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Under Fire for Tucker Carlson Remarks, Think Tank Chief Pleads Ignorance

Kevin Roberts, under fire for defending Tucker Carlson’s interview with a white nationalist, said that he did not keep up with the news and that he had simply read an aide’s script.

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“I actually don’t have time to consume a lot of news,” Kevin D. Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, said to staff members last week.
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Justice Dept. Struggled to Find Lawyers to Handle Maurene Comey Suit

Ms. Comey sued the Trump administration after she was abruptly fired over the summer, saying the action was retaliation. Federal attorneys in New York City and a Justice Department branch in Washington have declined to handle the case.

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Maurene Comey’s father, James B. Comey, has a fraught relationship with President Trump.
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How to See the Northern Lights on Wednesday

A geomagnetic storm made the aurora borealis visible across a swath of the United States again on Wednesday, illuminating the skies as far south as Arizona.

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The northern lights shine in the night sky in Valtournenche, Italy, on Wednesday.
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Erik Bottcher Joins Crowded House Primary to Succeed Nadler

Erik Bottcher, a Democrat from Chelsea, began his career as an L.G.B.T.Q. rights activist. He faces a growing field of rivals vying for a Manhattan House seat.

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City Councilman Erik Bottcher, running to succeed Representative Jerry Nadler, who is retiring, argued that his experiences as an L.G.B.T.Q. rights activist had prepared him to face a fractious moment in American politics.
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Epstein’s Emails

Congress released new files from the Epstein investigation. We explain what they mean.
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What’s Behind the Coming House Vote on Releasing the Epstein Files

Proponents of fuller transparency used an arcane rule to prod their leaders to act. When it became clear they had succeeded, the speaker agreed to hold a vote.

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Representative Nancy Mace of South Carolina was one of the Republicans who signed a petition requiring the House to vote on a measure requiring the full release of the Justice Department’s files about the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Trump v. James and Maurene Comey

The legal precedent established by Maurene Comey’s case may turn out to be far more consequential than the finding in her father’s.

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In Explaining His Gaffe, Heritage Foundation Leader Pleads Ignorance

Kevin Roberts, under fire for defending Tucker Carlson’s interview with a white nationalist, said that he did not keep up with the news and that he had simply read an aide’s script.

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“I actually don’t have time to consume a lot of news,” Kevin D. Roberts, the president of the Heritage Foundation, said to staff members last week.
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Comey and James Challenge Appointment of Trump Loyalist Overseeing Their Prosecutions

The outcome could have serious consequences for the cases against two of President Trump’s opponents, James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, and Letitia James, the New York attorney general.

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President Trump put Lindsey Halligan in charge of the U.S. attorney’s office in the Eastern District of Virginia with explicit public instructions to go after his rivals.
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Will People Trust Voting by Phone? Alaska Is Going to Find Out.

Anchorage will experiment with internet voting in local elections, betting that its ease and security will win over voters even in an era of election conspiracy theories.

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Anchorage’s trial run of phone voting could offer a blueprint for expanded use in future elections beyond Alaska.
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The Shutdown Is Over. But for Federal Workers, the Anxiety Persists.

After being sidelined for more than a month, they are bracing for the backlog that awaits them and struggling with the financial burden of going without pay.

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Jessie Holwell, a furloughed Veterans Affairs employee and a mother of five, had to pick up nightly DoorDash gigs to support her family during the government shutdown.
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The Luxury Electric Vehicle Is in Trouble

Sales of expensive battery-powered cars like the Ford F-150 Lightning have stalled, forcing automakers to slow production and offer more affordable vehicles.

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Ford Motor has stopped making its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck, which starts at $55,000, and won’t say when or whether production will restart.
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A BlackRock-Backed Roofing Conglomerate Goes Bust

Investment firms are buying and bundling contractors, leaving some workers and customers worse off.

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Higher interest rates have dissuaded homeowners from moving in recent years, which has weighed on the remodeling work that typically happens when houses change hands.
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How Pakistan’s Spending Blitz Helped Win Over Trump and Flip U.S. Policy

As Pakistan has hired lobbyists with close ties to President Trump, it has also received favorable tariff treatment and unique access in Washington.

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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, left, and Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir of Pakistan waiting for a meeting with President Trump at the White House in September.
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Fake Bomb Threats Baffle the Police Across Asia

The threatening emails and faxes bear the signature of a man who says he is being impersonated. The police in five nations have failed to stem them.

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Police officers searched Osong Station in Cheongju, South Korea, in 2023, after an email sent to the foreign ministry said high-powered bombs had been planted in bullet train facilities nationwide.
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