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Cynthia Nixon Gets Cuomo to Play to Type

Cynthia Nixon was surrounded by the news media at a campaign event last month.

Trump’s Vile Ploy on South Africa

President Trump spoke to the press during a roundtable with members of Congress and cabinet at the White House on Thursday.

The Mysterious Landscapes of Heat-Scorched Britain

Prehistoric ceremonial landscape near Eynsham, Oxfordshire.

The Police Aren’t the Solution to Chicago’s Violence

A pin on a member of the nonprofit MASK, Mothers/Men Against Senseless Killings, who was working on a dangerous street corner — South Stewart Avenue and West 75th Street — in the Englewood neighborhood in June.

A Too-Narrow Vision of Religious Freedom

How to Save the Saudi Golden Goose

A Saudi Aramco employee sits in the area of its exhibition at the Middle East Petrotech conference for the refining and petrochemical industries, in Manama, Bahrain, in 2016.

Trump and Putin vs. America

President Donald Trump with President Vladimir Putin during a joint news conference in Helsinki on Monday.

Is the Business World All About Greed?

Not everything about the World Economic Forum in Davos is about globalism and the power elite.

Stephon Clark and the Golden State’s Shameful Secret

Ben Crump, attorney for the family of Stephon Clark, at a news conference where the findings of an independent autopsy of Mr. Clark were announced.

Don’t Let Trump’s Gaslighting on Carter Page Obscure Privacy Issues

Carter Page speaking at a news conference in Russia in 2016.

After Killing Spree, Is a Free Press Mr. Duterte’s Next Victim?

Students on Tuesday protested attacks on press freedom in the Philippines.

The Stormy Daniels Presidency

The Trophy Club in Greenville, S.C., where Stormy Daniels made an appearance on Saturday.

The First Palestinian in Jerusalem’s City Hall?

Ramadan Dabash, 51, a social activist and community leader in Sur Baher, a Palestinian neighborhood on the southeastern outskirts of East Jerusalem, Israel.

An Overdose Left Him With Brain Damage. Now What?

An overdose of heroin and fentanyl four years ago left Andrew Foote with severe brain damage after his brain was starved of oxygen for approximately 30 minutes.

Swallowed by the Sea

Zainal Abedin stands near the spot where remnants of his family home on the Bangladeshi island of Kutubdia sit underwater.

Publicly, We Say #MeToo. Privately, We Have Misgivings.

Anna Zuccaro, left, and her sister, Mia Merrill, last month unsuccessfully petitioned the Metropolitan Museum of Art to take down a painting of a young girl by Balthus.