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When the lineup was set March 3 for Saturday’s special election to replace the late U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Arlington, there was some hope the 23-candidate field would eventually give way to a much more manageable race.
While that has happened to an extent some of the major-party candidates have separated themselves from the pack the race remains highly competitive in its final hours, and two major questions loom that have both Democrats and Republicans on edge.
Will former President Donald Trump’s late endorsement of Wright’s widow, Susan Wright, be enough to secure her a decisive berth in an anticipated runoff? And will Democrats, who believe they have a shot at flipping the district, be able to get one of their candidates in that overtime round?
How politicians, regulators, and the media fell for an obvious financial fraud
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German scandals are not like other
scandals. The bouquet of a classic German scandal contains unmistakable notes:
a rabbit-hole impenetrability, the implication of an entire guilt-ridden
society, and, most importantly, a sense that the controversy says something essential about Germany as a whole. German scandals are
collectivized. They are about a belief in German difference, for good or ill.
The rise and fall of the financial
services giant Wirecard is such a scandal. Wirecard, whose products facilitated
e-commerce payment transactions, was the rare German startup that seemed primed
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As long as Nikki Haley has been a national figure, she has held a distinct, defined role in politics. She rose to stardom as a two-term governor of South Carolina and then served as President Donald Trump’s first U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Along the way, she was repeatedly mentioned as a possible presidential or vice presidential figure (to the point that speculation was rampant that she would replace Mike Pence on Trump’s reelection ticket). Haley was one of the few high-profile members of the administration to leave on good terms with Trump, and she did so without becoming a liability on the trail for down-ballot candidates, especially other women.
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