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The candidate's team keeps telling us to ignore his rough edges. These are more than rough edges.

I thought I'd seen the last of him.

Today's puzzle has nine pears.

I haven't forgiven myself.

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez explains the administration's First Amendment shakedown--and how ABC is fighting back.

Hamnet author Maggie O'Farrell's latest book, Land, is both artful and canny.

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This is unforgivable.

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