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Seth Meyers Ridicules Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Workout Fashion

Seth Meyers Ridicules Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Workout Fashion

Trish Bendix
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Politics

Reports said Kennedy exercised at a gym in jeans and hiking boots. “If you think that’s weird, wait until you hear every single other thing about him,” Meyers said.


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Fed Expected to Cut Rates, and C.E.O. Shooting Suspect Branded Terrorist

Fed Expected to Cut Rates, and C.E.O. Shooting Suspect Branded Terrorist

Tracy Mumford, Ben Casselman, Edgar Sandoval, Ian Stewart and Jessica Metzger
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Politics

Plus, a beefy new skin care trend.


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A Rift in Trump World Over How to Make America Healthier

A Rift in Trump World Over How to Make America Healthier

Gina Kolata
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Politics

Statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Elon Musk tap into a dispute over whether lifestyle changes or drugs are a better way to treat obesity.


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The Economy Is Finally Stable. Is That About to Change?

The Economy Is Finally Stable. Is That About to Change?

Ben Casselman
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Politics

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s proposals on tariffs, immigration, taxes and deregulation may have far-reaching and contradictory effects, adding uncertainty to forecasts.


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What to Watch as the Fed Makes Its Final 2024 Rate Decision

What to Watch as the Fed Makes Its Final 2024 Rate Decision

Jeanna Smialek
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Politics

Federal Reserve officials are widely expected to cut interest rates, but investors will focus on hints about what comes next.


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Al-Assad’s Soldiers Hope for Amnesty. First, They Have to Take a Number.

Al-Assad’s Soldiers Hope for Amnesty. First, They Have to Take a Number.

Raja Abdulrahim and Ivor Prickett
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Politics

Syria’s new rulers say they will spare conscripts of Bashar al-Assad and pursue those who oversaw his regime’s abuses. Hundreds are lining up to learn which promise applies to them.


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The Once Booming Drug Town Going Bust Under Taliban Rule

The Once Booming Drug Town Going Bust Under Taliban Rule

Azam Ahmed and Bryan Denton
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Politics

Funding its war against the United States, the Taliban reaped millions from boom towns trading opium, heroin and meth. Victorious, the group crushed the trade, leaving ghost towns in its wake.


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Tiny Coffins: Measles Is Killing Thousands of Children in Congo

Tiny Coffins: Measles Is Killing Thousands of Children in Congo

Stephanie Nolen and Arlette Bashizi
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Politics

Problems with getting vaccines to families have left many children unvaccinated and in danger of contracting the virus.


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Why Democrats’ Version of ‘Stop the Steal’ Isn’t Taking Off

Why Democrats’ Version of ‘Stop the Steal’ Isn’t Taking Off

Stuart A. Thompson, Kaleigh Rogers and Steven Lee Myers
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Politics

A movement by some Democratic voters to investigate the results of the 2024 presidential election mirrors a push by Republicans in 2020. But it’s struggling.


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Inside Disney’s Decision to Settle the Trump Suit Against ABC News

Inside Disney’s Decision to Settle the Trump Suit Against ABC News

Brooks Barnes
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Politics

Talks started and finished on the same day, after Disney decided that fighting the lawsuit could potentially hurt the company and protections for the press.


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I Was a Health Insurance Executive. What I Saw Made Me Quit.

I Was a Health Insurance Executive. What I Saw Made Me Quit.

Wendell Potter
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Politics

Shareholders, not patient outcomes, tend to drive decisions at health insurance companies.


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U.K. Police Chiefs Were Too Slow to Respond to Summer Riots, Report Says

U.K. Police Chiefs Were Too Slow to Respond to Summer Riots, Report Says

Megan Specia
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Politics

Police leaders waited too long — three days — to trigger a national mobilization to tackle the anti-immigrant violence that broke out in Britain this year, a report found.


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Who Will Be New Jersey’s Next Governor? It’s Wide Open.

Who Will Be New Jersey’s Next Governor? It’s Wide Open.

Tracey Tully
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Politics

At least 10 candidates are vying for attention in the competitive race, including two mayors, a far-right radio host and a former state senator known as “Ed the Trucker.”


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Guillaume Diop, Paris Opera Ballet’s First Black Etoile, Is Lighting Up the Stage

Guillaume Diop, Paris Opera Ballet’s First Black Etoile, Is Lighting Up the Stage

Roslyn Sulcas
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Politics

Guillaume Diop has reached the highest level in the Paris Opera Ballet. He has also become a fashion-world darling and a symbol of a more diverse France.


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Suspect in Russian General’s Killing Detained Outside of Moscow

Suspect in Russian General’s Killing Detained Outside of Moscow

Anatoly Kurmanaev
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Politics

The suspect, a 29-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan, confessed to planting the bomb that killed Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov in Moscow, a spokeswoman for Russian prosecutors said.


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