#A record share of Americans are living alone

#A record share of Americans are living alone

Nearly 30 percent of American households comprise a single person, a record high.  Scholars say living alone is not a trend so much as a transformation: Across much of the world, large numbers of people are living alone for the first time in recorded history.  “It’s just a stunning social change,” said Eric Klinenberg, a…

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#Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ousting underscores GOP tensions

#Marjorie Taylor Greene’s ousting underscores GOP tensions

House Republicans will return to Washington this week amid rising tensions between GOP leaders and hard-line conservatives, a dynamic highlighted by the House Freedom Caucus taking a vote to oust Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). The apparent purge marks a stunning development for Greene, a conservative icon and close ally of former President Trump who…

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#Investigation finds Clarence Thomas accepted more undisclosed gifts from wealthy friends through elite association

#Investigation finds Clarence Thomas accepted more undisclosed gifts from wealthy friends through elite association

A New York Times investigation revealed that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was brought access to the wealthy through relationships he built with members of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. The Times reported that just months after Thomas joined the bench in 1991, he was welcomed into the Horatio Alger Association, a nonprofit…

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#DeSantis’s stumbles have GOP mulling other Trump alternatives

#DeSantis’s stumbles have GOP mulling other Trump alternatives

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s weaker-than-expected campaign is prompting other Republicans, such as Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, to take a new look at running for president, GOP strategists say. These Republicans argue that DeSantis, long seen as the strongest potential challenger in a GOP primary to former President Trump, has failed…

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#Christie calls estimates of Trump rally crowd size ‘absurd’

#Christie calls estimates of Trump rally crowd size ‘absurd’

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) called estimates of tens of thousands of people attending former President Trump’s campaign rallies “absurd.” Fox News’s Shannon Bream asked Christie on “Fox News Sunday” to weigh in on local authorities in South Carolina estimating that one of Trump’s recent rallies there had been attended by around 50,000…

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#Zelensky marks 500 days of Russia-Ukraine war

#Zelensky marks 500 days of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky marked 500 days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a pre-recorded public address Saturday. Speaking from Snake Island — the small Black Sea landmass which Russian warships bombarded in the first day of the war, capturing its small Ukrainian garrison who resisted surrender — Zelensky pledged neither the island nor…

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#DeSantis tries to shift narrative after campaign criticism

#DeSantis tries to shift narrative after campaign criticism

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and his allies are trying to change the narrative about a campaign that is widely seen as having underperformed so far. DeSantis has faced criticism for early missteps — notably a glitch-ridden Twitter Spaces launch event and comments downplaying the war in Ukraine. His numbers have drifted down from just months ago. …

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