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The Trump Trials: Escape from New York
The latest news in Donald Trump’s New York hush money trial and other criminal cases, and what to watch for this week.
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Trump and DeSantis meet privately in Florida
Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis met privately Sunday morning in Miami, breaking a years-long chill between the presumptive Republican nominee and his onetime chief primary rival.
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Kushner’s Investments Could Be a Conflict of Interest for Trump
Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners has invested more than $1.2 billion, much of it in firms abroad, drawing new scrutiny as his father-in-law, Donald Trump, again seeks the presidency. The New York Times Investigative Reporter, Eric Lipton, explains where the money is coming from and where it’s going.
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An Explosion in Afghanistan Nearly Killed Him. Now, It’s Inspiring His Senate Bid.
Sam Brown, a veteran and former Army captain, was left permanently scarred from a Taliban bomb in 2008. Can his military service drive a successful political campaign in Nevada?
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Carolyn Hax: Will his date think, ‘Oh, no, he still lives with his parents’?
He’s inviting his widower dad to move in for a while, and worries the woman he’s dating will get a co-dependent impression.
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Ask Amy: My friend invited me to her baptism. I don’t want to go.
Formerly religious letter writer isn’t interested in attending a friend’s baptism.
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5,000 miles away, a Michigan mayor at the center of the Gaza storm
Navigating between residents’ rage over Gaza and Democrats’ fears of Trump, Abdullah Hammoud must decide whether to back Biden in the fall
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‘I’m a Grown Man Running Against a 6-Year-Old’: Biden Lets Trump Jokes Fly at Annual Roast
Journalists and politicians schmoozed over filet mignon at the White House Correspondents Dinner as pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside.
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Trump’s Trial Could Bring a Rarity: Consequences for His Words
The former president has spent decades spewing thousands and thousands of words, sometimes contradicting himself. That tendency is now working against him in his Manhattan criminal case.
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As He Exits Congress, Blumenauer Wants His Party to Embrace Pot Legalization
The long-serving congressman from Portland, who has become the top marijuana advocate on Capitol Hill, believes the issue could boost President Biden’s support with young voters.