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  • In a combative exchange with reporters about the violence in Charlottesville, Va., President Trump drew the very moral equivalency for which a bipartisan chorus has already criticized him.
  • “Is it George Washington next?” Mr. Trump asked, referring to the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee.

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Malware Expert Could Blow Whistle on Russian Hacking

For the first time, an actual witness living in Ukraine has emerged in the hack of the Democratic National Committee, and he has been interviewed by the F.B.I.




Alabama Decides G.O.P. Candidates for Senate Runoff

Roy Moore, a former chief justice of the State Supreme Court, will face Senator Luther Strange in a runoff next month. Utah Republicans nominated John Curtis, mayor of Provo, Utah, in a special election to replace former Representative Jason Chaffetz.


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Fawn Weaver on a farm in Lynchburg, Tenn., where Nearest Green and Jack Daniel first began distilling whiskey together. Credit Nathan Morgan for The New York Times

When Jack Daniel’s Failed to Honor a Slave, an Author Rewrote History

The whiskey maker backed away from a promise to acknowledge its debt to a black distiller — until Fawn Weaver swooped into town and took up the cause.

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For women — less so for men — weight is perhaps the most stubborn of the entertainment industry’s many biases. The actress Danielle Macdonald hopes to flip the script.


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His legacy faces the challenge of neglect, obfuscation and co-option in the country.

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