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NY Times – Politics

The vice president’s plea for a big-tent coalition at an annual conservative gathering belied the cracks in his party over antisemitism, racism and conspiracy theories. [...]

Proposals that emerged in recent negotiations with the United States were “rather unconstructive,” a Kremlin official said on Sunday. [...]

The latest vessel to be targeted by the United States in its pressure campaign on Venezuela was sending distress signals as it headed northeast from the Caribbean into the Atlantic. [...]

In an interview with NBC, the No. 2 official at the Justice Department denied that officials were protecting the president from what has been disclosed. [...]

Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as New York City’s new mayor on Jan. 1, alongside a party spanning seven blocks that will accommodate 40,000 spectators, his transition team said. [...]
Onscreen, she tends to play women fighting the patriarchy; offscreen the image she cultivates has meant conservatives consider her one of their own. [...]





