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March 12, 2025

 
TALKING POINTS

Vague accusations and First Amendment concerns

 
 

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TODAY'S BIG QUESTION

The pharmacy chain will be taken private in a $10 billion deal

 
 
quote of the day

'POTUS is spending his day attacking me and Canada. The difference is Canada will eventually cave.'

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), in a post on X, standing by his choice to vote against the Trump-backed spending bill pushed by House Republican leaders and remaining unmoved by the president's threats to support a primary election against him 

 
 
THE EXPLAINER

Alarming rise in bowel-cancer diagnoses in under-50s is puzzling scientists

 
 
UNDER THE RADAR

Climate change is bringing the land to the sea

 
 

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Picture of the day

Widows in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi by throwing flower petals in India's Gopinath temple. In recent years, Vrindavan's large community of widows has begun to throw off a historical taboo barring widows from participating in religious festivities. 
Amarjeet Kumar Singh / Anadolu / Getty Images