Republican groups vow to stop buying Twitter ads until McConnell campaign account is unfrozen

A move by Twitter to freeze the account of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnells (R-Ky.) campaign has prompted a backlash by President Trumps campaign and national Republican groups, who have vowed to stop buying ads on the social media platform until the a…
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Trump pressured his alcoholic brother about his career. Now he says he has regrets.

President Trump remembers coming home in the mid-1960s to read reports on the cost of mops and paint as he prepared to work in the family real estate business. He was astonished to find his older brother, Fred Jr., reading aviation books in hopes of fulfillin…
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Opinion | How the U.S. can help ensure Afghanistan’s peace process succeeds

Javid Ahmad is a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. The United States is on the verge of sealing a landmark deal with the Taliban in hopes of ending Americas longest war. While this is potentially a welcome development, there are some serious flaws in t…
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Opinion | The Resistance comes for Equinox, SoulCycle and their billionaire owner

On Monday, Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Tex.) set off a furious debate when he tweeted the names of San Antonio residents who donated $2,800, the maximum amount allowed, to President Trumps reelection campaign. Yes, its public information. On the other hand, as oth…
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Opinion | The Iowa State Fair is everything that’s wrong with presidential politics

Today begins the annual extravaganza of Americana known as the Iowa State Fair, which is probably not all that different from other state fairs, except for one thing: the presence of presidential candidates. But for all its wholesomeness, the Iowa State Fair …
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Opinion | Climate change is sapping nutrients from our food — and it could become a global crisis

Samuel Myers is a principal research scientist at the Harvard Chan School of Public Health and director of the Planetary Health Alliance. Feeding a planet inhabited by 10 billion people by mid-century already a daunting task is getting harder due to a little…
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