Top Political News Stories of the Week by Serena Zehlius

Asylum News Network Apr 5, 2023

‘The Label’s Actually Part of the Problem’

SAN FRANCISCO – One recent, drizzly afternoon, a standing-room-only crowd squeezed into Manny’s, a restaurant and…

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Asylum News Network Apr 5, 2023

‘Not if, but when’: Mass shootings change what it means to be a mayor in America

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — Henry Lo waited in his living room, helicopters thrumming overhead.With little information to…

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Asylum News Network Apr 5, 2023

China is Ghosting the United States

Secretary of State Antony Blinken wants to reschedule his date with China. Beijing is giving him the cold shoulder.The…

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Asylum News Network Apr 5, 2023

Blunt Talk: Former GOP Leader Makes Next Move

Roy Blunt says he doesn’t miss Congress after 26 years. He can’t entirely pull himself away, though.The retired Missouri…

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Asylum News Network Apr 5, 2023

Gaslighting Long Haulers

In the early months of 2020 as Covid swept the world, I was a science writer with a mandate to tell the human stories of…

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Asylum News Network Apr 4, 2023

While Trump’s base rallies, the GOP fractures

NEW YORK — In a Manhattan park that served as a staging ground for America’s deepest political divisions on Tuesday, a…

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Asylum News Network Apr 4, 2023

Why Tennessee GOP’s Effort to Oust 3 Dem Lawmakers is so Unusual

There’s the Oregon lawmaker expelled for his involvement in an armed incursion into the state capitol. The Idaho House…

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Asylum News Network Apr 4, 2023

‘We Cannot and Will Not Normalize Serious Criminal Conduct’: Bragg Addresses Media After Trump Arraignment

Former President Donald Trump repeatedly made false statements on business records in New York in an effort to cover…

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