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Congress Weighs Whether to Allow Guantánamo Prisoners to Travel to the U.S. for Medical Care

The problems with that approach became clear in October 2017 when, according to emails released through the courts, a visiting surgeon tried to fuse the spine at the neck of a detainee, Abd al Hadi al Iraqi. A doctor at the hospital declared the operation a failure and said the best course of action would

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‘You Don’t Have to Be in Des Moines.’ Democrats Expand Primary Map, Spurred by Social Media.

SAN FRANCISCO — Sunday marks exactly eight months until the Iowa caucuses, but only a single, long-shot Democratic candidate in the party’s sprawling field, Representative Tim Ryan, spent the weekend campaigning there. Instead, 14 White House hopefuls eschewed Iowa’s cozy church basements and V.F.W. posts to gather at a hangar-size convention center in this liberal

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Hotel Review: Kartrite Resort & Indoor Waterpark, Monticello, N.Y.

Rates Junior suite rates during the low-season start online at $179; prices jump considerably for the high-season and for larger suites. A resort fee per room per night is $35. The Basics The Kartrite is trying very hard to do it right. With four slides, seven water attractions and seemingly countless lifeguards, the 324-room Kartrite

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Fact-Checking Elizabeth Warren on the Campaign Trail

Massachusetts decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana in 2008. But Ms. Warren, who first ran for the Senate in 2012, vacillated on a ballot initiative to legalize medical marijuana and opposed legalization in general. “No, I don’t think it should be legalized,” she said in a Senate Democratic primary debate in October 2011. “Medical

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