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Democrats Keep Hoping It’s Curtains for Trump. He’s Still Center Stage.

As Donald Trump faces a new threat to his political future, this time over the question of ballot eligibility, Democrats again find themselves looking toward American institutions to stop him.

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Fetterman, Breaking With the Left on Israel, Rejects ‘Progressive’ Label

The Pennsylvania senator, who has angered liberal Democrats with his staunchly pro-Israel stance and position on immigration, assailed the left and said he no longer considers himself a progressive.

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The 2024 Election: How Iowa Learned to Love Trump

Iowa’s Republican voters typically reward faith-driven candidates. That doesn’t look to be how 2024 is shaping up. At the state fair, it was clear why.

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How Could the Supreme Court Respond to Colorado?

Two editorial board writers discuss.

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Loneliness Is Inescapable. So Let’s Talk About It.

Times readers, ages 16 to 93, open up about loneliness.

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Choice Hotel Franchise Owners Push Back on Merger With Wyndham

Franchisees are fighting Choice Hotels’ attempted takeover of its biggest rival, which would create a dominant player in the budget hotel sector.

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Trump Pushes Pro-Police Agenda, With a Big Exception: His Criminal Cases

Long a loud supporter of the police, Donald Trump is floating new protections for them. At the same time, he is raging against law enforcement officials who have brought felony charges against him.

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Does Social Media Perpetuate Inequality?

Black and Hispanic youth use social media more than white kids, exposing them to its psychological harms and distracting from more useful endeavors.

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Mahmoud Abbas Must Go

Thirty years after the Oslo Accords, the Palestinians who led the first intifada feel they have been betrayed.

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Kendra’s Law Was Meant to Prevent Violence. It Failed Hundreds of Times.

New York’s premier monitoring program for people with mental illness has broken down repeatedly, including in five cases involving people who committed subway shovings.

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Coming Soon: A George Santos Documentary Focusing on His ‘Human Side’

The filmmaker, Jenner Furst, will pay Mr. Santos an archival material fee, an arrangement similar to the one he used with Billy McFarland, the subject of “Fyre Fraud.”

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Excerpts From Dr. Claudine Gay’s Work

Here are five examples of work by President Claudine Gay of Harvard that have been spotlighted by critics who have accused her of plagiarism.

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75 Years Later, the Tokyo War Crimes Trials Still Reverberate

The Tokyo war crimes trial is consequential not because of long-defunct Wilsonian daydreams about a world pacified by international law, but because it misfired and fizzled.

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Key Hamas Plotters of Oct. 7 Attack Elude Israel’s Grip on Gaza

Israel has battered Gaza in its quest to destroy Hamas, without finding the commanders it has named as its most important targets.

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A Cold War Era Dispute Between Venezuela and Guyana Complicates U.S. Relations

Venezuela’s claim to most of Guyana’s territory has been made against leftists and by leftists. It’s been about colonialism, nationalism, Cold War and oil, and it’s complicating U.S. foreign policy.

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How China Is Profiting From Trade With Russia

The country’s trade with Russia this year has exceeded $200 billion, and makers of cars and trucks are the big winners.

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Harvard Finds More Instances of ‘Duplicative Language’ in Claudine Gay’s Work

Claudine Gay has faced growing criticism not only of her response to antisemitism on campus but also of her scholarship.

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Clarence Thomas Threatened to Resign Over Salary Concerns in 2000

The justice set off a scramble by a lawmaker to find a way to raise his pay.

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U.S. Defense Chief Says Israeli Shift Would Reduce Fears of a Regional War

The Biden administration is urging Israel to phase out high-intensity military missions in Gaza to avoid broader conflict with Iran and others.

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Gaza Truce Talks Bog Down Over Disputes on Aid Inspections

In Cairo and at the U.N., negotiators struggled to come up with plans for pausing the fighting, freeing hostages and speeding up help for Gazans.

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2 Teens Convicted of Murdering Brianna Ghey, a Transgender Girl, in England

A jury found that a boy and a girl, both now 16, murdered Brianna Ghey, 16, who was stabbed 28 times at a park near Manchester in February.

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Judge Orders Giuliani to Pay $148 Million Damage Award Immediately

A federal judge found that Rudolph Giuliani had a history of hiding assets and that he must swiftly pay two Georgia election workers he was found to have defamed.

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Analysis: Amid Biden’s Dismal Polling, Don’t Expect Him to Shift Strategy

Officials in the president’s orbit say polls won’t change a strategy centered on comparing the Biden agenda with a Republican one, even as some allies feel betrayed by his policies.

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A Wave of Violence Terrorizes Mexico as Criminals Kill With Impunity

The latest killings have left dozens of Mexicans dead and few held accountable despite insecurity being the public’s top priority going into next year’s presidential election.

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Colorado Supreme Court Was Narrowly Split on Barring Trump From Ballot

The 4-3 decision was harshly criticized by Trump supporters, who called it undemocratic. But some observers say the court is notably nonpartisan.

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Senate Wraps Up Year, Punting Ukraine Aid and Other Issues to 2024

But leaders of both parties cited steady progress on a package tying Ukraine military assistance to tougher border policies and hope for a deal early next month.

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Lift a Pinky. It’s Time for Tea.

In a fractious era, tea salons provide an oasis.

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The Colorado Ruling is Likely to Land Before the Supreme Court

Also, New York City banned most uses of solitary confinement. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

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Man Cleared of Murder After More Than 48 Years in Prison

Glynn Simmons, 70, of Oklahoma, was exonerated after a 1975 conviction for a murder he did not commit, prosecutors said. He served the longest wrongful sentence in the United States.

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With Trump Declared an ‘Insurrectionist,’ His Rivals Pull Their Punches, Again

The blockbuster ruling by Colorado’s Supreme Court would seem to give Donald Trump’s challengers an avenue of attack, but far behind in the polls, they are skirting the issue.

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