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    • Republicans are losing support among Latinos. It might cost them the House.
      Many of the most competitive House districts this year, in states from Texas to Florida, California to Pennsylvania, have majority or near-majority Latino electorates.
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    • In Hungary, scaffolding rises for a democratic repair jobBy Dominique Soguel / 7 min
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