Brigitte Macron used a slur to criticize protesters who had interrupted a show by a French comedian accused of rape in 2021, in a case that was dismissed.

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The archdiocese will raise at least $300 million to fund the settlement. It has agreed with its accusers on a mediator to conduct negotiations.

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Readers discuss an essay by Anand Giridharadas about Jeffrey Epstein’s circle. Also: The White House ballroom; Medicare for All; immigrant fears.

Even if the wisdom of releasing the files is a nuanced issue, the president’s behavior has been indefensible.

Releasing the documents wholesale could hinder prosecutions and inflict new trauma on victims.

Readers strongly object to David Brooks’s argument that we should focus on more important issues. Also: Firings at the National Endowment for the Humanities.

It has a little something to do with Donald Trump.

This power elite was already used to ignoring the powerless. Redeeming a disgraced sex offender was a logical next step.

The Epstein files are coming. But will Americans be able to fully trust them?

“You need this renewal. You need new figures who are untouched, who were never part of these awful power games,” the columnist Lydia Polgreen argues.

Once again, we see how far this country will go to maintain the power of men at the expense of women’s bodies.

A parade of scandals tarnished the prince’s reputation, long before he gave up using his title as Duke of York on Friday.