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What If Hillary Clinton Won in 2016?

“Hillary Clinton is our next president. How do you think the founding mothers would feel if they heard the news?” So began an essay by Gail Collins for a special section of The New York Times that was to have been published Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, two days after the …

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How Donald Trump Is Making Big Promises to Big Business

On a Friday in late September, Donald J. Trump took time off the campaign trail for a closed-door meeting at Mar-a-Lago with officials representing the vaping industry. The vaping emissaries talked about loosening regulations and told the former president he had “saved” the industry in the past. The group — …

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In Deciding Whether to Retaliate, Iran Faces a Dilemma

Iran faces a dilemma after the Israeli strikes on Saturday. If it retaliates, it risks further escalation at a time when its economy is struggling, its allies are faltering, its military vulnerability is clear and its leadership succession is in play. If it does not, it risks looking weak to …

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