A Feisty State of the Union, and a Leadership Change at the R.N.C.
Plus, do the new Oscars diversity rules work?
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On Today’s Episode:
5 Takeaways From the State of the Union, by Michael D. Shear and Shane Goldmacher
Trump’s Man at the R.N.C. Will Face Pressure to Satisfy His Election Lies, by Alexandra Berzon, Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman
TikTok Prompts Users to Call Congress to Fight Possible Ban, by Sapna Maheshwari and David McCabe
No More No. 2 Pencils: The SAT Goes Fully Digital, by Dana Goldstein
The Oscars Now Have D.E.I. Rules, but Some Say It’s Just a Performance, by Jeremy W. Peters and Brooks Barnes
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