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Giovanni Russonello

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Guitar

The instrument hasn’t always been a central player in jazz, but the best guitarists have taken up the challenge of finding their own way. Fourteen musicians and writers share their favorites.

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Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer

A Key Part of Biden’s Climate Law Was Built to Survive Trump. Now, the Test.

A lucrative tax credit for renewable energy could be hard to kill because it applies to a technologies favored by Republicans, not just wind and solar.

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Reid J. Epstein

Democrats Prevail in Virginia Races, the First Elections Since Trump’s Win

The party held onto two key seats in Loudoun County that will allow them to maintain control of the state’s legislature.

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Jim Tankersley and Christopher F. Schuetze

A Far-Right Government in Austria Would Be a Jolt, but Not Unexpected

The Freedom Party and its leader, Herbert Kickl, have steadily built support by demonizing immigrants, while entering Austria’s political mainstream.

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Emma Bubola

Italy Says Cecilia Sala, Journalist Detained by Iran, Has Been Released

Cecilia Sala, 29, who was detained last month in Iran while on a reporting trip, was on a plane back to her home country, the Italian government announced.

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Stephen Marche

Justin Trudeau Was His Own Worst Enemy

Justin Trudeau came to power with a new kind of politics — progressive and identity-based. In the end, it proved his undoing.

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David French, Lydia Polgreen and Bret Stephens

‘Trump Is at His Absolute Worst in a Crisis’: Three Columnists Imagine the World Ahead

What are the biggest challenges and opportunities facing Trump and his team in foreign policy and national security?

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Dana G. Smith

What Matters More for Longevity: Genes or Lifestyle?

It depends on what your goal is.

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David Yaffe-Bellany and Joe Rennison

Bitcoin Is Luring More Companies and Their Cash

It is a sharp pivot away from the cautious approach of the traditional corporate treasury, normally charged with safeguarding cash rather than chasing higher returns.

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Ephrat Livni

In Israeli Video, Detainee Says Hamas Operates Out of Gaza Hospital

Facing international condemnation and pressure to free the chief of Kamal Adwan Hospital, Israel released a brief interrogation video backing up its claim that militants used the hospital as a base.

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Euan Ward

With Stakes High, Lebanese Lawmakers to Try Again to Choose a President

Despite pressure by the United States and others to elect a president in order to receive financial support, a consensus candidate has yet to emerge who can clearly end Lebanon’s political gridlock.

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Choe Sang-Hun

How Bodyguards Are Keeping South Korea’s President Yoon From Detention

President Yoon Suk Yeol’s security service stopped an effort to detain him on insurrection charges and has vowed to do so again. Its roots are in the era of military dictatorships.

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Alan Feuer, Maggie Haberman and Devlin Barrett

Trump’s Lawyers Have Assailed Jack Smith. They Could Soon Have Power to Go After Him.

The president-elect’s defense lawyers accused the special counsel of unethical and improper behavior in his prosecutions of their client. They could be in senior Justice Department roles within weeks.

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Robin Pogrebin

Mexico City to the Met: Frida Escobedo’s Supercharged Path to Fame

The 45-year-old architect had mostly designed temporary structures before becoming the first woman to design a wing at the country’s largest art museum.

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Adam Nagourney

A Legacy From Carter That Democrats Would Prefer to Escape

For decades, Republicans have reveled in invoking Jimmy Carter’s name to deride Democrats as weak — mockery that has influenced the way Democrats present themselves to voters.

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Minho Kim

Why Does Trump Want Greenland?

The president-elect said the United States needed the island, which is a semiautonomous part of Denmark, for national security reasons. But there are other possible interests.

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Lisa Friedman

Why Does Trump Want the Panama Canal? Here’s What to Know

Treaties ratified by the Senate in 1978 established permanent neutrality, but some Republicans regret that decision.

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Sheera Frenkel and Mike Isaac

Mark Zuckerberg’s Political Evolution, From Apologies to No More Apologies

Meta’s chief executive has stepped away from his mea culpa approach to issues on his platforms and has told people that he wants to return to his original thinking on free speech.

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Tracy Mumford, Emily Baumgaertner, Robert Jimison, Ian Stewart and Jessica Metzger

Wildfires Roar Through L.A., and Trump Floats U.S. Expansion

Plus, the end of Facebook fact-checking.

Mashable

The Apple Watch 10 is back down to its lowest-ever price at Amazon

SAVE $70: As of Jan. 8, the Apple Watch Series 10 is on sale for $359 at Amazon. That's a saving of 16% on list price.

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