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Biden Holds Firm as Worried Democrats Take Their Case Directly to Him

After the House minority leader visited the White House to share Democrats’ concerns, President Biden held a tense virtual session with lawmakers.

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Hispanic Male Democrats Make an Abortion-Rights Pitch to Latino Men

These candidates say the issue cannot be avoided in 2024, and dismiss the notion that focusing on men, who typically prioritize the economy, is a risk.

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A fiery President Biden, ignoring critics, attacked Donald Trump to chants of “lock him up.”

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Donald Trump appears to be giving more weight to political calculations in selecting a running mate.

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Israel Launches Major Attack That It Says Targeted a Top Hamas Commander

Muhammad Deif is considered a mastermind of the Oct. 7 attacks. The Palestinian news media reported mass casualties in the attack in southern Gaza.

 

How Hamas Is Fighting in Gaza

Hamas overwhelmed Israel’s border in October with something like a conventional military maneuver. Now, it acts as a guerrilla force.

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  1. Carrying an injured man after an Israeli airstrike at a tent camp in the Mawasi area of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.
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  2. Palestinians fleeing after the strike in the Mawasi area.
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  3. Palestinians fleeing after the strike in the Mawasi area.
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  4. Carrying a casualty of the strike.
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  5. Palestinians inspecting the strike scene.
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  6. Wounded people being transported to Nasser Hospital after the strike.
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  7. Palestinians gathering, at a hospital morgue in Deir al Balah, near the bodies of their relatives killed in airstrikes.
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‘Rust’ Case Against Alec Baldwin Is Dismissed Over Withheld Evidence

The involuntary manslaughter trial came to an end after ammunition that the prosecution had not shown the defense was brought into the courtroom.

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IDEAS

The Nazi Jurist Who Haunts Our Broken Politics

A contempt for compromise. An expansive vision of executive power. Both owe much to Carl Schmitt.

THE INTERVIEW

Robert Putnam Knows Why You’re Lonely

The author of “Bowling Alone” warned us about social isolation 25 years ago. Things have only gotten worse.

Weekend Reads

Police Kill a Boy, and a Refugee Group Leads the Call for Answers

An officer’s fatal shooting of a 13-year-old in Utica, N.Y., provoked anger among the city’s Karen residents, members of an ethnic group from Myanmar.

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A group of protesters outside a city hall with a large portrait of a boy.

Ukraine Is Targeting Crimea, a Critical Base for Russia’s Invasion

Newly armed with deep-strike missiles, Kyiv is trying to degrade Russian abilities on the peninsula, aiming at airfields, air defenses and logistics hubs.

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A woman looks on as another woman, wearing a black T-shirt with a white “Z” on the front, places flowers at a memorial.

Where Germany’s Immigration Debate Hits Home

Since the recent killing of a police officer, Mannheim has become the byword for a hard line on deporting those who are denied asylum and commit violent crime.

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People in suits and other formal attire stand behind a person who approaches an area filled with flowers with a flag and wreath. In front, people, some with cameras, look on.

Planning for a Future in the Doomsday Economy

With Fortitude Ranch, an entrepreneur is betting on franchised timeshares in survivalist compounds for people who are worried about the end of the world.

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Drew Miller in the driver’s seat of an all-terrain vehicle.

What to Watch and Read

Opinion

Bret Stephens

Bret Stephens

Republicans Will Regret a Second Trump Term

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A woman holds a large photo of Donald Trump.

Ross Douthat

From Moderate to Caesarist: 4 Scenarios for Trump 2.0

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Maureen Dowd

Maureen Dowd

For Biden, a Race Against Time

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Nicholas Kristof

Nicholas Kristof

It’s No Big Deal That a Woman May Be the President. What a Beautiful Thing.

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Gregory Berns

Cows Are the New Puppies

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A cardboard cutout of a donkey on its hind legs wearing boxing gloves and striped shorts.

Daniel Schlozman

Democrats Don’t Have a Nominee Until Delegates Say So

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Doug Sosnik

Biden’s Path to Re-election Has All But Vanished

Yarimar Bonilla

Yarimar Bonilla

I Can’t Revel in J. Lo’s Fall From Grace

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The Best of Late Night This Week

Trish Bendix
Trish BendixReporting on culture

The hosts returned from the holiday break to a glut of news, including President Biden doubling down on his decision to seek re-election despite concerns about his health, George Clooney calling for Biden to drop out and former President Trump challenging Biden to a golf match.

Here’s what the hosts had to say →

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