The genius plan that could bring down skyrocketing home prices

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large triplex with a price tag/New Zealand flag attached and two small homes with price tags/American flags attached
If the US wants to build more homes, slow down rent growth, and give more people a place to live, it needs to learn from New Zealand.

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Ron DeSantis is just a medium-sized version of Trump that China doesn't need to worry about: Chinese state media pundit

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Former President Donald Trump (left) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (right).
Former President Donald Trump (left) and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (right).

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Polling suggests that defeating 'woke' policies in schools and government is not a priority for most Republican voters

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivers remarks before a sign that reads,
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis delivers remarks before a sign that reads, "AWAKE NOT WOKE."

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Lawyers successfully argued that a Jim Crow-era law banning felons from voting is cruel and unusual punishment

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Two people filling out their ballots inside cardboard voting booths.
Mississippi's lifetime voting ban for those with certain felony convictions dates back to the 1890s.

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Austin is copying Houston's playbook for making housing more affordable

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General view of atmosphere during the Austin FOOD & WINE Festival at Auditorium Shores on November 05, 2022 in Austin, Texas.
General view of atmosphere during the Austin FOOD & WINE Festival at Auditorium Shores on November 05, 2022 in Austin, Texas.

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Donald Trump may have taken a swing at the bedrock of American democracy — but he's too 'exhausting' for anyone to care

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Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Fla., on July 15, 2023.

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Video shows Trump supporters crashing a Mike Pence campaign event: 'Why didn't you uphold the Constitution?'

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Pence speaks while Trump looks on.
Mike Pence speaks at a March 2020 briefing while Donald Trump looks on.

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Clarence Thomas purchased his luxury RV with the help of a wealthy former healthcare executive: NYT

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Clarence Thomas smiling in black tux with red tie behind a podium
In this May 5, 2017, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas speaks at the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis in St. Louis. Thomas and his wife, Ginni, take to the road in a 40-foot RV most summers.

A Texas judge ruled abortions are legal when pregnancies threaten the health of the mother, siding with women who sued over being denied care. Within hours, the state blocked the ruling.

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Attorney Molly Duane, center, stands with several of the plaintiffs in her case as she speaks to the media outside the Travis County Courthouse, Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Austin, Texas.
Molly Duane, the senior staff attorney at the Center for Reproductive Rights, stands with several of the plaintiffs in her case as she speaks to the media outside the Travis County Courthouse in Austin, Texas.

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More document trouble looms for Trump, this time over missing evidence in his New York fraud trial

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Donald Trump, left. Letitia James, right.
Donald Trump speaking at the NRA convention in Houston, TX, on May 27, 2022. New York Attorney General Letitia James, right, speaks in Washington, DC on Nov. 12, 2019.

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