Targeting Bolton, Justice Dept. Again in Alignment With Trump’s Desires
Its request for an order blocking the publication of the former official’s memoir is the latest in a series of acts by the department to shield the president’s friends or pursue his critics.
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The Biggest Obstacle to China Policy: President Trump
Overseeing chaotic actions is a president whose goal with Beijing has been to secure a trade deal that would help him get re-elected.
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Juneteenth 2020: Live Updates
The holiday traditionally celebrated by African-Americans to mark the end of slavery has rocketed into the national spotlight.
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Police Decisions Are Scrutinized After Rayshard Brooks’s Fatal Encounter
Experts debate the best way of handling a drunken driver, and whether Mr. Brooks was a threat after twice firing a police Taser.
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Trump Can’t Immediately End DACA, Supreme Court Rules
The program, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, protects people brought to the United States as children by shielding them from deportation and letting them work.
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DACA Explained: What is it?
Here’s what you need to know about a policy that protected from deportation people who were brought into the United States as children.
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Covid-19 Worldwide: Live Updates on Cases and Deaths
An outbreak in Beijing prompted a backlash against salmon. Coronavirus antibodies may last only two to three months, according to a study.
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Unemployment Claims Show Another 1.5 Million Filings: Live Updates
The latest on stock market and business news during the coronavirus outbreak.
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Coronavirus Isn't Over. New Yorkers Are Acting as if It Were.
All over the city, bars, stores and people themselves are bending or ignoring social distancing rules, irking officials trying to keep the coronavirus curve flat.
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Justice Dept. Escalates Legal Fight With Bolton Over Book
The Trump administration asked a judge to order the former national security adviser to stop publication of his memoir even as explosive details emerged.
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Five Takeaways From John Bolton’s Memoir
“The Room Where It Happened” describes Mr. Bolton’s 17 turbulent months at President Trump’s side through a multitude of crises and foreign policy challenges.
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Does Trump Want to Fight to Win 2020 Election? His Aides Are Worried.
Advisers and allies say the president’s repeated acts of self-destruction have significantly damaged his re-election prospects, and yet he appears mostly unable, or unwilling, to curtail them.
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Coronavirus Live Updates: Mixed Messages From Washington
Oklahoma, where President Trump plans a rally this weekend, is among the states reporting a record number of new cases. Arizona and Texas will allow local officials to require masks.
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The Pandemic Isn’t Over. New Yorkers Are Acting as if It Were.
All over the city, bars, stores and people themselves are bending or ignoring social distancing rules, irking officials trying to keep the coronavirus curve flat.
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Bolton's Book Says Trump Impeachment Inquiry Missed Other Troubling Actions
In his new book, John R. Bolton, the former national security adviser, describes instances when the president sought to halt criminal inquiries. He also says President Trump’s loyalists mocked him behind his back.
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Book Review: John Bolton’s ‘The Room Where It Happened’
In his memoir, the former national security adviser writes about Donald Trump’s White House, including the president’s attempts to ingratiate himself with Turkish and Chinese leaders.
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Live Updates: Protests, Aunt Jemima, Rayshard Brooks
The former Atlanta officer, Garrett Rolfe, faces 11 charges, including murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was fired on Saturday less than 24 hours after the fatal shooting.
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Quaker to Change Aunt Jemima Name and Image Over ‘Racial Stereotype’
Quaker Oats, the owner of the 131-year-old brand, said it would retire the name as it worked “to make progress toward racial equality.”
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De Blasio, Pressured on Policing, Acts to Toughen Discipline
Mayor de Blasio said the city would put all police disciplinary records online and speed up the disciplinary process against officers accused of abuse.
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Reconsidering the Past, One Statue at a Time
From Virginia to New Mexico, protests over police brutality have brought hundreds of years of American history bubbling to the surface.
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Activists Who Marched With Dr. King Offer Lessons for Those Marching for George Floyd
The tumult and passion of the past weeks have left the surviving veterans of the civil rights era with trepidation and hope.
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How Black N.Y.P.D. Officers Really Feel About the Floyd Protesters
Most officers of color share the protesters’ mission to defeat racism, but the unrest has reminded the officers that they are still often seen as the enemy.
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Coronavirus Live Updates: Millions of Doses of Malaria Drugs in Limbo
A milder, limited lockdown ends some classes and locks down neighborhoods. Texas, Florida and Arizona set case records. The president of Honduras has the virus.
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Trump Hydroxychloroquine Push Secured Millions of Likely Useless Coronavirus Pills
Before the F.D.A. withdrew its waiver to stockpile the drugs as coronavirus treatments, the Trump administration had embarked on a headlong effort to import tens of millions of doses.
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A Minneapolis police dispatcher became so alarmed when she watched George Floyd’s arrest in real time that she called in a supervisor, according to reports.
“I don’t know, you can call me a snitch if you want to, but we have the cameras up for (squad) 320’s call, and … I don’t know if they had to use force or not, but they got something out of the back of the squad, and all of them sat on this man,” the unnamed dispatcher said in a call to the supervisor, the Star-Tribune reported.
“So, I don’t know if they needed you or not, but they haven’t said anything to me,” the dispatcher said.
“Yeah,” the supervisor responded, “they haven’t said anything yet … just a takedown, which doesn’t count, but I’ll find out.”
“No problem,” the dispatcher answered. “We don’t ...
Pence Misleadingly Blames Coronavirus Spikes on Rise in Testing
On a private call with governors, the vice president played down new outbreaks, stressing that some states were seeing what he called “intermittent” spikes. Experts have warned it’s not that simple.
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Live Coronavirus Updates: U.S. Prisons See Spike in Cases
The number of inmates known to be infected across the country has doubled during the past month, to more than 65,000. The virus flares in Beijing, and other cities look to guard against a spread.
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Most Coronavirus Tests Cost About $100. Why Did One Cost $2,315?
U.S. health care prices are unregulated, opaque and unpredictable. When Congress required insurers to cover Covid-19 testing, a few providers decided to take advantage.
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Conservative Christians See ‘Seismic Implications’ in Supreme Court Ruling
A ruling that protects the rights of gay and transgender workers could impact how conservative groups operate their own institutions.
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A Half-Century On, an Unexpected Milestone for L.G.B.T.Q. Rights
The Supreme Court’s surprising 6-to-3 ruling in favor of gay and transgender rights was perhaps the strongest evidence yet of how fundamentally and unpredictably American views have changed.
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