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A new cohort of lawmakers will bring fresh air to the corridors of the Capitol this week. Through November 18, they will be attending classes to graduate as members of Congress. “It really is like high school — but it’s fun high school,” says one recently elected representative.
The midterms also served as vindication of sorts for Bernie Sanders, the 85-year-old senator from Vermont whose decades-old focus on "kitchen table populism" has finally found millions of sympathetic ears across the country.
In Mexico, authorities have been pursuing and capturing high-priority targets tied to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, backed by intelligence cooperation with the United States.Meanwhile, the country is seeing more episodes of verbal abuse by tourists and foreign residents, reigniting the debate over hate and gentrification.
This week we interviewed Alberto Núñez Feijoó, national leader of Spain's mainstream conservative People's Party, as the country gets closer to the snap election of November 29. And we spoke with Mary Austin, Freddie Mercury’s former fiancée and the main heir to the rock icon’s estate. She told us that she wants the rest of her life to revolve around his memory and ‘the extraordinary person he was.’
We hope you enjoy this selection of stories by EL PAÍS USA Edition.
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