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A Timeline of What We Know About Trump and Epstein

Donald Trump was friendly for at least 15 years with Jeffrey Epstein, the multimillionaire financier and convicted sex offender who died in prison in 2019.

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Donald J. Trump and Melania Knauss, his girlfriend and future wife, Jeffrey Epstein, and Ghislaine Maxwell at Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in 2000.
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Newsom Wants California to Counter Texas on Redistricting

Gov. Gavin Newsom says California should redraw its own congressional districts if Texas tries to gerrymander its lines. His idea faces long odds.

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As Texas considers redrawing its maps to help Republicans win more seats in Congress, Gov. Gavin Newsom of California has said it should make a similar move to help Democrats.
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K’Andre Miller offers heartfelt goodbye to Rangers fans after trade

K’Andre Miller gave a heartfelt goodbye message to New York Rangers fans on Thursday. The defenseman, traded to the Hurricanes earlier this offseason, made sure to thank everyone who helped him at his first stop of his career.  In the message, Miller addressed the many people who helped him during his time on the Rangers...

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‘Cult of convenience’: how Tokyo’s retro shotengai arcades are falling victim to gentrification

Across Japan covered shopping arcades are in a losing battle against property developers, depopulation and consumer culture

Tsutomu Nishiwaki raises the shutters of his store, the rattle marking the start of a new day at a shopping arcade in Tokyo. He wheels a display case into the foreground and stands behind the counter, framed by a sign proclaiming that this is a family-run noodle store.

It is a ritual Nishiwaki has been performing almost daily for 60 years. But like the fresh noodles its owner makes every morning, the store has a limited shelf life: in a few years from now, the 80-year-old will pull down the shutters for the last time.

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© Photograph: Justin McCurry/The Guardian

© Photograph: Justin McCurry/The Guardian

© Photograph: Justin McCurry/The Guardian

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