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Why Trump’s most radical cabinet pick might be a man you’ve never heard of
The incoming president has made a series of wild selections to run his key government departments. They will offer Trump both loyalty and extreme ideologies
Alan Rusbridger
Politics
Tax, spend—and hope
Philip Collins
Media Confidential
Reporting on a burning planet
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I’m a boring gen Z—so I tried sober October
Alice Garnett
Economic Policy
The worst answers to the stock market’s woes
Simon Nixon
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England’s bus plan: copy London
The metro mayors in the Midlands and the north have been transforming their cities’ public transport services. A new age of the bus beckons
Andrew Adonis
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America’s cabinet of curiosities
Jill Abramson
A good death
Assisted dying: What Sigrid Nunez understands about pain
Mark Mardell
Politics
Trump 2.0 is a warning for Rachel Reeves
Guy Standing
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How Murdoch’s company magicked away 31 million emails
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