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A 60-Year Arc at The Washington Post, From Watergate to the Weather

Martin Weil, one of hundreds being laid off at The Post, has worked on local news there since 1965, witnessing the paper’s rise and now retrenchment.

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The thrill of a byline in The Washington Post “never went away,” said Martin Weil, at his home in the city.
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Bad Bunny Means a Breakthrough for Puerto Rican Athletes, Too

Puerto Rican football players are thrilled that Spanish will resound at the Super Bowl. “The stage is bigger than the N.F.L. itself,” one lineman said.

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More than 100 million viewers in the United States are expected to watch the Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny perform during the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday.
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How Trump Brought the Fight Over American History to Philadelphia

The administration took a crowbar to a site that focused on George Washington and slavery. But can the contradictions of the Founding Era be erased?

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The protest signs have mixed grief, anger and local Philadelphia pride. “Slavery is Real, Go Birds!” one read.
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To Win Back the House, Democrats Take the Fight to Deep-Red Areas

Democrats are tapping candidates with unusual résumés — a Tejano recording star, a smokejumper and a fourth-generation farmer — to compete in areas long seen as inhospitable.

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Democratic strategists believe that Bobby Pulido could be the kind of political unicorn who can put a seat that President Trump won by a whopping 18 percentage points in play this fall by appealing to working-class Latino voters.
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U.S. and Iran to Hold Talks in Oman on Friday

The White House confirmed a meeting would take place after days of conflicting reports on the talks’ timing, location and format.

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Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, was expected to meet with U.S. envoys in Oman on Friday.
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