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Sarah Jessica Parker Describes Her Year as a Booker Prize Judge

The actor had to read so many books (153) she bowed out of most family activities. Still, she said, collaborating to pick a winner was worth the sacrifice.

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Parker says she couldn’t listen to the kind of music she might while reading for pleasure, as judging required a different kind of concentration.
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‘It Feels Like I’m in a Nightmare’: Inside the First Deportation Flight to Iran

For decades, Iranians fleeing persecution have found protection in the United States. But this fall, the Trump administration deported a planeload of people to Iran after making a deal with Tehran.

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After an arduous journey from Iran to Turkey to Brazil to the U.S. border, Mehrdad Dalir was detained and then deported back to Iran, where he fears for his safety.
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The Young Women Grappling With an ‘Old Man’s Disease’

Diagnosed with A.L.S., they traded stories, drank tequila and made grim jokes at a unique annual gathering on Cape Cod.

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Leah Stavenhagen, now 32, started Her A.L.S. Story in 2021, two years after she herself was diagnosed with A.L.S., because she wanted to connect with other young women with the disease. A BiPAP machine helps her breathe.
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How Do You Judge Whether a Police Officer Is Mentally Fit for the Job?

The New York Police Department has tried to fire 30 officers who failed a psychological exam or a background check. Some say the test is the problem.

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Some believe that the department’s psychological exam does not adequately account for the different life experiences of people who are not white.
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Modi Vows Justice as Police Suspect Terrorism in Deadly New Delhi Blast

Those responsible for the explosion “will not be spared,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India said. The blast killed at least eight people near a subway station at evening rush hour.

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Family and friends on Tuesday mourning a victim of the explosion in New Delhi.
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Book Review: ‘Unfettered,’ by John Fetterman

The senator from Pennsylvania chronicles his stroke, unlikely election victory and battle with depression. Just don’t expect him to try to win you over.

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John Fetterman campaigning for U.S. Senate in November 2022.
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Senate Passes Bill to Reopen Government Amid Democratic Rift

The vote, on Day 41 of the shutdown, signaled an end in sight to weeks of gridlock. Eight members of the Democratic Caucus supplied the critical backing.

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Senator John Thune, the majority leader, speaking to reporters after the vote on Monday. Democrats accepted his offer to hold a vote on expiring health care subsidies later this year.
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Dismantled by DOGE, a Foreign Policy Center Finds New Life

The Kennan Institute, which researches Russia and the surrounding region, has re-emerged in a form that is smaller but more impervious to government control.

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The Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, where the Keenan Institute was housed before the Department of Government Efficiency all but dismantled it.
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Trump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally

Robert Harshbarger Jr. pleaded guilty in 2013 to health care fraud and distributing a misbranded drug. His wife, Diana Harshbarger, is a member of Congress.

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Representative Diana Harshbarger, Republican of Tennessee, was a corporate officer for American Inhalation Medication Specialists, the company through which her husband distributed a misbranded drug.
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For Trump, Nothing Was Off Limits During the Shutdown

President Trump pressured Democrats by taking punishing actions no previous administration ever took during a shutdown.

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President Trump and congressional Republicans followed a strategy of ramping up pain and waiting out the Democrats.
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