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The report charges that Americans are being indoctrinated with a false narrative of the nation’s founding and identity, including the role of slavery in its history.
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Several of President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet nominees will have hearings today, including his picks to lead the Departments of Homeland Security and Defense. President Trump is expected to issue dozens of pardons.
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The sport is an unmatched national passion, and the turnaround victory was a welcome release at a time of Covid-19 and economic hardship.
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The finding by the Trump administration is the strongest denunciation by any government of China’s actions and follows a Biden campaign statement with the same declaration.
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The court heard arguments on a technical legal question in a case that demands fossil fuel companies help pay for the costs of dealing with climate change.
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Tuesday: An update on the state’s plagued unemployment system. Also: California’s changing of the guard.
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If passed by Congress, the legislation would profoundly reshape the American immigration system.
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One of the biggest galaxies in the universe seems to lack its dark centerpiece.
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The cash-strapped agency is delaying the increase amid pressure from advocates and elected officials who say the change would hurt essential and low-wage workers.
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Nick Malgieri leads a three-lesson class in chocolate for beginners at the 92nd Street Y.
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The uptick will be New York City’s most difficult challenge this year.
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Jared Porter reportedly sent dozens of unsolicited text messages — including one with a nude photo — to a reporter in 2016.
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The bar scene so central to the city’s economy and allure is about to become the stage for an unusually muted and bittersweet celebration.
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They’re searching the heavens, and through family history, for strong monikers in a pandemic.
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Rivian, which has raised another $2.65 billion, plans to sell a pickup truck and S.U.V. it has worked on for more than a decade.
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And what else you need to know today.
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Merchandise with phrases like “Battle for Capitol Hill Veteran” could still be purchased on major e-commerce sites, a sign of how the platforms have struggled to remove the goods.
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Posted: January 19th, 2021, 4:51pm CET
Real conversations about ideas that matter. And so many book recommendations.
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A group of company leaders and former policymakers argue that “globalism” isn’t an epithet. Instead, they argue, it is the way forward.
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Biden’s campaign strategy put Democrats in agony. Here’s why it worked.
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The Nebra sky disk, which has been called the oldest known depiction of astronomical phenomena, is a “very emotional object.”
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The nation’s capital has been secured with checkpoints, tens of thousands of National Guard troops and miles of fencing and barricades, security at the cost of normalcy.
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The actor who portrayed Lyndon Johnson and Walter White says he’s drawn to broken characters. But he’s got his limits.
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The youngest daughter of the founder of the telecommunications giant Huawei debuted a documentary, a magazine cover and a music video — and the response was savage.
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The socialite and style setter began making a name for himself as a teenager.
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The authorities continue to piece together what happened aboard Sriwijaya Air Flight 182. For many victims' families, the uncertainty has added to immeasurable grief.
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As their fiscal woes become worse, some government officials are looking more closely at public-private partnerships as a way to jump-start their economies.
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The nation’s schools need thousands of more teachers, full-time and substitute, to keep classrooms open during coronavirus outbreaks.
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Posted: January 19th, 2021, 1:27pm CET
We spoke to fans of President Trump about the Capitol riot and their feelings before Joe Biden’s inauguration.
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Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, Janet L. Yellen, Deanne Criswell and others with connections to the city are poised to have influence on policies.
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There is no one quite like him in the Republican Party. So where should we look for the president’s inheritors?
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The judgment of history will be damning.
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Even before the pandemic, American culture was embracing numbness as an antidote for the overload of digital capitalism. But is it a real escape — or another trap?
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The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether to tell your father your sister is recording him without his knowledge — and more.
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Before Jefferson Davis there was John C. Calhoun. What rougher beasts do Trump, Hawley and Cruz prefigure?
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Evidence has a well-known liberal bias.
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But after a few terrible weeks, there are reasons for Americans to be cautiously optimistic.
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The confrontation came days after the state’s attorney general sued the New York Police Department for its handling of protests following the death of George Floyd.
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The president’s proclamation, which would not take effect until Jan. 26, after Joe Biden assumes office, was part of a flurry of orders that Mr. Biden is likely to reverse.
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Inauguration Day brings with it an awkward transition when one family moves in and another moves out, made all the more so this year by the coronavirus and President Trump’s stormy departure.
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The inauguration has evolved a bit from George Washington’s day.
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Timothy McVeigh’s 1995 attack in Oklahoma City spurred legislation that gutted death row inmates’ rights. In the wake of the siege of the Capitol, will we make a similar mistake?
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As artists saw liberties threatened and inequities exacerbated, the stage became more thrillingly urgent than it had been in decades.
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A wave of testimonies from people who say they were victims of incest has surfaced on Twitter after a scandal in which a prominent French intellectual was accused of abusing his teenage stepson.
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The defense from Trump supporters arrested in the Capitol assault is emerging in court papers and interviews — and could play a role in impeachment proceedings.
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Jordan McNair, a University of Maryland offensive lineman, collapsed from heatstroke during a practice in 2018 and died two weeks later.
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The lead impeachment prosecutor said President Trump is guilty of ‘the most serious presidential crime’ in U.S. history. Here’s the latest.
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Washington remained mostly quiet while police officers and troops braced for protests across the country. Here’s the latest.
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The dire forecast from the incoming White House chief of staff comes as daily virus deaths have risen to well past 3,000. Here’s the latest pandemic news.
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Aleksei Navalny, Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, landed in Russia Sunday night five months after he was poisoned with a nerve agent.
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There are multiple websites, disappearing slots and even attempts to game the system. Here’s our guide to what you have to do to get a dose in your arm.
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Known for creating the ‘Wall of Sound,’ he scored hits with the Crystals, the Ronettes and the Righteous Brothers and was one of the most influential figures in popular music.
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Stepkids. Nieces. A doting husband. His ex-wife. What the Harris-Emhoffs can show the country.
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The president’s allies have collected tens of thousands of dollars — and potentially much more — from people seeking pardons.
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After the White House declined to pursue a unified national strategy, governors faced off against lobbyists, health experts and a restless public consumed by misinformation.
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Cultural institutions are recruiting people of color to direct their transformation efforts. But bringing in one manager doesn’t mean the work is done.
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A Zoom interview with Ella and Cole Emhoff.
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The acting defense secretary ordered the spy agency to appoint Michael Ellis, who has been accused of having a hand in one of the Trump administration’s most contentious legal decisions.
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The Irish police are investigating accusations that George Gibney, a former swim coach for Ireland now living in the United States, sexually abused two swimmers who came forward after hearing the podcast about him.
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His victory in the Georgia Senate runoff made history, and also echoed it.
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In several videos on Facebook, the man, Edward Jacob Lang, could be seen in the mob outside the building in Washington.
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Nestlé Prepared Foods said the product might be contaminated with “extraneous materials,” including glass and hard plastic.
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Many people will not forgive the Republican House leader’s blatant acts to embrace and perpetuate dangerous lies that threatened democracy.
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The biggest banks in the United States have begun to pare back the enormous reserves they had socked away in case of an economic disaster.
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Posted: January 17th, 2021, 3:00pm CET
How a group of five activists decided to fight global warming by doing whatever it takes.
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Carrying out this four-decade tradition at The Times has become more complicated because of the coronavirus pandemic. But it’s no less special.
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Valerie Gilbert posts dozens of times a day in support of an unhinged conspiracy theory. The story of this “meme queen” hints at how hard it will be to bring people like her back to reality.
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Completing these five home projects — like undergoing a good spring cleaning — will give you and your home a fresh start in the new year.
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Can the Rams defense interrupt the synchronicity between Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams?
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The space agency ended a “hot fire” test of the engines on its giant rocket after about a minute, far shorter than the planned eight-minute firing.
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The decision to call off the event was the latest indication that many companies are distancing themselves from Republicans who voted to overturn the election results.
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In conservative Bakersfield, Calif., Kevin McCarthy enjoys solid support. But in the days since impeachment, some Republicans now say he has not been loyal enough to President Trump.
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He was a core member of a group that had limited commercial success in the early 1970s and didn’t last long but proved hugely influential.
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The campaign is unfolding in a country that has reported more than 10 million coronavirus infections. Here’s the latest pandemic news.
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“There will be a period of epic withdrawal,” warned one addiction specialist, once schools, activities and social life return to normal.
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After three people on two charter flights tested positive for the coronavirus, 47 players will not be allowed to practice for two weeks.
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He devoted his life to pursuing the truth about the tragic events of May 4, 1970, and to keeping them in the public eye.
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Imagining a better future, whether it includes gigantic house parties or just more hugs, helps humans cope with difficult times.
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Why the Republican leader should be tempted by the Senate’s opportunity to bar Trump from running for president again.
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America desperately needs a leader who takes the pandemic seriously.
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In an effort to mark a clean break from the Trump era, the president-elect plans to roll out dozens of executive orders in his first 10 days on top of a big stimulus plan and an expansive immigration bill.
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Finding omens of American decline on a long walk across Asia.
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Using a crisis to reduce child poverty and make America more truly a land of opportunity.
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After some visitors went sledding on graves at the former Nazi concentration camp, the foundation running the memorial stepped up security this week.
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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni faced his strongest challenge yet from Bobi Wine, a rapper-turned-lawmaker.
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The president’s response to the riot at the Capitol underscored the ways he has twisted the phrase “law and order” over the past four years.
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A network of far-right agitators across the country spent weeks organizing and raising money for a mass action to overturn President Trump’s election loss.
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The usual bustle of lawmakers moving in and out of offices gave way to a horrific scene.
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Residents in the South are coming together to protect their underground ecosystems.
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Louise Hay’s controversial brand of self-love drew in thousands during the AIDS crisis.
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Isolated and angry, a diminished President Trump is leaving Washington for an uncertain future.
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What’s the transmission risk inside a car? An airflow study offers some insight for passengers and drivers alike.
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In the final moments of his presidency, Mr. Trump is confronting an unfamiliar fate: He is being held to account as never before for things he has said.
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An increase in subsidies could drive millions to enroll in Obamacare marketplaces, experts say.
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It’s a superfood and good for the environment. So, what’s the problem?
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Top performers are raking in cash as the company seeks to compete against TikTok and similar platforms.
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The global death toll soared past the mark on Friday, just over a year after the virus was first detected in Wuhan, China. Here’s the latest on Covid-19.
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Mental health professionals are going viral on the app, captivating an anxious generation.
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The more contagious version, first identified in Britain, is expected to spread widely and lead to further strains on an already overburdened health care system.
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Commercial airlines have tracked an increase in checked weapons, and federal law enforcement raised fresh alarms about extremist plots.