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What the Graham Platner scandal says about Democratic Party's troubles
Democrats eager to win back working-class voters have been torn between a more populist, left-leaning message or a more centrist, moderate approach. They went with the populist vision embodied by Maine's Graham Platner, whose insurgent campaign seemed unstoppable — until he announced he would withdraw amid a sexual assault allegation.
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'I carry sadness in my heart.' Venezuelan children struggle in aftermath of earthquakes
Children who were forced to flee when twin earthquakes devastated Venezuela last month recall losing family members and leaving behind beloved stuffed animals as they grapple with the knowledge that they might never be able to return to their homes.
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Olympian Trump accused of vandalizing the reflecting pool pleads not guilty
A former Olympic canoe racer pleaded not guilty on Thursday to deliberately damaging the recently renovated Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, a politically charged case that his defence attorneys and other Trump administration critics have derided as an abuse of prosecutorial power.
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U.S. and Iran exchange intensifying fire across Persian Gulf
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Iran to bury former supreme leader Ali Khamenei in culmination of multi-day funeral
Iran buries its slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday at the country's holiest shrine, with his son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei still hidden from public view after being disfigured in the strike that killed his father.
