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
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    Nevada’s Election Oracle Says His Crystal Ball Is BrokenJon Ralston on why the Silver State is so hard to call this year.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Political strategist David Plouffe
    David Plouffe on Harris vs. Trump: ‘Too Close for Comfort’The veteran strategist on the state of play for his boss, Kamala Harris, and what he thinks of the “bed-wetters.”
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
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    Why Caroline Calloway Is Staying Put in Sarasota for Hurricane Milton“I didn’t just commit to the bit so hard that I almost died.”
    By Matt Stieb
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    Why Russia Is in More Trouble Than It LooksMilitary analyst Michael Kofman on where the war in Ukraine is headed after two and a half years.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    How Israelis Are Feeling One Year After October 7Political scientist Dahlia Scheindlin on the country’s collective state of mind today.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Why Kamala Harris May Have a (Slight) Edge in WisconsinRenowned pollster Charles Franklin points to a Madison population boom and superior Democratic organizing.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Can Democrats Finally Win a State That Torments Them?North Carolina politics guru Michael Bitzer on why Kamala Harris may succeed where Biden and Clinton failed.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    J.D. Vance and the Rise of the ‘Postliberal’ CatholicsHis rise may bring relatively obscure ideologies ever closer to political power.
    By Sarah Jones
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    Where Are the New York City Corruption Probes Going?A former SDNY prosecutor on the recent raids targeting top city officials and when charges might be filed.
    By Nia Prater
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    Making Sense of Pennsylvania’s Stubbornly Deadlocked PollsAnalyst and pollster Berwood Yost thinks Harris is well positioned but that she missed an opportunity to seal the deal.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    James Carville on How Kamala Beats TrumpThe venerable strategist on Harris’s debate plan, Biden’s moment of reckoning, and his decades in the Democratic trenches.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Andy Roddick on What’s ‘Bullshit’ About Modern TennisThe outspoken former player and popular podcaster discusses social-media abuse, endless seasons, and weighty expectations for American men.
    By Jake Nevins
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    Why the Telegram Prosecution May Move the Overton Window on Free SpeechFrance’s path-breaking arrest of Pavel Durov worries a Stanford professor.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
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    Why Kamala Harris Is Suddenly Surging Among LatinosEquis Research’s Carlos Odio explains what her campaign understands about a key voting bloc.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Can Kamala Harris Win Just Enough of the Working Class?Longtime political analyst Ruy Teixeira thinks she’s a long way from reassembling the Obama coalition.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    What Kamala Harris’s Candidacy Means for Black WomenPolitical consultant Kimberly Peeler-Allen says there has been an outpouring of jubilation — tempered with fear.
    By Nia Prater
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    Kamala Harris’s Biographer Says She’s Always Been UnderestimatedDan Morain, author of Kamala’s Way, on the presumptive Democratic nominee’s ambition and opacity.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Why the GOP Effort to Stop Biden’s Withdrawal Is BogusElection-law expert James Gardner says the Republican legal efforts are groundless — but they just might work.
    By Matt Stieb
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    An Early Democratic Critic of Biden on What Changed This WeekCongressman Adam Smith says Nancy Pelosi has “played a huge role.”
    By Benjamin Hart
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    How Security Went So Wrong at Trump’s RallyFormer Secret Service agent Robert McDonald says the agency might have dropped the ball well before Saturday.
    By Matt Stieb
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    Can Biden’s Poll Numbers Possibly Recover?Cook Political Report editor-in-chief Amy Walter discusses what the numbers tell us about his — and Kamala Harris’s — prospects.
    By Benjamin Hart
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    Why An Nvidia Engineer Quit at the Start of the AI BoomJacopo Pantaleoni helped create the chip that powers OpenAI. He has regrets.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
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    Did the Supreme Court Kill Every Case Against Trump?Law professor Steve Vladeck on where a radical ruling leaves the former president’s prospects in court.
    By Nia Prater
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    Frail, Stressed, Stiff, and Blinking: An Aging Expert on Biden’s Shocking Debate“Looking at him today versus a few months ago is very concerning,” explains professor and researcher Steven N. Austad.
    By Chas Danner
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    The Coming ‘Mini Trial’ of Donald TrumpLegal analyst Norm Eisen says that even after the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, Trump faces some dark days in federal court.
    By Benjamin Hart
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