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Mr. Roberts argued that to disavow Mr. Carlson would be to give in to a form of cancel culture, and insisted the conservative movement should remain a big tent.

In both cases the comments were immediately disavowed by the White House.

But it expressly disavows any right for minority groups to receive representation proportional to their share of the population.

It tried to de-escalate the situation by acknowledging and disavowing deeds it said didn’t represent the family, including the killing of the Hamas fighter.

Federal officials also notably disavowed the need to conduct soil testing, insisting it would be too time-consuming.