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Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic
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8/21/2026 7:51 AM
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| It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment. |
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Chief Justice Allows Trump to Continue White House Ballroom Construction, for Now
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8/21/2026 1:42 PM
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| The 90,000-square-foot ballroom project has grown in size and scope, with the president’s lawyers saying it is intertwined with the renovation of an underground military bunker. |
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The Case of the Disappearing, Reappearing White House Ballroom Stairs
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8/21/2026 1:11 PM
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| Derided by architects as serving no purpose, a grand staircase was never approved by a planning commission but appears back in President Trump’s plans. |
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Canada-U.S. Tariff Talks Continue as Trump’s Midnight Deadline Looms
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8/21/2026 9:22 AM
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| Canadian negotiators were in Washington to finalize a deal that would stave off new tariffs and improve the terms of existing ones, but Mark Carney faces a tough sell back home. |
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Trump Announces Move to Lift Ground Beef Tariffs in Bid to Lower Prices
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8/21/2026 1:49 PM
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| The move prompted blowback from cattle ranchers and Republicans who represent them. |
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Meghan of Sussex Eyes Role in Netflix Show ‘The Gentlemen’
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8/21/2026 3:14 PM
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| The duchess’s representatives have had exploratory talks about her joining a third season of “The Gentlemen,” two people said. Netflix has not yet ordered a third season of the show. |
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‘They’re Always Going to Be Polarizing’: Britons Split on Harry and Meghan’s Return
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8/21/2026 8:23 AM
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| Recent surveys suggest the broader public views both of them negatively, especially in comparison to Harry’s brother, William, and his wife, Kate. |
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Prince Harry, Elton John and Others Told to Pay Daily Mail Publisher $13 Million
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8/21/2026 11:22 AM
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| Harry and six other high-profile figures lost a privacy lawsuit against Associated Newspapers. They may eventually have to pay more than twice the initial sum, a judge said. |
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U.S. Agreed to Pay Liberia $5 Million in Connection with Deportees, Documents Say
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8/21/2026 2:46 PM
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| The Trump administration approved the payment after Liberia said it would consider taking migrants from other countries. |
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5 Deportees Are Flown by US to Equatorial Guinea After they Resist Deplaning in Liberia
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8/21/2026 12:49 PM
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| Five of the people flown to Liberia under the Trump administration’s third-country deportation program resisted leaving the plane. They were then flown to Equatorial Guinea. |
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Desperation Mounts as Thousands in Indiana Endure 10 Days Without Power
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8/21/2026 4:11 PM
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| Floods from powerful thunderstorms devastated Gary, where a third of residents live below the poverty line and full restoration isn’t expected until next week. |
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How New York’s Second-Home Tax Turned Into a Headache for Mamdani
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8/21/2026 9:16 AM
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| The bumpy rollout of the tax created an opportunity for Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s opponents to fight him in court and in the City Council. |
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Staten Island Becomes the Place to Challenge Mamdani’s Policies in Court
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8/21/2026 3:00 PM
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| The ruling is a win for Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who argued that the case be heard in Manhattan. The lawsuit challenging the rent freeze had been filed in Staten Island. |
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He Said He Was the World’s Healthiest Man. Then Came a Stunning Diagnosis.
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8/21/2026 12:37 PM
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| Bryan Johnson, the longevity guru, wants to live forever. But the big question is why. |
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Palestinian Teenager Killed After Israeli Settlers Enter West Bank Village
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8/21/2026 11:32 AM
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| Palestinian and Israeli authorities offered divergent accounts of the incident, which came as settler violence has surged across the Israeli-occupied territory. |
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Turkey Requests Netanyahu’s Arrest, Saying Israel Abused Flotilla Activists
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8/21/2026 1:35 PM
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| Turkey’s request for an Interpol ‘red notice’ came at a time of escalating tensions between the two countries. |
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Shein, a Fast-Fashion Giant, Struggles to Grow Ahead of a Much-Delayed IPO
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8/21/2026 7:58 AM
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| Facing pressure in the United States and Europe, Shein is struggling to find new ways to grow ahead of its much-delayed initial public offering. |
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Rare South American Diseases Offer Clues on the Next Pandemic
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8/21/2026 9:06 AM
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| Ebola virus, hantavirus and the pathogen that causes Covid-19 likely jumped from animals to humans. So do these viruses — and scientists say climate change is speeding their spread. |
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Richard Gadd Had Never Heard of the Manosphere
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8/21/2026 2:02 AM
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| The creator and star of “Half Man” didn’t have a particular agenda for this dark tale of male repression. But “people think that it’s a political piece of work,” he said. |
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Court Slashes Award Alex Jones Was Ordered to Pay Sandy Hook Parents
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8/21/2026 3:05 PM
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| An appeals court reduced the award to the parents of one victim to $6 million from $49 million, citing a Texas damages cap. The conspiracy theorist owes over $1 billion in other cases. |
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I’m a Former Dean of Admissions. Colleges Shouldn’t Be Paying Rich Kids to Enroll.
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8/21/2026 2:05 PM
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Open Story
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| We can do better than this. We have to. |
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Status Defines Friendship for Too Many Americans
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8/21/2026 9:48 AM
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Open Story
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| The four-year degree isn’t just an economic signal; it’s become a lifestyle determinant. |
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A City Under Siege
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8/21/2026 3:31 AM
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Open Story
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| We look at how dire the situation has become inside Kyiv. |
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Rosie O’Donnell Ends Late Night Stint With a Ditty to ‘Donny Boy’
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8/20/2026 10:44 PM
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| “It’s kind of weird to think he spent more nights with me this week than Melania,” O’Donnell said of President Trump on her last night guest-hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” |
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Defense Rests Case in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial
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8/21/2026 3:48 PM
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| The two sides focused Friday on whether Ms. Clancy was experiencing psychosis when she strangled her three young children in 2023. Closing arguments could begin on Monday. |