How Trump Is Changing American Capitalism

How Trump Is Changing American Capitalism

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James Talarico on the Rage Economy, Billionaires and Flipping Texas

James Talarico is asking Texas to do something it hasn’t done in nearly 40 years: Elect a Democrat to the U.S. Senate. It won’t be easy. It will take a vast coalition of Democrats, independents and Republicans in a bright red state that President Trump won by about 14 percentage ...  Show more

Inside Putin’s Plan to Cripple Ukraine This Winter

President Trump said he was making an energy deal with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and waiving new sanctions on Moscow. Now, he’s feuding with Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelensky.Russia is taking advantage of the moment by relentlessly striking Kyiv, killing civilians ...  Show more

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