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Bobby Pulido, Latin Grammy winner and Democratic nominee for the 15th Congressional District, speaks during a Texas Together Rally at Cine El Rey in McAllen on March 9, 2026. Gabriel V. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune
Bobby Pulido, Latin Grammy winner and Democratic nominee for the 15th Congressional District, speaks during a Texas Together Rally at Cine El Rey in McAllen on March 9, 2026. Gabriel V. Cárdenas for The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune •

Democratic congressional candidate Bobby Pulido toured with bandmate convicted of child sex crime

“Bobby was never made aware of Caballero’s sex offender registration and would never knowingly associate with anyone with that kind of history,” he said.
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Trump’s Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration

In the first days after Pam Bondi was appointed attorney general last year, the Department of Justice began shutting down pending criminal cases at a record pace.

The cases included an investigation into a Virginia nursing home with a recent record of patient abuse; probes of fraud involving several New Jersey labor unions, including one opened after a top official of a national union was accused of embezzlement; and an investigation into a cryptocurrency company suspected of cheating investors...

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US Scientists Sequence 1,000 Genomes From Measles, a Disease Long Eliminated With Vaccines

The CDC withheld the data for months as a team hit hard by mass layoffs and resignations sorted through the information. But now that scientists at the agency have posted their first batch of whole measles genomes — the genetic blueprint of the viruses — the rest should “start flowing more smoothly at a more rapid cadence,” said Kristian Andersen, an evolutionary virologist at the Scripps Research Institute who isn’t involved with the CDC’s effort but is following it.
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The Insides Speak Editorial Desk •

The World on a Knife’s Edge: Mapping the Fractured Present and the Uncertain Future

At the heart of this recalibration lies the global economy, walking a tightrope between endurance and exhaustion. According to the United Nations’ World Economic Situation and Prospects 2026, global growth is projected at approximately 2.7%, markedly below the pre-pandemic average of 3.2%, signalling a subdued yet persistent recovery (UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)). Similarly, UNCTAD estimates hover around 2.6% growth, reflecting a synchronized slowdown across major economies (UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD)). This is not collapse—it is deceleration, a slow-burning fatigue rather than a sudden cardiac arrest.
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Global Faultline: The Structural Crises Reshaping the 21st Century World

The 21st century has ushered humanity into an age of unprecedented connectivity. Economies interlock, supply chains stretch across oceans, and digital communication dissolves geographical barriers. Yet beneath this intricate lattice of globalization lies a network of fractures—structural faultlines that threaten to destabilize the international order.