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To pull off the upset, he’ll need to convert white voters.

Reza Zarrab, whose trial for allegedly cheating U.S. sanctions is scheduled to begin in days, was secretly removed from a federal prison and may be working with prosecutors.

The money DeVos and her family would get from just one of the tax breaks in the House bill would pay more than 6,000 teachers. The tax break for President Donald Trump and his family would be enough to pay more than 20,000 teachers.

A new version of AlphaGo needed no human instruction to figure out how to clobber the best Go player in the world — itself.

A new version of AlphaGo needed no human instruction to figure out how to clobber the best Go player in the world — itself.

Marsha de la O, a southern California poet, depicts most tenderly the hard wages of environmental pollution.

Defendants are facing over 60 years in prison. Trials for the inauguration protesters begin mid-November and will continue for a year. As media ramps up coverage, do not forget what these trials are about—not rioting, not broken windows, but punishing dissent.

Overwhelming analysis shows the tax plan does very little to help middle income families. The non-partisan Tax Policy Center found that after the tax plan has taken full effect in 2027, 80 percent of the benefits would go to the top 1 percent.

This is not “democracy promotion," it is regime change, by any means necessary.

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