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In het door Israël afgesloten Hebron worden de boodschappen over de muur gegooid. ‘We zitten hier opgesloten’

Palestijnse stad: Hebron, de grootste Palestijnse stad op de Westelijke Jordaanoever, is grotendeels afgesloten van de buitenwereld. Ruim drieduizend bewoners zijn verdreven, kort voor de parlementsve...

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Beyond the Rhetoric: What the Moscow Summit Means for the US, Israel, and the Strait of Hormuz

As Pezeshkian meets Putin, Eurasian realpolitik exposes the limits of Western coercion and rewires Middle Eastern power.

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Trump Administration Backs Down on an Opioid Ban After Kratom Industry Lobbying (Gift Article)

Health officials will now allow some levels of a powerful substance to remain in products marketed as natural. The change could help a G.O.P. donor facing wrongful death lawsuits.

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Here Are the U.S. Attorneys Who Are Carrying Out Trump’s Grievance Agenda (Gift Article)

Together, they have pursued cases against the president’s enemies and protesters and amplified false claims of widespread election fraud, often citing thin evidence.

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New York Times culture
How James Talarico’s Years Teaching Middle School Prepared Him for Politics (Gift Article)

Former students and teachers at the San Antonio school where he spent two years with Teach for America recalled a conscientious educator, though there are questions about how big his classes were.

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Opinion | Baby Boomers Are Retiring in Droves. Private Equity Is Waiting. (Gift Article)

Investors in big cities are quietly consuming small businesses all over the country.

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One Race in Texas Has Become a Referendum on Bigotry in the G.O.P. (Gift Article)

Bo French said the presence of Indian American students at a football game was a “problem.” His campaign for Railroad Commission tests whether these biased views are now mainstream.

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Opinie | Met te veel regels winnen de mierenneukers; met te weinig de klootzakken

Thomas Hogeling beschouwt wekelijks de publieke opinie. Wat wordt er gezegd en vooral niet gezegd? Deze week: allerlei regeltjes.

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Actrice Romana Vrede: ‘Het probleem is dat we onszelf los zijn gaan zien van dat wat we ‘natuur’ noemen’

Romana Vrede | actrice: In de veelomvattende theatersolo Een groter verhaal tast actrice Romana Vrede, met de hulp van theatermakers Rebekka de Wit en Anoek Nuyens, naar verbanden tussen kolonialisme,...

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Heavily Republican South Carolina’s Senate Race Is a Tossup, Poll Finds (Gift Article)

Senator Darline Graham, the South Carolina Republican, is struggling to replicate her late brother’s success. Republicans lead in the Florida Senate race and Democrats are up in Minnesota.

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Opinion | What America Is Living Without (Gift Article)

Winter coats, steaks, college tuition: More and more Americans are giving up on the lives they thought they would have.

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The 80:20 Principle And Why Reading Matters

Reciprocal reading and why your reading may not count

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Opinion | Trump Cannot Be the End of the Story (Gift Article)

Trump has no use for pretense and he’s not interested in playing along.

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Byron Donalds Holds Slim Lead in Florida’s Race for Governor (Gift Article)

New polls in Florida, South Carolina and Minnesota illuminate the head winds that Republicans are facing.

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The Times (UK) politics
Lib Dems get ready for an election before Christmas

Party puts the chance of a general election on December 10 at 30 per cent, believing Andy Burnham may want to capitalise on ‘a run of gambles that paid off’

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Justice Dept. Declines to Unseal Warrant for Search of Ilhan Omar’s Home (Gift Article)

More than a dozen news organizations have asked a federal judge to unseal documents related to a search warrant executed at Ms. Omar’s home this month.

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Sweating the small stuff in Java

The story of small FixedSizeCollection types in Eclipse Collections

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Flávio Bolsonaro ontvlucht Brazilië na verkiezingsnederlaag en krijgt visum in de Verenigde Staten

Brazilië: De verliezer van de presidentsverkiezingen van zondag, Flávio Bolsonaro, heeft volgens Braziliaanse media het land verlaten voor de VS. Zo ontloopt hij mogelijke strafvervolging wegens corru...

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What Our Three New Senate Polls Are Saying About the State of the Midterms (Gift Article)

South Carolina seems like a serious race; Minnesota may not be; and Florida still appears out of reach for Democrats.

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Brede steun op rechts voor SGP-motie van afkeuring tegen VVD-minister Hermans rond abortus, irritatie bij coalitie

Een motie van afkeuring van de SGP over het abortusbeleid van minister Sophie Hermans (VVD) heeft dinsdag in de Tweede Kamer opvallend brede steun gekregen in (radicaal)-rechtse hoek. De motie werd zo...

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Why Kylian Mbappe angered China – and the possible consequences for him, Madrid and La Liga (Gift Article)

Footage emerged of Mbappe joking about a meme depicting him as the country’s former leader Mao Zedong

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Venezuela’s Moment of Truth (Gift Article)

The country’s most popular politician, María Corina Machado, has returned home from exile. What happens next?

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De ‘generaal’ die via sociale media Lula’s campagne wist te redden

André Janones: Op verrassende wijze won de Braziliaanse president Lula da Silva zondag een nieuwe termijn. Daarbij speelde één man in zijn campagne een cruciale rol: de advocaat, politicus en influenc...

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The Times (UK) business
Sizewell C stitch-up is looking increasingly radioactive

MPs’ report on the £40bn nuclear power plant points out obvious flaws that leave taxpayers on the hook and give investors a golden rod

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The football manager who became co-owner – and knows he may one day have to sack himself (Gift Article)

Harrogate Town's Simon Weaver is effectively his own boss - which could get interesting if the fifth-tier club struggle on the pitch

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If California can demand that customers speak to a human, why can’t we?

The home of AI has passed a law to stop firms trapping people in endless loops. Britain should follow suit and stop this scourge

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Israel’s President, Isaac Herzog, Faces a Difficult Choice (Gift Article)

The president has a largely ceremonial role, except after elections when it is his responsibility to pick a candidate for prime minister.

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U.S. Defends Military Campaign Against Cartels as Leaders Gather in Caribbean (Gift Article)

A regional coalition convened as part of a U.S. military effort to disrupt and combat drug traffickers that officials have compared to the campaign against the Islamic State and Al Qaeda.

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Viv Richards, the summer of ’76, and how the West Indies inspired a generation of Black Britons (Gift Article)

It is half a century since Clive Lloyd's side thrashed England 3-0, fuelling a sense of pride among the UK's ex-pat Caribbean community

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In het eerste azc dat Willem-Alexander als koning bezoekt, krijgt hij een brief van Lavania van elf. Ze schrijft dat ze haar ouders al drie jaar niet heeft gezien

Koningshuis: Asielopvang is een druk bediscussieerd en polariserend onderwerp. Maar niet eerder bracht de koning een bezoek aan een asielzoekerscentrum. In Leersum klinkt applaus, gejuich en de zaghro...

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Er groeit nog geen voedsel in het voedselbos – ‘dat is de perfecte samenvatting van deze fase’

Landbouw: Het was „best wel even billenknijpen” deze droge zomer, maar de Jonge Voedselbosboeren zijn, twee jaar na aanplant, tevreden over hoe hun voedselbos erbij staat. Nu is het volhouden: de kome...

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El-Sayed Campaign Distances Itself From Group’s Ad Critical of Israel (Gift Article)

As the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan seeks to overcome intraparty tensions, his opponent in the primary, Haley Stevens, said a PAC’s ad was “fearmongering about Israel.”

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Live Updates: No Clear Winner Yet in Israel’s Pivotal Election

Blocs led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger, Gadi Eisenkot, were roughly even as vote counting continued on Wednesday. It could take weeks to form the next government.

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Yes, It’s Fascism

Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.

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Machado regresó a Venezuela. ¿Qué significa eso para la influencia de EE. UU. en el país? (Gift Article)

Ahora que la principal líder de la oposición está de vuelta en el país, ha cambiado los cálculos políticos del gobierno de Trump y de la presidenta interina venezolana.

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Bots Drive Online Chatter About Races in Kansas and Texas (Gift Article)

Much of the online discourse about Senate races in Texas and Kansas is coming from accounts that appear to be automated, according to new research.

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De verkiezingen in Arizona zijn een referendum over het rechts-christelijke Turning Point USA

Nieuwsbrief Amerika: Iets meer dan een jaar geleden werd de christelijk-rechtse activist Charlie Kirk vermoord op een universiteitscampus in Utah. Voor zijn organisatie Turning Point USA zijn de midte...

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Israëlische exitpolls wijzen op moeizame weg naar coalitievorming: zonder Arabische partijen geen meerderheid

Israëlische verkiezingen: De eerste exitpolls van de Israëlische verkiezingen laten een nek-aan-nekrace zien tussen het oppositieblok en het Netanyahu-blok, maar Likud-partij lijkt de grootste te word...

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‘The Substance’ and the “How Much Is Too Much” Dilemma

A movie with no room for subtlety

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Utah Investigators Link Teenager’s 1974 Death to Ted Bundy (Gift Article)

Recent developments in a similar case and advances in forensic science linked the death of Melissa Ann Smith, 17, to one of the nation’s most notorious serial killers, officials said.

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Wild topple Mammoth in a matchup of the Central’s top teams: Takeaways (Gift Article)

Three fights marked an unexpectedly intense game as the Wild kept Utah goalless until the final two minutes of regulation.

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Washington Post politics
Why these Arab Americans who voted for Trump now back Abdul El-Sayed

Michigan’s Arab American voters helped deliver a GOP presidential victory. But in a competitive Senate race, many say the Democrat is the “America First” candidate.

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A Home for Lapsed Ballet Dancers. Pro Dreams Beside the Point. (Gift Article)

For many ballet dancers and former students, love of the art form endures even after they stop dancing. Ballet Salon was founded as a place for them to practice and perform at a high level.

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Dream blame WNBA over midday Finals, but who is truly at fault for venue gridlock? (Gift Article)

The Dream, who adjusted three playoff games this postseason due to venue conflicts, were informed of the 2026 finals dates in December 2025.

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Judge Questions Trump Administration’s Need to Target Noncitizen Voters (Gift Article)

In the legal tangle between the Justice Department and California, a federal judge on Tuesday deferred a ruling but said the government already had a remedy it could use after the election.

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Brothers Seeking Pardons for Sex Trafficking Hire a Former Trump Lawyer (Gift Article)

Documents appear to show payments were made to the lawyer Alan M. Dershowitz to pursue “executive clemency and judicial reversal” for Tal, Oren and Alon Alexander.

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Turning Point’s Latest Grift Is Building Christian Nationalist MAGAT Mills on Texas Taxpayers’ Dime

A billion today, $4.8 billion by 2030, a pastor who wants women’s vote repealed, and a governor who already rolled out the red carpet…

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Medium cultureopinion
The Badge Was Real. The Oath Was Decorative.

In Charlotte, an alleged competition to stop Black drivers raises an ugly question: how much conscience are you willing to surrender to…

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Sir, This Was an Indictment, Not a Personality Quiz

Those questions were rhetorical. But since you filled out the questionnaire anyway, I suppose we should discuss your score.

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Why Nora Ephron Considered Langer’s Pastrami Sandwich the Best in the World (Gift Article)

Langer’s, in Los Angeles’s MacArthur Park, has wowed locals of every stripe for 79 years.

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