“The Apprentice,” a new movie that dramatizes the early years of Donald Trump’s career, ends with a scene between Mr. Trump and an actor who plays me. The year is 1986 and I’m interviewing Mr. Trump for the first time, to begin ghostwriting “The Art of the Deal,” a book …
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In 1978, I visited my first war zone, Beirut. There were, in fact, several wars going on. The Israelis had made an incursion in the south, but there was chaos everywhere, with various local militias squaring off in the streets. Two of them had battled each other for control of …
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Former President Donald J. Trump turned down Fox News’s invitation to debate Vice President Kamala Harris on the air this month. But the Republican nominee will appear on the network next week for an unusual televised town hall, fielding questions from an all-female audience. The event, announced by Fox News …
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What corporate earnings say about the economy Earnings season is underway, with Wall Street giants flying out of the gate this on Friday. JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo and BlackRock have each reported results that soundly beat analysts estimates, lifting shares in premarket trading. Quarterly financial reports in general should deliver …
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Any productive debate about abortion — a rare thing, but worth pursuing — has to start by acknowledging each side’s strongest arguments and most sincerely held beliefs. If you tell yourself that opposition to abortion is rooted exclusively in a patriarchal desire to control women, as opposed to a sincere …
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It’s natural to feel nervous before presenting your movie at a major film festival. But in late August, when the director Ali Abbasi boarded a flight to the Telluride Film Festival, he wasn’t even sure if his new movie “The Apprentice” — a fictionalized look at the Machiavellian bond between …
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Insulin for $35 a month. A limit of $2,000 a year in out-of-pocket drug costs for older Americans. Billions of dollars in savings for Medicare resulting from drug negotiations. Whether these policies expand or, in the case of the negotiations, survive at all may be determined by the election in …
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Vice President Kamala Harris outlined a new proposal for home health care on “The View” on Tuesday, describing a Medicare expansion plan that she said would help what is called the “sandwich generation” to take care of aging parents. That constituency includes many adults who find themselves straddling the responsibility …
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In a Tuesday vice-presidential debate studded with surprising points of agreement between two starkly different candidates, an extended discussion of child care stood out. Over the past three years, Congressional Republicans, with the help of one key moderate Democrat, essentially killed President Biden’s attempts to create a national affordable child-care …
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A few years ago, American friends of mine bought a home in a European country in order to obtain an E.U. passport. (The country has an immigration program supporting this.) They state that they are doing so in case the United States presidential election goes as they fear. They, and …
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