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Dara Lind

Dara Lind

Senior Correspondent

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    Vox Sentences: Is Donald Trump launching a cold war against the CIA?Vox Sentences: Is Donald Trump launching a cold war against the CIA?
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    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Congress
    Vox Sentences: The 115th Congress is 1 day old, and the GOP has already overreachedVox Sentences: The 115th Congress is 1 day old, and the GOP has already overreached
    Politics
    Saving the congressional ethics office isn’t as big a victory as it seemsSaving the congressional ethics office isn’t as big a victory as it seems
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    A reminder of just how hard it is to fight for norms — even when you win.

    By Dara Lind
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    Vox Sentences: Putin’s response to sanctions: shrug, point to calendar, smileVox Sentences: Putin’s response to sanctions: shrug, point to calendar, smile
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    Putin would rather deal with Trump than retaliate against Obama.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: The US strikes back against Russia’s campaign hacksVox Sentences: The US strikes back against Russia’s campaign hacks
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    The US strikes back against Russia for campaign hacks; the truth about Trump’s effect on the economy; a new ceasefire in Syria.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Israel
    Vox Sentences: Kerry: without two states, Israel “can be Jewish, or it can be democratic”Vox Sentences: Kerry: without two states, Israel “can be Jewish, or it can be democratic”
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    John Kerry has some real talk for Israel.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: Remembering Carrie Fisher, an iconically tough womanVox Sentences: Remembering Carrie Fisher, an iconically tough woman
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    Carrie Fisher, iconically tough woman, 1956-2016; bitter fallout from a UN resolution (and a US abstention) over Israel; political crisis in Congo.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
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    Vox Sentences: We have an effective Ebola vaccine!Vox Sentences: We have an effective Ebola vaccine!
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    An effective Ebola vaccine; Obama keeps Trump from reanimating a Bush-era program to track visa holders from Muslim countries; North Carolina fails to repeal HB2.

    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews
    Politics
    Obama just made it much harder for Trump to build his “Muslim registry”Obama just made it much harder for Trump to build his “Muslim registry”
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    Instead of reanimating a Bush-era registration program, Trump will have to go back to square one.

    By Dara Lind
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    Vox Sentences: The most 2016 question: Islamophobia, or YouTube stunt?Vox Sentences: The most 2016 question: Islamophobia, or YouTube stunt?
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    By Dara Lind and Dylan Matthews

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