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Weeks Before Election as Speaker, Johnson Lamented ‘Dark and Depraved’ Culture
Mike Johnson’s comments on a prayer call in October, during which he talked about church attendance and L.G.B.T.Q. youth, offered…
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World
Democratic Aides in Congress Break With Their Bosses on Israel-Hamas War
A wave of current and former staff members, mostly of a younger generation, are agitating for a cease-fire and speaking…
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World
Cease-fire Calls Dominate Fiery U.N. Security Council Session
Calls for a cease-fire dominated Tuesday’s daylong United Nations Security Council meeting on the Israel-Hamas war, with senior U.N. officials,…
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World
‘Angry and Afraid’: Tensions High in New York Over Israel-Hamas War
Recent protests on both sides of the conflict have drawn thousands, and antisemitic and anti-Islamic attacks have added to the…
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World
George Santos Swore He’d Never Talk to Me. Then the Phone Rang.
It was just after noon on an early September Saturday when the first call came. It already had been an…
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World
U.S. and World Leaders Pledge Support for Ukraine ‘for as Long as It Takes’
President Biden has told his counterparts in a number of allied countries that he remains confident that Congress will approve…
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News
The Hard-Drug Decriminalization Disaster
How soon is too soon to call a progressive and libertarian policy obsession a public policy fiasco? In the case…
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World
What Happened When a Brooklyn Neighborhood Policed Itself for Five Days
It had been a quiet April afternoon until about a dozen teenagers began running up Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville, yelling…
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News
Bill Saluga, a Memorable Comedic Wiseguy, Is Dead at 85
He played many characters in his career, but he was best known by far for the one who said, “You…
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News
Don Denkinger, Umpire Remembered for Botched Call, Dies at 86
His reputation as a longtime major-league umpire was overshadowed by a wrong call he made during the 1985 World Series.