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The ticks are winning
Ticks are taking over the United States. Due to climate change, changing land use, and an explosion in the deer population, ticks have been expanding their territory and infecting more people than ever. They carry pathogens that cause everything from Lyme disease to the red meat allergy-inducing Alpha gal syndrome. In some cases, tick bites…
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Trump just turbocharged Iran’s nuclear ambitions in a big way: report
President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the main rationale for the Iran war is to stop Tehran from getting a nuclear weapon. But according to The New York Times, everything he has done may have actually made it more likely. New assessments from U.S. intelligence have determined “that Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei,…
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‘Interview With the Vampire’ Renewed for Season 4 With a New Showrunner
AMC’s “Interview With the Vampire” series is transforming once again: The series was renewed for a fourth season, titled “Anne Rice’s Queen of the Damned.” And that’s not the only shakeup: Hannah Moscovitch will take over as showrunner for “Queen of the Damned,” while series creator Rolin Jones, who was showrunner for Seasons 1-3, will…
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Five Theories of the Jon Ossoff Moment
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Everyone should be as lucky in their adversaries as Jon Ossoff. On Wednesday, President Trump held a rally in…
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Complete ‘demolition of Jim Jordan’: Jack Smith lawyers publish rebuttal to GOP-led attack
A letter from former special counsel Jack Smith‘s lawyers went public Friday, calling Rep. Jim Jordan‘s (R-OH) criminal referral a bad-faith attack on a “nonpartisan public servant.” Attorneys Lanny Breuer and Peter Koski wrote the letter July 22 to Jordan and Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, calling the referral “spurious.” Legal journalist Roger Parloff posted…
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How to Watch the Rescheduled White House Correspondents’ Dinner
After gunshots shut down and postponed the White House Correspondents’ Dinner earlier this year, the event was finally rescheduled to this week, and Americans will be able to watch live as it happens. “When gunfire interrupted this year’s event, it further clarified the WHCA’s mission to advocate for the freedoms that are protected in the…
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Florida man hires $1K Tinder ‘sugar baby’ — then pulls gun after she tries to escape: cops
She should have swiped left. A Florida senior citizen’s attempt to woo a young female “sugar baby” with a splurge of cash went horribly wrong when he menaced her and her friends with a gun and rammed their getaway car after she tried to escape their first date, cops said. The wrong-way romance allegedly began…
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Dr. Terry Dubrow blasts ‘mean’ Vicki Gunvalson’s ‘insensitive’ theory about his wealth: ‘Shut up!’
Dr. Terry Dubrow sounded off on Vicki Gunvalson for claiming he inherited his wealth from his late brother, Quiet Riot frontman Kevin Dubrow. Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” caught up with Terry, 67, at his wife’s annual “Champs with Heather Dubrow” event at the Four Seasons in Midtown Manhattan Wednesday afternoon. “It pissed me off,” Terry…
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Russian missile strike near Kyiv kills 10, wounds nearly 100
KYIV, Ukraine — A Russian attack Friday on a site near Kyiv that was hosting a defense industry event killed at least 10 people and wounded nearly 100 others, Ukrainian government and industry officials said. The ballistic missile strike came a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Kyiv with senior representatives of Raytheon, the U.S.…
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Former GOP operative calls for dismantling DHS and abolishing ICE
Former Republican operative Steve Schmidt called for a wholesale purge of Trump administration officials involved in recent controversies, specifically targeting ICE agents trained under President Donald Trump’s accelerated program. During an episode of “The Warning,” Schmidt characterized Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, as “irredeemable” and argued that all agents who completed Trump’s 47-day training…