national

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CNN typically does not carry debates involving candidates in statewide races, but the network believes that the California contest is significant enough for a national platform.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Over the last two decades, the national team at different levels has been scarred by a series of events in which players, and even almost entire squads, have disappeared either before or after games abroad.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

Close honors Wooden before every game at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion by touching each of the 10 national championship banners that Wooden won.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

“At no point has a tax protest that I’m aware of — other than the 1794 Whiskey Rebellion — been sufficiently widespread or strong enough to cause any kind of national response,” she said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Record-setting flights were a good way to rally national support for aviation.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein