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With the accession of Mike Johnson as the lower chamber\\u2019s majority leader, Congress can at last get back to lawmaking\\u2014unless the leadership circus starts again. China\\u2019s banks may be loaded up with hidden bad loans; the industry\\u2019s covid-era hangover could be about to intensify (09:29). And why so many films have become so very, very long (17:35).

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