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Twitter’s Advertisers Pull Back as Layoffs Sweep Through Company

Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, acknowledged that ad spending on the platform had slumped. He blamed the drop on pressure from activists.

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Twitter’s Advertisers Pull Back as Layoffs Sweep Through Company

Elon Musk, Twitter’s new owner, acknowledged that ad spending on the platform had slumped. He blamed the drop on pressure from activists.

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Most Candidates Running on Crime Don’t Have Much Power to Solve It

Your congressman doesn’t control the police budget. Your senator probably doesn’t know where the worst hot spots are.

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Suburban Women, No Longer ‘Soccer Moms,’ Hold Key to Midterms

A caricature of the suburban female voter looms large in American politics. But in battleground regions, many voters don’t fit the stereotype — and perhaps, never did.

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The last total lunar eclipse through 2025 is on Election Day. Here’s how to watch it

Your last chance to witness a total lunar eclipse for the next few years will occur on Tuesday, Nov. 8, but there’s a slight catch.

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Colombia Unnerves Markets With Higher Taxes to Boost Antipoverty Spending

Colombia is set to increase taxes on wealthy individuals and extractive industries, as the leftist government grapples with a fall in the peso that has outpaced that of most emerging market currencies.

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The Problem With Mega Jackpots Like the $1.6 Billion Powerball Drawing

Saturday’s Powerball drawing will be the biggest in U.S. history after hitting $1.6 billion. That mega-jackpot was made possible after Wednesday’s drawing, valued at $1.2 billion, resulted in zero winning tickets. The incredible sum—more than 22,000 years worth of earnings

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U.S. sanctions Haitian politicians on drug trafficking claims

Two Haitian politicians are facing U.S. sanctions over allegations they abused their positions to traffic drugs in collaboration with gang networks and directed others to engage in violence.

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Critics Argue the Democratic Party is Failing its Black Women Candidates

When Quentin James saw a chart tallying some of his party’s Senate spending this year, he was dismayed. The chart listed the combined spending of the Democratic Senate campaign arm—the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC)—and the Senate Majority PAC, which

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South Africa’s transition from coal could be a model for other countries

A plan for Western countries to help fund South Africa’s transition from coal was difficult to reach, but parties announced an agreement Friday. It could be a model for other countries.

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