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Trump on Trial: ‘The Odds of Conviction Have Gone Up’
By Jonathan Alter Produced by Vishakha Darbha The contributing Opinion writer Jonathan Alter has been filing dispatches from Donald Trump’s hush-money trial. In this audio essay, he talks about how what’s happening there doesn’t bode well for Trump ...
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The Oldest, Most Successful Party in Europe Is Headed for a Wipeout
At 3 a.m. one day last December, a 78-year-old volunteer for the British Conservative Party was reportedly woken by a call from Mark Menzies, the Conservative lawmaker she worked for. He said that he was being held somewhere by “bad people” who ...
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Man Sentenced to 25 Years in Stabbings of 3 Homeless Men in Manhattan
Trevon Murphy, who a family member said had a history of mental health problems, killed one man and injured two others.
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The Campus Protests Signal the End of an Era for the Democrats
The colleges had a choice; in most places, they chose to escalate. At Indiana University, a police sniper was stationed on the roof of a building; at the University of Virginia, they dispersed protesters with pepper spray; at U.C.L.A., it was with ...
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Young Voters Aren’t Happy With Biden. But Will They Abandon Him?
Are many young people distressed about the war in Gaza? Yes. Are they unhappy with President Biden’s approach to the war? Yes. Does this doom Biden’s re-election bid? Not necessarily. First, a Harvard Youth Poll released in April found that the two ...
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2 Sentenced to Decades in Prison in 1-Year-Old Brooklyn Boy’s Killing
Davell Gardner was in his stroller at a nighttime cookout in July 2020 when he was hit by a stray bullet fired amid a bloody gang rivalry, prosecutors said.
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Barbara Stauffacher Solomon, Pioneer of Supergraphics, Dies at 95
Trained as a ballet dancer, painter and graphic designer, she was at the forefront of a movement that upended design and architecture with bold graphics.
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A Judge’s Dilemma: How to Punish Trump for Gag Order Violations
More from our inbox: If Trump Is Convicted ...TikTok and ChinaHypocritical Abortion ExceptionsWhat We Can Do to Help Save the BeesDonald J. Trump was cited for breaking the gag order in recent days. He had already been fined $9,000 for earlier ...
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In Combative Hearing, New York School Chief Turns Tables on Republicans
At a two-hour House hearing on antisemitism in public schools on Wednesday, the New York City schools chief, David C. Banks, made one thing very clear: He was ready to fight. In an unyielding and fiery tone, Mr. Banks challenged lawmakers and ...
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Pete McCloskey, Republican Who Tried to Unseat Nixon, Is Dead at 96
A liberal, antiwar California congressman, he had defeated Shirley Temple Black in a special election before launching a long-shot bid for the 1972 G.O.P. nomination.