On the first night of Passover, the singsong of the Four Questions echoed from Jewish homes and gatherings around the world, including from unlikely, contested spaces: the center of pro-Palestinian …
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Prime Minister James Marape of Papua New Guinea has hit back at President Biden’s suggestion that his uncle, a U.S. serviceman whose plane went down in the Pacific Ocean off …
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Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Biden’s Limits on ‘Ghost Guns’
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear a challenge to the Biden administration’s regulation of “ghost guns” — kits that can be bought online and assembled into untraceable homemade …
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It’s a nightmare scenario for Democrats: Protesters disrupt their convention this summer; they clash with the police; chaos seems to take hold. It may not be imaginary. As protests over …
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The Getty House in Los Angeles, the official residence of Mayor Karen Bass, was broken into early Sunday, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The police took the intruder into …
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Coming to Alabama: Newsom’s Abortion-Access Ad, Depicting an Arrest
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesA woman nervously peers into her rearview mirror as a patrolman activates his car’s lights and sirens. She is less than a mile from leaving Alabama to seek abortion services, …
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Pro-Israel Groups Promised to Be Active in Democratic Primaries. They Haven’t Done Much Yet.
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesAfter Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel, pro-Israel political groups put the Democratic Party’s most outspoken critics of the Jewish state on notice: An avalanche of spending was coming to …
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As a throwback ski destination, Alta, thinks small, with a one-room public school to match. WHY WE’RE HERE We’re exploring how America defines itself one place at a time. In …
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Mike Johnson, Like Pence, Does What Passes for Brave in Today’s GOP: His Job
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe accolades directed at Speaker Mike Johnson in recent days for finally defying the right wing of his party and allowing an aid bill for Ukraine to move through the …
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House Approves $95 Billion Aid Bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan
by Curtis Jonesby Curtis JonesThe House voted resoundingly on Saturday to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as Speaker Mike Johnson put his job on the line to advance …