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6 Midterms Takeaways With a Month to Go

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wedding bells -- Kash Patel Put a Ring on Girlfriend With SWAT Protection -- Bess Levin -- The FBI has defended providing security for country singer and now fiancée Alexis Wilkins.

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education -- Why Don't Colleges Just Ban Fraternities? -- Jacob Bacharach -- As the university system buckles under various pressures, Greek life has become even more central to the business of higher education.

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early and often -- Why Trump Is So Ticked Off About Daylight Saving Time -- Margaret Hartmann -- Trump is fixated on putting an end to biannual clock changing. But it seems posting Senator Tom Cotton's cell number didn't help his cause.

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tremendous content -- 'Super Intelligence,' Trump's Dopey AI Rebrand, Explained -- Margaret Hartmann -- Trump is trying to shut down AI doomerism by giving "artificial intelligence" a friendlier name. But he may have a hard time making "SI" happen.

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social studies -- The Inescapable Hasan Piker -- Simon van Zuylen-Wood -- For good or ill, the Twitch streamer is now the most volatile force in American politics.

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early and often -- MAGA Can't Let Go of Tricky Dick -- Ed Kilgore -- Nixon apologists have now spurred a Justice Department investigation of Watergate. But the Trump parallels they draw aren't flattering to either man.

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movies -- NAZA Is Selling Out Theaters. Can It Influence The Hague? -- Rachel Corbett -- Whether the film can advance the case for genocide may be more complicated than convincing viewers.

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the schoolyard -- Mamdani's 2K Is a Mathematical Mess -- Claire Suddath -- Experts say that the paltry funding set aside for universal child care is more likely to bankrupt many day cares than help them thrive.

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2026 midterms -- GOP Saving the Unpopular Stuff for After the Election -- Ed Kilgore -- On a range of issues from Iran to safety-net cuts to voting rights, Trump's party is holding back until he's beyond accountability once and for all.

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crime -- Everything We Know About Tennessee's Botched Execution of Christa Pike -- Nia Prater -- Pike, a convicted murder, survived two lethal injection doses and was rushed to the hospital, prompting a statewide execution pause.

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the approval matrix -- The Approval Matrix: It's Madonna's Year Again -- Our guide to what's highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable.

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education -- The Most Polarizing Parenting Essay Ever? -- Anya Kamenetz -- It's been almost two weeks since Nikole Hannah-Jones agonized over her school choices in 'The New York Times Magazine.' Parents are still processing.

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poll position -- How Low Can Trump Go? -- Ed Kilgore -- He is now flirting with some of the worst presidential popularity measures on record, and this probably isn't his rock bottom yet.

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profile -- Luca Guadagnino Saw This Coming -- E. Alex Jung -- The director's alarming new film, Artificial, holds a mirror to our AI overlords.

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just asking questions -- Nikole Hannah-Jones Worries You're Missing the Point -- Nia Prater -- The writer on the misplaced backlash to her school-choice story, recognizing her daughter's agency, and why Mamdani should take on segregation.

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power -- The Post–Me Too Generation Gets Its Me Too Moment -- Zoe Yu -- The "Cornell Seven" case is changing what my generation thought we knew.

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war games -- Elon Musk Rewarded for DOGE Debacle With 'Warfare' Gig -- Bess Levin -- The world's richest man will advise the Pentagon on the future of war.

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games -- These Yankees Might Actually Be Something Special -- Will Leitch -- The team that just demolished the Red Sox is hungry, exciting, and — unusually for this franchise — young.

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2026 midterms -- The Biggest Sign Yet That Democrats Will Flip the House -- Ed Kilgore -- The very cautious Cook Political Report is pointing to a Democratic House win, while most election forecasters flat out predict a House-Senate sweep.

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feminism -- What Makes a Tradwife Quit? -- Sarah Jones -- As the movement loses women, the right's lonely idea of family has come into focus.

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aviation -- The FlyDubai Near Miss Was a Nightmare and a Miracle -- Jeff Wise -- Similar incidents from aviation history have not ended well. Wednesday's flight did.

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2026 midterms -- Trump's Midterms Convention Blew Up in Poor Ken Paxton's Face -- Ed Kilgore -- The GOP's big bash in Texas was supposed to boost the state's embattled Senate candidate. He privately told donors it actually hurt him.

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