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• Scott Pruitt wants to dismantle Obama’s EPA rules. It’s harder than it sounds.

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• Who is performing at Donald Trump’s inauguration?

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• Samantha Power’s diagnosis of the threat from Russia is brilliant. Her solutions aren’t.

  By Zack Beauchamp

• Summer Zervos accused Trump of sexual assault — now she’s suing him for calling her a liar

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• Why Cory Booker is wrong about the safety of drugs from Canada

  By Julia Belluz

• “We were heard for the first time”: President Obama leaves an incredible legacy on LGBTQ rights

  By German Lopez

• The British prime minister just told the world that the UK is serious about leaving the EU

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• Poll: the Affordable Care Act is now more popular than ever

  By Matthew Yglesias

• The biggest climate news of the week: China has canceled plans for 104 new coal plants

  By Brad Plumer

• I look like a self-made millionaire. But I owe my success to privilege.

  By Jason Ford

• Sherlock's season 4 finale might be the last episode ever. If it is, it’s a huge disappointment.

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• HBO’s The Young Pope stars Jude Law as a smirky pontiff. It’s sly, sinister, and a whole lot of fun.

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• PBS, explained (by its president)

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• How the inventor of Mario designs a game

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• I Work in the Restaurant Industry. Obamacare Saved My Family’s Life.

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• World

  Donald Trump’s very confusing thoughts on nuclear weapons, explained

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    Fareed Zakaria made a scary prediction about democracy in 1997 — and it's coming true

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    China’s president just criticized Trump at Davos without mentioning him by name

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    Samantha Power’s diagnosis of the threat from Russia is brilliant. Her solutions aren’t.
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• Identities

  100 years ago, Americans talked about Catholics the way they talk about Muslims today

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    How Obama quietly reshaped America’s war on drugs

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    The abortion rate is at an all-time low — and better birth control is largely to thank

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    White America is quietly self-segregating
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