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U.S.-China tensions over trade could extend into other areas For years, Washington relied on economic interdependence with Beijing as a stabilizing force in relations between the nations. But as President Trump escalates his trade dispute with Chinese President Xi Jinping, there is a realization that those days are gone. By Paul Sonne · Read more Trump joins some in GOP who are distancing themselves from state laws barring most abortions By injecting himself into the debate over strict new antiabortion statutes in Alabama and elsewhere, the president heightened the divisions emerging within the Republican Party over how far abortion opponents should go. By Amy Goldstein and Seung Min Kim · Read more   Retropolis: Trump says he's an antiabortion champion like Reagan. History says: Not quite. Antiabortion advocates have long considered President Ronald Reagan's actions a disappointment. By Alex Horton · Read more   After taking on Chicago's political machine, Lori Lightfoot now takes charge as mayor The former federal prosecutor will be both the first black woman and first openly gay person to hold the office. By Mark Guarino · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   A Green New Deal ignites an old red scare The story of America is also the story of its enemies, and a scary one for over a century has been socialism. But in the age of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, does that still hold true? By Dan Zak · Read more   In commencement speech, billionaire pledges to pay off Morehouse College Class of 2019's student loans The surprise announcement during the address by Robert F. Smith in Atlanta on Sunday left the graduates crying and jumping for joy. By Allison Klein · Read more   The little-noticed surge across the U.S.-Mexico border: It's Americans heading south   As the Mexican population in the United States shrinks, Americans are increasingly migrating to Mexico, where they're pouring money into local economies and changing the dynamics of classrooms. By Mary Beth Sheridan · Read more   Analysis Obama and Trump broke the mold. Do they signal a new view of presidency? Voters say they're open to new kinds of candidates this time, too, raising the question of whether voters are using a new lens through which to judge the qualities and qualifications of presidential aspirants. By Dan Balz · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Is revenge porn protected by the Constitution? Some states might say yes. Forty-five states have revenge-porn laws in place, and appeals courts are beginning to take up cases involving the constitutionality of these statutes. By Deanna Paul · Read more   Art Review The Whitney Biennial presents the best new artists in the country — and lots of fluff Many of the works on display are earnest, half-formed, hormonally wayward and a little out of whack with the real world, but all the more poignant for being so. By Sebastian Smee · Read more   Fans used to love 'Game of Thrones.' Now they just love criticizing it. At one time, the hit HBO drama trafficked in surprise and spectacle. But those days seem to be over. By Travis Andrews · Read more

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