Month: June 2022
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Israel’s Government Teeters Again, Losing Vote on Law that Supports West Bank Settlers
JERUSALEM — The Israeli Parliament voted on Monday against applying Israeli civilian law to Israelis in the occupied West Bank,…
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Nadal Has a Chance at Winning All 4 Grand Slams, if His Foot Cooperates
PARIS — Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer have won and done so much in nearly 20 years of…
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Proud Boys Charged With Sedition in Capitol Attack
Enrique Tarrio, the former chairman of the Proud Boys, and four other members of the far-right group were indicted on…
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Your Tuesday Briefing: Boris Johnson Stays in Power
Good morning. We’re covering Boris Johnson’s survival of a no-confidence vote, assassinations in Myanmar and a cunning optical illusion. Credit…
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With Cornyn in the Room, Senate Gun Talks Focus on Narrow Changes
WASHINGTON — Facing a national crisis with a devastating human toll and entrenched partisan divisions, a small group of Senate…
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A political escape artist finds his career on the brink.
When Boris Johnson won a landslide election victory for his Conservative Party in 2019, he loomed as a colossus over…
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A Broken Redistricting Process Winds Down, With No Repairs in Sight
WASHINGTON — The brutal once-a-decade process of drawing new boundaries for the nation’s 435 congressional districts is limping toward a…
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High California Gas Prices Rattle Democrats Ahead of Midterms
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Orange County, Calif., symbolized Republican struggles in America’s diverse and highly educated suburbs during Donald J…
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Supreme Court May Hear ‘800-Pound Gorilla’ of Election Law Cases
WASHINGTON — In October 2020, with the presidential election looming, four conservative justices issued opinions that seemed prepared to endorse…
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Behold the Lionfish, as Transfixing as It Is Destructive
The silence underwater is overwhelming. Time passes quickly. Having spotted my target, I focus on it intensely, knowing that if…