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Behind Italy’s Protests: Rising Prices and Sinking Hopes

Inspired in part by French demonstrations, protests in Italy by students in the north and truckers in the south could affect national elections next year.

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Demonstrators clashed with police in Milan this month.
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Republicans Cut Taxes to Win the Midterms. It May Not Work Out.

Among the stakes in next month’s election is the long-running question of whether tax cuts can shape how people vote.

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Representative Mike Lawler campaigning this month in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Mr. Lawler, a Republican, has made the higher federal cap on the state and local tax deduction central to his political identity.
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