World
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What Makes a Special Counsel ‘Special’?
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Merrick B. Garland’s appointment on Friday of Jack Smith, a longtime prosecutor, as a special counsel…
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Iranian Protesters Attack Khomeini’s Childhood Home as Unrest Spreads
Three months into a nationwide uprising, Iranian protesters have turned their fury against the founder of the Islamic revolution and…
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Suspect in University of Virginia Shooting Had Guns in His Dorm Room, Report Says
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The suspect in the shooting deaths this week of three fellow University of Virginia students had a…
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Hakeem Jeffries, Pressing to Lead Democrats, Marks a Generational Shift
Standing on the Senate floor during President Donald J. Trump’s 2020 impeachment trial, Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York…
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Russia Raises Hopes for Griner’s Release, but U.S. Says It’s Just Talk
A day after the American basketball star Brittney Griner was sent to a Russian penal colony, a top Russian diplomat…
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Justice Department Asks Supreme Court to Let Student Debt Cancellation Proceed
The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court on Friday to allow its student loan relief plan to go forward, arguing…
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Prosecution and Defense Sum Up in Oath Keepers Sedition Trial
Prosecutors at the sedition trial of five members of the Oath Keepers militia made their final remarks to the jury…
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Ukrainian Teenager Who Fled War Will Play at Carnegie Hall
Dmytro Tishyn, a 16-year-old Ukrainian bassoonist who fled the Russian invasion this year, is preparing for a New York Youth…
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U.S. Backs Immunity for Saudi Leader in Lawsuit Over Khashoggi Murder
ISTANBUL — The Biden administration has declared that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia should be granted immunity…
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Rishi Sunak, With Elite Pedigree, Must Now Sell Britain on Austerity
LONDON — Jeremy Hunt, Britain’s finance chief, presented a doom-and-gloom budget this week, but it is ultimately the job of…