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These 3 Former Kansas Republicans Say They No Longer Felt At Home In The GOP

Kansas state Sen. Stephanie Clayton was elected as a Republican in Nov., 2018, but has since left and joined the Democrats. Two other former Republicans, Sen. Dinah Sykes and Sen. Barbara Bollier, have done the same. Nicholas Clayton/AP hide caption

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These 3 Former Kansas Republicans Say They No Longer Felt At Home In The GOP

As lawmakers returned to the Kansas state capitol this year, three seats won by Republicans are now in the hands of Democrats. That's after three suburban Republican women left the GOP.

Politics

The Latest On The Government Shutdown Standoff

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The Latest On The Government Shutdown Standoff

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How Employees With The Federal Bureau Of Prisons Are Coping During The Shutdown

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Thrift Stores Say They're Swamped With Donations After 'Tidying Up with Marie Kondo'

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An Insurance Crisis Is Quietly Growing For Football In America

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Holland Cold Specks

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History

An Excerpt From Martin Luther King Jr.'s 'Letter From Birmingham Jail'

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We Shall Overcome Charlie Haden & Hank Jones

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Maraschino-Red Dress $8.99 at Goodwill Ezra Furman

Europe

British Prime Minister Theresa May Is Again Trying To Forge A Consensus Over Brexit

by Frank Langfitt

British Prime Minister Theresa May Is Again Trying To Forge A Consensus Over Brexit

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Trouble Was For Thao & the Get Down Stay Down

Asia

As Food Prices Drop, India's Farmers Are Demanding Changes From The Government

by Lauren Frayer

As Food Prices Drop, India's Farmers Are Demanding Changes From The Government

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Environment

Critics Continue Adding Voices To Challenge Of Hudson River Cleanup Results

by Brian Mann

Critics Continue Adding Voices To Challenge Of Hudson River Cleanup Results

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Collapse MUTEMATH

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Can It All Be So Simple El Michels Affair

Author Interviews

'Field Guide To The North American Teenager' Taps Into The Raw Anxiety Of Adolescence

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I Want You to Want Me Letters to Cleo

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Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson Reacts To Trump's Border Wall Proposal

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Delta Air Lines Pays To Keep Martin Luther King Jr. National Park Open For Holiday

by Emma Hurt

Delta Air Lines Pays To Keep Martin Luther King Jr. National Park Open For Holiday

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Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris Enters 2020 Presidential Race With A Call For Unity

by Asma Khalid

Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris Enters 2020 Presidential Race With A Call For Unity

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Behold the Day Wayne Henderson

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Look (feat. M. Takara & Marcelo Cabral) DJ Mako

Technology

Google Employees Hope To Turn Last Year's Walkouts Into Real Change

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'Girl': Belgian Drama About A Young Trans Ballet Student Is On Point

Lara (Victor Polster) is impatient to become the girl she knows herself to be, in Lukas Dhont's Girl. Netflix hide caption

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'Girl': Belgian Drama About A Young Trans Ballet Student Is On Point

by Bob Mondello

'Girl': Belgian Drama About A Young Trans Ballet Student Is On Point

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Lover's Carvings Bibio

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Funeral Band of Horses

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Science

China Says Claim Of Gene-Edited Babies 'Seriously Violated' Regulations

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Ionism Michael Brook

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