In the early 2000s, as the uprising known as the second intifada instilled fear in Israelis through a series of suicide bombings, Kenneth Marcus, then an official in the U.S. …
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Kamala Harris Visits Parkland and Urges States to Adopt Red-Flag Gun Laws
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesVice President Kamala Harris on Saturday toured the still-bloody and bullet-pocked classroom building in Parkland, Fla., where a gunman killed 14 students and three staff members in 2018, using the …
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Georgia, with its long history of the suppression of Black voters, has been ground zero for fights about voting rights laws for decades. The state has often seen stark differences …
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U.S. Says ISIS Was Responsible for Deadly Moscow Concert Hall Attack
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA branch of the Islamic State claimed responsibility on Friday for the massacre at a Moscow concert hall, one of the deadliest attacks in Russia in decades, and U.S. officials …
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Two Republicans Advance to a Runoff to Finish Kevin McCarthy’s Term
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesCalifornia’s most conservative congressional district just experienced its own version of the “Groundhog Day” time loop. After two elections, held two weeks apart, the same two candidates have advanced to …
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What We Know About ISIS-K, the Group That Claimed Responsibility for the Moscow Attack
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe group that claimed credit for the deadly terrorist attack in Moscow on Friday is the Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan called Islamic State Khorasan Province, or ISIS-K. ISIS-K was …
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F.B.I. Tells Passengers on Alaska Flight They May Have Been Crime Victims
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesPassengers aboard an Alaska Airlines plane that made an emergency landing after a fuselage panel blew off this year have started to receive letters from the F.B.I. identifying them as …
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Congress Races to Pass $1.2 Trillion Spending Bill Before Shutdown Deadline
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesCongressional leaders toiled on Friday to put down a conservative revolt and pass a bipartisan $1.2 trillion spending bill needed to fund the government through the fall, racing to push …
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Tennessee Makes A.I. an Outlaw to Protect Its Country Music and More
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe floor in front of the stage at Robert’s Western World, a beloved lower Broadway honky-tonk in Nashville, was packed on Thursday afternoon. But even with the country music superstar …
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U.S. to Present Gaza Cease-Fire Resolution at U.N. Security Council
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesSecretary of State Antony J. Blinken, traveling in the Middle East on Thursday, pressed for a halt to fighting in the Gaza Strip as the United States prepared to introduce …