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The presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders made an appearance on Fox News. Plus: Ilhan Omar rejects demands for performances of patriotism, including the 9/11 loyalty test.
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It’s Tuesday, April 16.

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The centuries-old Paris cathedral caught fire on Monday night; Rachel Donadio, reporting from Paris, of thousands of Parisians watching the famous landmark burn. “In a way, it is a death,” she wrote. Restoring Notre-Dame—which President Emmanuel Macron to those working to rebuild parts of the cathedral that were lost.

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