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2024 election

What Happens Now That Trump Won? Project 2025, Explained.

A transition plan for his second term would gut abortion access and LGBTQ+ rights and transform the government as we know it. By Andrea González-Ramírez

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2024 election Where Voters Overturned Trump’s Abortion Bans For the first time since the end of Roe, some abortion ballot measures failed to pass, but there were also key victories. By Andrea González-Ramírez

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personal finance How 4 People Are Spending Their Juul Settlement Money Including one who’s never purchased any Juul products. By Charlotte Cowles

career Despite winning two Olympic gold medals this summer, Kristen Faulkner says her reputation will probably always be “Harvard grad who quit a successful career in venture capital for the race track.” Not one to slack, Faulkner is currently writing a book and pursuing a master’s degree in nutrition “as a hobby.” Here’s how she gets it done.

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yikes Did Nicole Scherzinger Out Herself As a Trump Supporter? Or does she just really love Jesus and Russell Brand? By Olivia Craighead
celebrity Three Charged in Connection to Liam Payne’s Death Two people have been arrested for allegedly supplying Payne with drugs, while another was charged with abandonment of a person. By Olivia Craighead
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chapters My Job Was My Life. Then I Got Fired. How failure changed my relationship to work. By Samhita Mukhopadhyay
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books The Grandparents Fighting Against Book Bans Advocacy groups like Grandparents for Truth want to lead the anti-book-censorship movement in the United States. By Huda Hassan