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Shutdowns, Obamacare and the Risks of Bargaining for Policy Wins in a Crisis

1 November 2025 at 17:02
A 2013 attempt to leverage minority power in a health care fight blew up on Republicans. Can today be different for Democrats?

© Doug Mills/ The New York Times

Speaker John A. Boehner on the 15th day of the 2013 government shutdown. He later lampooned Senator Ted Cruz, who had embraced shutting down the government over Obamacare, as “Lucifer in the flesh.”

Why Even Basic A.I. Use Is So Bad for Students

30 October 2025 at 03:46
Artificial intelligence threatens students’ most basic skills. If they lose their ability to understand what they read, will they lose their ability to think?
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