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Where Mao’s Peasants Tilled the Soil, Tourists Now Pay for the View

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Andrew Higgins and Gilles Sabrié
Decades ago, a Chinese village became an official symbol of revolutionary “self-reliance.” The slogan hasn’t changed, but nearly everything else has.

Jia Tianlian tending his tiny plot of land in Dazhai, a village in northern China that Mao Zedong once hailed as a model for the nation. In the background are residential buildings from the “people’s commune” of that era.

Tanzania: What to Know About the Post-Election Violence

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Matthew Mpoke Bigg
Post-election violence has tarnished the country’s reputation for stability, and the crackdown may have backfired on the government, as officials in Washington call for a re-examination of U.S. ties.

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Protesters help an injured demonstrator near burning barricades amid clashes in Dar es Salaam on Oct. 29, during Tanzania’s presidential election.

Trump Says America Is in ‘Golden Age,’ Straining to Address Affordability

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Erica L. Green
Speaking at a gathering of McDonald’s franchise owners and operators, the president boasted that he had “normalized” inflation.

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In his remarks at the McDonald’s Impact Summit on Monday in Washington, President Trump made only fleeting reference to the issue of beef prices, after boasting about getting his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., to eat a Big Mac.

Larry Summers to Step Back From Public Commitments Over Epstein Emails

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Vimal Patel
New emails showed that Lawrence H. Summers, a former Harvard president, had stayed in touch with Jeffrey Epstein for years after Mr. Epstein faced sex trafficking charges.

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Mr. Summers, a former treasury secretary, had sought money from Mr. Epstein for a poetry foundation led by his wife, Elisa New, an emerita Harvard literature professor.

Trump Has the Power to Release the Epstein Files. Why Doesn’t He?

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Luke Broadwater
The president has reversed himself and encouraged lawmakers to vote for compelling the Justice Department to turn over investigation documents, but he never really needed their approval.

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President Trump said on Monday that he would sign a bill related to the release of the full Epstein files should it reach his desk after passing the House and Senate.

Trump Gives Mixed Messages About Military Action Against Venezuela

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Tyler Pager
President Trump said that he was open to talking with President Nicolás Maduro but that the United States has “to take care of Venezuela” as the U.S. builds a military force in the Caribbean.

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President Trump in the Oval Office on Monday. Last month, Mr. Trump called off efforts to reach a diplomatic agreement with Venezuela, but the president has raised the possibility of renewed engagement.

Fed Governor Lisa Cook Says Housing Official Worked With Trump to Tarnish Her

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Jonah E. Bromwich， Matthew Goldstein and Colby Smith
New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and a Federal Reserve governor, Lisa Cook, sought to publicize the role of the housing official, Bill Pulte, in executing President Trump’s retribution agenda.

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Bill Pulte, head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has attacked political enemies on social media.

Trump Bows to Reality on Epstein Files Vote, in a Rare Retreat

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Annie Karni and Tyler Pager
Faced with a mass defection on a bill to demand the release of the Epstein files, the president rushed to avoid an embarrassing loss, suggesting a slip in his iron grip on the G.O.P.

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Demonstrators outside the Capitol last week. As Republicans gear up for midterm elections and some begin to plot a future after Mr. Trump, the Epstein episode is a rare instance in which he has lost control.

Why Britain Is Embracing ‘Negative Nation Branding’

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Mark Landler
Prime Minister Keir Starmer, trying to get a grip on a feverish immigration debate, is introducing a hard-line, contentious policy on refugees.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain walking out of 10 Downing Street on Monday. Some members of Mr. Starmer’s Labour Party object to Britain’s new restrictions on immigration.

Indiana Homeowner Charged in Shooting of Cleaning Woman Who Arrived at Wrong House

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Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Christina Morales
A man was charged with manslaughter after a woman was shot through the front door of a home before dawn this month in suburban Indianapolis.

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Investigators work at the site of the fatal shooting of María Florinda Ríos Pérez de Velásquez, a house cleaner who went to the wrong address in Whitestown, Ind.
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