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In South Texas, the GOP immigration hard line is now political kryptonite POLITICO · Samuel Benson and Liz Crafton Texas Republicans bet on continuing to win over Latino voters. Then Trump began his aggressive deportation campaign.

Three economists grabbed a beer. A multibillion dollar industry was born NBC News · Suzy Khimm The origin of the predictive markets business can be traced to an Iowa City bar in 1988. The El Paso drone scare is the future of national security paranoia Reason.com · Matthew Petti Fear over mysterious objects in the sky keeps disrupting society. Want a mortgage for under 3% in 2026? Meet the ‘assumable mortgage’ NPR · Stephan Bisaha It turns out there is a way to turn back the housing market clock.

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Black woman’s grocery store in Chicago is reclaiming the promise of ’40 acres’ thegrio.com · Bobby Pen Forty Acres Fresh Market is tackling food inequity and reshaping economic access with a model that could resonate nationwide. Inside the widening Olympic curling controversy and allegations of cheating Associated Press · Julia Frankel and Steve Douglas Cheating allegations aimed at the Canadian men’s and women’s teams, as well as the British men’s team, threaten the sport’s usual quiet camaraderie. Language of basketball ESPN · Tim MacMahon How international NBA players think about the game. There’s never been another Dale Earnhardt, and there never will be Yahoo! Sports · Jay Busbee Twenty-five years after he died on the final lap of the Daytona 500, “The Intimidator” is still exactly what NASCAR wants to be. 12 albums you should listen to now Pitchfork · Nina Corcoran, Hattie Lindert, Kiana Mickles An independently selected batch that includes new work from Charli XCX, Feng, Jill Scott, August Ponthier, and more. To the old man in the cowboy costume offassignment.com · J.Y. Lee An author reflects on the life of his father, who is barely getting by and living alone in America.

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