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NY Times – Politics

The senator, Markwayne Mullin, quickly backtracked after pressing the now former director, Susan Monarez, on an exchange with the health secretary. [...]

In different ways, the reputations of the royal family, the British government and President Trump have each been tarnished by the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. [...]

Dr. Susan Monarez told senators at a committee hearing on Wednesday that the health secretary had hurled false and hurtful accusations about the nation’s health agency. [...]

There has been a lot of talk from Trump administration officials about punishing speech. Here is what the law says. [...]

The appointment would come as the Trump administration has called for sweeping reforms at the global economic institution. [...]

Thousands of demonstrators poured into the streets of the capital as President Trump spent most of the day 20 miles away in Windsor. [...]