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Susie Wiles Acknowledges Trump’s ‘Score Settling’ Behind Prosecutions

Par :Peter Baker
In interviews with Vanity Fair, Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, called JD Vance a “conspiracy theorist” and said Pam Bondi “completely whiffed” the early handling of the Epstein files.

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Over the course of 11 interviews, Ms. Wiles offered pungent assessments of the president and his team.
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Days After Brown University Shooting, a Community Is in a Standstill

Par :Shaila Dewan
As a manhunt for a gunman who killed two and injured nine at Brown University stretched into a third day, residents and officials alike were growing weary.

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Federal agents searching for clues near where footage showed a possible suspect walking away from the scene on Saturday.
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Brown Shooting Tests a Fragile Trust on Campus

Par :Dana Goldstein
The Ivy League school has faced a series of challenges related to protests and politics. Through it all, it has kept its gates open to the city and tried to heal divisions on campus.

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Brown University has been open to the city around it. After last weekend’s shooting, some are asking if the school should do more to harden the campus to protect student safety.
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Venezuela’s Oil Is a Focus of Trump’s Campaign Against Maduro

Par :Edward Wong and Julian E. Barnes
In public, the White House says it is confronting Venezuela to curb drug trafficking. Behind the scenes, gaining access to the country’s vast oil reserves is a priority.

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Oil drilling equipment in Cabimas, Venezuela. The country has about 17 percent of the world’s known oil reserves, nearly four times the amount in the United States.
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U.S. Transplant Hospitals Court Patients Overseas Despite Organ Shortage

Par :Brian M. Rosenthal and Mark Hansen
International patients can bring a hospital as much as $2 million for a transplant. In recent years, they have typically gotten organs faster than U.S. patients.

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Donald Trump Jr. Is Engaged to Bettina Anderson, a Palm Beach Socialite

Par :Chris Cameron
The relationship between the president’s son and Ms. Anderson had been the subject of tabloid speculation during his previous engagement to Kimberly Guilfoyle.

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Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson in Washington in June.
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U.S. Strikes 3 More Boats in Eastern Pacific, Killing 8

Par :Nathan Willis
The attacks brought the number killed since the Trump administration began the strikes on suspected drug smugglers to at least 95.

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An image taken from video released on Monday by the U.S. Southern Command.
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Kushner’s Firm Pulls Out of Trump-Branded Hotel Deal in Serbia

Par :Sharon LaFraniere and Lara Jakes
The announcement came just hours after prosecutors there charged four government officials with corruption in connection with the half-billion-dollar project.

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A real estate development project in Belgrade, Serbia, would have replaced bombed-out buildings with a luxury hotel bearing the Trump name.
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Rob Reiner Is Said to Have Argued With His Son Nick at Conan O’Brien’s Holiday Party

Par :Shawn Hubler · Brooks Barnes and Jason Zinoman
Rob Reiner and his son, Nick, had a dispute at a party hosted by Conan O’Brien the night before the director and his wife were found dead.

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Nick Reiner, center, with members of his family at the premiere of “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” in September.
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Wisconsin Judge Allows Election Case to Proceed Against Trump Advisers

Par :Danny Hakim
A judge ruled that at least two of three defendants would have to stand trial in a case stemming from a plan to deploy fake electors after Donald Trump lost the 2020 presidential election.

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Voting in Wisconsin in 2020. Wisconsin is one of five states that brought criminal charges related to the 2020 Trump campaign’s efforts to circumvent the outcome of the vote.
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Trump Files $10 Billion Suit Over BBC Documentary

Par :Michael D. Shear
The British broadcaster, which has expressed regret over the editing of video clips about the president, has rejected claims that the error was evidence of a fundamental bias in its news reporting.

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The BBC’s board chairman apologized in a letter to a British parliamentary committee, saying the documentary’s editing had been an “error of judgment.”
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Pelosi Long Resisted Stock-Trading Ban for Congress, Fueling Suspicion

Par :Annie Karni
The former speaker failed to appreciate the groundswell of support for banning the practice, refusing to give an inch amid G.O.P. accusations that she was corrupt.

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Nancy Pelosi’s legacy as the first woman to lead the House will include her years of resistance on banning lawmakers’ stock trading. She now supports the idea.
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FBI Director Kash Patel, Eager for Spotlight, Casts Aside Caution in Social Media Posts

Par :Glenn Thrush and Devlin Barrett
Kash Patel’s impulse to publicize the work of the bureau under his leadership has revived questions about his competence and his future in the administration.

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Even if Trump officials have privately criticized Mr. Patel, particularly over his use of government assets, rumors about his firing or forced resignation have yet to materialize.
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Trial Opens for Judge Accused of Steering Immigrant Away from Federal Agents

Par :Julie Bosman
“There was no corrupt intent,” the judge’s lawyer said in an opening statement. Prosecutors said the judge’s political views made her “cross the line.”

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Judge Hannah C. Dugan outside the federal courthouse in Milwaukee on Monday.
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How the Winklevoss Twins Won Big in Trump’s Pro-Crypto Washington

Par :Sharon LaFraniere
Few industry players seem closer to Trump than the 44-year-old billionaire brothers. And they have gotten more than just invitations to the White House this year.

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Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss at the White House.
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Harvard’s President Will Stay in the Role Indefinitely

Par :Vimal Patel
Alan M. Garber was appointed after his predecessor resigned under pressure. He has been in the role as Harvard fended off challenges from the Trump administration.

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Harvard’s president, Alan M. Garber, at the college’s commencement in May.
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Heng Guan Documented China’s Detention of Uyghurs. The U.S. Wants to Deport Him.

Par :Amy Qin and Chris Buckley
Heng Guan fled to the United States and released rare video evidence of China’s clampdown. His supporters say that sending him to Uganda puts him at risk.
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What Does It Mean to Be a ‘Person of Interest’?

Par :Shaila Dewan
Police officers investigating the Brown University shooting released a man they called a “person of interest.” Officials defended the twist in the case as the normal course of policing.

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On Sunday morning in Providence, R.I., the police had detained a “person of interest” in connection to the shooting at Brown University. By late evening, they backpedaled.
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Justice Dept. Charges Four in Los Angeles Over Left-Wing Bomb Plot

Par :Devlin Barrett
Administration officials said the case grew out of a presidential order declaring antifa to be a terrorist group.

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Bill Essayli, picked by President Trump to run the U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles, argued that the case should dispel any skepticism toward the administration’s claims about the danger of violence from the left.
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Democrats Celebrate Rob Reiner as a Hands-On Political Activist

Par :Katie Glueck and Adam Nagourney
The Hollywood star was an unusually hands-on activist and donor, whose deep understanding of politics set him apart from other celebrities.

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Rob Reiner and Hillary Clinton in 2008. Mr. Reiner’s political activism spanned the local, state and national levels.
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Trump Administration Begins Program to Increase Government’s Tech Worker Ranks

Par :Eileen Sullivan
The U.S. Tech Force is aiming to hire about 1,000 top-level technical employees and supervisors to join federal agencies and work on projects related to artificial intelligence and modernization.

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Scott Kupor is the director of the Office of Personnel Management, which is leading the program.
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Trump’s Post Attacking Rob Reiner After Stabbing Death Draws Immediate Outrage

Par :Luke Broadwater
The president attributed the killing to “Trump derangement syndrome,” but his disparaging comments drew backlash even from conservative allies who said they were inappropriate.

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Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, at the Kennedy Center in Washington in 2023. The Reiners’ 32-year-old son was “booked for murder,” according to the Los Angeles police chief, Jim McDonnell.
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Harvard, Yale and Other Universities Boost Security After Brown Shooting

Par :Sarah Mervosh
A gunman who killed two students at Brown University is still at large. There were no specific threats against other schools, but many are taking precautions.

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Brown University canceled exams and sent students home after a shooting in a study session on Saturday afternoon.
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Ella Cook, Victim of Shooting at Brown University, Is Remembered as ‘a Bright Light’

Par :Jenna Russell and Lauren McCarthy
Ella Cook, a 19-year-old sophomore from Mountain Brook, Ala., was a gifted pianist and spoke fluent French, a classmate said.

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Flowers outside the Barus and Holley Building on the Brown University campus in Providence, R.I., on Sunday.
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U.S. Soldiers and Translator Killed in Syria Are Identified

Par :Ann Hinga Klein · Sonia A. Rao and Christina Morales
The shooting attack in Palmyra, Syria, on Saturday struck Iowa National Guard troops. Two were killed, along with an American civilian interpreter; three others were wounded.
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MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, Killed in the Brown Shooting, Is Remembered as a Scholar

Par :Rich Griset · Eduardo Medina and Emily Cochrane
MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, 18, was gentle and extroverted, his sisters and a friend said, and had dreams of becoming a neurosurgeon.

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Flowers were left as part of a memorial on the campus of Brown University.
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Nick Reiner Talked Openly About His Struggles

Par :Ali Watkins
He and his father, the director Rob Reiner, also worked together on a film that was loosely inspired by the son’s early life.

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Nick Reiner in 2016. He was arrested late Sunday after his parents, the director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead at their California home.
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Other Celebrities Pay Tribute to Rob Reiner

Par :Alex Marshall
Stars of Mr. Reiner’s movies, as well as celebrities who simply admired his work, have posted heartfelt tributes to the director on social media.

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Rob Reiner at the Los Angeles premiere of “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues” in September.
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Michele Singer Reiner Inspired Rob Reiner to Change the Ending of ‘When Harry Met Sally’

Par :Maya Salam and Alex Marshall
Mr. Reiner’s falling for his wife of 36 years inspired the director to rework the ending of “When Harry Met Sally …” The couple would collaborate on movies and political causes.

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Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner in Los Angeles in 2019. The couple had been married over three decades when they were found dead in their home on Sunday.
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Officials Renew Search for Brown University Shooter After Releasing Person of Interest

Par :Ali Watkins
Hours after announcing they had detained a person in connection with the deadly shooting at Brown University, officials appealed to the public for new leads.

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Mayor Brett Smiley of Providence speaking at Lippitt Memorial Park on Sunday during a candlelight vigil for the victims of a shooting at Brown University.
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Trial Starts for Judge Accused of Helping Undocumented Immigrant Evade Agents

Par :Julie Bosman and Dan Simmons
The Milwaukee County judge faces federal charges, but she has maintained her innocence.

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Judge Hannah C. Dugan leaving a courthouse in Milwaukee in November.
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Trump’s Diversity Rollback Ends Crucial Aid for Deafblind Children Like Annie Garner

Par :Sonia A. Rao and Jamie Kelter Davis
A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The Trump administration cut the program’s funding over diversity goals.

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Casey and Leah Garner with their daughter, Annie, at their home in Reedsburg, Wis.
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Rob Reiner and Wife Found Stabbed to Death: What We Know

Par :Jin Yu Young
The director’s family said that Mr. Reiner and his wife, Michele, died on Sunday. Their son Nick Reiner was arrested on suspicion of murder, police said.

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Police officers outside the home of Rob Reiner in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles on Sunday night.
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A ‘Small Place’ Copes With Unimaginable Tragedy After Brown Shooting

Par :Mark Arsenault
The killing of two college students brought an unwelcome and unusual spotlight to the mayor of Providence, R.I., a place where many residents know each other.

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Hundreds of people gathered for a candlelight vigil at Lippitt Memorial Park in Providence, R.I., on Sunday night.
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House Republicans Accuse D.C. Police of Manipulating Crime Statistics

Par :Minho Kim
The committee cited interviews with police commanders in an effort to buttress President Trump’s federal takeover of law enforcement and the National Guard deployment in the capital city.

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The committee said interviews with the city police’s seven district commanders showed the department’s leadership had put an aggressive emphasis on lowering crime numbers.
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Gunshots at Brown University, Then 12 Hours of Lockdown and Fear

Par :Mark Arsenault and Dana Goldstein
Students sheltered in place in classrooms and basements, waiting for the all clear.

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The shooting at Brown University brought hundreds of police officers in helmets and armor to campus.
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Inside the Clintons’ Fight to Avoid Testifying in the House Epstein Inquiry

Par :Annie Karni
Bill and Hillary Clinton have repeatedly offered to provide sworn statements, but Representative James R. Comer has threatened to hold them in contempt of Congress if they fail to appear.

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For months, the Clintons have been engaging with Mr. Comer far more than was previously known to respond to his requests and avoid having to appear on Capitol Hill.
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