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Judge Holds Trump in Contempt of Court, Fining Him $9,000
The judge overseeing the criminal trial of Donald Trump said the former president had repeatedly violated a gag order. Testimony has resumed.
Trump, Venting About Lawyer in His Criminal Trial, Seeks More Aggression
Todd Blanche upended his career to represent Donald Trump and has been his favorite lawyer. But Mr. Trump has made him a focus of his episodic wrath.
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Columbia Protesters Erect Barricades After Taking Over Campus Building
The move came after students who had refused to leave a pro-Palestinian encampment were suspended. Columbia closed the campus to students who do not live there.
Hamilton Hall at Columbia University has a long history of student takeovers.
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Election updates: College Democrats of America backed campus protests and criticized President Biden’s policy on Israel.
Pro-Palestinian protesters at a university in Northern California have forced a campus closure until May 10.
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Europe’s Economic Laggards Have Become Its Leaders
More than a decade after painful austerity, Greece, Portugal and Spain are growing faster than traditional powerhouses like Germany.
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How the High Cost of Borrowing May Skew the U.S. Presidential Race
In the battleground state of Georgia, some Black entrepreneurs are frustrated over the impact of higher interest rates, a source of economic anxiety.
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High Federal Reserve interest rates are not crushing growth. A look at wealthy people helps explain why.
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Four officers, three of them members of a U.S. Marshals task force, were killed on what was the deadliest day for law enforcement in recent years.
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Here’s what to know about the police shooting in Charlotte.
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‘Hell’s Kitchen’ and ‘Stereophonic’ Tie for Most Tony Nominations
The Alicia Keys semi-autobiographical musical and David Adjmi’s behind-the-music play each picked up 13 nominations.
Broadway opened 12 shows in nine days. Here’s what that looked like.
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SKIP ADVERTISEMENTInside an Abortion Clinic Days Before Florida’s Six-Week Ban Takes Effect
On one of the last days it would be legal to get an abortion under the state’s current 15-week ban, a clinic in Fort Pierce was completely booked.
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By the time a woman is considered six weeks pregnant, she would have had two weeks, at most, to realize it.
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SKIP ADVERTISEMENTHow Rachel Khong Conjures Worlds, in Her Books and Beyond
She wrote her much-anticipated second novel, “Real Americans,” while also creating the Ruby, a co-working collective for writers and other artists.
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Book Review
Rachel Khong’s gripping new novel follows three generations of Chinese Americans as they all fight for self-determination in their own way.
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Ari Berman
How Michigan Ended Minority Rule
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These 12 Lawmakers Agree: It’s Time to Leave Congress
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That Strange Piece of Metal Origami Embodies All Elon Musk’s Flaws
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Jamelle Bouie
The Price We Pay for Having Upper-Class Legislators
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My Late-in-Life Friendship With Helen Vendler
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Patrick Healy
The Three Shows I’m Pulling for in the Tony Awards
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Trump Is Flirting With Quack Economics
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