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A First Look at the Fall’s Biggest Restaurant Openings
Scoring the season’s hardest reservations at Wild Cherry, Babbo and the Eighty Six.
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Must-Do Recommendations for the Perfect Sweet Potato Casserole on Thanksgiving
And I won’t hear otherwise.
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Cognac Sales Are Down
For years, producers have turned to celebrity endorsements to make inroads in the American market. But as sales lag, it’s not enough.
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Trump administration prepares to fire worker for TV interview about SNAP
The USDA employee warned that the shutdown could have negative impacts on the millions of Americans who rely on the federal government to put food on the table.
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Trump Officials Prepare Tariff Exemptions, Seeking to Lower Food Prices
If the proposal goes into effect, it would be the latest rollback of one of President Trump’s key economic policies over concerns about affordability.
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Some TSA Workers to Get $10,000 Bonus Checks for Shutdown Work
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, began handing out $10,000 checks to T.S.A. workers who “went above and beyond” during the shutdown, after the president recommended similar bonuses for some air traffic controllers.
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BBC Apologizes to Trump Over Film Edit but Declines to Pay Compensation
The BBC said it would not rebroadcast a misleadingly edited documentary but added, “We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim.”
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SNAP Benefits Are Resuming as Government Reopens After Shutdown
Several states have restarted food stamp payments, but millions of Americans are still awaiting the November deposits that the Trump administration resisted paying out in full.
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U.S. Strike Kills 4 on Boat Trump Says Was Smuggling Drugs
The strike in the Caribbean brings the death toll in the Trump administration’s lethal campaign to 80 since early September.
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Koh Lan Is Thailand’s Antidote to the ‘White Lotus’ Frenzy in Koh Samui
While crowds flock to Koh Samui with its five-star resorts and thong-thronged beaches, Koh Lan, within two hours of Bangkok, offers an alternative.