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Trump’s new immigration crackdown, briefly explained

Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One en route to Washington, DC, on November 30, 2025. | Pete Marovich/Getty Images This stor...

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Did Trump accidentally boost direct giving?

Michael and Susan Dell gifted an unprecedented $6.25 billion that will benefit 25 million kids through the so-called Trump accounts created in t...

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The dark reality behind Trump’s new anti-immigrant policies

President Donald Trump waves while boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on November 30, 2025, on his way back to Washingto...

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The twisted reason why Trump is bombing Venezuelan boats

US President Donald Trump speaks alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in...

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Welcome to the December issue of The Highlight

In Bogotá, Colombia, care work — often overlooked and unpaid — eats up more than 35 billion hours of labor per year. It’s a burden which fall...

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The dark reality behind Trump’s anti-immigrant rants

President Donald Trump waves while boarding Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on November 30, 2025, on his way back to Washingto...

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Your guide to the weirdest winter virus season we’ve ever had

Cold viruses, the flu, Covid-19, and RSV could be brutal this year. But you can protect yourself. | A. Martin/Getty Images This winter was alr...

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Republicans ask the Supreme Court to gut one of the last limits on money in politics

The Court’s decision seems inevitable. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images There is a specter of inevitability hanging over much of the Supreme Co...

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People taking Ozempic are losing muscle mass — and it’s freaking them out

We’re used to seeing Serena Williams on our TVs, muscles flexing, smashing a tennis ball past her opponent. But in a recent 30-second commerc...

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What podcasts do to our brains

The most embarrassing thing happened to me recently. It was twilight, and I was walking my dog around the quiet Brooklyn neighborhood where I...

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Trump’s confounding pardon of a drug lord, briefly explained

Juan Orlando Hernández is seen on April 21, 2022, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on his way to be extradited to the US to face drug charges. | Jorge...

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Can Marco Rubio end the war in Ukraine?

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, alongside White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff (L) and Jared Kushner (R), attend a meeting with Ukrainian...