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Jul 29, 2024 | nytimes.com | Whet Moser

Image The U.S. presidential election has been transformed by the events of the last few weeks. From now until Election Day on Nov. 5, we'll keep you up to speed with contributions from Times journalists covering the biggest news.

Jul 28, 2024 | nytimes.com | Whet Moser

Image It was the deadliest assault on Israeli-controlled territory since Israel and Hezbollah began exchanging missile and rocket fire in October, and Israel retaliated early yesterday with strikes across Lebanon. The Israeli response was short of a major escalation, but fears remained that the fallout from the rocket launch would lead to all-out war. A spokeswoman for the National Security Council said in a statement that Hezbollah had organized the attack.

May 16, 2024 | nytimes.com | Whet Moser

Image During hours of bruising testimony in the Manhattan criminal trial of Donald Trump, his defense lawyer hounded Michael Cohen about his history of lying, criminal record and testimony that the defense called bogus. The lawyer, Todd Blanche, sought to cast Trump's former fixer as an unrepentant fabricator who had lied under oath to exact revenge.

May 6, 2024 | l8r.it | Whet Moser

That's what some people say, including Bilandic himself, who told Chicago in 2000 that the storm—and not his administration's response—cost him the election. But it was more than just the city's struggle with plowing that turned the winds against Bilandic. Dissonant PR, a headline-grabbing scandal, and his administration's broad mishandling of transportation issues created a political storm in the month between the blizzard and the election that Bilandic couldn't dig himself out of.

Nov 2, 2023 | nytimes.com | Whet Moser

Briefing|Friday Briefing: China pushes for women to stay homehttps://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/briefing/china-gaza-ukraine.htmlXi Jinping attending the National Women’s Congress in Beijing last month.Credit...Yao Dawei/Xinhua, via Getty ImagesChina’s male leaders push for women to stay homeThe National Women’s Congress, held every five years, has long been a forum for the ruling Communist Party to demonstrate its commitment to women.