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How Two British Historians Made a Smash Hit Podcast

They took on topics as diverse as fall of the Aztecs, the French Revolution, the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and history’s greatest monkeys. The rest is history.

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Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland last month at Hampton Court Palace in southwest London. The podcast they began during the pandemic now gets about 30 million downloads and streams a month.
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Close and Loving, or Oppressive? A Novelist Takes Aim at Italian Families.

Many Italians see themselves in Andrea Bajani’s latest novel, a portrayal of the family as a “little totalitarian system” shaped by psychological and physical violence.

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Andrea Bajani in Rome last year. An English translation of his best-selling novel, “The Anniversary,” will be published on Tuesday.
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Giorgia Meloni Has a Lot to Say: The Takeaways

The Italian prime minister is leading what will soon be the longest-lasting government in the country’s postwar history. She shows herself by turns funny and fierce in a rare interview.

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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy.
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U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk

Samuel Tunick, who faces a felony charge for deleting his phone’s data during an airport customs search, called the government’s peering into people’s private lives “creepy.”

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Samuel Tunick faces a felony charge for deleting his phone’s data during an airport customs search last year.
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Giorgia Meloni Cuts the Hard Right a Path to Power

In a rare interview, the onetime political outcast reflects on her route from “the uncomfortable side of history” to the threshold of leading Italy’s most durable postwar government.

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Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy at Palazzo Chigi in Rome last month.
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5 Things to Know About Mary Peltola, Democratic Senate Candidate in Alaska

The Alaska Native, who grew up along the Kuskokwim River near the Bering Sea and fished for salmon, is the leading Democrat in the nonpartisan primary race.

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Mary Peltola won a special election to replace Don Young in Congress in 2022 and was elected to a full term later that year.
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5 Things to Know About Dan Sullivan, the Alaska Senator Seeking Re-election

The incumbent Republican has been a reliable supporter of President Trump, giving Democrats a pickup opportunity in a state where most are politically unaffiliated.

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Senator Dan Sullivan, who is seeking his third Senate term, supports President Trump more than Alaska’s other senator, Lisa Murkowski, does.
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Natalie Harp, Trump’s Most Devoted Aide, Is Always by His Side. What Exactly Does She Do?

President Trump’s White House aide Natalie Harp is always by his side. What, exactly, does she do?

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Natalie Harp with President Trump at a meeting last month in Ankara, Turkey.
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5 Things to Know About Byron Donalds, Republican Nominee for Florida Governor

Representative Donalds, the Republican nominee for governor of Florida, made a name as a Black conservative in Congress, but his loyalty to President Trump has been his ticket.

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Byron Donalds, if elected, would be Florida’s first Black governor.
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5 Things to Know About Ashley Moody, Republican Senate Candidate in Florida

The Republican incumbent has President Trump’s support, but has little name recognition to many in her state.

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Senator Ashley Moody, Republican of Florida, won the Republican Senate primary on Tuesday.
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5 Things to Know About Angie Nixon, Democratic Senate Candidate in Florida

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Ms. Nixon, a democratic socialist, is running on a platform that calls for universal health care and a federal minimum wage of $25 per hour.

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Angie Nixon is a state representative, a democratic socialist and union organizer.
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5 Things to Know About Alex Vindman, Democratic Senate Candidate in Florida

The Democrat testified in President Trump’s first impeachment trial and has a twin brother, Eugene, in Congress.

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Alex Vindman in Weston, Fla., earlier this month.
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Searching for Answers From the Man Accused of Sabotaging Alaska’s Senate Race

Dan Sullivan, a retired schoolteacher from tiny Petersburg, Alaska, shares a name with the incumbent senator he hopes to defeat. Is he a spoiler trying to divide the Republican vote? We traveled to Alaska to find out.

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Until last week, Mr. Sullivan agreed to only a handful of interviews with local reporters. and didn’t respond to multiple efforts by New York Times reporters to speak to him.
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‘Posh George,’ the Convicted Fraudster in Nigel Farage’s Inner Circle

George Cottrell’s close alliance with Mr. Farage is back in the spotlight now that the Reform U.K. leader has returned to Parliament.

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Nigel Farage and George Cottrell in Brussels in 2020, as the European Parliament ratified the terms of Brexit, which both men campaigned for.
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Professor’s Death Leaves Behind Hard Questions for Cambridge on Race and Hiring

Jason Arday, the school’s youngest Black professor, was found dead on Friday. The school ignored a series of warnings about his life story and his work.

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Cambridge University in May. Jason Arday was hired in 2023, becoming the university’s youngest Black professor.
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The Man on a Mission to Build India’s Most Livable City

The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh has 25,000 workers building his dream capital with waterways, bike lanes and a “Quantum Valley” tech hub.

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The construction site for a tech hub labeled “Quantum Valley” in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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The Man on a Mission to Build India’s Most Livable City

The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh has 25,000 workers building his dream capital with waterways, bike lanes and a “Quantum Valley” tech hub.

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The construction site for a tech hub labeled “Quantum Valley” in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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