Eliza Griswold

the New Yorker

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Journalist, author and contributor at the New Yorker.

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Voters in Southwestern Pennsylvania will choose a new Congressman on Tuesday.

Will Pennsylvania's election affect the midterms?

Voters in Southwestern Pennsylvania will choose a new Congressman on Tuesday.

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A recent Senate bill to block Syrian refugees from coming into the United States failed. But that doesn’t mean hoards of Syrians have entered the country since then.

Syrian Refugees Getting Into the U.S.

A recent Senate bill to block Syrian refugees from coming into the United States failed. But that doesn’t mean hoards of Syrians have entered the country since then.

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