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Miss Universe Organizer Apologizes After Tirade at Miss Mexico

Several contestants walked out of a Miss Universe event this week when the pageant director berated Miss Mexico for not taking part in promotional activities.

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Miss Mexico, Fátima Bosch, on stage during a Miss Universe 2025 event in Bangkok on Wednesday.
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The Indispensable Erdogan

Western capitals should be wary of treating democracy in Turkey as a luxury rather than a necessity.

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Lawmakers Seek Investigation of Judges Who Criticized Supreme Court

The Republican leaders of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees told Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. that anonymous judges who responded to a Times questionnaire may have violated ethics rules.

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“We are deeply concerned that these public attacks on the court from sitting federal judges damage the public’s faith and confidence in our judicial system,” the two Republicans told Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. in a letter.
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FAA Warns of Air Traffic Cuts Friday if Government Shutdown Continues

The plan, which officials said was intended to help air traffic controllers, could force the cancellation of thousands of flights as the administration seeks to pressure Democrats to end the shutdown.

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Sean Duffy, the transportation secretary, and Bryan Bedford, the administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, during a news conference on Wednesday.
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In China, Victims of Abuse Are Told to ‘Keep It in the Family’

Cases of domestic violence in China point to a legal system that looks good on paper but is failing victims because of a lack of resources and political will.

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Ms. Xie, holding flowers, entering a court in Chengdu, China, last year. Ms. Xie, who chose not to disclose her first name, said she was attacked by her husband more than a dozen times over her three-year marriage and that she had repeatedly asked the police to detain him.
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Mamdani Won. South Florida Expects a Real Estate Bump.

Some brokers and developers in the region are waiting eagerly to see if the election of a democratic socialist will drive more wealthy New Yorkers south.

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South Florida has long been a mecca for Latin Americans fleeing left-leaning governments in their home countries.
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Mamdani Begins to Pick the Team That Will Help Him Run New York City

Zohran Mamdani has been planning his mayoral transition for months and appears poised to hire veterans of city government to key posts in his administration.

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Zohran Mamdani, New York City’s mayor-elect, appointed four co-chairs of his transition team, who will work with him to fill out his administration.
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Radiation May Be Unnecessary for Many Breast Cancer Patients

Doctors have already begun reducing radiation treatment for women at low risk of recurrence or spread of the disease. A new study finds that some women at greater risk can safely avoid radiation.

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Researchers followed 1,600 women for a median of 9.6 years and found that survival rates were similar in two groups of patients: 81.4 percent among the patients who had received radiation treatment and 81.9 percent among those who had not.
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Democrats Raise Concerns After Trump Officials Give Boat Strikes Briefing

The classified meeting did not relieve mounting unease among lawmakers over President Trump’s expanding campaign of lethal strikes against drug cartels.

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A top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee lamented that lawmakers were not given a “strike-by-strike” breakdown.
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Republicans Point Fingers After Election Losses, but Not at Trump

Casting around for culprits, leaders in the party blamed their candidates, the government shutdown and a weak economic message.

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Republicans have a favorable midterm map, but this week’s elections provided new evidence that President Trump’s leadership in Washington is causing a backlash from voters.
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Trump vs. Mamdani: President Sees a Capable Foil in New York’s Next Mayor

President Trump has berated Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, in public. But privately, Mr. Trump describes him as slick and a good talker.

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Zohran Mamdani at an election watch party in Brooklyn on Tuesday night. He addressed the president in his victory speech, saying, “To get to any of us, you will have to get through all of us.”
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An Emboldened Mamdani Sheds Conciliatory Tone

Fresh from a stunning victory, Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect, said in an interview that his supporters wanted “a politics of consistency” and aggressive action, including on taxing the rich.

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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has called to raise taxes on the wealthy to help fund his ambitious policy agenda. In an interview after his election, he said it was also about fairness.
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Judge Sets Limits on Chicago-Area ICE Facility at Center of Illinois Protests

After detainees described squalid conditions at the detention site, a judge ordered the government to provide showers, water, clean toilets and access to lawyers.

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Federal law enforcement agents guarding the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview, Ill.
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