Biden Seeks to Head Off Escalation After Israel’s Successful Defense
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Biden Seeks to Head Off Escalation After Israel’s Successful Defense

President Biden and his team, hoping to avoid further escalation leading to a wider war in the Middle East, are advising Israel that its successful defense against Iranian airstrikes constituted a major strategic victory that might not require another round of retaliation, U.S. officials said. The interception of nearly all…

Opinion | The Masters Has Only One Black Golfer. It Didn’t Have to Be This Way.
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Opinion | The Masters Has Only One Black Golfer. It Didn’t Have to Be This Way.

For the decades that Sifford and other Black golfers fought to become P.G.A. members, they dealt with bigotry, death threats and countless humiliations while simply trying to play golf with and against the best players of the era. Because the P.G.A. had explicitly codified racial discrimination in its bylaws, Black…

U.S. Intercepts Dozens of Iranian Drones and Missiles Aimed at Israel
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U.S. Intercepts Dozens of Iranian Drones and Missiles Aimed at Israel

The United States military said it had shot down dozens of the drones and missiles that Iran fired at Israel on Saturday, as other allies affirmed support for Israel or pledged to help defend it. Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, Israel’s chief military spokesman, said that Israel had intercepted most of…

In Final Rally Before New York Trial, Trump Again Casts Himself as Political Victim
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In Final Rally Before New York Trial, Trump Again Casts Himself as Political Victim

Two days before his first criminal trial was set to begin in Manhattan, former President Donald J. Trump on Saturday again framed the charges he faces as a broad attempt by Democrats to keep him from the White House, and he criticized a gag order placed on him by the…