Graydon Carter Looks Back on a Glossy Career of Parties and Feuds

Ms. Brown added that she accepted the job only after her mother agreed to move to New York to help with the children. “Never at any time throughout all this did Graydon’s name come up to me as a possible alternate candidate,” she wrote, adding that she was “so bedeviled by Graydon’s angry recollection.” “Si […]

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Duterte Appears in Court in The Hague via Video After Arrest

In a scenario once considered unthinkable for a head of state who presided over the public and brutal killings of thousands of civilians, Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, appeared at an International Criminal Court hearing via a video link on Friday. Mr. Duterte’s arrest this week on charges of crimes against humanity, […]

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NYC Subway Crime Report Shows Random Assaults Outnumber Robberies

A top concern for subway riders was once having a purse or wallet snatched. Now, they may be more worried about a sudden attack. The nature of crime in the subway has become far more unpredictable, even as the number of violent incidents remains low, according to a report released on Friday. In 2023, for […]

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Germans Reach Deal to Spend Big on Defense, Climate and More

Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor of Germany, announced on Friday that he had cut a deal with the Green Party to allow extensive new government spending for defense, infrastructure and projects related to climate change, appearing to seal the votes for a stunning turnabout in German fiscal policy before he even takes office. The […]

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The People Whose Children Were Killed in Duterte’s Drug War

Emily Soriano was doing laundry this week when a friend rushed into her house with news about their yearslong quest for justice. In December 2016, gunmen stormed into a house in their poor neighborhood north of Manila and started shooting. They killed seven people, including three children and a pregnant woman. Ms. Soriano and her […]

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Schumer Says He’ll Vote for GOP Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, broke with his party on Thursday and lined up enough Democrats to advance a Republican-written bill to keep federal funding flowing past a midnight Friday deadline, arguing that Democrats could not allow a government shutdown that many of them have demanded. During a private luncheon with […]

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Opinion | Why Is Gavin Newsom Seeking Common Ground With the Right?

I was open to the idea behind Gavin Newsom’s new podcast, in which the California governor has been breaking out of his political bubble to talk at length with right-wing media stars such as Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon. Democrats need to get better at speaking to people who don’t share their assumptions and at […]

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German Tourists Detained for Weeks, Then Deported From U.S.

Chained, detained for weeks and eventually deported, two German tourists trying to enter the United States were recently tangled in a system responding to President Trump’s push to sharply restrict entry and deport people en masse. The cases of Jessica Brösche, held for 46 days, and Lucas Sielaff, held for 16, and accounts of their […]

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