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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    In the wake of the Sri Lanka attacks, what’s the state of ISIS?

    More than 300 people died in a series of bombings at churches and high-end hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. The Islamic State claimed responsibility today.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 23, 2019 • 1 min read

    More than 300 people died in a series of bombings at churches and high-end hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. The Islamic State claimed responsibility today. If ISIS is indeed responsible, Sunday’s attack could be their most deadly outside of Iraq and Syria. It would cast more doubt on the Trump administration’s insistence that ISIS has been completely defeated.

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    The full episode

    1 of 5
    ISIS claims responsibility for bombings in Sri Lanka
    1. 0:00In the wake of the Sri Lanka attacks, what’s the state of ISIS?You’re reading this
    2. 7:06What we know about the United Constitutional Patriots, the militia group detaining migrants at the border
    3. 17:14Supreme Court appears ready to allow a citizenship question on 2020 Census
    4. 26:14Comedian Ramy Youssef stars in first TV sitcom about Muslim Americans
    5. 41:21A professional gambler is breaking Jeopardy
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