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James Talarico, a Democratic state lawmaker, is tied with Ken Paxton, the Republican state attorney general, according to a New York Times/Siena poll.
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The success of Becky Pepper-Jackson, a West Virginia high school sophomore, prompted criticism from the state's governor.
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Republicans had sought the removal of a little-known candidate with the same name as the incumbent senator, arguing that he was not a "good faith" candidate.
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The Trump administration's commemorations of the 250th anniversary of the country's founding have drawn criticism for their overt partisanship and conflicts of interest for the Trump family. Surveys show widespread ambivalence and lack of enthusiasm for the semiquincentennial.
StoryCorps founder Dave Isay has set out to capture the national mood with Connect250, an oral history project matching strangers across the United States to interview each other about their lives, families and formative experiences. The series is produced in partnership with NPR's Morning Edition, with the conversations to be preserved in the Library of Congress.
"It's actually a very hopeful project," says Isay. "We have to hold on to hope."
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