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‘That’s Something That You Won’t Recover From as a Doctor’

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Photographs by Bethany Mollenkof This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Kylie Cooper has seen all the ways a pregnancy can go terrifyingly, perilously wrong. She is an obstetrician who manages high-risk patients, also known as a maternal-fetal-medicine specialist, or MFM. The awkward hyphenation highlights the duality of the role. Cooper must care for two patients at once: mother and fetus, mom and baby. On good days, she helps women with complicated pregnancies bring home healthy babies. On bad days,…

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Columbia University President Resigns, but School’s Troubles With Leftist Protesters Far From Over

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Columbia University President Minouche Shafik, in office for just over a year, announced Wednesday that she would resign her position amid continuing backlash over anti-Israel demonstrations on campus. Shafik had been a holdout who remained at the helm of a university after she and other school presidents appeared in a series of House hearings this spring on antisemitism on college campuses.  “I write with sadness to tell you that I am stepping down as president of Columbia University effective August 14, 2024,” Shafik wrote in her resignation letter. “I have…

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From Liberty to Tyranny: How Attacks on Checks and Balances Threaten Our Republic

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One of the ways our Constitution provides for a “more perfect” union is by establishing a variety of checks and balances on federal government power. But a nation that can be “more perfect” can also become “less perfect,” and advocates for the elimination of those checks and balances are heating up the water in the proverbial pot. Frogs, pay attention. Among the least noted of these safeguards are the distinct methods by which the Founders determined legislative, executive, and judicial branch officials would come to power: House members elected by…

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MoveOn Slams RFK Jr. for Begging for a Job From Donald Trump

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, MoveOn Political Action slammed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for pathetically begging Donald Trump to give him a White House job should Trump win in November. The Washington Post reports that during a meeting at the Republican National Convention, Trump and RFK Jr. discussed “possible jobs that Kennedy could be given in a second Trump administration, either at the Cabinet level or posts that do not require Senate confirmation.” They also discussed RFK Jr.’s dropping out to endorse Trump. “RFK Jr. begging for a job from Trump…

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RoundUp: The Wackiest Moments from RFK Jr.’s Baffling “Counter Programming”

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RFK Jr. reminded voters of his extreme views on abortion, Social Security, and the Ukraine war WASHINGTON, D.C. – After throwing a temper tantrum because he didn’t qualify to share the debate stage with President Biden and former President Trump, RFK Jr. decided to hold his own “counter-programming” – consisting of a bizarre, one-man “debate” and an interview with Dr. Phil – which he hoped would turn the tide of his floundering campaign. Unsurprisingly, it only served as a reminder for voters of his backward, MAGA-flavored positions on reproductive rights…

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