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Bard College President Leon Botstein Was Close With Jeffrey Epstein

Bard College’s president, Leon Botstein, said his school needed cash. But a rare watch and a Caribbean visit show how his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein sometimes veered into the personal.

© Arden Wray for The New York Times

Leon Botstein has been leading Bard College since 1975. He says his connections with Jeffrey Epstein were focused on raising money for the school.
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Trump Is Hosting Governors at the White House, but Only Republicans

The president’s decision to exclude Democratic governors from an annual meeting later this month breaks a longstanding tradition.

© Michael Ciaglo for The New York Times

Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado has clashed with President Trump in recent months over Mr. Polis’s refusal to pardon Tina Peters, a former county clerk.
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A Trump Deal With Iran May Hinge on the Number Zero

Can the two sides get past Iran’s claim that it has a “right” to enrich uranium?

© Vahid Salemi/Associated Press

Workers at a uranium conversion facility in Isfahan, Iran, in 2005. Analysts say Iran’s position on enrichment reflects the country’s intense pride in a nuclear program that has become a symbol of Iranian independence.
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Boozed-up driver turned LI roads into ‘raceway’ and floored it at 70 mph just a second before killing off-duty Nassau cop: DA

The boozed-up driver who allegedly killed a Nassau County police officer was out underage drinking before the deadly crash — and accelerated before hitting the beloved cop, prosecutors said, as tearful mourners wept through the motorist’s arraignment on Friday. Matthew Smith, 20, went on a binge at James Joyce bar in Patchogue before speeding and...

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Gateway Project construction will stop after Schumer rejects Trump deal to release funds

The massive Gateway tunnel project will come to a screeching halt at 5 p.m. Friday — a day after it was revealed that President Trump offered to pony up the $16 billion in federal funds in exchange for renaming New York’s Penn Station and Washington’s Dulles International Airport after him.  Trump had frozen the funding for...

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Nightlife veteran Richie Romero opens three new NYC restaurants as he puts ‘dark energy’ club days further behind him

Nightlife veteran Richie Romero is opening three new eateries as he continues to put the “dark energy” world of sex, drink and drugs that surrounded him during his club-running days behind him, he told Side Dish. His latest projects come as his ex-partner in the Butter Group, Richie Akiva, was recently arrested on assault charges...

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