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G. Robert Blakey Dies at 90; Drafted the RICO Anti-Racketeering Statute

14. Mai 2026 um 23:14
He was also the chief counsel to the House Select Committee on Assassinations in the late 1970s and spent years as a Notre Dame law professor.

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G. Robert Blakey in 1985. With RICO, he helped create “a new form of jurisprudence,” said Ronald Goldstock, a former director of the Organized Crime Task Force in New York. “It was such a dramatic change that prosecutors didn’t initially understand or use it.”

James Talarico’s Taco Order Sparks Debate in Texas Senate Race

14. Mai 2026 um 19:57
What started as a taco stop with former President Barack Obama quickly turned into a very Texas debate over the proper breakfast taco order.

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Former President Barack Obama ordering tacos alongside Texas Senate candidate James Talarico at the restaurant Taco Joint in Austin earlier this month.

Obama Enters Texas Senate Fight With Support for Talarico

12. Mai 2026 um 22:55
The former president, who has looked to elevate a new generation of Democrats, met with James Talarico and a candidate for governor, Gina Hinojosa, who are trying to flip Texas.

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Texas gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa (D-TX), Texas Senate candidate James Talarico (D-TX) and Former President Barack Obama meet patrons at the restaurant Taco Joint on the campaign trail on Tuesday in Austin.

One Big Headache for Politicians These Days: a Messy Digital Footprint

As a new generation of chronically online oversharers runs for office, many find themselves tripped up by past statements. Their response? Delete, distance, disavow.

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  • ‘Of course I accepted!’ Angel Otero on Bad Bunny – and bringing some Puerto Rican flair to Somerset
    The artist’s dreamlike paintings, inspired by his childhood home, led to an invitation from a global icon. Now he’s opening a casita in Bruton. What will the locals think?Angel Otero is on the brink of tears. He’s describing the feeling of being part of fellow Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny’s La Casita – a set the musician used on stage during his 31-show residency on the island last year, a recreation of a typical single-storey home found across Puerto Rico and the wider Latin American diaspora.
     

‘Of course I accepted!’ Angel Otero on Bad Bunny – and bringing some Puerto Rican flair to Somerset

04. Mai 2026 um 14:00

The artist’s dreamlike paintings, inspired by his childhood home, led to an invitation from a global icon. Now he’s opening a casita in Bruton. What will the locals think?

Angel Otero is on the brink of tears. He’s describing the feeling of being part of fellow Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny’s La Casita – a set the musician used on stage during his 31-show residency on the island last year, a recreation of a typical single-storey home found across Puerto Rico and the wider Latin American diaspora.

“When I was invited, of course, I accepted,” Otero tells me, standing in his temporary studio in Somerset. “Although I tend to shy away from things like that. The replica is a very similar setting to the one I grew up in, and I had multiple feelings when I got there. Of course, there’s the spectacle of being on the stage of a significant artist of our time, who is from my island. But it also transported me into the subject I’ve been working on for so long. It was a sort of validation, seeing people enjoying the culture, people specifically from my kind of upbringing.”

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© Photograph: Clare Walsh/Courtesy Angel Otero and Hauser & Wirth

© Photograph: Clare Walsh/Courtesy Angel Otero and Hauser & Wirth

Texas Democrat James Talarico Is Out-Raising His G.O.P. Opponents

17. April 2026 um 14:59
James Talarico, the Democratic nominee, has been amassing campaign cash as Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton still battle each other.

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Texas State Representative James Talarico at his victory party after winning the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in the Texas primary election in March.

Puerto Rico’s rainforest center reborn: in pictures

16. April 2026 um 14:00

After two devastating hurricanes, El Yunque national forest has built a new visitors center that hosts a vibrant arts festival

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© Photograph: Jesse Ilan Kornbluth/The Guardian

© Photograph: Jesse Ilan Kornbluth/The Guardian

Who’s Winning the Cash Race in 9 Top Senate Contests?

16. April 2026 um 10:06
Money from Democratic donors has flowed into the coffers of the party’s top Senate candidates — especially its nominee in Texas.

Talarico Leads a Democratic Cash Surge: 7 Takeaways From 2026 Filings

16. April 2026 um 10:06
Democrats in key Senate races out-raised their Republican rivals, but super PACs on the right are poised to play a powerful role in the midterms, new campaign finance filings showed.

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James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, raised $27 million in the first months of 2026, a remarkable haul.

James Talarico Responds With ‘Love’ To Hegseth Pastor’s Criticism

26. März 2026 um 14:48
James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, said, “You may pray for my death, Pastor, but I still love you.” The pastor said he was calling for Mr. Talarico’s religious conversion.

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James Talarico at his election night party this month in Austin, Texas.

James Talarico Challenges ‘Heretical’ Right-Wing Christianity in Texas Senate Race

09. März 2026 um 12:09
James Talarico, the Democratic nominee from Texas, hopes to counter what he sees as a conservative takeover of the American church.

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James Talarico has cast his Senate candidacy as an opportunity for Christians to reclaim what he sees as core principals of their faith in American political life.

How Talarico Won Texas Democrats With Love, Luck and a Little Restraint

A carefully disciplined campaign that capitalized on viral media, months of organizing and strong outreach to Latino voters helped propel James Talarico to the center of Texas politics.

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Texas State Representative James Talarico at his victory party after securing the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in the Texas primary election, in Austin, Texas.

James Talarico Says ‘New Politics Is Being Born’ After Texas Primary Win

05. März 2026 um 04:57
After clinching the Democratic Senate primary, he told supporters in Austin that the country’s real divide is between “top versus bottom,” not the left versus right.

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James Talarico speaking to supporters in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday night.

James Talarico Wins the Texas Democratic Senate Race. The Real Challenge Lies Ahead.

05. März 2026 um 01:49
After the state representative won the Senate primary, he joined a list of other promising progressives who have captured the left’s fancy.

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State Representative James Talarico has emerged as the Texas Democratic nominee for the Senate and is suddenly one of the hottest properties in the party.

John Cornyn’s Biggest Challenges as Republican Senate Primary Heads for Runoff in Texas

04. März 2026 um 18:32
The veteran Texas senator faces what promises to be a bruising runoff with the state attorney general challenging him from the right. But he had a stronger showing than expected.

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Senator John Cornyn of Texas came out just ahead of Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, in the first round of primary voting on Tuesday.

Talarico’s Win in Texas Shows That Nice Guys Can Finish First

04. März 2026 um 14:42
At a moment when many Democrats are campaigning on rage and resistance, James Talarico took a different tack in his campaign in the Texas Senate primary.

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State Representative James Talarico speaking to supporters at a campaign stop in Round Rock, Texas, on Tuesday.

James Talarico Defeats Jasmine Crockett in Texas Senate Primary Election

04. März 2026 um 15:10
State Representative James Talarico will face the winner of a Republican runoff between the incumbent, John Cornyn, and Attorney General Ken Paxton.

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Representative Jasmine Crockett giving an update on the voting count at her watch party at Club Vivo in Dallas on Tuesday.
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