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For Dick Cheney, a Journey From Champion of War to Voice of Resistance

Dick Cheney was to many the embodiment of the unpopular and bloody Iraq war. But his late-in-life anti-Trumpism changed his image for some of his longtime critics.

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Vice President Dick Cheney greeting an Iraqi soldier at Taji Air Base in December 2005. The war in Iraq was a defining episode of Mr. Cheney’s life in government.
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On Eve of Shutdown Record, Trump Officials Threaten Pain Could Worsen

President Trump and administration officials indicated the fallout could intensify in the coming days, even as he has kept himself at a remove from the crisis.

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President Trump leaving West Palm Beach to return to Washington on Sunday. For weeks, the Trump administration has played a game of winners and losers with the shutdown.
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Republicans Reprise Unfounded Claims of Widespread Election Interference

Prominent conservatives, including the president, sounded familiar alarms about voter suppression and other efforts to manipulate the vote on Election Day, without presenting evidence.

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President Trump was one of several prominent conservatives to claim without evidence that the results of elections on Tuesday were being rigged.
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UPS Plane Crash Near Louisville Airport Kills at Least 3, Kentucky Governor Says

At least 11 people were injured, the Kentucky governor said, and two businesses were struck. Data from Flightradar24 showed that a cargo plane bound for Honolulu reached an altitude of just 175 feet before swiftly descending.

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A shelter-in-place order was issued for a five-mile radius around the airport in Louisville, Ky., after a plane crash on Tuesday afternoon, the authorities said.
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New York Mayor’s Race Sees Highest Voter Turnout in Decades

Voter participation in the city, which once surpassed 90 percent, cratered in recent elections. Here’s a look at why it fell, and why this year has been different.

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Mayor Robert F. Wagner of New York, center left, in 1957, just days before he won re-election in a landslide. That year, more than 90 percent of registered voters cast ballots.
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Americans Vote

Also, Trump is weighing military options in Venezuela. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

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How Cheney’s Presidential Power Push Paved the Way for Trump to Go Further

Donald J. Trump and Dick Cheney became adversaries, but the former vice president set the stage for Mr. Trump’s bid to expand his executive authority.

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President Trump’s approach to power is, in many ways, the fulfillment of the worldview of the Dick Cheney of a quarter-century ago.
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Sara Terry, Photographer Who Captured War’s Aftermath, Dies at 70

Her haunting work focused on the lingering traces of conflict in places like Bosnia and Sierra Leone, after the firing had stopped.

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Sara Terry began her career as a print reporter but, she said, “I lost my faith in words in the mid-’90s and I picked up a camera.”
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The Tragedy of Dick Cheney

He tried to warn Americans about Trump, but they had already learned not to believe him.

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Dick Cheney in 1989, when he was secretary of defense.
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5 Things We’re Watching on Election Day in California

Proposition 50 is the only statewide question on the ballot, but there are numerous dynamics at play.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California speaks to voters at a rally for Proposition 50.
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What to Know About the Legal Scandal in Israel Over Accusations of Abuse

The fallout from a legal case has reignited a highly charged debate within the country over whether Israeli soldiers accused of abusing Palestinians are held accountable.

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The Israeli military’s former chief legal officer, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem in October 2014.
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Some Republicans Honor Dick Cheney, While Trump Remains Silent

The late vice president had called President Trump “a coward” and a “threat to our republic” and supported Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024.

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Flags at the White House were lowered to half-staff in honor of former Vice President Dick Cheney on Tuesday.
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How the Cop Show ‘Barney Miller’ Made Gay TV History, 50 Years Ago

A 1975 episode introduced audiences to one of the first openly gay couples in mainstream American television not depicted as deviants or criminals.

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Ray Stewart, left, and Jack DeLeon as Darryl and Marty in a scene from the 1975 “Barney Miller” episode “Discovery,” in which a gay couple seeks help in a West Village police precinct after being shaken down.
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Dick Cheney’s Unwavering Image

The former vice president embodied a calculating technocrat out of central casting. He didn’t care.

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Dick Cheney at the Iran-contra hearings in 1987.
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Aging N.Y.C. Seminary’s Prayers Are Answered With a Lease by Vanderbilt

The Tennessee university has promised to make repairs to the General Theological Seminary buildings as it establishes a satellite campus in Chelsea.

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For two centuries, a block in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood has been home to the General Theological Seminary. Now, it will welcome a new tenant: Vanderbilt University.
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