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Texas hosting two top-10 prospects on Thursday

Monshun Sales and John Meredith are both in Austin for unofficial visits.

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Apr 16 • 1:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Dallas County GOP Chair Allen West resigns amid push for his removal

His resignation comes after he made a controversial decision among his party to return to countywide voting for the May 26 runoff.

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Apr 16 • 11:54 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
Iran war has some Republicans worried their chances of keeping the House are slipping away

The White House had long circled Tax Day as the unofficial start to a critical midterm campaign meant to highlight how much money the administration was putting back in voters’ pockets.

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Apr 16 • 4:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
UConn loses Paunovic and Furphy to transfer portal

UConn men’s basketball now has four players in the portal from the end of their bench.

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Apr 15 • 4:25 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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The Science Behind Alaska's Northern Lights

If you want to plan a trip to see the northern lights, Alaska belongs at the top of your list. Here's why – starting with the science.

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Apr 15 • 1:32 PM EDT • Science • travelalaska.com
This Tamale Act could throw open the door for more home kitchen entrepreneurs in Colorado

Home tamale businesses are the impetus for a new bill giving entrepreneurs a break from regulations.

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Apr 15 • 12:00 AM EDT • Business • cpr.org
Apopka voters to decide on next Mayor in Tuesday Runoff

The runoff will be decided tonight.

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Apr 14 • 4:30 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
'It's incredible, like science fiction': How a new wave of immunotherapy is eliminating cancers

After nearly 100 years of development, treatments that bolster the body's immune system to fight cancer are coming of age – and saving patient's lives.

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Apr 13 • 5:01 AM EDT • Science • bbc.com
Hidden weak spots in HIV and Ebola revealed with breakthrough nanodisc technology

A new nanodisc-based platform lets scientists study viral proteins in a form that closely mimics real viruses, revealing how antibodies truly recognize them. This approach uncovered hidden interactions in viruses like HIV and Ebola that traditional methods missed. By recreating the virus’s membrane environment, researchers can better understand how immune defenses work. The technique could speed up the development of more effective vaccines.

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Apr 11 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
Barcelona vs Espanyol – Predicted lineup and team news

Barcelona will look to make it seven La Liga wins in a row when they host Espanyol at the Camp Nou on Saturday.The Catalan giants have dominated this fixture in recent years — Espanyol haven’t bea...

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Apr 11 • 1:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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'New king of Las Vegas' is celebrated with Strip parade

Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars was honored with a parade in his honor and a street named after him near the Park MGM in Las Vegas | Talk 1370

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Apr 10 • 7:15 PM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
'New king of Las Vegas' is celebrated with Strip parade

Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars was honored with a parade in his honor and a street named after him near the Park MGM in Las Vegas | Talk Radio 1210 WPHT

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'New king of Las Vegas' is celebrated with Strip parade

Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars was honored with a parade in his honor and a street named after him near the Park MGM in Las Vegas | Newsradio 1140 WRVA

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The cast of 'Juno': See the stars of the 2007 Oscar winner, then and now

‘Juno’ put teen pregnancy in the spotlight and made a splash at the Academy Awards in 2007. Find out what the cast is doing now.

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Apr 10 • 5:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Harry Cohen banks $144K in Q1 for re-election, but he might wind up unopposed

Cohen's opponent doesn't live in the district.

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Apr 10 • 2:15 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Matrix Business Systems Builds a Better Way to Manage Print

What began as a leap from corporate to entrepreneurship is now a company redefining how organizations manage print infrastructure.

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Apr 9 • 4:41 PM EDT • Business • unomaha.edu
WATCH: Democratic presidential prospects flock to Al Sharpton's conference in New York

The Democratic Party's most ambitious politicians are courting African American activists in New York this week as the party's unofficial 2028 presidential nomination contest takes shape at an annual conference led by Rev. Al Sharpton.

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Apr 9 • 1:27 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Georgia’s 14th District runoff reveals significant shift to Democrats

A November rematch is already brewing after Republican Clay Fuller staved off Democrat Shawn Harris in Tuesday's runoff.

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Apr 9 • 9:09 AM EDT • Politics • ajc.com
Republican wins runoff to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress

Republican Clay Fuller, a former prosecutor endorsed by President Donald Trump, on Tuesday won a runoff election in Georgia to replace conservative firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Apr 7 • 10:37 PM EDT • Politics • detroitnews.com
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Republican wins runoff to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress

Clay Fuller, a district attorney backed by President Donald Trump, defeated Shawn Harris in the deeply red district vacated by Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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Apr 7 • 8:37 PM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Dallas State Senator Nathan Johnson talks about his run for Texas Attorney General

Texas Senator Nathan Johnson, D – Dallas, is running against former Galveston Mayor Joe Jaworski in the May 26th primary runoff election after neither candidate received fifty percent of the vote. The winner will take on whoever wins the Republican nominee in November; either Texas State Senator Mayes Middleton, R – Galveston, or Congressman Chip Roy, R – Austin.

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Apr 7 • 2:45 PM EDT • Politics • nbcdfw.com
Dallas County GOP chair's precinct reversal brings turmoil in party

The GOP will vote April 20 on whether to oust West as chair after he broke from the group’s earlier agreement to hold precinct-based voting for this year’s primary and runoff election days.

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Apr 7 • 1:24 PM EDT • Politics • dallasnews.com
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Georgia House Special Runoff Election 2026 Live Results

See live results from the 2026 Georgia House Special Runoff election as votes are counted.

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Apr 7 • 11:42 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Marketplace - Business News & Economic Stories for Everyone

Marketplace raises the economic intelligence of the country through the unorthodox story, casual conversations and unexpected angles on the news.

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Apr 7 • 11:26 AM EDT • Business • marketplace.org
Georgia Runoff Puts Trump Influence to the Test in MAGA Stronghold

By Nathan Layne April 7 (Reuters) - Voters in northwest Georgia go to the polls on Tuesday ⁠in ⁠a congressional race between a moderate Democrat and a ⁠Republican backed by President Donald Trump, in a test of Trump's sway over his base and a possible barometer for the November midterms. The two-way ...

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Apr 7 • 6:06 AM EDT • Politics • usnews.com
Georgia runoff to decide who replaces Marjorie Taylor Greene after her spat with Trump
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Apr 7 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • cbsnews.com
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Overwatch Reveals The Anran Redesign Fans Begged For

The character looked more like Kiriko and Juno than her brother Wuyang

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Apr 6 • 7:35 PM EDT • Technology • kotaku.com
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A Redistricting War in Florida, Georgia’s Runoff and the Latest Politics News

As deadlines approach in the next two weeks, neither is going quite according to the partisan plan.

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Apr 6 • 5:54 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Ballots cast Tuesday, counted later: Surfside mayoral runoff results pushed to April 28, Judge rules

A Judge’s ruling creates a three-week window for additional mail-in ballots, allowing voters to request and submit them well beyond Election Day.

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Apr 6 • 5:43 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Yoshihisa Kishimoto, Creator of Double Dragon and Renegade, Dies at 64

Yoshihisa Kishimoto, the creator of the Double Dragon and River City (Kuno-kun) franchises, has died at the age of 64.

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Apr 6 • 4:15 PM EDT • Technology • ign.com
What to expect in Georgia's special congressional runoff to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clay Fuller were the top two vote-getters in the March 10 special election, but neither candidate received the vote majority needed to avoid Tuesday's runoff.

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Apr 6 • 12:41 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Apopka Mayor early voting starts this week as more personal accusations fly

Here's how to vote early in the heated Apopka Mayor runoff election.

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Apr 6 • 10:08 AM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
Republican Clay Fuller under pressure in Georgia race to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene

The special election runoff between Republican Clay Fuller and Democrat Shawn Harris is being watched by both parties as they consider strategy ahead of the midterms.

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Apr 6 • 6:00 AM EDT • Politics • ajc.com
In Race to Replace Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Iran War Is a Dividing Line

Tuesday’s special House election runoff in a conservative stretch of Georgia is one of the first to showcase disagreements over the conflict, including within the G.O.P.

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Apr 6 • 5:02 AM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Voters in Georgia have moved on from Marjorie Taylor Greene. On Tuesday, they finally fill her seat

Three months after Marjorie Taylor Greene abruptly left Washington in the midst of a remarkably bitter feud with President Donald Trump, voters in northwest Georgia on Tuesday are poised to cast their ballots – again – in a runoff election to replace her.

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Apr 6 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Suno is a music copyright nightmare

Can’t stop the slop.

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Apr 5 • 12:00 PM EDT • Technology • theverge.com
Preparing the Next Generation of Alcohol and Drug Counselors

UNO’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling program is expanding its reach and impact by offering students a pathway to dual licensure in both mental health and substance use counseling. In just two additional courses beyond their required coursework, students can become eligible for Nebraska’s Provisional Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselor (PLADC) credential.

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Apr 4 • 5:29 PM EDT • Health • unomaha.edu
A massive arctic thaw is unleashing carbon frozen for thousands of years

A sweeping new study reveals that as Arctic permafrost thaws, it is dramatically reshaping rivers and releasing vast amounts of ancient carbon that had been locked away for thousands of years. By analyzing decades of high-resolution data across northern Alaska, scientists found that runoff is increasing, rivers are carrying more dissolved carbon, and the thawing season is stretching further into the fall. This carbon eventually reaches the ocean, where some of it turns into carbon dioxide, intensifying global warming.

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Apr 4 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencedaily.com
‘Unfinished business’: 2 career staffers face rematch in Democrats’ District Clerk runoff

Both incumbent Gloria Martinez and challenger Chris Castillo spent decades at the office before they were pushed out by an old boss.

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Apr 2 • 8:52 PM EDT • Business • sanantonioreport.org
Eve-of-election hearing set for lawsuit to delay Surfside runoff due to Passover

Judge Lourdes Simon will weigh religious liberty claims against risks of disrupting an election already in motion.

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Apr 1 • 12:25 PM EDT • Politics • floridapolitics.com
What to expect in Arkansas' primary runoff elections

Two Arkansas Republicans with competing visions on how best to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda to overhaul elections and voting will vie for their party’s nomination for the state’s top elections job on Tuesday.

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Mar 31 • 3:42 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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UK to launch antitrust probe into Microsoft's business software

Britain's competition regulator said on Tuesday ​it would launch a ‌new investigation into Microsoft's business software ecosystem in May, ​including its use ​of software licensing in the ⁠cloud market.

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Mar 31 • 7:16 AM EDT • Business • reuters.com
Can Iran war politics move voters in Georgia’s Trumpiest district?

The runoff to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene features two military veterans with sharp differences on the joint U.S.-Israeli military strikes in Iran.

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Mar 31 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • ajc.com
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Arkansas' primary runoff elections

Two Arkansas Republicans with competing visions on how best to implement President Donald Trump’s agenda to overhaul elections and voting will vie for their party’s nomination for the state’s top elections job on Tuesday

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Mar 30 • 8:31 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Arkansas' primary runoff elections

p politics run-off-elections elections | News-Talk 1380 WAOK

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Mar 30 • 8:30 AM EDT • Politics • audacy.com
'In the absence of any real news, rumours start'

The reason for my new-found, hyper-specific activism is that when there's an international break, particularly at this point in the season, there are still column inches to fill on the clubs that get covered. What I'm saying is won't someone please consider the mental impact on me, personally, of headlines suggesting the entire spine of Newcastle United is going to be sold this summer? If the rumours are to be believed then Sandro Tonali, Tino Livramento, Bruno Guimaraes, Anthony Gordon are the key players eyeing a move, and there could be more.

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Mar 30 • 7:50 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
CPAC activists embrace Paxton as MAGA's choice for Texas Senate over Cornyn

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has positioned himself as the grassroots favorite in the runoff election to determine the party’s Senate nominee

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Mar 28 • 10:07 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
MAGA’s eruption has so far kept Trump from endorsing in key Senate race

President Donald Trump seemed set to endorse Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas Republican primary runoff. But strong opposition from MAGA activists forestalled that.

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Mar 28 • 5:00 AM EDT • Politics • washingtonpost.com
Resident Evil Lore Master Reflects on What Requiem Got Right and Wrong as the Franchise Returned to Raccoon City and 'Retconned' Its Destruction

Resident Evil's unofficial lore master has weighed in with his thoughts on Resident Evil Requiem, which adds a sizable new chapter filled with story revelations to Capcom's veteran horror franchise.

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Mar 27 • 9:17 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
Bringing SaaS to a wellness business

Wellhub CFO Bruno Annicq joined the company for the chance to make a big impact.

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Mar 27 • 8:39 AM EDT • Business • cfobrew.com
This Phillies sports fan knows bad. He says fans have little to complain about

The Parx Casino sports gambling influencer is playing the reverse Uno card on curmudgeonly fans upset about paying steep tix prices.

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Mar 26 • 6:05 AM EDT • Sports • axios.com
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Derek Sant’Angelo named fellow of the American Association for the Adv

This highly selective honor is in recognition of the VCU professor’s career-long contributions to the field of T cell immunology.

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Mar 25 • 8:00 PM EDT • Science • news.vcu.edu
Biotech Company Tivic Health Aims to Advance Immunotherapy Research Programs

Tivic Health Systems is developing immune‑modulating therapies for conditions, such as radiation exposure, while expanding biologics development and manufacturing capabilities.

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Mar 25 • 2:13 PM EDT • Health • usatoday.com
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A mission NASA might kill is still returning fascinating science from Jupiter

We can’t quite afford to support everything that we have done in the past."

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Mar 23 • 6:49 PM EDT • Science • arstechnica.com
Seattle Sports This Week: TV and radio for March 23-29

A look at the broadcast schedule for March 16-22 on Seattle Sports 710 AM and the Seattle Sports app, as well as local sports teams on TV.

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Mar 23 • 12:18 PM EDT • Sports • sports.mynorthwest.com
Rahm Emanuel proposes banning all federal employees from betting on prediction markets
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Mar 23 • 9:47 AM EDT • Politics • cbsnews.com
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Socialist Emmanuel Grégoire elected Paris mayor in runoff vote

Emmanuel Grégoire has won the Paris mayoral race and takes over from fellow Socialist Anne Hidalgo. On Sunday, he sealed the moment by riding a city bike to City Hall.

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Mar 23 • 1:54 AM EDT • Politics • apnews.com
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Your Thymus and Your Healthspan

Our thymus gland plays a central role in the development or our immune system, specifically for supporting T cell development (how these cells got their name, maturation and differentiation in the thymus) and discriminating between self and foreign, non-self antigen proteins with production of dendritic cells. As we age, our thymus gland shrinks—the process known as involution—with progressive change from spongy to fatty tissue, with loss of functionality. But this process, with respect to timeline and extent, markedly varies from one person to the next. And to make things even more complicated, our thymus gland anatomy and precise location in the chest also is highly variable. So the famous Frank Netter diagrams from the 1960s (such as at left below) don’t capture the remarkable heterogeneity that a random set of 12 chest CT scans (below at right). What I consider as 2 landmark papers in Nature this week (here and here) used AI to quantify health of the thymus in 2 large cohorts, and then correlate the metric to a broad array of health outcomes. In this edition of Ground Truths, I’m going to cover three questions: (1) How was thymus health determined by AI?; (2) How is thymus health linked to key clinical outcomes? and (3) Are there ways we can promote a healthy (aka rejuvenate) thymus gland in our later years? Subscribe 1. How was thymus health determined by AI? This was accomplished by extensive work developing and validating an AI pipeline for 2 stages, the first for localization and segmentation of the thymus bed, and the second to quantify a digital marker, termed the thymic health score. There’s a lot to this algorithmic development, so I won’t go into all the details, but just provide a rudimentary outline of what was done. The 1st stage used supervised learning with 2 radiologists reviewing 2,461 chest CT scans. That work trained a 3D U-Net model to automatically identify the thymic bed’s 3D cropped region using center of mass coordinates, which reached 99.8% accuracy. The 2nd stage used a foundation model that was pre-trained with SwAV (which stands for Swapping Assignment between multiple Views), a self-supervised model, that generated a high-dimensional thymus representation of 4,096 features. That compares to the radiology reductionist and subjective scoring of 0 to 3 where 0 means the thymus is fully degenerated and fatty, and 3 is considered dense, intact glandular soft tissue. Notably, the self-supervised learning (SSL) performance was superior to supervised (AUC ~0.75 vs 0.55, respectively) reflecting the shallowness of the 0-3 classifier vs SSL’s holistic, self-taught AI. The thymic health score ranged from 0 to 100, with the highest number indexed to fully preserved thymic health. The algorithmic work extended to explainability with both Shapely value distribution, meaning the model was holistic not relying on any “magic” pixel, and occlusion sensitivity, demonstrating the model’s performance was not affected by ribs, sternum, lung tissue, but rather focused on the thymic bed directly. Below are a few saliency maps from the occlusion sensitivity that indicate the thymic bed focus, not affected by neighboring structures, using the jet color scale. Now the AI was ready for processing ~25,000 CT scans, each over 30 MB files, from the 2 large participant cohorts to provide a thymic health score, it did so in less than 14 hours, which is less than 2 seconds per scan! Share 2. How is thymus health linked to key clinical outcomes? The two cohorts were the National Lung Screening Trial, NLST (N=25,031) and the Framingham Heart Study, FHS (N=2,581) each with baseline demographics and long term follow up of >12 years for health outcomes. From the NSLT, you can see below that increased age and body-mass index were correlated to reduced thymic health. And, overall, men had reduced thymic health scores compared with women. There are a lot of graphs in the paper for outcomes, for both the NLST and FHS cohorts. To simplify the major outcomes, below is a composite Figure with striking reduction of all-cause mortality and for the different causes of death. The results were consistent between the 2 cohorts. For example, the cardiovascular mortality hazard ratio average was 0.57 in NLST and 0.38 in FHS (weighted to be 0.53 for the aggregate). The reduction of mortality also extended to digestive diseases and pulmonary disease (data not shown below). Lung cancer incidence was reduced by 36% for high vs low thymic health (Figure below, with a panel -incidence and b panel-mortality, adjusted for age, sex, BMI, smoking status). Notably, there was a smoker’s paradox: lower incidence and improved survival for lung cancer in smokers who had a high thymus health score. Smoking was associated with lower thymic scores whereas alcohol was not. Higher thymic health was linked to higher HDL cholesterol, lower triglycerides, lower fasting blood glucose, and lower systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Inflammation biomarkers, such as C-reactive protein and interleukin-6, were elevated in the people with lower thymic health scores. In their second paper, the same team looked at the relationship between thymic score and outcomes for 3,476 patients receiving cancer immunotherapy. The non-small cell lung cancer progression-free survival was reduced in patients with low thymic health score. A parallel relationship for survival was seen for other types of cancer including melanoma, breast, and kidney with a 44% lower risk among high thymic scores (Figure). A similar pattern was seen with different immune checkpoint inhibitors. The thymus health score outperformed programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1)and tumor mutation burden (TMB) assay of the tumor and was an independent prognostic marker of progression-free survival. In this dataset, a direct connect with thymus score and adaptive immune function was noted with a correlation before cancer treatment for both T-cell diversity and thymus T-cell production (a metric known as T cell receptor excision circles). Thymus Removal Study There is a highly relevant citation about thymus function before moving onto ways to rejuvenate it. In 2023, a very important study of thymus removal during cardiothoracic surgery was published, with 1146 patients undergoing thymus removal vs 1146 matched controls (mean age 55 years). The adverse outcomes for thymus removal were striking, with a 2.9 higher risk of all-cause mortality and doubling of cancer incidence, 1.5 fold increase in cancer mortality, and 1.5-fold increase in autoimmune diseases. The immune function showed marked compromise after thymus removal, as reflected by CD4+ and CD8+ T cells (Figure below) Share Ground Truths 3. Are there ways we can promote a healthy (aka rejuvenate) thymus gland in our later years? In recent months we’ve learned a lot about the process of thymus involution and the pathways by which this may be modulated. Thymus involution is primarily due to loss to thymus epithelial cells (TECs) and there are 2 subtypes with different functions: the cortical, responsible for positive selection of T cells, and the medullary, for negative selection. When adipose tissue infiltrates the thymus, thymic adipocytes are pro-inflammatory, knocking out T-cell output. Likewise, systemic inflammation, or “inflammaging,” from smoking, obesity, and chronic stress promote thymic adipocytes. Now, from preclinical studies, we know about key pathways that account for these processes. Historically, back in 2014, FOXN1 was recognized as a single master transcription factor essential for TEC function, with studies in mice with forced FOXN1 upregulation leading to thymus regeneration. That laid the foundation for potential regrowth of quiescent thymus cells. It took awhile to find pathways to accomplish this goal and to even refute its role as the master regulator. The Liver-Thymus Axis Feng Zhang and his team recently showed that injection of an mRNA vaccine to the liver encoding DLL1, IL-7 and FLT3-L in combination, factors known to support thymopoiesis (Figure), successfully enhanced immune function in aged mice. However, the effect was transient. The FGF21 Story Two reports in 2025 addressed the thymus gland’s production of FGF21, a growth factor (fibroblast growth factor 21) and its control of thymus involution. This growth factor is also produced by the liver, but it doesn’t have impact on the thymus in aged rodent models. In contrast, The liver’s hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) has been shown to reverse senescent TEC structural changes. Growth hormone stimulates production of insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1) in the liver and the thymus. Two small studies in human participants (TRIIM, for Thymus Regeneration, Immunorestoration, and Insulin Mitigation) of 6 and 50 people, respectively, treated with combined human growth hormone, metformin and DHEA, suggested the potential of slowing epigenetic aging and improving thymus mass and function. But the combination of drugs, small sample, and lack of controls make conclusions murky. Increased thymus FGF21 led to increased CD8 T cells in old mice and extended healthspan and improved physical performance. Building on the previous FOXN1 data, ablation of β-klotho, the obligatory co-receptor for FOXN1, accelerated thymic aging. The benefit to FGF21 was confirmed in a companion paper using an FGF21 knock-in mouse model showing thymus enlargement and increased TECs throughout the lifespan. (schematic Figure below). The accompanying editorial for these 2 papers speculated: “The proposed link between age-associated thymus involution and organismal aging is intriguing, and suggests we might seek to achieve systemic rejuvenation by counteracting thymic involution.” Other Factors Lessons from the Axolotl (Mexican Salamander) In an elegant set of experiments of the axolotl (Figure), known for its complete thymus regeneration after total surgical removal, mediators were identified. Surprisingly FOXN1 was dispensable. But midkine, a growth factor, appeared to be the driver, the initiator of thymus cell growth, survival, and repair. Other components that contributed were Postn+ (periostin-expressing mesenchymal niches) and Ccl19, a chemokine protein from the bloodstream. RANK and RANKL RANK (receptor activator of nuclear factor κB its ligand (RANKL) have been considered key regulators of medullary TECs. In a study of both aged mice and human thymus cell cultures, their key role was confirmed, with multiple benefits of resorting TEC function, recruitment of progenitor cells, and T cell development. Subscribe Summing Up This body of work strongly supports the health of the thymus gland as a critical regulator of human healthspan, not just a correlate or link. The new landmark studies are reinforced by the regenerative biology experimental models that have shown, via an array of mediators, that healthspan of aged mice is at least in part dependent on thymus gland function and its critical role for maintaining adaptive immunity. It sure seems that we’d be better off having an immune reservoir of naive T cells instead of a profile in older adults of exhausted, low quality, memory T cells, with a senescent phenotype. It is striking that we ignored the importance of the thymus gland for many decades. A wake-up call was the results of the thymectomy matched control study reviewed here, with the opposite of high thymic health score improved health outcomes. The convergence of AI and healthspan here is notable. The exceptional and laborious work for developing and validating (no less explaining) the AI to quantify thymus health set the foundation for probing the connect the major health outcomes in two cohorts with extensive follow-up. We’ve never had a way to meaningfully quantify the thymus gland before, so this represents important leverage of supervised, self-supervised, and transformer models. The study wouldn’t have been possible without AI. And it begs the question as to whether there are ways we can maintain our thymus at a high health score. But it’s not so simple to rejuvenate our thymus. There are multiple risks including the induction of autoimmunity, increasing the risk of cancer, and inducing a pro-inflammatory state. For example, factors that increase TEC proliferation could compromise the medulllary negative selection process and leak out auto-reactive (self-attacking) T cells. Thymic cells could be induced to proliferate, but we know, for example, that growth hormone and IGF-1 are associated with an increase risk of cancer. If thymus rejuvenation doesn’t clear out the accumulated senescent cells in older adults, then inflammation within the gland could block the production of TECs. Keeping these risks in mind, we now have identified many ways to keep our thymus healthy as we age that undoubtedly will be tested in clinical trials going forward. Ultimately, the benefit-to-risk tradeoffs will be defined. In the meantime, we have desperately needed an immunome. As I’ve stressed in multiple prior Ground Truths, we have no test in the clinic to assess a patient’s immune status! It was very encouraging for me to get an email from Hugo Aerts, the senior author of the landmark papers in the days after they were published: “I also wanted to say that your Substack on “Why We Need an Immunome” was inspiring for this work. We found it a very compelling perspective and greatly enjoyed reading it.” Just having an assessment of a person’s immune status via a chest CT scan, with millions of these performed per year, might help in guiding the right immunotherapy for cancer (e.g. more intensive, combinations for those with low thymic health scores) and help define people who are increased risk for age-related diseases of cancer, cardiovascular, and neurodegenerative. The main theme of Super Agers is that we now have many layers of data (genetics, proteins, biomarkers, organ clocks that can be integrated via multimodal AI) for us to define a person’s specific risk decades before one of these age-related diseases leads to symptoms, enabling prevention. From the new studies this week, we can add thymus health score as yet another way to understand a person’s risk, a window into their adaptive immune system and healthspan. And perhaps someday we will be able to safely rejuvenate the thymus, or maintain its health through one’s life, and use the thymus health score to monitor. NB: I wrote this post (No A.I.) A Quick Poll Loading... ********************************************************************* Thanks to Ground Truths subscribers (now > 200,000) from every US state and 212 countries. Your subscription to these free essays and podcasts makes my work in putting them together worthwhile. Please join! If you found this interesting PLEASE share it! Share Ground Truths Paid subscriptions are voluntary and all proceeds from them go to support Scripps Research. They do allow for posting comments and questions, which I do my best to respond to. Please don’t hesitate to post comments and give me feedback. Let me know topics that you would like to see covered. Leave a comment Many thanks to those who have contributed—they have greatly helped fund our summer internship programs for the past two years. 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Recreation, entertainment top Foy Ranch wish list

By JUNO OGLE Daily Press Staff Outdoor recreation and entertainment were the top two results from a recent survey seeking input on what the city of Bayard could do with the 675 acres of the Foy Ranch it purchased last year — but finding out exactly what that means to people was the object of a public visioning workshop held Tuesday. “Outdoor recreation is kind of a catch-all, and we’d...

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Mar 19 • 3:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • scdailypress.com
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to face Republican Darren Bailey as the Democrat seeks a third term

Pritzker won the Democratic nomination unopposed as he gears up for another statewide test before a potential 2028 presidential run.

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Mar 17 • 9:31 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Thymic health and immunotherapy outcomes in patients with cancer

Nature - A deep-learning approach applied to routine CT scans is used to quantify the health of the thymus in a cohort of patients with cancer, and shows that thymic function is associated with...

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Mar 17 • 8:00 PM EDT • Health • nature.com
No Trump Endorsement for Cornyn or Paxton in Texas Senate Race as Deadline Passes

President Trump’s decision not to weigh in before the deadline means both John Cornyn and Ken Paxton remain on the ballot, extending their costly and increasingly personal battle into a May runoff.

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Mar 17 • 7:38 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Trump said he wanted one of the Texas Senate candidates to drop out. Now he’s missed the deadline

President Donald Trump promised his endorsement was forthcoming in the GOP Texas Senate runoff and said he wanted whoever he didn’t pick to drop out. But now — preoccupied with the Iran war and a doomed voting bill — he’s missed a critical deadline.

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Mar 17 • 6:08 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Cue Biopharma Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Financial Results and Business Highlights

Advanced research and development of CUE-401 for IND (Investigational New Drug) readiness –CUE-401 is the Company’s lead asset for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseasesAppointed industry veteran Lucinda Warren as Chief Financial and Business OfficerRaised net proceeds of $10.2M through an underwritten public offeringAnnounced strategic collaboration and license agreement with ImmunoScape to develop breakthrough cell therapy approach for solid tumors – Entitled to receive upfront

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Mar 16 • 4:05 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Eagles News: A.J. Brown’s situation remains fluid

Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 3/16/26.

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Mar 16 • 7:37 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Hay fever: The new wave of effective cures for seasonal allergies

Is it possible to train the body to resist seasonal allergies? That’s the hope promised by a new line of immunotherapy.

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Mar 16 • 6:00 AM EDT • Health • bbc.com
The Unoptimized Tensor G5: The Smaller Battery In Samsung Galaxy S26 Lasts 3 Hours Longer Than The One In Pixel 10 Pro XL

Behold the beleaguered battery endurance of Google's Pixel 10 Pro XL vs. Samsung's Galaxy S26 as the unoptimized Tensor G5 takes its proverbial pound of flesh.

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Mar 15 • 11:03 AM EDT • Technology • wccftech.com
'Cater to those who want to express themselves': UNO student balances course work and business ownership

Lydia Okuku's business, Crazy Unicorn, focuses on bright, bold and repurposed pieces.

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Mar 13 • 11:24 PM EDT • Business • ketv.com
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Have the Giants Been Aggressive Enough in Free Agency?

Though they haven’t made any groundbreaking additions, the New York Giants have been quite active in free agency. The Giants have brought back players like Jermaine Eluemunor and Micah McFadden, while adding newcomers such as Isaiah Likely, Tremaine Edmunds, and Patrick Ricard. But after restructuring and cuts before free agency, there were hopes of retaining more […] The post Have the Giants Been Aggressive Enough in Free Agency? appeared first on The Lead.

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Mar 13 • 3:30 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Texas Primary Overdrive: Runoffs, Realignments, and Record Turnout

Co-hosts Brandon Rottinghaus and Jeronimo Cortina delve into the latest news in politics

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Mar 13 • 2:58 PM EDT • Politics • houstonpublicmedia.org
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Country music star says he and popular girlfriend have split: ‘Just didn’t work out’

The singer and his influencer ex seem to be on good terms after the breakup.

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Mar 13 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • pennlive.com
Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly and Nebraska Business Development Center Recognize 2025 Business Award Winners

Thursday, Lt. Gov. Joe Kelly joined the Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) in recognizing recipients of the 2025 Business Awards, honoring entrepreneurs and businesses that are strengthening communities and expanding economic opportunity across the state.

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Mar 12 • 7:21 PM EDT • Business • unomaha.edu
Vaxart Provides Business Update and Reports Full Year 2025 Financial Results

Topline data from 400-person sentinel cohort of the Phase 2b COVID-19 trial anticipated early Q2 2026 Published positive clinical results in the first quarter of 2026 demonstrating oral norovirus vaccine candidate was safe and immunogenic in lactating women and resulted in passive transfer of antibodies to their infants via breast milk Cash, cash equivalents and investments of $63.8 million as of December 31, 2025; Runway into second quarter of 2027 Conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET Live sto

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Mar 12 • 4:05 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
John Cornyn flips on the filibuster for Trump's SAVE America Act

Cornyn, who spent years defending the filibuster, is locked in a competitive GOP runoff in Texas against Ken Paxton, who has aligned with Trump on the issue.

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Mar 11 • 11:41 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Live updates: Trump to visit Kentucky; House election in Georgia heads to a runoff

Get the latest news and live updates as Trump visits Kentucky, the election to fill Marjorie Taylor Greene's seat heads to a runoff, and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., is set to face off against Democrat Scott Colom in the fall.

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Mar 11 • 7:28 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Democrat and Republican head to Georgia runoff election for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat

Shawn Harris to face Clay Fuller in special election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in Congress

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Mar 11 • 7:10 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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Race for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s GA House seat heads to runoff
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Mar 11 • 12:41 AM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Clayton Fuller and Shawn Harris Advance to Runoff in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Georgia District

Clayton Fuller will face Shawn Harris, a Democrat, in an April runoff. Mr. Fuller’s win over a flashier Republican showed the power of the president’s support.

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Mar 10 • 8:19 PM EDT • Politics • nytimes.com
Trump-endorsed Republican Clay Fuller to face Democrat Shawn Harris in runoff to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene, CNN projects

Republican Clay Fuller will face Democrat Shawn Harris in a runoff to replace former GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District, CNN projects.

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Mar 10 • 8:14 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
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Artiva Biotherapeutics Reports Full Year 2025 Financial Results and Recent Business Highlights

Initial clinical response data for AlloNK® in refractory rheumatoid arthritis (RA) expected in first half of 2026 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) interaction to discuss potential pivotal trial design for AlloNK expected in first half of 2026 Strengthened board and executive leadership with deep immunology, commercial and financial expertise Robust balance sheet with cash, cash equivalents and investments of $108.0 million as of December 31, 2025, expected to fund operations into Q2 2027

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Mar 10 • 4:05 PM EDT • Business • finance.yahoo.com
Georgia votes for successor to Marjorie Taylor Greene after Trump spat

Trump’s pick of former prosecutor Clay Fuller likely to face Democrat and retired general Shawn Harris in runoff for House seat

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Mar 10 • 7:06 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
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Dallas Cowboys acquire Green Bay Packers Pro Bowl pass rusher

The NFL’s new league year will unofficially begin this afternoon. Teams will attempt to finalize trades, sign free agents, and make difficult roster cuts before Wednesday’s official start of the league year. The Green Bay Packers had planned to release…

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Mar 9 • 10:24 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Pokémon Pokopia Physical Edition Price Raised to $80 on Amazon, Amid Reports of Stock Constraints

Amazon has unofficially made Pokémon Pokopia an $80 Nintendo Switch 2 game, after the retailer suddenly increased the price for the new life sim's physical edition amid supply constraints.

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Mar 9 • 7:38 AM EDT • Technology • ign.com
2026 NFL free agency live updates: Rumors, news, trade buzz, Monday tracker

It's time for NFL free agency to start – unofficially, of course – as Monday opens the so-called legal tampering period. Follow the moves here.

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Mar 9 • 7:06 AM EDT • Sports • usatoday.com
Artificial Intelligence in Military Medicine: USU Leaders Highlight the Future of Health Education

Panelists at the AMSUS annual meeting discussed how the responsible integration of artificial intelligence will shape the next generation of...

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Mar 6 • 7:00 AM EST • Health • news.usuhs.edu
How Kristi Noem's fate was sealed: From the Politics Desk

Plus, Rep. Tony Gonzales faces pressure on Capitol Hill ahead of his runoff.

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Mar 5 • 6:08 PM EST • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Noem’s ouster comes as Trump’s Cabinet keeps causing him problems

Donald Trump’s unorthodox Cabinet spent the last 13-plus months testing the wisdom of a president prioritizing loyalty over experience.

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Mar 5 • 3:37 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
The Texas Senate Race Is About to Get Very Ugly

A runoff, resentments, and the question of whether a Democrat can win statewide

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Mar 4 • 7:37 PM EST • Politics • theatlantic.com
Runoffs, voting mishaps and Trump endorsements in TX and NC primaries

The results are in from the first primaries of the midterm election cycle, and Senate races are starting to take shape. We discuss key takeaways from primary contests in North Carolina and Texas.This episode: senior White House correspondent Tamara Keith, political correspondent Ashley Lopez, and senior political editor and correspondent Domenico Montanaro.This podcast was produced by Casey Morell and Bria Suggs, and edited by Rachel Baye.Our executive producer is Muthoni Muturi.Listen to every episode of the NPR Politics Podcast sponsor-free, unlock access to bonus episodes with more from the NPR Politics team, and support public media when you sign up for The NPR Politics Podcast+ at plus.npr.org/politics.

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Mar 4 • 5:04 PM EST • Politics • npr.org
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Trump promises to endorse either Cornyn and Paxton – and to push the other to drop out

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he would be endorsing in Texas’ Republican primary for US Senate between incumbent John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton – and demanding that the candidate he doesn’t choose drop out.

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Mar 4 • 2:00 PM EST • Politics • cnn.com
Al Green, Christian Menefee head to runoff in Texas House race

Two sitting Democratic congressmen are duking it out for a redrawn district covering much of the diverse Houston metropolitan area.

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Mar 4 • 1:32 PM EST • Politics • usatoday.com
Republicans Cornyn and Paxton advance to Texas Senate runoff

Four-term Sen. John Cornyn and his allies spent nearly $70 million to survive the first round of the party’s nomination fight on Tuesday. He was slightly ahead of conservative firebrand Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, with more votes still being counted on Wednesday.

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Mar 4 • 12:58 PM EST • Politics • pbs.org
Three Reasons John Cornyn Is Fighting for His Political Life

The veteran Texas senator faces what promises to be a bruising runoff with the state attorney general challenging him from the right. But he had a stronger showing than expected.

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Mar 4 • 12:30 PM EST • Politics • nytimes.com
Where Trump Appears Vulnerable on the Iran War | WSJ Politics Newsletter for March 4

Plus, Cornyn and Paxton are headed to runoff in their heated Republican Senate primary in Texas as Democrat Talarico beats Crockett

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Mar 4 • 7:05 AM EST • Politics • wsj.com
GW Leaders Discuss Sale of Virginia Science and Technology Campus | GW Today | The George Washington University

Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer Bruno Fernandes and Interim Provost John Lach address questions about the sale.

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Mar 4 • 7:00 AM EST • Science • gwtoday.gwu.edu
Talarico wins Texas Democratic primary as Republicans face runoff

Republican contest in May could provide Democrats with opening to finally win over staunchly red state

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Mar 4 • 6:51 AM EST • Politics • theguardian.com
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Opinion | It’s the Troll vs. the Bore in the G.O.P. Texas Senate Runoff

The state needs intelligent and responsible political leadership, but will it get it?

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Mar 4 • 5:02 AM EST • Politics • nytimes.com
Talarico Triumphs as G.O.P. Heads to Runoff: 6 Takeaways from Texas

James Talarico won the state’s Democratic primary for Senate, while Senator John Cornyn faces a runoff against Ken Paxton, his right-wing challenger.

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Mar 4 • 3:30 AM EST • Politics • nytimes.com
Sutton's predictions: Fulham v West Ham

West Ham boss Nuno Espirito Santo was very upbeat about his side's performance at Anfield on Saturday, but they lost 5-2. The only consolation for the Hammers is that the teams immediately above them all lost too. Marco Silva's side played really well in their win against Tottenham on Sunday and Harry Wilson is on fire - my advice is to get him in your fantasy team, now.

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Mar 4 • 3:09 AM EST • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Talarico Defeats Crockett in Texas Senate Democratic Primary

In the GOP contest, Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton advanced to a runoff in May.

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Mar 3 • 11:06 PM EST • Politics • wsj.com