One weirdness of listening to Donald Trump talk for any length of time is that, amid the syllable minestrone, he occasionally says something that is both intelligible and honest. One such moment came during his appearance on the popular podcast hosted by the computer scientist Lex Fridman this week. To get the word out, Trump
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This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. If youve gone to a Democratic campaign rally recently, chances are youve heard a version of the following sentence: This is the most important election of our lifetime. Jared Golden isnt buying it. The third-term House Democrat from
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This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. If you want an illustration of the extraordinary racial progress America has made over the past 59 years, look to the life of Vice President Kamala Harris, who could now become the second Black president. Born in Oakland,
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During a conversation onstage at a Moms for Liberty event last week, Donald Trump said something that made even mea seasoned visitor to Trumps theme park of hyperbolelook around in confusion at the people near me in the audience. The transgender thing is incredible, he told the Moms for Liberty co-founder Tiffany Justice. Think of
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Kenneth Lind, whose 45-year career has seen him working on some of this country’s largest projects and developments, has both the kind of storied reputation and local impact that any public servant could only dream of. But outside of his many headline achievements, whether that be the development of Hudson Yards, the extension of the
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Close-up and side view of classic Georgian buildings in London, England, UK.  Colors Hunter – Chasseur De Couleurs | Moment | Getty Images LONDON — London landlords are selling up their buy-to-let properties at record rates as anticipated tax hikes from the U.K. Labour government add further pressure to the once lucrative investment sector. Almost
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South Dakota voters will determine the fate of Initiated Measure 28, which would eliminate the state sales tax on groceries. Illinois, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Utah, Tennessee, Alabama and Virginia have eliminated or reduced this tax, according to the Urban Institute Tax Policy Center.  “Grocery taxes are regarded as a regressive form of taxes, and cutting
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New Hampshire faces questions familiar to many states: whether it’s funding schools enough and whether its method of funding is acceptable.  But the state’s hostility toward creating statewide income or sales taxes and legal precedents add some wrinkles. Challenges to the state’s education funding worked their way through the courts until a Superior Court judge
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close video Dr. Marc Siegel: These weight loss drugs are ‘huge home runs’ Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel discusses Eli Lilly’s response to the prescription drug craze on ‘The Claman Countdown.’ Patients taking the weight-loss drug semaglutide were less likely to die from COVID-19, according to a recent study.  The patients who contracted
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close video Amazon Alexa answers very differently when asked for reasons to vote for Trump or Harris Amazon Alexa gave distinctly different answers when asked by Fox News Digital why to vote for Republican Donald Trump versus Democrat Kamala Harris — but some responses varied depending on the speaker model. Amazon Alexa gave starkly different
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