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Charted: 150 Years of Corn, Wheat, and Soy Yields in America

With nearly 180 bushels of corn grown per acre in 2023, this is the
data behind the corny American love story.

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Congress Unveils Short-Term Spending Deal
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Mr. Johnson had made it a personal crusade to include in the spending
package legislation requiring people to prove their U.S. citizenship
when registering to vote, arguing it was necessary to prevent fraud,
despite scant evidence of noncitizens voting. That requirement, known
as the SAVE Act, was also supported by the hard right and by former
President Donald J. Trump, who called on Congress not to pass a
spending plan without “every ounce” of the proposal.

India

General Motors announces another round of layoffs, 1,695 workers to be
affected | Business Insider India
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General Motors has announced layoffs at its Fairfax Assembly plant in
Kansas, affecting 1,695 employees in two phases starting November.
This move is part of GM's strategy to streamline operations and adapt
to market changes. The layoffs follow GM's earlier decision to halt
Cadillac XT4 production at the plant post-January 2025.















India

'Detonators' put on way of Army train set off alarm | India News -
Times of India
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India News: INDORE/KANPUR: In what seems to be yet more attempts to
sabotage railway operations, it has come to light that railway
'detonators' were placed on tra.

India

New Lankan president: A curveball India prepared for; Anura Kumara
Dissanayake against Adani project but backs Indian security | India
News - Times of India
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India News: Anura Kumara Dissanayake's win in the Sri Lankan
presidential election poses a new challenge for India. Despite his
Marxist party's anti-India stance,














India

Arvind Kejriwal slams PM Modi, poses five queries to RSS chief | India
News - Times of India
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India News: Arvind Kejriwal raised five questions for RSS chief Mohan
Bhagwat, challenging PM Modi's use of ED and CBI against state
governments and the inclusion

India

In a first for India, men and women win Chess Olympiad team golds |
India News - Times of India
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India News: India clinched its first double team gold at the Chess
Olympiad in Budapest, joining an elite group with the Soviet Union and
China. The men's team se














India

Coldplay Concert Tickets Sell Out in 30 Minutes Amidst Black Market
Frenzy | Pune News - Times of India
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Coldplay's upcoming Mumbai concerts sparked a massive ticket rush,
with 1.3 crore fans vying for just 1.5 lakh tickets, leading to
sold-out shows and a bustling black market for passes.

India

Cop dead as bomb explodes near convoy of envoys of 12 countries in
Pakistan | India News - Times of India
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India News: A roadside bomb detonated near a convoy of foreign
diplomats in Pakistan’s Swat district, killing one policeman and
injuring three others. Diplomats f














India

Assam rhino tally up from 600 in 1960s to 3k, poaching down 86% since
2016: Govt data | India News - Times of India
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India News: Assam's one-horned rhinoceros population has increased
fivefold from the 1960s to 2024, now exceeding 3,000. The state
government credits this rise to

India

After laddu row, AP sets up SIT to probe Tirupati 'irregularities' |
India News - Times of India
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India News: Andhra CM N Chandrababu Naidu Sunday announced the
constitution of an SIT to probe the alleged irregularities in TTD
during the YSRCP regime. Naidu to














India

HC chides Jharkhand for total Net shutdown due to job test | India
News - Times of India
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India News: Questioning the necessity to suspend all internet services
across the state for Jharkhand General Graduate Level Combined
Competitive Examination on S

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The Houthis probed Israeli defenses with a ballistic missile, and Iran
is likely taking notes - Business Insider (No paywall)
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A Houthi ballistic missile reached Israel from Yemen for the first
time on Sunday, disintegrating in the air after Israel activated its
air defenses. While the attack failed to cause any casualties or
significant damage, it shows the heightened threat the Houthi rebels
can pose and likely offers their Iranian backers insights about
Israel's missile defenses.














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Harris and Walz are barely talking to the press. Experts warn it's a
risky strategy. - Business Insider (No paywall)
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In fact, the Democratic presidential nominee and her running mate have
done fewer media appearances and press interviews than any other major
party's top candidates in modern US history, according to an analysis
by Axios.

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A top-1% fund manager warns Warren Buffett is behaving like he did
before the dot-com crash -- and says the S&P 500 could see dismal
returns for a decade - Business Insider (No paywall)
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Throughout his career as a fund manager, Bill Smead has kept a close
eye on investing icons Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, implementing
the duo's long-term buy-and-hold strategy with undervalued stocks.














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Israel's ultimatum to Hezbollah: Back off or go to war - WSJ (No
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TEL AVIV : With escalating attacks on Hezbollah’s rank and file,
commanders and infrastructure, Israel is pressing its military and
intelligence advantage to give the Lebanese group an implied
ultimatum: make a deal to pull back from Israel’s northern border,
or go to war.

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Traders Need a New Stock Market Playbook for These Rate Cuts -
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Wall Street pros eye financials, industrials tied to economy













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Will Phones Let You Smell What's On The Other End Of The Call One Day?
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Imagine this: You pick up your phone for a video call with a friend.
Not only can you see their face and hear their voice, but you can also
smell the cookies they just baked. It sounds like something out of a
science fiction movie, but could it actually happen?

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What to know about the new covid-19 XEC variant - New Scientist (No
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A new covid-19 variant called XEC has started to spread worldwide,
primarily in Europe. Early evidence indicates that it may transmit
more easily than past variants, but public health experts say the new
variant is very similar to past ones and the vaccines available work
against it. Here is what we know about XEC so far.

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Titan Disaster Testimony Reveals Crashes, Financial Pressures -
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A paid passenger on an expedition to the Titanic with the company that
owned the Titan submersible testified before a U.S. Coast Guard
investigatory panel Friday that the mission he took part in was
aborted due to an apparent mechanical failure.

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4 Traps to Avoid as You Transition into a Leadership Role - Harvard
Business Review (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=68358&nl=daily]
What you do before you start a leadership role is critical to your
success in the first 90 days and beyond. It’s tempting rely on what
you know and what’s served you well before, but you risk jumping to
the wrong conclusions and heading off in the wrong direction. Instead,
be intentional about how you leave, replenish your energy and
relationships, and learn about what it takes to succeed in your new
role.

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Pediatricians' obesity guidelines rest on shaky evidence about eating
disorder risks - STAT (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=68358&nl=daily]
“Watchful waiting” had been standard practice, in part from
concern that a doctor’s focus on weight could inadvertently plant
the seed for stigma or eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia. 

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Ukrainian Drones Just Blew Up 2,000 Tons Of Ammo in Southern Russia -
Forbes (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=68358&nl=daily]
Four days after blowing up a huge Russian ammunition stockpile in the
town of Toropets, in western Russia 300 miles from Ukraine, Ukrainian
drones struck again—landing a second blow on arsenals in Toropets on
Saturday morning while also triggering a massive blast in Tikhoretsk,
in southern Russia just 200 miles from the front line in Ukraine.

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The world in brief | The Economist - The Economist (No paywall)
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Hizbullah fired one hundred missiles deep into northern Israel, with
some landing near the city of Haifa. (Most of the rockets were
intercepted.) Earlier on Sunday Israel launched more air strikes on
hundreds of targets across southern Lebanon. A UN official in Lebanon
warned that the region was close to “imminent catastrophe”. On
Friday Israeli air strikes killed at least 37 people in Beirut,
Lebanon’s capital, including two Hizbullah commanders.

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Volodymyr Zelensky Has a Plan for Ukraine's Victory - The New Yorker
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Volodymyr Zelensky's situation room, where the Ukrainian President
monitors developments in his country's war with Russia, is a
windowless chamber, largely taken up by a rectangular conference table
and ringed by blackened screens, deep inside the Presidential
Administration Building, in central Kyiv. On a recent afternoon, as I
sat inside, waiting for Zelensky, I heard his voiceâa syrupy
baritone, speckled with gravelâbefore he entered, dressed in his
signature military-adjacent style: black T-shirt, olive-drab pants,
brown boots. He was in the midst of preparations for a trip to the
U.S., where he is scheduled to address the United Nations General
Assembly and, crucially, meet with Joe Biden at the White House, to
present what Zelensky has taken to calling Ukraine's "victory plan."

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Donald Trump says he won't run again in 2028 if defeated by Kamala
Harris
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When asked about the possibility of running again in 2028 if
unsuccessful this November, Trump stated firmly, "No, I don't. I think
that that will be, that will be it. I don't see that at all."

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The B-Word at the Box Office Might Not Be 'Bots' - Vulture (No
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The same amount of Autobots and Goths rolled out to the cinema this
weekend. Transformers One, an animated prequel film to the
Transformers franchise, opened on Friday, and it had some stiff
competition with Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice sequel. The bots are
estimated to earn a $26 million opening weekend per Deadline, with
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice earning $25 million during its third week in
theaters. The robots did pretty well, considering it is a fall
animated flick competing against a highly anticipated sequel as
we’re approaching Halloween. However, as word gets around about the
film’s positive reviews from critics, maybe things can turn around
for the Autobots. It could also find more success on streaming; surely
Paramount+. Either way, it’s the season of spooking, and Beetlejuice
will probably be topping the box office for the time being.

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Inside the island fortress of America's mega-billionaires - Business
Insider (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=68358&nl=daily]
It's a hot morning on South Florida's Biscayne Bay, and I've convinced
two local tour boat captains to pilot me around the perimeter of what
is quite possibly the wealthiest and most heavily defended town in
America. I'm not entirely clear on the rules about boating near the
island, which lies just across the bay from Miami, and neither are my
captains — they're both in their first weeks on the job. What I do
know is that Indian Creek employs a new all-seeing security system and
a small navy of police officers who frequently stop and ticket boats
that venture too close to the island's manicured shore.

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How Intel fell from global chip champion to takeover target - WSJ (No
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Now Intel itself is a takeover target, in a sign of how strategic
missteps and the artificial-intelligence boom have combined to reshape
the fortunes of America’s most storied semiconductor company.

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Surgeons Identify--And Save--A Patient's Chess-Playing Brain Area -
Scientific American (No paywall) [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=68358&nl=daily]
Last year, when doctors told a patient that the headaches he was
experiencing were due to a highly invasive brain tumor called a
glioblastoma that could only be removed during a complex surgery, he
had one very specific request.

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How to Make an Argument That's Actually Persuasive
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In a fascinating experiment, researchers from Stanford and the
University of Toronto examined how we try to persuade other people to
change their minds. It involved roughly 200 people—half of whom
identified themselves as politically liberal and half as conservative.
The liberals were asked to write a few sentences to convince
conservatives to support same-sex marriage. The conservatives were
asked to write a few sentences to convince liberals to support English
as the official language of the United States. What happened?

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I give to charity -- but never to people on the street. Is that wrong?
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The US presidential campaign is in its final weeks and we’re
dedicated to helping you understand the stakes. In this election
cycle, it’s more important than ever to provide context beyond the
headlines, but in-depth reporting is costly. To continue this vital
work, we have an ambitious goal to add 5,000 new members.

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On the Trail, Trump and Vance Sharpen a Nativist, Anti-Immigrant Tone
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“Our message to Kamala Harris is: Stop giving American homes to
foreigners who shouldn’t be in this country,” Mr. Vance said.
“Start giving them to American citizens who deserve to be here.”

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How Trump Could Upend Taxation in America
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His ideas — if they all became law, far from a sure thing in
Washington — would in effect move the United States closer to a
taxation system used in many other countries. Most advanced economies,
including Canada, Germany and Japan, collect value-added taxes,
essentially national sales taxes on goods and services. The United
States is unique for not having such a tax. Many economists generally
support so-called consumption taxes, which they view as an efficient
and hard-to-evade way of collecting money for the government.

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Delta Air Lines was sued over a coffee spill that caused severe burns
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This incident conjures memories of the McDonald’s hot coffee lawsuit
or the public criticism of the case. Many pointed to the 1994 lawsuit
for how frivolously Americans treat the legal system. However,
McDonald’s served 79-year-old Stella Liebeck coffee that was at
least 180 degrees. It spilled in her lap and she suffered third-degree
burns. I like hot coffee as much as the next guy, but I don’t need
it nearly boiling.

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Boeing machinists on picket lines prepare for lengthy strike: 'I can
last as long as it takes'
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"You're in an environment where skilled, technical labor is hard to
get right now, particularly in aerospace and defense," said Bank of
America's Epstein. "So what do you do to not only retain them but
attract them? If they really want a pension, maybe that gives you a
competitive advantage over people who are trying to attract talent."

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Some startups are going 'fair source' to avoid the pitfalls of open
source licensing | TechCrunch
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Cards Against Humanity (CAH) is suing Elon Musk’s space exploration
company, SpaceX, for $15 million after it allegedly dumped
construction equipment all over the game company’s private land in
Texas. …

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Ibotta's CEO explains why startups shouldn't try to time the IPO
market | TechCrunch
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Investors don’t seem to mind companies waiting it out — at least
they aren’t expressing otherwise publicly. But the IPO market is
bound to open again eventually. Interest rates have started to go down
and there is an increase in rumors surrounding companies hiring
bankers to start the IPO process. Companies may be done waiting come
2025.

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NSW to help renters avoid added app fees and make it easier to keep a
pet
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Owners will no longer be able to refuse pets without giving a reason,
and will only be able do so on specific grounds, such as that having
the pet would breach a council regulation. Refusals must be submitted
to the NSW civil and administrative tribunal.

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Harris calls out Trump again for 'looking for an excuse' to avoid a
second debate
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Head-to-head polls tend to show Harris with a narrow but solid lead
over Trump, though the situation is more mixed in the crucial swing
states that will decide the race to the White House. That is a reverse
of the situation when Biden was in the race, where Trump had
established a firm lead over the US president.

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Yup, Jony Ive is working on an AI device startup with OpenAI |
TechCrunch
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Cards Against Humanity (CAH) is suing Elon Musk’s space exploration
company, SpaceX, for $15 million after it allegedly dumped
construction equipment all over the game company’s private land in
Texas. …

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JD Vance says he's worried about a 'death spiral' in the US bond
market. Here's what he's talking about.
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"Comments like those, if made analytically, can and should be part of
a responsible discussion about debt and deficits. But when a
politician of either party raises problems without offering solutions
it comes off more as scare mongering or blame shifting than a search
for responsible policies," Sosnick said.

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Bitcoin Worth $63,000 Pulled In $33 Pack Of Trading Cards At GameStop:
'Mind-Boggling' Story Goes Viral, Highlights Crypto Redemption Card
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Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are bullish on one city that could dethrone
New York and become the new financial capital of the US. Investing in
its booming real estate market has never been more accessible.

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'He Saved Many Lives': Small Kentucky Community Mourns Slain Judge
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On Thursday afternoon, Judge Mullins and Sheriff Stines, also known as
Mickey, ate lunch together before meeting in the judge’s chambers in
the Letcher County Courthouse in Whitesburg. According to
investigators, the two men got into an argument and, around 3 p.m.,
Sheriff Stines shot Judge Mullins multiple times in the chest before
surrendering to the police. Sheriff Stines is facing a charge of
first-degree murder and being held in the nearby Leslie County
Detention Center.

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Cat Missing in Yellowstone Returns Home to California After an
800-Mile Trek
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The couple met Rayne Beau and his sister when they were 11 weeks old
and decided to foster and then adopt them. Rayne Beau, who at first
seemed timid compared with his playful sister, quickly adjusted to his
new home and developed an adventurous streak. Mrs. Anguiano described
him as being like a “dog cat” who played fetch and came to her
when she called his name.

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Top Aides Resign From Embattled North Carolina Candidate's Campaign
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CNN reported on Thursday that Mr. Robinson had written on a porn site
years ago that he was a “black NAZI,” that he enjoyed watching
transgender pornography and that slavery was not bad. He also
recounted on the site how he went “peeping” on women in public gym
showers as a teenager. Mr. Robinson has denied that he wrote the posts
and ignored calls from some fellow Republicans to withdraw from the
race.

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College Investigating Report of a Student Scratching a Racial Slur on
Another
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“The college and the family both recognize the gravity and
seriousness of this situation and hope it can serve as a
transformative moment for our community and beyond,” the statement
read.

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Some Palm Beach Ballots Misspelled Tim Walz's Name as 'Tom'
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After the election, many voters said — and data showed — that they
had intended to vote for then-Vice President Al Gore, the Democrat,
but had instead voted for Pat Buchanan, the Reform Party candidate.

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Criticizing Oprah, Trump Falsely Claims He Appeared on Her Show's
Final Week
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Maggie Astor covers politics for The New York Times, focusing on
breaking news, policies, campaigns and how underrepresented or
marginalized groups are affected by political systems. More about
Maggie Astor

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Tongsun Park, Lobbyist Scarred by Koreagate Scandal, Dies at 89
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All along, in secret, he was working for the Korean Central
Intelligence Agency. Besides giving lavish parties, he gave out some
$850,000 to dozens of members of Congress, often in white envelopes,
in an influence-buying scheme known, perhaps inevitably, as Koreagate.

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Controversies Erupt as Trump and G.O.P. Make Critical Push to Voters
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“We are on overload with wild stories every news cycle,” said
David Kochel, a longtime Republican strategist and a veteran of
several presidential campaigns. “It’s absolutely overwhelming the
capacity of people to track politics. You can’t keep up with it all,
so a lot of people just tune it out.”

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