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Part Enabler, Part Buffer: The Bind of the Justice Dept.’s No. 2

Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, has helped usher in President Trump’s retribution campaign. But he faces anger on the right for resisting some of the most extreme measures.

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Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, has been willing to blur the line between public servant and personal lawyer for President Trump.
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Tim Curry’s Memoir “Vagabond” Recalls an Exciting Career Interrupted by Illness

A 2012 stroke has largely kept him from acting, but not from writing — and recording — a new memoir. “It was very peculiar not to be able to speak,” he says.

© Maggie Shannon for The New York Times

“It felt like somebody had paddled around in my brain,” Tim Curry says of the medical treatment he received after his stroke.
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In L.A., a Former Ally of Mayor Bass Will Run Against Her

The former supporter, Austin Beutner, who once ran the city’s public schools, announced he will challenge Ms. Bass’s re-election bid in next year’s mayoral race.

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“L.A. is adrift,” Austin Beutner said in an interview.
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Rama Duwaji, Zohran Mamdani’s Wife, Could Become the New York’s First Lady Before Her 30th Birthday

Rama Duwaji moved to the city to pursue a career in art, met a guy named Zohran Mamdani online, married him, and now could become the city’s first lady before her 30th birthday.

© Shuran Huang for The New York Times

Rama Duwaji, an animator and illustrator, met Zohran Mamdani soon after she moved to New York in 2021. She has kept herself out of the traditional political spotlight.
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Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer freed to live in exile in US

Ferrer, who has been imprisoned repeatedly, says he opted for exile after facing ‘torture’ behind bars in Cuba

The prominent Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer has been freed from prison and put on a plane to the US where he will live in exile with his family, the communist country’s foreign ministry has said.

Ferrer, who has been imprisoned repeatedly as the long-term leader of the island’s pro-democracy movement, announced this month he had opted for exile after facing “torture” and “humiliation” behind bars.

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© Photograph: Pablo Martínez Monsiváis/AP

© Photograph: Pablo Martínez Monsiváis/AP

© Photograph: Pablo Martínez Monsiváis/AP

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