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- Presidents of both parties have sometimes overplayed their efforts to strong-arm a member of Congress. It’s often not effective.
- Now, President Trump’s administration has been accused of threatening to punish the state of Alaska because of Senator Lisa Murkowski’s opposition to Republican health care proposals.
Right and Left React to Scaramucci’s Dismissal
Here’s how the other side thinks: Writers from across the political spectrum on the upheaval in the White House.
Russian Exercises in Belarus Put United States on Alert
American military officials are concerned that Russia will use the maneuvers as a pretext to increase its presence near the border of NATO territory.
A Deal to Avoid a ‘Life Sentence of Deportation’
A growing number of prosecutors are factoring in the threat of deportation to the charges and sentences they pursue for crimes by undocumented immigrants.
She Went to Jail Because Prosecutors Withheld Evidence
Noura Jackson spent nine years in prison for killing her mother, until it was revealed that prosecutors had withheld a crucial piece of evidence — a shockingly frequent occurrence that is almost never punished.
Vase, Thought to Be Looted, Is Seized From Met Museum
Evidence indicates the 2,300-year-old vase, on display for decades, was illegally dug up from an Italian grave and later sold to the Met at auction.
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In Mosul, Revealing the Last ISIS Stronghold
A photojournalist for The New York Times documented the devastating toll within the Islamic State’s last holdout area in Mosul’s Old City.
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The brief and tumultuous tenure of Anthony Scaramucci. Plus: how President Putin’s bet on a Trump presidency backfired spectacularly.
Where All the School’s a Stage, and the List of Success Stories Is Long
In high schools of the performing and visual arts, race, sexual identity and ZIP code are beside the point. It’s no wonder they inspire a fierce devotion among students and graduates.
Jail in Brooklyn Faces String of Sexual Assault Cases
The Metropolitan Detention Center has relatively few female inmates. Yet it accounts for a disproportionate number of sexual assault cases involving them.
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U.S. Companies Flee China, But Starbucks Marches In
The company is now opening more than a store a day in China. The secret to success there, according to the coffee seller’s chairman? Mutual trust.
India’s Favorite Designer Bids for Western Acclaim
Anita Dongre, who spent 2016 in the spotlight after the Duchess of Cambridge wore one of her dresses, opened her first store in the United States.
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The Eclipse That Revealed the Universe
In 1919, British astronomers photographed a solar eclipse and proved that light bends around our sun — affirming Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
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