Janet Hook
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Janet Hook covered national politics for the Los Angeles Times until October 2021. She returned to the Washington bureau in 2018 after spending eight years covering politics and Congress for the Wall Street Journal. Her first stint with The Times was in 1995-2010 covering Congress and politics. She was a fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics and received the Everett Dirksen Award for reporting on Congress, the Carey McWilliams Award for political reporting and the John S. Knight Fellowship for Professional Journalists. She is a graduate of Harvard University.
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Joe Biden, el presidente de más edad de la historia, dependÃa de los votantes jóvenes para ganar en 2020. ¿Podrá mantener su apoyo?
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Joe Biden, the oldest president in history, depended on young voters to win in 2020. Can he keep their support?
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