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Checks and Balance newsletter: Partisan positions have changed drastically over the past 50 years

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump converge as much as they differ

A black and white photograph of women marching carrying a banner which reads 'Safe Legal Abortions for All Women' at a pro-choice demonstration in New York City, USA in 1978.
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Former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, speaks to the press after the Maryland Senate debate in Maryland.

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