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Dem Debates 2: Election Boogaloo Aug 01, 2019

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Bernie yelled at Ryan. Biden defended Obama. Warren destroyed Delaney. Vox's Tara Golshan explains the "fight for the heart of the party" and Ezra Klein says the frontrunners missed the mark.

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Life's a breach Jul 31, 2019

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Capital One got hacked. Equifax is trying to make up for its hack. And The Verge’s Russell Brandom explains why you should definitely prepare yourself for more hacks.

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Coats checks out Jul 30, 2019

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Dan Coats is resigning, leaving a vacancy at the top of US intelligence. The Washington Post’s Shane Harris explains how his replacement may be a Trump loyalist who believes in a “deep state” conspiracy against the president.

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Where we’re going, we still need roads Jul 29, 2019

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Four of the world’s biggest carmakers have secretly negotiated an emissions deal with California, circumventing the Trump administration.

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No such thing as free lunch Jul 26, 2019

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A school district in Pennsylvania apologized this week for saying students with unpaid lunch debt might end up in foster care. The scandal is part of a nationwide crisis that has resulted in low-income students cleaning cafeterias or missing graduation ceremonies because of lunch debts.

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BoJo Jul 25, 2019

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Boris Johnson wanted a Brexit and now he’ll have to figure out how to make it happen. The Atlantic’s Tom McTague explains how a self-proclaimed “blithering idiot” became prime minister.

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Mueller reports Jul 24, 2019

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At long last, former special counsel Robert Mueller testified before Congress today.

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#RickyRenuncia Jul 23, 2019

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Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans are demanding Governor Ricardo Roselló resign. David Begnaud from CBS News reports from San Juan.

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Five years after Eric Garner Jul 22, 2019

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After five years, a decision on the death of Eric Garner, who was put in a chokehold by an NYPD officer, creates further questions. The Washington Post's Wesley Lowery tries to answer them.

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Holy shit Jul 19, 2019

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On the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing, Vox’s Brian Resnick says astronauts left something up there that could unlock the origins of life itself.

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