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Members of the K-pop group Stray Kids attend the 2024 Met Gala in New York City. The group's latest album, ATE, topped the Billboard 200 album chart in its opening week. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images hide caption

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BILLBOARD 7

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In 1994, young people wearing "True Love Waits" T-shirts hammer pledge cards stating they'll abstain from sex until marriage into the lawn of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Richard Ross hide caption

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30 years of Abstinence pledge

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Republican Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake waves to supporters as she arrives on stage after being declared her party's primary winner on Tuesday in Phoenix. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption

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AZ Primary Results

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Xi Jinping, China's president, during a news conference in Belgrade, Serbia, on May 8. Oliver Bunic/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

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CHINA US ELECTION

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Vice President Harris waves during a packed campaign rally Tuesday in Atlanta. John Bazemore/AP hide caption

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SHIFTING ELECTORAL BATTLEGROUND MAP

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Hilario Becerra was one of the leaders of a union organizing campaign at a painting company in Chicago. Amid fierce anti-union messaging from management delivered through many hours of meetings, workers voted 14 to 8 against unionizing in June. Andrea Hsu/NPR hide caption

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Illinois makes mandatory anti-union meetings illegal

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