Latest articles by David Faris
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Major League Baseball's shaky future in TampaThe Explainer New questions arise about a troubled franchise after Hurricane Milton wrecked the Trop
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Big Tech critic Brendan Carr is Trump's FCC pickIn the Spotlight The next FCC commissioner wants to end content moderation practices on social media sites
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The history of Donald Trump's election conspiracy theoriesThe Explainer How the 2024 Republican nominee has consistently stoked baseless fears of a stolen election
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Kamala Harris' muted support for gun restrictionsThe Explainer How would the Glock-owning Democratic nominee approach America's contentious gun debate?
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Trump promises a rollback of the green energy revolutionThe Explainer A pro-fossil fuel agenda dominates the GOP nominee's climate change policies
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Harris keeps her crime policies close to the vestThe Explainer How a post-pandemic crime wave changed the Democratic nominee's priorities
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Donald Trump wants to cut taxes and pay for them with tariffsThe Explainer The GOP nominee plans to offset additional tax cuts with massive new levies on imported goods
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Does Kamala Harris have bigger plans than tweaks to the Affordable Care Act?The Explainer From radical to reticent reformer on health care
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What is Kamala Harris' policy on climate change?The Explainer How the vice president would tackle one of humanity's biggest challenges if elected
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Donald Trump promises to crack down on supposed crime epidemicThe Explainer The idea that America is under siege is central to his campaign's strategy
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The four presidents who were assassinated in officeThe Explainer The unlucky men who fell victim to successful plots against their lives
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Donald Trump's health care plan would retain the status quoThe Explainer The Republican Party is still having difficulty formulating concrete health care proposals
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Kamala Harris' plan to raise taxes on corporations and the wealthythe explainer Tweaks, rather than sweeping overhauls, characterize the Democratic nominee's proposals
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When does early voting start in swing states?The explainer Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
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Gerald Ford, the only president to survive two assassination attemptsThe Explainer The story behind two September 1975 attempts to kill America's 'accidental president'
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Why Trump says immigrants are eating pets in SpringfieldSpeed Read The political and social origins of an unsubstantiated, racist rumor
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Why Trump is bailing on a second presidential debateThe Explainer Campaign strategy, rather than media bias, likely explains Trump's decision
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Who is Trump associate Laura Loomer?In the Spotlight Why Republicans are nervous that their nominee is taking advice from a conspiracy theorist
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The worst baseball franchises of the Wild Card eraThe Explainer These teams have consistently failed to find a winning formula
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The three best and three worst modern vice-presidential nomineesIn Depth A candidate's choice of running mate can tip the scales in one of two directions
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Is Maika Monroe the first feminist scream queen?The Week Recommends The 'Longlegs' star has blazed a unique trail for herself in horror
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The convention speakers whose political stars roseThe Explainer Why you're likely to see the future leaders of the Democratic and Republican Parties at the conventions
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The best TV shows set in ChicagoThe Week Recommends The Windy City makes for some great and gritty television
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The only TV show you need to watch this election yearThe Week Recommends Amazon Prime's 'The Boys' relishes its ripped-from-the-headlines ultraviolence
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