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Night falls over the U.S. Capitol Dome, as members of the Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives deal with a budget showdown with the Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate, and a possible government shutdown in Washington, September 30, 2013. Senate Democrats killed a proposal by the Republican-led House of Representatives to delay Obamacare for a year in return for temporary funding of the federal government. The bill now goes back to the House, where its fate is unknown.

FAILURE IS AN OPTION

The US is doing exactly what it should not on banking rules

Theranos Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Holmes speaks on stage at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards where she receives an award, in the Manhattan borough of New York November 9, 2015.

IN COLD BLOOD

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes may be our first true feminist anti-hero

The musician Solange Knowles.

NOT EVERYONE'S A CRITIC

We are living in the golden age of the music explainer

France Tech Show

NOT YOUR DAD'S FRANCAFRIQUE

Macron is making another big play for Africa, this time for its startups

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