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Republicans are putting up a costly defense of districts that President Trump won easily in 2024. In places like Georgia, strategists wonder if it’s too late.
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The war with Iran revealed just how much influence the world’s biggest oil importer has over prices and other countries’ supplies of jet fuel, gasoline and diesel.
Many countries blunted the most painful effects of the energy shock from the war in Iran. But prices remain elevated, and risks are multiplying.
Prime Minister Mark Carney told European lawmakers that an alliance would help to secure sovereignty and independence for his country.
The North Korean leader’s financial and diplomatic leverage rests on the brutal exploitation of his own people, at home and abroad.
Mexico City designated a rural valley to flush away waste and power the economy in the 1970s. Now, its residents are paying for that decision.
The U.S. says its sanctions are not aimed at depriving Cuba of essential goods. Thousands of stranded shipping containers tell a different story.
A one-woman show about the perils of authoritarianism draws on a memoir by a Hungarian-American writer. Under Viktor Orban, it might not have happened.
A recent shooting outside a mosque in California has focused attention on security guards. Now, unions in the U.S. are pressing for better pay and training.
We look at revenue-sharing deals in college sports.
“Here comes the bribe, from a Russian guy,” Josh Johnson sang in response to news that a Russian businessman helped pay for the event.
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