Percival Everett’s ‘James’ is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner prize for fiction
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Percival Everett’s ‘James’ is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner prize for fiction

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 President Donald Trump delivered what sounded like one of his typical meandering, grievance-laden campaign speeches on Friday, but it was where he did it — inside the U.S. AP News  



 A Republican lawmaker in Maine is suing the state’s Democratic House speaker over her censure that followed a social media post about a transgender athlete participating in high school sports. AP News  



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 President Donald Trump says he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he repeatedly claimed as a candidate that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war solved within 24 hours — and before he even took office. AP News 
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