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Why Do the Big Stories Keep Breaking at Night?

Even in the internet age, the rhythms of print publications drive the news cycle.
Source: Library of Congress

It’s usually around 8 p.m. when the push notifications start rolling in. On Wednesday night, The New York Times kicked things off at 7:56 p.m. with a major story about how Obama administration officials had scrambled to preserve intelligence on Russia in the days before President Donald Trump’s inauguration.

An hour later, the next big story dropped. This time, from, with that Jeff Sessions did not disclose at least two encounters he had last year with Russia’s ambassador

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