Johnson
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Newyork
L.B.J. Did It in 1968. Biden Can Do It, Too.
On March 31, 1968, Lyndon Johnson used a nationally televised address from the Oval Office to announce that he would no longer seek, and would not accept, his party’s nomination for the presidency of the United States. After his catastrophic ...
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Books
‘Hit Man’ Says Contract Killers Aren’t Real. Here’s the Truth.
The romantic shenanigans are the stuff of Hollywood, but the film’s fake contract killer is based on a real man profiled in a Texas Monthly article.
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Newyork
Britain’s Prime Minister Plays His Last Card
Last week a visibly cold Rishi Sunak stood in front of No. 10 Downing Street in a downpour to announce the date of the general election — July 4, months earlier than expected — to an indifferent nation. “Now is the moment for Britain to choose its ...
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World
Sports Betting Company Drops Boris Johnson From Soccer Ad
The script for the advertisement called for the former prime minister to say ‘I told you I would get us back in Europe’ ahead of this summer’s soccer championship.
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US
Chicago Would Like Everyone to Stop Talking About 1968
Mayor Brandon Johnson of Chicago understands the comparison to 1968. Once again, the city is gearing up to host a late-summer Democratic National Convention amid a backdrop of fury and antiwar campus protests from the party’s younger, leftist flank ...
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US
When Prison and Mental Illness Amount to a Death Sentence
Markus Johnson slumped naked against the wall of his cell, skin flecked with pepper spray, his face a mask of puzzlement, exhaustion and resignation. Four men in black tactical gear pinned him, his face to the concrete, to cuff his hands behind his ...
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Newyork
Marjorie Taylor Greene Is Not as Powerful as She Thinks She Is
In an interview last week, NewsNation’s Blake Burman asked Speaker Mike Johnson about Marjorie Taylor Greene, and before Burman could finish his question, Johnson responded with classic Southern scorn. “Bless her heart,” he said, and then he told ...
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Newyork
An Opaque Philip Johnson House Reopens After 15 Years
The architect Philip Johnson’s Glass House, a rectangular glass-and-steel residence set on a grassy shelf above a wooded bluff in New Canaan, Conn., has epitomized a certain East Coast ideal of midcentury elegance since its completion in 1949. Before ...
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US
Jeffries’s Hint of a Lifeline Bolstered Johnson on Ukraine. Will He Need It?
The House Democratic leader has suggested his members would protect Speaker Mike Johnson if right-wing Republicans tried to oust him over Ukraine aid, strengthening the speaker’s hand.
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News
For Fox News, Student Protests Are a Familiar Target
On Fox and in other conservative outlets, the protests have given new lease to a long-running argument that students at elite universities are intolerant of conservative views.