New research sheds light on how mediocre employees help would-be authoritarians maintain power.
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Top policymakers were expected to discuss rising energy prices and sanctions policy at a critical summit in Paris this week.
The latest war in the Middle East has created new economic opportunities for Syria thanks to its geography.
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The composer Cinco Paul discusses the clever references to classic musicals everywhere you look (and hear) in his new Broadway show.
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The Brookings Institution suggests that federal statistics are an undercount because immigrant parents are not being asked about or not disclosing their American children.
Greenlandic officials worry about the direction of the negotiations aimed at defusing President Trump’s threats to seize their island. But they have little leverage.
Plus, inside the closed-door talks over Greenland.
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The timing brought the court into the middle of a fight to redraw voting maps across the South, even as some primaries were underway.
A 37 percent approval rating in a new Times/Siena poll suggests the G.O.P. is facing a big midterm problem despite recent redistricting gains.
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With the midterms nearing, President Trump’s approval rating has hit a second-term low as voters question his handling of the economy, according to the latest New York Times/Siena poll.
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