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GUN VIOLENCE

Trump’s Position on Background Checks for Guns Is Clouded by Past Reversals

After the massacres in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio, President Trump once again reversed himself on the issue of background checks for guns.
Mr. Trump’s long history of changing his mind on the issue raises questions about his commitment to legislation.

President Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, holding the 2-month-old son of Jordan and Andre Anchondo, who both died in the shooting in Texas last weekend. — Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks

Trump’s Trip to Dayton and El Paso: The Back Story

Mr. Trump’s frustration over news coverage led to White House-distributed media that focused on him, not people affected by the shootings.

Days after the shooting, doctors in El Paso were still trying to repair wounds in some of the survivors.

Presidential Election

Democrats’ 2020 Problem: How to Be Tougher on Trade Than Trump

Democrats have long been critical of NAFTA and China, but President Trump has stolen that playbook and gone further.
Now they are trying to figure out how to differentiate themselves from Mr. Trump — without ceding their position as the party that will defend workers.

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In Iowa, the Race Is On to Beat Biden

Despite predictions of an early demise as a presidential candidate, Joe Biden has maintained a commanding position in the contest.

Here’s a quick look at what happened in the 2020 presidential race this week.

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China Said It Closed Muslim Detention Camps. There’s Reason to Doubt That.

In late July, China’s government said that most of the Uighur detainees had been released from camps in the country’s northwest.
Times reporters found, after traveling for seven days in the region, that the vast network of camps continues to operate, and even expand.

After warnings from Beijing about further unrest, protesters in Hong Kong began Saturday with a “family-friendly” march.

A Death and Life in the Bronx Opioid Crisis

Jerlanne Rojas died last year in the Bronx, which has one of the highest overdose rates in the United States.
A new detective squad tried to find the dealers who sold the deadly drugs.

Woodstock at 50

Illustration by Élise Rigollet; Photograph by Hulton Archive/Getty Images

How Carlos Santana Hallucinated Through His Set

High on mescaline he got from Jerry Garcia, “I asked, over and over, ‘Just help me stay in tune and on time.’”
The performance is regarded as one of Woodstock’s best.

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Woodstock’s Contradictions, 50 Years Later

The festival was an epiphany and an indulgence. It still poses questions about its utopian ideals and our relationship to them now, our critic writes.