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Trump Lawyer’s Notes Could Be a Key in the Classified Documents Inquiry
Turning on his iPhone one day last year, lawyer M. Evan Corcoran recorded his reflections about a high-profile new job: representing former President Donald Trump in an investigation into his handling of classified documents.
Buffalo Leaders Weren’t Ready for Blizzard That Killed 31, Report Says
Five months after a blizzard devastated western New York, killing 31 residents of Buffalo, a report released Friday cited multiple failures in the city’s response to the blinding snowfall that whipped through the region for three days, trapping many people in their cars, homes and workplaces.
Biden to Deliver Oval Office Address as U.S. Averts Default
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver a rare Oval Office address on Friday evening after congressional passage of legislation that narrowly averts the economic calamity of a first-ever default on the nation’s debt.
Conflict With the Far-Right Shrouds Jerusalem’s Pride Parade
JERUSALEM — One ultraconservative member of the Israeli government had pledged to abolish the Jerusalem Pride and Tolerance Parade. Another far-right minister with a history of homophobia, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who now oversees the police, was tasked with securing it.
Talk of Racism Proves Thorny for GOP Candidates of Color
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina opened his presidential candidacy with a story of the nation’s bitter racist past. It is one that he tells often, of a grandfather forced from school in the third grade to pick cotton in the Jim Crow South.
Israel Called Them ‘Precision’ Strikes. But Civilian Homes Were Hit, Too.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — As the Khoswan family slept, the Israeli military dropped three GBU-39 bombs into their sixth-floor apartment. One of the bombs exploded just outside the parents’ bedroom, leaving the apartment looking as if a tornado had swept through, killing three family members.
Virginia Man Is Charged in Fatal Shooting of New Jersey Councilwoman
A 28-year-old Virginia man was charged with murder on Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a New Jersey council member in February, the authorities said. The man, Rashid Ali Bynum, was taken into custody in Virginia on Tuesday morning and was awaiting extradition, Yolanda Ciccone, the Middlesex County, New Jersey, prosecutor said at a news conference. He was charged with first-degree murder, second-degree unlawful possession of a handgun and second-degree possession of a handgun for an unlawful purpose.
Afghan Women Who Aided U.S. Military Wait for Asylum in America
It was almost 3 a.m. in New York, but Nazdana Hassani refused to fall asleep. She stared at her phone, closing and refreshing WhatsApp, hoping that her mother’s internet had been restored at her home in Afghanistan.
Trump Looks Like He Will Get the 2024 Crowd He Wants
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida officially entered the presidential race last week, but he appears further than ever from the one-on-one matchup that his allies believe he needs to wrest the nomination from former President Donald Trump.
White House and GOP Strike Debt Limit Deal to Avert Default
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturday reached an agreement in principle to lift the debt limit for two years while cutting and capping some government spending over the same period, a breakthrough after a marathon set of crisis talks that has brought the nation within days of its first default in history.
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