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Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89

He made serious topics like grief and political corruption resonate with the masses, in no small part because of his own star power.

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Robert Redford in 2013. With a distaste for Hollywood’s dumb-it-down approach to moviemaking, he typically demanded that his films carry cultural weight.
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Robert Redford: A Life in Photos

The Oscar-winning director, who preferred life away from Hollywood, was once a sex symbol and later an activist who used his celebrity to draw attention to the environment.

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The Kirk Crackdown Is Underway

The idea that there is more left-wing extremist violence than right-wing extremist violence is a dangerous myth.

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Federal Reserve to Meet Under Cloud of Trump’s Attacks

Stephen Miran and Lisa Cook will both cast votes at the central bank’s meeting on Wednesday, where policymakers are expected to lower interest rates.

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F.B.I. Agents Fired by Patel Speak Out on ‘Broken’ Trust

The two agents’ accounts offer an inside view of a bureau buffeted by politics and upheaval, adding to the scrutiny of the F.B.I. director as he prepares to testify to Congress.

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“We were always told that we would be taken care of and there would not be any retaliation for our assigned work,” Walter Giardina told his supervisors the day he was fired from his job as an F.B.I. agent, according to notes of the conversation.
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RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Committee Likely to Target Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns

Committee members, some of whom are vaccine skeptics, are likely to recommend restricting the use of the shots at birth or delaying them until later in childhood.

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A dose of the hepatitis B vaccine for a 1-month-old patient in Pittsburgh. Newborn infections of hepatitis B were reduced by 68 percent in the first 10 years of routine immunization at birth.
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Trump Leaves Tense America Behind for Royal Retreat on U.K. State Visit

President Trump’s trip to Britain will involve horse-drawn carriages and a stay in an ancient castle. For British officials, the visit may feel less like a fairy tale.

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Military officers taking part in rehearsals at Windsor Castle, west of London, on Monday, before a state visit by President Trump.
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Which Living Democrat Does Cuomo Admire? He Can’t Name One.

In an interview with The New York Times, former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, a lifelong Democrat, said the party “is not meeting the moment.”

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Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he expected more Democratic leaders to endorse his opponent for mayor of New York City, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, before Election Day.
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What to Know About Malawi’s Presidential Election

The decision by the country’s top court to overturn the last presidential race was hailed as a victory for democracy. But there are fears corruption will taint the vote on Tuesday.

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Lazarus Chakwera, the incumbent president of Malawi, in Lilongwe in July. Malawians will head to the polls on Sept. 16.
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Federal Judge Declines to Intervene for Migrants Deported to Ghana

Judge Tanya S. Chutkan said her hands were “tied” with regard to the migrants, even though they held protective orders, in another victory for President Trump’s deportation campaign.

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Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the Federal District Court in Washington ruled late Monday that she could not prevent a group of migrants from being sent onward to their home countries.
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