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President Donald Trump, in a "brief telephone call" with the New York Times earlier this month, listed "what he saw as his biggest accomplishments, including a focus on deregulation." The Times relegated the mention of deregulation to a paragraph low down in the story, which itself
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What does Shalane Flanagan's victory in the recent New York Marathon have to do with President Donald Trump's proposal to repeal the estate tax? Most of the news coverage of Flanagan's victory celebrated her victory: she's the first American woman to finish
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Everyone will have their own reactions to the political and legal aspects of the indictment of President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort. But what struck me was the Brooklyn angle.
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President Jimmy Carter, in an interview with the New York Times, expressed disagreement with the professional football players who are kneeling during the national anthem before games as a protest against police brutality. "I think they ought to find a different way to object, to demonstrate. I would rather
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With the one-year anniversary fast approaching of the election that brought us President Donald Trump, it's not too soon to ask how he's doing. One might think it's a question whose answer would depend on your original perspective.
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For the feud between President Donald Trump and the press, there is no shortage of explanations. "Little Marco," "low-energy Jeb," and "Lying Hillary" have been vanquished. The Democrats are leaderless, and what leaders they have — Senator Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi
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The most illuminating recent article about the tax reform debate didn't appear on the front page of any newspaper. It wasn't in the business section, or on the editorial page. It was an interview that appeared on an inside page of the New York Times arts
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Sometimes the best way to understand the news is to put down the newspaper, or cellphone, or close the Internet browser, and pick up a history book. It has a way of putting things in perspective.