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Trump Puts on a Midterms Show for an Audience That’s Already Sold, by Katie Rogers
Hispanic Voters on the Texas Border Have Soured on Trump, by Jennifer Medina and Edgar Sandoval
Christa Pike Is in Critical Condition as Tennessee Pauses Executions, by Emily Cochrane
Hochul Names Letitia James as Special Prosecutor in Cornell Case, by Santul Nerkar, Benjamin Oreskes and Hurubie Meko
U.K.-Iranian Man Arrested in London in Connection to Air Base Incident, by Michael D. Shear
New Cancer Drugs Are Revolutionary. Why Don’t More Patients Get Them?, by Gina Kolata
Google Wants Hollywood to Stop Being So Afraid of Technology, by Brooks Barnes

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