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Ella Nilsen

Ella Nilsen

Former White House Reporter

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    Vox Sentences: A big, beautiful handshakeVox Sentences: A big, beautiful handshake
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    Trump and Putin meet face to face; the latest US jobs report exceeds expectations; 19 states sue Betsy DeVos over her rollbacks of fraud protections.

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    Vox Sentences: Mess-opotamiaVox Sentences: Mess-opotamia
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    Trump arrives in Germany ahead of G20 summit; Hobby Lobby has to give up its ancient artifacts; new questions are raised about the Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky.

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    Vox Sentences: Burn after tweetingVox Sentences: Burn after tweeting
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    North Korea tests a new long-range missile; Volvo announces it is moving toward all-electric vehicles; CNN gets caught up in allegations of blackmail.

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    Vox Sentences: “I didn’t get any sun today”Vox Sentences: “I didn’t get any sun today”
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    New Jersey’s beaches are full again, despite a government shutdown; Trump and Pope Francis weigh in on a UK life support debate; the Pentagon clarifies US strategy in Syria.

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    Justice John Roberts’s graduation speech is a quiet rebuke to TrumpJustice John Roberts’s graduation speech is a quiet rebuke to Trump
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    Vox Sentences: The head of Trump’s voting commission won’t honor his own request for state dataVox Sentences: The head of Trump’s voting commission won’t honor his own request for state data
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    Trump’s voter fraud commission trips itself up almost immediately.

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    Vox Sentences: Shale shockVox Sentences: Shale shock
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    New assault allegations swirl around a high-ranking Vatican official; the Keystone XL pipeline has more problems; Britain will pay for women in Northern Ireland to get abortions.

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    Vox Sentences: Cry me a riverVox Sentences: Cry me a river
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    The Senate health care bill gets delayed; the Trump administration starts rolling back more Obama-era environmental regulations; Venezuela’s supreme court survives a helicopter attack.

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    Vox Sentences: Who’s afraid of Margrethe Vestager?Vox Sentences: Who’s afraid of Margrethe Vestager?
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    The European Union comes down hard on Google.

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    Vox Sentences: SCOTUS gets the ban back togetherVox Sentences: SCOTUS gets the ban back together
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    The Senate health care bill gets a CBO score; the US Supreme Court gives Trump a win on his travel ban; the prime minister of India goes to Washington.

    By Ella Nilsen