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For the better part of a decade, Donald J.
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Last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida took a measured dig at Donald J. Trump by publicly mocking the circumstances that led New York investigators to the former president. “I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair,” Mr.
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Donald J. Trump prepared on Friday to surrender to prosecutors in Manhattan next week as the New York police braced for protests and sharply partisan responses from Democrats and Republicans ushered in a tumultuous time for a deeply polarized nation. A day after a grand jury indicted Mr.
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North Dakota’s Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision to block a ban on abortions in the state, and said the state Constitution protects abortion rights in some situations.
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The nitty-gritty process of reviewing and approving school textbooks has typically been an administrative affair, drawing the attention of education experts, publishing executives and state bureaucrats. But in Florida, textbooks have become hot politics, part of Gov.
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His Wife Was Dying, but 10 Feet of Snow Stood in His Way
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Two days into the relentless snowfall it became clear: There would be no leaving the mountains. Robert Rice was initially unfazed by warnings of the impending storm.
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No, ‘Wokeness’ Did Not Cause Silicon Valley Bank’s Collapse
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WASHINGTON — A growing chorus of conservative pundits and politicians have said the failure of Silicon Valley Bank was the result of the bank’s “woke” policies, blaming the California lender’s commitments to workplace diversity and environmentally and socially conscious investments.
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MIAMI — So much for all the efforts to slow the proliferation of Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades over the last two decades, including with paid contractors, trained volunteers and an annual hunt that has drawn participants from as far as Latvia: The giant snakes have been making their wa
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Russian Warplane Hits American Drone Over Black Sea, U.S. Says
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WASHINGTON — A Russian warplane struck a U.S.
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At Wellesley College, Students Vote to Admit Trans Men
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Wellesley College proudly proclaims itself as a place for “women who will make a difference in the world.” It boasts a long line of celebrated alumnae, including Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright and Nora Ephron.
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A Giant Blob of Seaweed is Heading to Florida
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For much of the year, an enormous brown blob floats, relatively harmlessly, across the Atlantic Ocean. Its tendrils provide shelter and breeding grounds for fish, crabs and sea turtles. Spanning thousands of miles, it is so large that it can be seen from outer space.
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DeSantis, Backing Away From Ukraine, Angers G.O.P. Hawks
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Declaring this week that defending Ukraine against Russia’s invasion was not a vital interest for the United States, Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida cemented a Republican shift away from hawkish foreign policy that has played out over the past decade and accelerated with Donald J.
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Ron DeSantis Says Protecting Ukraine Is Not a Key U.S. Interest
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Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida has sharply broken with Republicans who are determined to defend Ukraine against Russia’s invasion, saying in a statement made public on Monday night that protecting the European nation’s borders is not a vital U.S.
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Northeast Braces for Wind, Wet Snow and Power Failures
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The storm, which was expected to strengthen into a nor’easter and last through Wednesday, could unload six to 18 inches of snow across more than seven states, from northeast Pennsylvania and far northwest New Jersey through much of New York and New England, the National Weather Service said.
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At the University of Pennsylvania, where she has tenure, she invited a white nationalist to speak to her class.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence, delivering his strongest public rebuke yet to the president who made him his running mate, said on Saturday night “that history will hold Donald Trump accountable” for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, which he called “a disgrace.”
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Heavy snow rates and strong winds will likely produce dangerous or near-impossible travel in parts of the Northeast, the Weather Prediction Center said. The storm is expected to bring severe thunderstorms to the Southeast and Gulf Coast on Sunday night before intensifying.
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The detectives would arrive soon, so Thomas Klaber made deli sandwiches and coffee at his Cleveland home as he wondered what new information they had about the killing of his younger sister more than four decades ago.
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A Duggar Revisits Her Religious Upbringing
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When Jinger Duggar Vuolo was about 14, her family piled into the family bus to drive to Texas from their home in Arkansas.
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WASHINGTON — Finally, there is a peace deal of sorts in the Middle East. Not between Israel and the Arabs, but between Saudi Arabia and Iran, which have been at each other’s throats for decades. And brokered not by the United States but by China.
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When Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida announced last summer that he had taken the extraordinary step of removing a local prosecutor from his job, he cast his decision as a bold move to protect Floridians. The prosecutor, Andrew H.
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Stripping Confederate Ties, the U.S. Navy Renames Two Vessels
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One night in 1862, as the Civil War raged, an enslaved mariner named Robert Smalls seized an opportunity. When the enlisted crew of a Confederate steamer disembarked for a night of carousing in Charleston, S.C., Mr.
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DAVENPORT, Iowa — Suzy Barker, a native Iowan dressed in an orange-and-blue University of Florida hoodie, waited in a crowd of fellow Republicans on Friday morning to meet Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida.
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Paul Flores, who was found guilty last year of murdering Kristin Smart in 1996 when they were both university students, was sentenced on Friday to 25 years to life in prison, capping an emotional day for the Smart family, who waited more than a quarter of a century for some sense of justice.
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Saudi Arabia Offers Its Price to Normalize Relations With Israel
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WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia is seeking security guarantees from the United States, help with developing a civilian nuclear program and fewer restrictions on U.S. arms sales as its price for normalizing relations with Israel, people familiar with the exchanges say.
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