The ruling’s scope is limited to two American activists, but it represents a striking, if tentative, blow to the president’s efforts to penalize and isolate the world’s highest criminal court.
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A State Department cable telling officials to avoid comments on the “fairness or integrity” of most elections continues a U.S. turn away from promoting democratic values abroad.
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Jewel Thais-Williams, Whose Nightclub Celebrated ‘Queer Black Joy,’ Dies at 86
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesCatch One, which she opened in Los Angeles in 1973 in the face of local animosity, became a glittering sanctuary for a largely shunned community.
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Debate Ignites at U.S. School Over Netanyahu’s Hall of Fame Status
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesRecent comments by the Israeli prime minister and a Fox News commentator about their suburban Philadelphia high school have inflamed a debate.
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Congress just voted to claw back $500 million in funding for public broadcasting. Benjamin Mullin, a media reporter for The New York Times, explains what will happen now to NPR, …
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Trump’s Plan to Reopen Alcatraz Appears to Move Forward With Officials’ Visit
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAttorney General Pam Bondi and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum visited the site on Thursday to study whether reopening it as a federal prison could work.
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Republicans on Senate Panel Vote to Advance Bove’s Nomination After Democrats Storm Out
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAn even more intense battle is expected on the Senate floor over the nomination of a Trump immigration policy enforcer to a lifetime judicial post.
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They Grew Up on Mexican Coke. Trump’s Cane Sugar Plan Makes Them Uneasy.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAfter President Trump announced that Coke will be made with cane sugar in the U.S., as it is in Mexico, foodies of Mexican heritage said in interviews that they weren’t …
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The victims range in age from 7 to 61, according to the authorities.
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Trump’s National Guard Troops Are Questioning Their Mission in L.A.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThousands of National Guard members have served in the L.A. region since last month. Six soldiers spoke in interviews about low morale over the deployment.