Sunday, July 28, 2024

Reading archive 2024-07-27

Russia, adapting tactics, advances in Donetsk and takes more Ukrainian land: The new offensive focus comes as Ukraine faces depleted forces, sweltering heat and turmoil in a potentially consequential U.S. election.

Their acne medications set off a rare chain reaction that killed them: After losing their daughters to DRESS syndrome, two mothers work to raise awareness of the rare but deadly drug reaction.

Opinion  ‘Every teacher’ in Oklahoma must teach the Bible? That’ll keep them from leaving.: Readers respond to Oklahoma’s superintendent ordering each teacher to teach the Bible in their classroom.

Usha Vance told friends Trump appalled her. Now she’s working to elect him.: The potential second lady found Trump’s actions on Jan. 6 “deeply disturbing,” a friend said. But ambition and devotion to her husband ultimately drove her to a place in the former president’s campaign.

House Republicans continue to flail, further endangering their majority: GOP members struggled with basic tasks this summer, heading for a long break with few accomplishments.

Trump faces backlash for ‘in four years, you don’t have to vote again’ remark: Some Democrats say his comments, directed at a Christian audience, signaled his plans to be a dictator. His campaign says he was talking about ‘uniting’ the country, and experts point to his ‘deliberately ambiguous’ speaking style. - "Levitsky’s co-author, Daniel Ziblatt, also a professor of government at Harvard, put a finer point on the significance of Trump’s comment. 'I can’t think of a major candidate for office in any democracy on Earth since at least World War II who speaks in such overtly authoritarian ways,' said Ziblatt. 'Not Victor Orban in Hungary, not Recep Erdogan in Turkey. Nowhere.'"

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