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How Lesley Manville Is Leaving ‘Oedipus’ Audiences Spellbound
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How Lesley Manville Is Leaving ‘Oedipus’ Audiences Spellbound

Personal history emerges by painful degrees in “Oedipus,” whose language and story, the actress Lesley Manville says, “wreck me every time.”​ Read More Personal history emerges by painful degrees in “Oedipus,” whose language and story, the actress Lesley Manville says, “wreck me every time.” 

Trump Officials Bypass Congress to Push Billions in Weapons Aid to Israel
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Trump Officials Bypass Congress to Push Billions in Weapons Aid to Israel

NYT > U.S. > PoliticsThe move was the third time the Trump administration has tried to expedite arms shipments to Israel by going around the review process for weapons sales.​The move was the third time the Trump administration has tried to expedite arms shipments to Israel by going around the review process for weapons sales. ​Read...

Release of Three Million Epstein Pages Falls Short, Survivors Say
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Release of Three Million Epstein Pages Falls Short, Survivors Say

NYT > U.S. > PoliticsTodd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, told reporters on Friday that “there’s a hunger or a thirst for information that I do not think will be satisfied by the review of these documents.”​Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, told reporters on Friday that “there’s a hunger or a thirst for information...

Trump Names ‘Data Nerd’ to Lead Labor Statistics Agency
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Trump Names ‘Data Nerd’ to Lead Labor Statistics Agency

NYT > U.S. > PoliticsThe decision to nominate Brett Matsumoto, a career government economist, came six months after the president fired the previous commissioner.​The decision to nominate Brett Matsumoto, a career government economist, came six months after the president fired the previous commissioner. ​Read More

Trump Officials Move to Double Number of H-2B Guest Visas This Year
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Trump Officials Move to Double Number of H-2B Guest Visas This Year

NYT > U.S. > PoliticsIt was a rare move by the Trump administration to expand a foreign worker program, amid a sweeping effort to drastically cut immigration.​It was a rare move by the Trump administration to expand a foreign worker program, amid a sweeping effort to drastically cut immigration. ​Read More

Trump Moves to Cut All Oil to Cuba as U.S. Targets Its Government
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Trump Moves to Cut All Oil to Cuba as U.S. Targets Its Government

President Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on any country that delivers oil to Cuba appeared to be directed largely at Mexico, the only nation that has sent any meaningful fuel shipments to the island.​ Read More President Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on any country that delivers oil to Cuba appeared to be directed largely at Mexico,...

Children Were Arrested in Iran’s Brutal Crackdown on Protests
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Children Were Arrested in Iran’s Brutal Crackdown on Protests

An Iranian government official said some children had been detained, the first such acknowledgment in weeks of anti-government protests.​ Read More An Iranian government official said some children had been detained, the first such acknowledgment in weeks of anti-government protests.