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WASHINGTON — For weeks in late 2020, Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, cheered on President Donald J. Trump’s effort to fight his election defeat, privately offering up “a group of ready and loyal advocates who will go to bat for him.” In text messages to Mark Meadows, then the…

His interest in music began not with pianos but with the viola and the violin. He studied at academies in Cologne and Detmold and, in his 20s, played guitar and mandolin in German dance bands. He was playing Dixieland music one night when he spotted a woman on the dance…

BORODIANKA, Ukraine — The first sign of trouble was when a squad of Chechen soldiers burst through the gate. They jumped from their Jeeps, combat boots hitting the pavement hard, and ordered the 500 patients and staff of Borodianka’s special care home into the courtyard, at gunpoint. “We thought we…

Throughout it all, Ms. Haynes, who has been a transit worker for only about 17 months, knew the crew had to remain under control. “You having a calm demeanor helps your passengers stay calm, which helps them get out safely,” she said. Outside the station, Parla Mejia was driving a…

Mr. Benkada limped out of the N at 36th Street, his black sweatpants drenched in blood gushing from a hole a little bigger than a quarter in his right knee. The station only has one exit, at the back of the Manhattan-bound platform. But as others fell to the ground…

“I didn’t like Trump six years ago,” he told a small crowd of supporters this week at a brewery in Hilliard. “I did not think he was going to be a good president. I was very happy to be proven wrong.” He added, “I was very proud to support the…

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | How to Listen Elizabeth Alexander’s new book, “The Trayvon Generation,” grew out of a widely discussed essay of the same name that she wrote for The New Yorker in 2020. The book explores themes of race, class and justice and their intersections…

The New York Times is interested in hearing stories from people who have quit their jobs during the pandemic. Did you quit your job at some point in the last two years? We’d like to talk to you! Even before the pandemic, people were quitting: jobs, school and more. But…

“I have to succeed,” Ms. Hochul told me. “There is no choice.” The ‘Accidental’ Governor Ms. Hochul’s ascension might look like an accident, a fluke of political turmoil and timing. But that’s not quite right. She herself is actually more like the opposite. Not an accident of the political culture…

April 15, 2022, 2:54 a.m. ET April 15, 2022, 2:54 a.m. ET The Russian Navy’s guided missile cruiser Moskva sails in the Bosporus in Istanbul last year.Credit…Yoruk Isik/Reuters The sinking of one of Russia’s most formidable warships, the Moskva, is a stunning blow for the country — whether the ship…