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Shutdown Fight Reopens Debate in G.O.P. Over Health Care

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Annie Karni
The spending showdown has highlighted Republicans’ failure to produce an alternative to Obamacare, which many of them assail but concede is too politically risky to undo.

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The government shutdown has forced Speaker Mike Johnson and his colleagues to defend their opposition to Obamacare tax credits that are popular across the political spectrum.

Wealthy Americans Are Spending. People With Less Are Struggling.

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Ben Casselman and Colby Smith
Data show a resilient economy. But that largely reflects spending by the rich, while others pull back amid high prices and a weakening labor market.

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Outside the Pilsen Food Pantry in Chicago. The divide between rich and poor is hardly new, in Chicago or the rest of the country, but it has become more pronounced in recent months.

A Squalid Building, a Tip to the Feds, and Then ‘Straight-Up Chaos’

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Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs， Julie Bosman， Hamed Aleaziz， Jesus Jiménez， Brent McDonald and Arijeta Lajka
An immigration raid on an apartment building in Chicago followed years of problems with crime, and neglect by landlords. It swept up dozens of U.S. citizens who were detained in the middle of the night.

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Windows are boarded up at an apartment building in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood where federal agents staged a massive raid.

What Powers Does the Border Patrol Have Across the Country?

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Hamed Aleaziz
The Trump administration is increasingly relying on the agency for immigration enforcement within the U.S.

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Gregory Bovino, a senior Border Patrol official, led federal agents in removing protesters from a driveway used to transport detained people to an immigration processing center in Broadview, Ill.

Bari Weiss’s First Days at CBS: Booking Big Guests and Irked by Leaks

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Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin
Ms. Weiss, an unusual leader for a broadcast news division, has floated ideas for live events and asked journalists why they are seen as biased.

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Bari Weiss in 2023. Since she started as the editor in chief of CBS News on Oct. 6, she has met with leading anchors and executives, impressing some and confounding others.

‘Don’t Touch My Retirement!’ Wins the Day in France

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Catherine Porter
The country’s attachment to an early pension, seen as a fundamental right, forced a major concession by the government, allowing it to survive, for now.

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People demonstrating in 2023 in Bordeaux, France, against pension reform. Many had thought the fight over raising the retirement age was settled, but that was not the case.

How George Santos Won His Freedom

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Michael Gold
On Friday evening, President Trump commuted the sentence of former Representative George Santos. “Good luck George, have a great life!” the president said.

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George Santos, the disgraced former congressman from New York, had pleaded for mercy for months before President Trump commuted his sentence on Friday.

Cuomo Tries to Tie Mamdani to Muslim Leader’s Anti-Gay Stance

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Benjamin Oreskes
Andrew Cuomo, trailing in the New York City mayor’s race, sought to contrast his role in legalizing same-sex marriage with the views of some of Mr. Mamdani’s supporters.

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Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo campaigning in the Bronx on Saturday. Mr. Cuomo criticized his opponent Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani after Mr. Mamdani met with an imam who has opposed homosexuality.

Santos in His Own Words: Pleading for Mercy and Promising a Comeback

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The New York Times
George Santos, the disgraced former congressman who was released from federal prison on Friday, has been a columnist for a Long Island paper, including from behind bars.

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George Santos, the former congressman, wrote numerous columns for The South Shore Press before and during his time in prison. Many were in praise of President Trump.

Jury Awards $19.7 Million to 6 Bystanders in Denver Police Shooting

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Ashley Ahn
The bystanders were injured when a Denver police officer fired, while facing a crowd of people, at an armed man outside a bar in 2022.

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Bailey Alexander, center, speaks alongside Willis Small IV, left, and Yekalo Wedewihet at a news conference in 2023. They were three of six bystanders injured during a police shooting in Denver in 2022. Christ Whitney, a lawyer, is at the center rear.

Inside Israel’s Battle Over the Haredi Draft and Who Must Fight in Its Wars

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Joshua Leifer
The conflict over compulsory service for the nation’s ultra-Orthodox has become a stand-in for a larger struggle over the country’s right-wing, religious turn — and could determine its future.

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The Haredim have historically been exempt from serving in Israel’s armed forces, which has an otherwise compulsory draft for Jewish Israelis.

Alison Rose, The New Yorker’s Femme Fatale, Dies at 81

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Penelope Green
She started as the magazine’s glamorous receptionist and became one of its more singular writers. In one of her last articles, she memorialized her time (and lovers) there.

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Alison Rose in 2004. Her memoir, “Better Than Sane: Tales From a Dangling Girl,” grew out of a bombshell article about her time at The New Yorker.
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