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E-betting’s unstoppable force meets Utah’s immovable anti-gambling culture
TALKING POINT As Kalshi, Polymarket and other ‘prediction marketplaces’ spread to near ubiquity online, Utah’s historically conservative Mormon culture presents a unique challenge
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Are electric vehicles the answer to oil shocks?
Talking Points War in Iran is ratcheting up gasoline prices. What can drivers do?
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Is Timothée Chalamet right about ballet and opera?
Talking Point The actor suggested that no one cares about the art forms
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The oil and gas shock: traders contemplate an energy crisis
Talking Point Most still reckon the conflict in Iran will be relatively brief
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Will Americans support Trump’s war in Iran?
Talking Point Iran strikes have divided conservative commentators, and polls suggest Americans have strict limits on their support for prolonged involvement
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The YIMBY movement could be on its way out
Talking Points Experts have mixed opinions on the phenomenon’s staying power
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Kash Patel’s Iran agent firings are a catch-22 for the FBI director
TALKING POINTS Reports that Donald Trump’s handpicked FBI director oversaw the firing of multiple Iran experts at the agency highlight the professional tightrope Patel now finds himself walking
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Will MAGA split over Iran?
Talking Points Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene are critics. But Trump still has GOP support.
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How strong is Trump’s case for war with Iran?
Talking Points The administration is offering shifting rationales
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Trump’s jumbled doctrine of global force emerges
TALKING POINTS A hastily launched war of vaguely articulated goalposts in Iran has thrust Trump’s vision of expanded empire into a spotlight for which it might not be ready
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Supreme Court tariff ruling: a welter of new uncertainties
Talking Point The decision is a vindication for the rule of law, but Donald Trump will not take the verdict lying down
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Are corners killing football?
Talking Point After an era of possession-based tactics, a more ‘physical’ approach has emerged, but many fans believe it is ‘ruining the spectacle’
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The Tourette row at the Baftas
Talking Point John Davidson’s involuntary outburst didn’t reflect ‘his true feelings’ but BBC’s editing lapse was an ‘inexplicable’ error
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Crisis in Cuba: a ‘golden opportunity’ for Washington?
Talking Point The Trump administration is applying the pressure, and with Latin America swinging to the right, Havana is becoming more ‘politically isolated’
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Why is the Trump administration talking about ‘Western civilization’?
Talking Points Rubio says Europe, US bonded by religion and ancestry
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