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Zimbabwe’s Dubious Election

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's credibility as a democratic leader is being tested.

This Snake Can’t Shed His Skin

President Trump on Friday returned to a favorite campaign routine, reciting the lyrics to the song “The Snake” and suggesting an analogy between immigrants and the poisonous reptile.

He Walked for His Right to Vote. Now He’s Running for Office.

David Sadler with Dennis, his son, at a Montgomery Biscuits baseball game. Mr. Sadler wants to be the next state senator representing the 25th District of Alabama.

The Mississippi Man Tried Six Times for the Same Crime

Curtis Flowers, left, leaving the Montgomery County Courthouse in Winona, Miss., in 2004, after an unsuccessful motion for a retrial.

Ivanka and Vodka, on the Rocks

Ivanka Trump hasn’t had the influence on her father and his presidency that many people hoped for.

Surviving Myself

Olivia Pope’s Pantsuit Nation

Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope in Season 1 of “Scandal.”

America, Hold On to Your Allies. You’ll Need Them.

An electronic display of President Xi Jinping of China near Beijing’s Central Business District.

Adem Bunkeddeko in the Ninth District

Damon Winter/The New York Times

Michelle Wolf Did What Comedians Are Supposed to Do

Michelle Wolf after her performance on Saturday night.

Guns — When Trump Can’t Even Tweet

A prayer vigil for students fatally shot and hurt at Marshall County High School in Kentucky.

Horror of Being Governed by ‘Fox & Friends’

From left: Brian Kilmeade, Ainsley Earhardt and Steve Doocy hosting the “Fox & Friends” program last year.

A Perfect Storm Is Coming to Mexico

The Mexican presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador at a rally in Mexico City.

Pompeo’s Iran Plan: Tell Them to Give Up

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking at the Heritage Foundation on Monday.

Trump’s Silly War With Harley-Davidson

Bikers arrived in Tours, France, last month for the American Tours Festival.

Trump Seethes, and the Rest of Us Should Tremble

President Trump at a briefing at the White House on Monday.