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Trump Could Soon Be a Felon. Does It Matter?
If I’d pictured Donald Trump’s first criminal trial a few years ago, I’d have imagined the biggest, splashiest story in…
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A Tongue-Lashing for a Defense Witness Isn’t Great News for Trump
Eight times a day during his felony trial, a former president of the United States must stand and honor 12…
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The Death of Iran’s President Does Not Bode Well
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has not always seen eye to eye with his country’s presidents. Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani nudged the…
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When Michael Cohen’s Lies Help the Case Against Trump
Is it possible to use a lie to illuminate the truth? If the lie is told by the serial liar…
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Jim Otto, Hall of Fame Raiders Center, Is Dead at 86
Despite his accomplishments on the field, he was remembered mostly for the many beatings his body absorbed, which left him…
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Let Justice in the Gaza War Take Its Course
In seeking the arrests of senior leaders of Israel and Hamas, the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has given…
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Cannes Meets Trump: ‘The Apprentice’ Sells a Controversial Origin Story
The film covers Donald J. Trump’s relationships with the fixer Roy Cohn and his first wife, Ivana, and tries to…
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Sexual Assault Suit Against Neil Portnow, Ex-Grammys Chief, Is Dismissed
The plaintiff, who had filed her suit anonymously, told a judge that she feared the consequences if efforts to reveal…
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Penguin Random House Dismisses Two of Its Top Publishers
The departures of Reagan Arthur, of Alfred A. Knopf, and Lisa Lucas, of Pantheon and Schocken, in a restructuring came…
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The Northern Lights I Did Not See
I spend a fair amount of time looking at the sky, for the sky is nearly always full of magic.…