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As a Felon, Trump Upends How Americans View the Presidency

President-elect Donald J. Trump has worked for years to discredit any and all criminal and civil cases against him as nothing more than politically motivated witch hunts.

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A voter in Pennsylvania on Election Day wearing a T-shirt featuring Mr. Trump’s mug shot from the Georgia election interference case. In the end, many voters did not think Mr. Trump’s legal troubles disqualified him from the presidency.

Scott Bessent, Trump’s Billionaire Treasury Pick, Will Shed Assets to Avoid Conflicts

Financial disclosure forms show hundreds of millions of assets including property in the Bahamas and investments in Bitcoin and bets against China’s currency.

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Scott Bessent, center, is President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for Treasury secretary. Mr. Bessent pledged to divest many of his financial holdings if confirmed to the post.

He’s the N.F.L. Player. She Gets the Autograph Requests.

By documenting the up-and-down lifestyle of a professional athlete’s wife, Allison Kucharczyk has surpassed the fame of her journeyman husband.

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Allison Kucharczyk shared with her three million TikTok followers that she sobbed when the Las Vegas Raiders released her husband, the defensive lineman Isaac Rochell, several weeks before her due date.

How Maddrey Became the N.Y.P.D.’s Top Officer Despite Years of Scandal

Jeffrey Maddrey, the former chief of department, built ties when he walked beats in Brooklyn. That seemed to insulate him as lawsuits and serious accusations against him piled up.

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Jeffrey Maddrey, right, rose to the highest uniformed rank of the Police Department despite lawsuits and serious allegations of misconduct and abuse.

Why Singapore’s First Family Is Locked in a Bitter Feud Over a House

A son of the country’s founding father says he has been persecuted by the government because of a feud with his older brother, who until May was prime minister.

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Lee Hsien Yang says he sought asylum in Britain because of a dispute with his brother, a former prime minister of Singapore. He now lives in London, where he was photographed in November.

Sam Moore of the Dynamic Soul Duo Sam & Dave Is Dead at 89

Mr. Moore and Dave Prater stormed the R&B and pop charts with indelible hits like “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin’.”

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Sam Moore, right, and Dave Prater of Sam & Dave performing in Chicago in 1980. At their peak, the duo churned out rhythm-and-blues hits with a regularity rivaled by few other performers.
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