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Carolyn Hax: Friend hides new boyfriend for fear he’ll get stolen
She thinks her good friend is her new boyfriend’s “exact type,” so she refuses to introduce them to each other.
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Post Politics Now: Biden seeks contrast with GOP as he pushes new Medicare plan
As the president makes the case for a new plan to extend the solvency of Medicare, he is arguing that ‘MAGA Republicans’ would weaken it with benefit cuts.
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Chicago mayoral candidates have starkly different strategies on crime
Paul Vallas, who wants to add more police officers, and Brandon Johnson, who wants more spending on social services, are competing in the April 14 runoff.
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FBI, Pentagon helped research facial recognition for street cameras, drones
Hundreds of pages of records chronicle the FBI’s years-long attempt to upgrade its facial recognition capabilities to match those deployed in China and Britain.
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A Trump third-party win would be ‘effectively impossible,’ study says
A new study finds it would be “effectively impossible” for Trump to win as a third-party candidate. But that doesn’t erase the GOP’s headaches.
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Trump’s dark ‘I am your retribution’ pledge — and how GOP enabled it
Republicans seem to recognize that moving on from Trump is best, but they have enabled what could be an ugly primary based upon emotion rather than pragmatism.
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Debt Default Would Cripple U.S. Economy, New Analysis Warns
As President Biden prepares to release his latest budget proposal, a top economist will warn lawmakers that Republicans’ refusal to raise the nation’s borrowing cap could put millions out of work.
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In Oklahoma, a Freshman Republican Makes the Case for Deep Spending Cuts
As Representative Josh Brecheen travels his district preparing his constituents for a debt showdown, his pitch reflects how the party has intertwined its spending fight with cultural battles.
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U.S. Is Said to Consider Reinstating Detention of Migrant Families
President Biden has turned to increasingly restrictive measures as his administration prepares for the end of Title 42, which has allowed border authorities to swiftly expel migrants.
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U.S. Considers Vaccinating Chickens as Bird Flu Kills Millions of Them
The largest outbreak of avian influenza in U.S. history has driven up egg prices and raised concerns about a human pandemic, though C.D.C. experts say the risk of that is low.