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March 30, 2026

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WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS

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Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, March 28, 2026

Can you sort 8 historical events?

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Where Trump Has Installed Election Deniers in Government

His administration is stocked with people who have questioned the legitimacy of elections, including some who have claimed that the 2020 presidential race was stolen.

By Alan Feuer, Nick Corasaniti, Alexandra Berzon and Ashley Cai

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How the Iran War Has Rippled Across the World

Deflated balloons? Pricier sugar? The fighting in the Middle East has played out across the world in sometimes surprising ways.

By Pablo Robles and Agnes Chang

Presly Nelson kissing a Haitian flag draped over a casket during a funeral.

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Deaths in ICE Custody Are Growing. ‘They Let Him Rot in There.’

As immigrant detainee deaths have increased, conditions in detention facilities nationwide are coming under more scrutiny.

By Jazmine Ulloa, Allison McCann and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

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For House Republicans, an Exodus Rivaled Only by Trump’s First Term

The number of Republicans departing the House this cycle is one of the highest since 1930.

By Ashley Wu and Robert Jimison

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Tracking the Early Vote in Virginia’s Redistricting Referendum

Voters in Virginia will decide on April 21 whether to redraw the state’s congressional map. Turnout is even higher, thus far, than it was in last year’s governor’s election.

By Jonah Smith and Christine Zhang

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