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Ben Carson as Trump’s Running Mate? Don’t Count Him Out Just Yet.
The retired neurosurgeon and former housing secretary is a wild card in the vice-presidential sweepstakes. His main advantage is that Donald Trump genuinely likes him.
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Why Senate Democrats Are Outperforming Biden in Key States
Democratic candidates have leads in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Michigan and Arizona — but strategists aligned with both parties caution that the battle for Senate control is just starting.
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White House Aide Does Not Say if Biden Would Commute Son’s Sentence
The White House spokeswoman said she had not spoken with the president about the matter yet.
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A.C.L.U. Sues to Stop Biden’s Asylum Ban on the U.S.-Mexico Border
The action is the first legal challenge to an order that President Biden hopes will decrease the number of illegal crossings and neutralize a major political vulnerability.
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Hunter Biden Is Expected to Appeal Conviction on Gun Charges
Lawyers for Mr. Biden are considering a number of challenges to the guilty verdict, including one based on the Second Amendment.
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Exploring the Remote Gila Wilderness in New Mexico
The Gila Wilderness, home to wolves, mountain lions and other wildlife, marks a century as a ‘land lab,’ where nature thrives as far as the eye can see.
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A Big Whack That Made the Moon May Have Also Created Continents That Move
Computer simulations suggest that a collision with another planetary object early in Earth’s history may have provided the heat to set off plate tectonics.
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Was This Sea Creature Our Ancestor? Scientists Turn a Famous Fossil on its Head.
Researchers have long assumed that a tube in the famous Pikaia fossil ran along the animal’s back. But a new study turned the fossil upside-side down.
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Woman who didn’t know she was pregnant gave birth at Golden Corral
Tayvia Woodfork named her surprise son Tamaar Kylon Corral Woodfork, after the buffet chain.
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8 things to know before you renovate your home for the first time
Remodeling isn’t for the faint of heart. So, we asked contractors, architects and other pros how to up the odds of a happy outcome.