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Jon Stewart Signs Extension for ‘Daily Show’ Through 2026
Mr. Stewart’s contract was set to expire in December, though he expressed publicly last month that he wanted to keep hosting the show.
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China Started Separating Its Economy From the West Years Ago
Two decades of sustained effort to build national self-reliance and minimize imports have antagonized trade partners but fortified what a senior adviser called Beijing’s “bulwark” against conflicts.
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Meet the Billionaire Trying to Save College Football From Itself
Cody Campbell, an oilman, has spent millions paying students to play football at Texas Tech. Now he worries that people like him are ruining college sports.
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What the Virginia Governor Election Might Portend for Trump
The governor’s race in the president’s backyard could tell us if a backlash has arrived.
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The Battle Over an Activist Who Protested Stephen Miller Near His Virginia Home
Criminal inquiries pit the Miller family’s safety concerns against the First Amendment rights of an activist in Northern Virginia critical of the administration.
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Donors to Trump’s Ballroom Are Asked Why They Chose to Remain Incognito
Senator Richard Blumenthal is requesting information from business interests whose donations were not disclosed by the White House.
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ICE Altercation With Protester in Colorado Prompts a Police Chief to Push Back
At the Durango, Colo., police chief’s request, Colorado law enforcement will investigate whether a federal agent broke the law when he appeared to put a protester in a chokehold.
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2 Men Plotted Attack in Michigan on Halloween, U.S. Says
The two men face federal charges of planning a terrorist attack inspired by the Islamic State.
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Moon Duchin on the Math of Gerrymandering
Why the challenge of truly representative democracy is so complex.
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Martha Stewart Transformed the Dinner Party. Was That a Good Thing?
With “Entertaining,” a seminal cookbook that’s being newly reissued, the original lifestyle influencer changed the culture and built her empire.