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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Suspicion grows around spies in Washington DC

    With the Trump administration’s ties to Russia under scrutiny, some Washington DC residents are re-examining their own encounters with foreign diplomats. Those meetings may have seemed friendly at first, but in hindsight were anything but.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 14, 2017 • 1 min read

    With the Trump administration’s ties to Russia under scrutiny, some Washington DC residents are re-examining their own encounters with foreign diplomats. Those meetings may have seemed friendly at first, but in hindsight were anything but.

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    Mayor Garcetti on housing, homelessness, and sanctuary rhetoric
    1. 0:00Mayor Garcetti on the future of LA and his leading role in California
    2. 13:49Is the Ellis Act misused to bypass rent control laws?
    3. 19:14Suspicion grows around spies in Washington DCYou’re reading this
    4. 28:02In 'Exit West,' a pair of young refugees are on the run
    5. 42:05How 3.14 became a mathematical celebrity
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