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Ex-FBI director James Comey to appear in court on lying to Congress charge
James Comey  
Ex-FBI director James Comey to appear in court on lying to Congress charge
Case marks significant step in Trump’s efforts to politicize the justice department and punish political enemies
Trump administration  
Texas national guard troops arrive in Chicago amid Trump’s crackdown
Israel-Gaza: two years on  
Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead
Exclusive  
Democrats introduce bill to help federal workers cover childcare costs during shutdown
Nobel prizes  
Nobel prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on porous materials
In focus
‘I don’t feel safe any more’: Dearborn’s Arab Americans on rising Islamophobia
Michigan  
‘I don’t feel safe any more’: Dearborn’s Arab Americans on rising Islamophobia
Residents in Michigan city on edge as threats against their community rise, and some are reassessing their support for Trump
Sudan  
‘War is a business’: the Colombian mercenaries training Sudan’s child fighters to ‘go and get killed’
China  
‘I can touch the clouds’: how it feels to cross the world’s highest bridge
Features
A rightwing late-night show may have bombed – but the funding behind it is no laughing matter
Media  
A rightwing late-night show may have bombed – but the funding behind it is no laughing matter
Conservative donors spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to make a rightwing Stephen Colbert-style talkshow
Television  
Netflix’s monstrous Ed Gein series is lurid exploitation dressed up as a serious drama
Opinion
Bari Weiss is a weird and worrisome choice as top editor for CBS News
Margaret Sullivan
Bari Weiss is a weird and worrisome choice as top editor for CBS News
We fear what Israel will do to us if they seize our ship. But we are not turning back
Naoise Dolan
Sports
MLB playoffs  
Judge’s homer helps rally Yankees from five runs down to stave off elimination
Judge’s homer helps rally Yankees from five runs down to stave off elimination
Jerry Jones  
NFL fines Cowboys owner $250,000 for ‘inadvertent’ obscene gesture at fans
Culture
Comedy  
Marc Maron is the rare comedian who shows us how it should be done
Marc Maron is the rare comedian who shows us how it should be done
Film  
Grow review – polished pumpkin growing caper stuffed with perky charm and comedy talent
Lifestyle
Halloween  
Pumpkin power! How this garish gourd took over the world
Pumpkin power! How this garish gourd took over the world
Japan  
‘It made my day more meaningful’: the Japanese gen-Zers attempting a two-hour phone limit
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Bondi spars over Epstein but stays silent on Comey: takeaways from a tense hearing
Analysis  
Bondi spars over Epstein but stays silent on Comey: takeaways from a tense hearing
The attorney general clashed with Democrats over Trump, Epstein, and the ‘weaponization’ of the justice department
The ruin of Gaza  
How Israel’s two-year assault has devastated the territory
'I'm human'  
Burning down the house: Milei plays rock star as Argentina economy crashes
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