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Nataliia Khodymchuk lived in memory of her late husband, Valerii, the first worker to die in the nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl, until she fell victim to Russian aggression 40 years later.

From tariffs to the war with Iran, the President is blowing up the global economy.

From the daily newsletter: Antoine Fuqua has built a career on movies with irresistible heroes. Now he's telling the story of the King of Pop, in a controversial new film.

The novelist Emma Copley Eisenberg discusses her short-story collection "Fat Swim," and the fatphobia she finds in contemporary fiction, with the critic Jennifer Wilson.

The libertarian-leaning Republican discusses his effort to restrain the President's actions in Iran, and how he would campaign against other G.O.P. Presidential candidates in 2028.

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"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" musical: five letters.

The "Release the Epstein files!" rallying cry has become unifying across the Democratic party, and represents a radically new way of fighting back against Donald Trump.

Richard Gadd's follow-up to "Baby Reindeer" traces a decades-long quasi-familial relationship that's thornier than any other male bond on TV.