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My Conversation With Robert Redford About Death

On the set of “All Is Lost,” we sat together in a deflating life raft. That’s when I realized neither of us was prepared for the conversation we were about to have.

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11 Elected Officials Arrested While Trying to Access Cells at N.Y.C. ICE Facility

Brad Lander, the city comptroller, was arrested again. Jumaane D. Williams, the public advocate, was among protesters detained outside.

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Jumaane D. Williams, the New York City public advocate, was among the elected officials arrested on Thursday while protesting outside a federal building where migrants are detained.
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In Their Own Words: Trump and Top Officials Change Tone on Free Speech

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the president’s pledges to guarantee free speech have been replaced by efforts to suppress — and even criminalize — what their critics have to say.

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President Trump speaking to members of the media this week. In his inauguration speech, he vowed to “immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America.”
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The Era of Dark Passions

Leaders across the political spectrum have figured out how easily they can motivate people with anger, fear and domination.

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Adams Says He Will Revisit N.Y.C. Schools’ Bathroom Gender Policy

Mayor Eric Adams’s remarks, aimed at a policy allowing students to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity, came two days after the Trump administration expressed concern over such guidelines.

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“I don’t support girls and boys using the same restroom,” Mayor Eric Adams said of New York City’s policy allowing students to use bathrooms that align with their gender identity.
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Book Review: ‘107 Days,’ by Kamala Harris

The new memoir by the former vice president defends her campaign and allows others to criticize Joe Biden and his team for her failure to win.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaking in San Francisco in April.
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New York Democratic Chairman Won’t Endorse Mamdani for Mayor

The decision by Jay Jacobs, the party chairman, puts him at odds with Democratic primary voters and New York’s governor.

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Jay Jacobs, who leads the state Democratic Party, is said to have told associates in recent days that he would sooner resign as chairman than support Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral nominee in New York City.
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Can Trump Actually Designate Antifa a Terrorist Group? Here Are the Facts.

The president made the same declaration in 2020, but nothing came of it. His new declaration came amid broader threats against liberals after the Charlie Kirk killing.

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Major factual and legal challenges complicate President Trump’s plans to designate the antifa movement a terrorist group.
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Takeaways from ‘107 Days,’ Kamala Harris’s New Book

In her book, coming out next week, she revisited her breakneck campaign, explaining her choices and outlining missteps — of hers and others. She hinted at a return to politics.

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“I didn’t have enough time,” Kamala Harris wrote of her campaign against Donald J. Trump.
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‘Tax the Rich,’ French Protesters Cry, as the Wealthy Push Back on Paying More

With a budget crisis looming, a proposal for a tax on ultrahigh-wealth individuals has grass-roots support, but it adds conflict to an already fragmented political landscape.

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Protesters carried a banner that reads, “Macron resign. General strike,” in Paris on Thursday. In major cities across France, protesters chanted demands for “fiscal justice.”
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Democrats Pitch Bill to Protect Speech Targeted by Trump

A group of House and Senate Democrats said they would introduce a measure that would bolster legal protections for people targeted by the government for speaking freely.

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Senator Christopher S. Murphy, Democrat of Connecticut, said on Thursday that Democrats would introduce a bill outlining legal protections for people targeted for political speech.
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New York and Other States Form Health Bloc as Answer to Trump’s Policies

Northeastern governors, like their peers in the West, want to shore up public health and issue a stamp of approval for vaccines.

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Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York announced an initiative of Northeastern states to strengthen public health in the face of the Trump administration’s changes.
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Judge Blocks Administration From Immediately Removing Guatemalan Children

Judge Timothy J. Kelly, a Trump appointee, wrote that the government had given dubious justifications for removing the children that “crumbled like a house of cards.”

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A relative of an unaccompanied minor deported from the United States reviewed the list of those deported outside La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City last month.
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