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October 20, 2026, 7:48 a.m. Eastern time

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Bend Residents Want Accountability. Oregon’s Gun Laws Make It Hard.
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U.S. Citizen Hospitalized After Being Detained by ICE, His Family Says

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Guest essays from Opinion

Emily Bazelon

This Is One of the Saddest Facts About the Cornell Rape Case

Campus rape investigations are often riddled with problems — but eliminating them would be much worse.

Jeffrey Toobin

Even a Blue Wave Can’t Stop Trump

Congressional powers may be less than they appear to be, especially lately.

Nathan Taylor Pemberton

I Have Never Seen the Online Right So Happy

Online right-wingers are doxxing and smearing the accuser in the Cornell rape case, in tactics that reek of desperation.

Michael Brendan Dougherty

The Midterms Look Dark for Republicans. Their Future Looks Brighter.

The G.O.P. will not always be focused around the strong personality and charisma of Trump.

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Larry David Mocks the D.S.A. Some Are Not Amused.

The comedian satirized the Democratic Socialists of America, its platform and its opposition to Israel in an essay that some did not LOL at.

Mahmoud Khalil Appeals to Supreme Court to Halt Deportation

Mr. Khalil had recently graduated from Columbia when he was arrested by ICE agents and became the face of the Trump administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian demonstrations.

Christiane Amanpour Says She Is Leaving CNN After 43 Years

The chief international anchor, one of the most famous names in broadcast news, started as an assistant at the network in 1983.

Judge Clashes with Justice Department About Trump’s Golf Course Plan

Government attorneys sparred with Judge Ana C. Reyes over testimony by several government witnesses about the chain of decisions surrounding East Potomac Golf Links.

‘Other Desert Cities’ Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s Smashing Debut

Jon Robin Baitz’s 2010 family bash-em-up gets an uneven Broadway revival, with a cast that also includes Allison Janney at her droll, insulting best.

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