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Jack Schlossberg, Kennedy Heir, to Seek Nadler’s N.Y. Congressional Seat

Mr. Schlossberg, the son of Caroline Kennedy, said the Democratic Party needed someone who could stand up to President Trump and his allies.

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Jack Schlossberg has been critical of his cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has espoused health-related conspiracy theories.
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Kansas County Agrees to Pay $3 Million Over Police Raid of Newspaper

The search of The Marion County Record’s office in 2023 touched off a national conversation about press freedom.

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The sheriff’s office in Marion County, Kan., has expressed “sincere regrets” for its participation in a raid of The Marion County Record’s office on Aug. 11, 2023.
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Johnson to Seat Grijalva, Seven Weeks After She Was Elected

Speaker Mike Johnson had refused to swear in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat of Arizona, claiming he lacked the power to do so.

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Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva during a news conference at the Capitol last month.
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Senator Criticizes Rubio for Paying $7.5 Million to Equatorial Guinea to Take Deportees

Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire, said the African country has a long history of corruption. The amount paid is far more than recent annual assistance given to it.

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The $7.5 million paid to Equatorial Guinea is by far the largest payment the Trump administration is known to have made to another government to take deportees who are not its citizens.
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Infant Formula Recall Expands as Botulism Outbreak Grows

Federal health officials said caregivers should stop using all ByHeart powdered formula products after 15 infants in 12 states were hospitalized.

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The F.D.A. said caregivers should not give infants ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula over concerns of botulism infections in infants who had consumed the product.
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Private Aviation Has Boomed During the Government Shutdown

As the government’s closure drags on, commercial airline passengers are suffering. But private aviation is doing banner business.

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A jet takes off past the control tower at Dallas Love Field, a hub for private aviation, last week.
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Head of N.Y.P.D. Oversight Board Resigns, Citing Pressure From Union

Dr. Mohammad Khalid, the interim chairman of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, said a “campaign of lies” about him by the head of the police union had forced him to quit.

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Dr. Mohammad Khalid, the interim head of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, forcefully rejected accusations by Patrick Hendry, the head of New York City’s largest police union, that he is “anti-cop.”
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What if Democrats’ Big Shutdown Loss Turns Out to Be a Win?

Despite considerable hand-wringing in the party about caving to Republicans in the government closure, some Democrats see potential upsides in the outcome.

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The Senate voted Monday night to end the longest government shutdown in history after eight members of the Democratic caucus crossed the aisle and joined Republicans in passing a short-term spending bill.
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Israel Arrests 4 After Jewish Extremist Attack in West Bank

Dozens of masked Israelis attacked an industrial zone, torching vehicles and wounding Palestinians, according to Palestinian officials.

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A truck burned after an attack in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday.
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Pope Leo Shares His Favorite Movies Ahead of Vatican Event

The list leans heavily on uplifting classics.

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Pope Leo XIV is expected to host several film stars and directors at an event on Nov. 15 as part of the Roman Catholic Church Jubilee.
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Cleto Escobedo III, Jimmy Kimmel’s Bandleader, Dies at 59

Mr. Kimmel said that he and Mr. Escobedo, who led Cleto and the Cletones on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” had been “inseparable since I was 9 years old.”

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Cleto Escobedo III on the set of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in 2016. He had led the show’s house band, Cleto and the Cletones, since the show’s inception in 2003.
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Meet the New Antisemites, Same as the Old Antisemites

A bigotry for morons will always be political gold in a world of morons.

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Among conservatives, Tucker Carlson paid virtually no price for blaming “a bunch of guys sitting around eating hummus” for Jesus’ death.
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Trump Lauds ‘Very Big’ Shutdown Victory for G.O.P. in Veterans Day Speech

The address mixed the traditional solemnity of the day with political arguments, as the president celebrated his efforts to remake the armed services into a “Department of War.”

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“We’re opening up our country,” President Trump said at Arlington National Cemetery on Tuesday. “Should have never been closed.”
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Trump Threatened to Sue the BBC for $1 Billion. What Are His Chances?

Legal experts say President Trump’s litigation track record offers both hope and warning to the British public broadcaster, which he has threatened with a $1 billion suit.

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President Trump speaking to a large crowd near the White House on Jan. 6, 2021.
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As Shutdown Nears End, Trump Still Confronts Soaring Health Costs

The central issue of the government closure remains unresolved, leaving Republicans under political pressure ahead of the midterms.

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Millions of Americans who will lose access to subsidies when the current formula expires are looking at a jump in premiums, in many cases hundreds of dollars a month.
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Archbishop Paul Coakley Is Picked to Lead American Bishops

“We face a growing worldview that is so often at odds with the Gospel mandate to love thy neighbor,” the group said in a letter to Pope Leo.

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Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City was elected on Tuesday as president of America’s Roman Catholic bishops.
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