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With Midterms Approaching, Trump Implores Republicans: Pretend I’m on the Ballot!

Par : Shawn McCreesh
President Trump was in South Carolina to stump for Darline Graham, sister of Lindsey. But his own political future was on his mind, too.

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President Trump appeared at a rally with Senator Darline Graham ahead of the South Carolina Senate runoff.
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Postal Service Publishes Finalized Plan to Restrict Mail Ballots

Par : Adam Sella
The plan, which complies with President Trump’s executive order to curtail mail voting, will only go into effect if the Supreme Court rules in the order’s favor.

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A worker sorting ballots in 2025.
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Judge Strikes Down Trump’s 75-Country Visa Ban

Par : Mattathias Schwartz
The ruling from the Southern District of New York found that the policy went beyond Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s legal authority.

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Travelers arriving from international flights outside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection exit at Kennedy International Airport in New York last year.
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Alfalfa Sprouts Linked to Illnesses in 15 States, F.D.A. Says

Par : Ishani Desai
Officials are investigating after multiple strains of E. coli and a type of salmonella sickened dozens of people across the United States. Two people were infected with both salmonella and E. coli.

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Public health officials have tied a number of salmonella and E. coli cases to alfalfa sprouts produced by a company in Minnesota.
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Trump Accounts Get an Unlikely Endorser: Gavin Newsom

Par : Laurel Rosenhall
Mr. Newsom, the governor of California, normally has harsh words for President Trump. But he called the new children’s savings accounts “one of the best things” the president has done.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California gave an unusual endorsement for an endeavor led by President Trump — investment funds for American children born during Mr. Trump’s presidency.
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Drawing on His Rust Belt Roots, Vance Campaigns for Republicans

Par : Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Vice President JD Vance traveled to his hometown, Middletown, Ohio, and spoke at a steel factory where his grandfather once worked.

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Vice President JD Vance spoke at a factory in Middletown, Ohio, on Friday.
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Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication

Par : Minho Kim
The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence.

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Service members reading Stars and Stripes in Cu Chi, South Vietnam, in September 1969. The publication has a long history of independent reporting on the U.S. military.
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Defense Rests Case in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial

Par : Sejal Govindarao and Emma Schartz
The two sides focused Friday on whether Ms. Clancy was experiencing psychosis when she strangled her three young children in 2023. Closing arguments could begin on Monday.

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Lindsay Clancy in the courtroom on Thursday.
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Court Slashes Award Alex Jones Was Ordered to Pay Sandy Hook Parents

Par : Elizabeth Williamson
An appeals court reduced the award to the parents of one victim to $6 million from $49 million, citing a Texas damages cap. The conspiracy theorist owes over $1 billion in other cases.

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For years, Alex Jones spread conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax perpetrated by the government and the victims’ families.
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America Ends a Summer of Lightning-Fast Primaries and Political Speed Dating

Par : Jess Bidgood
Plot twists in several states have led to rapid-fire races that have felt more reminiscent of European-style snap campaigns than traditional American marathons.

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Senator Darline Graham and Representative Ralph Norman of South Carolina
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Massachusetts’ Top Court Bars Statues of Catholic Saints at City Building

Par : Christina Morales
The ruling quashes a plan by the mayor of Quincy that had drawn opposition from many religious figures, as well as from residents of the racially diverse city.

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The mayor of Quincy had commissioned statues of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Florian in 2023 as the finishing touch for the city’s new public safety complex.
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U.S. Agreed to Pay Liberia $5 Million in Connection with Deportees, Documents Say

Par : Madeleine Ngo · Hamed Aleaziz and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
The Trump administration approved the payment after Liberia said it would consider taking migrants from other countries.

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A plane carrying deportees from the United States at Roberts International Airport in Liberia on Thursday.
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Desperation Mounts as Thousands in Indiana Endure 10 Days Without Power

Par : Julie Bosman and Robert Chiarito
Floods from powerful thunderstorms devastated Gary, where a third of residents live below the poverty line and full restoration isn’t expected until next week.

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Dinky Austin called the utility company for updates while she cooled off with ice outside of her home in Gary this week.
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Small Plane Crashes in Western Alaska, Killing Eight

Par : Qasim Nauman · John Yoon and Alena Cerro
The Cessna aircraft was carrying two pilots, two U.S. Army engineers and four contractors to Cape Newenham from Anchorage when it crashed near a U.S. military site, investigators said.

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A Cessna 441 had taken off from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and was headed to Cape Newenham, in Western Alaska, when it crashed around 11:45 a.m. Thursday, officials said.
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Chief Justice Allows Trump to Continue White House Ballroom Construction, for Now

Par : Ann E. Marimow
The 90,000-square-foot ballroom project has grown in size and scope, with the president’s lawyers saying it is intertwined with the renovation of an underground military bunker.

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The construction site for the new White House ballroom in March.
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Prison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts

Par : Kenneth P. Vogel and Hamed Aleaziz
The GEO Group has profited from the administration’s mass deportation campaign. A subsidiary donated more than $1.4 million to the president’s super PAC last month.

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The GEO Group signed a five-year contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to operate a detention facility in Winton, N.C.
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Guide Company That Ran Fatal Ski Trip Faces Safety Fine in California

Par : Dave Philipps
The state levied a $151,300 fine on Blackbird Mountain Guides, which took backcountry skiers into the Sierra Nevada in threatening conditions. Nine died in an avalanche.

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A vigil in Truckee, Calif., for the victims of the Sierra Nevada avalanche.
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Gazebos From Uzbekistan: The Latest Foreign Gifts in Trump’s Washington

Par : Luke Broadwater
The structures will go up in West Potomac Park, the site of President Trump’s planned National Garden of American Heroes.

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Workers moving materials for Uzbek gazebos at West Potomac Park on Tuesday. President Trump’s expansive plans for the area also include reflecting pools, dining facilities and an amphitheater.
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Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic

Par : Alan Feuer
It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.

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A report by the Center for American Progress determined that there was “no evidence” that President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to cities across the country had affected the crime rate.
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Push for Online Gun Sales Meets a Surprising Opponent: Small Gun Dealers

Par : Aishvarya Kavi
The Trump administration wants average Americans to be able to buy guns online and have them shipped to their doors. Small gun stores warn it could upend the industry and risk public safety.

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Colin Overbey, the manager for Dunn’s Attic in Ormond Beach, Fla., is one of hundreds of people lobbying the A.T.F. to halt proposals that could alter the gun industry.
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U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk

Par : Adeel Hassan
Samuel Tunick, who faces a felony charge for deleting his phone’s data during an airport customs search, called the government’s peering into people’s private lives “creepy.”

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Samuel Tunick faces a felony charge for deleting his phone’s data during an airport customs search last year.
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How Harvard’s Epic Fight With Trump Is Costing the University

Par : Mark Arsenault and Irena Hwang
The federal government has slowed Harvard’s funding, despite the university’s legal victories. The conflict is forcing hard choices on campus.

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The Trump administration has found new ways of trying to pressure Harvard to comply with its wishes.
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Florida Counts Its Election Ballots Fast. Why Can’t California Keep Up?

Par : Bayliss Wagner
Florida counted most of its primary ballots within hours on Tuesday night, well ahead of the days California took to report the results of its major election.

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Election workers sort vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office for the Florida primary election in Doral, Fla., on Tuesday.
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On the Radio, Trump Has a Reunion (of Sorts) With Michael Cohen

Par : Shawn McCreesh
President Trump’s former personal lawyer tried to revisit the past in a radio interview. But this was not exactly a stroll down memory lane.

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Michael Cohen in front of promotional material for his new radio show, which is meant to look like him in the Oval Office, during a news conference in New York last month.
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s ‘Road Trip’ Highlights America, and Some of Its Sponsors

Par : Karoun Demirjian
The transportation secretary’s six-part YouTube series is fueling ethical concerns over family adventures funded in large part by corporate sponsors regulated by his department.

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The reality road trip series tracks Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, his wife, their nine children and his son-in-law.
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Aisha Wahab Wins California Special Election to Replace Eric Swalwell

Par : Jennifer Medina
Aisha Wahab, a Democratic state senator in California, will fill out the term of Eric Swalwell, who resigned from the House amid accusations of sexual misconduct.

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State Senator Aisha Wahab addresses the news media at her election-night watch party in Hayward, Calif., on Tuesday.
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Nancy Kissinger, Wife of Former Secretary of State, Dies at 92

Par : Robert D. McFadden
A foreign policy specialist, she was politically savvy and well versed in global issues, and traveled widely with her husband, Henry A. Kissinger, on his diplomatic missions.

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Nancy Kissinger, then Nancy Maginnes, with her future husband, Henry A. Kissinger, in Jerusalem in 1970. She was a fierce defender of Mr. Kissinger, a polarizing figure with a hotly disputed reputation.
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Trump Officials Impose More Sanctions to Pressure Cuba

Par : Chris Cameron
Human rights experts have said that the U.S. attempts to squeeze Cuba’s economy, including an oil blockade, have caused a severe humanitarian crisis.

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Activity in Havana, once bustling, has dwindled as uncertainty grows about the city’s future. Cuba’s economy has suffered because of the U.S. blockade on oil shipments.
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Trump Officials Impose More Sanctions to Pressure Cuba

Par : Chris Cameron
Human rights experts have said that the U.S. attempts to squeeze Cuba’s economy, including an oil blockade, have caused a severe humanitarian crisis.

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Activity in Havana, once bustling, has dwindled as uncertainty grows about the city’s future. Cuba’s economy has suffered because of the U.S. blockade on oil shipments.
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Phoenix Police Investigate 2 Officers Accused of Violent Traffic Stop

Par : Michael Levenson
The department opened a criminal investigation after a couple said they were shocked with a stun gun and beaten during the Aug. 5 encounter.

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Police Headquarters in Phoenix.
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Duffels Full of Khat Seized at Baltimore Airport’s Baggage Claim

Par : Adeel Hassan
While Customs and Border Protection said it intercepted more than half a ton of the controlled substance, experts say far more of the East African plant makes it into the country.
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Targeted by an Islamophobic Provocateur, a City’s Muslims Are on Edge

Par : Richard Fausset
Jake Lang has descended four times on Dearborn, Mich., which is majority Arab American. His rhetoric and protests have stirred fear among residents.

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Jake Lang, the far-right agitator, outside a City Council meeting on Tuesday in Dearborn, Mich.
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Homeland Security Made a Big Claim About Noncitizen Voting. Now It Can’t Prove It.

Par : Nick Corasaniti
The Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 “potential” noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month.

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Nevada election officials have questioned the Trump administration’s claims that thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in the state. Above, a poll worker stands in a polling location in Las Vegas during the state’s primary in June.
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Darline Graham’s Debate Misstep Tests South Carolina’s Appetite for a Political Newcomer

Par : Emily Davies
The South Carolina senator has argued that her lack of political experience is a strength as she runs to succeed her late brother, Lindsey Graham. But a debate misstep has rattled some of her supporters.

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Senator Darline Graham is campaigning to hold on to the seat of her late brother, Lindsey Graham.
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Trump Boasts of Declassifying Secrets, but Withholds Key Election Files From Public

Par : Dustin Volz
Even as the White House claims to be focused on transparency, it has ignored a congressional requirement to disclose a report on foreign meddling in the 2024 election.

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A polling location in New York during the 2024 election.
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Trump Officials Move to Fund Gaza Peacekeepers Even as Peace Plan Falters

Par : Adam Sella
The State Department informed Congress of its intent to fund the stabilization force on the same day the president’s Board of Peace announced a plan to disarm Hamas.

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Palestinians inspecting the damage to a mosque after it was struck by Israeli airstrikes in July in Gaza City. Deadly clashes have continued on and off since an initial cease-fire was reached in October.
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Massachusetts Police Search for Karen Solomon in Connection to Husband’s Death

Par : Christina Morales
A Massachusetts woman who was known as an advocate for the mental health of emergency workers is being sought by the police after her husband, an officer, was found dead.
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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Leaves Middle East After Months at Sea in Operation Against Iran

Par : John Ismay
The aircraft carrier has been deployed for nine months, largely in support of U.S. operations against Iran, and is now heading home to San Diego.

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The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in San Diego in 2021. The carrier’s most recent deployment began on Nov. 21, and the thousands of sailors on board have spent almost the entirety of the time since at sea.
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In a Big Year for Progressives, Here’s Why These Moderates Won Their Primaries

Par : Bayliss Wagner
At times this year, the Democratic Party’s centrist wing has felt under siege from the left. But it has won several tough primaries recently.

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David Crowley, left, a Democratic candidate for governor of Wisconsin, and Representative Jared Moskowitz, who is running for re-election in Florida. Both prevailed in their primaries.
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A Few Expert Lawyers Dominate Supreme Court Arguments, a New Study Finds

Par : Adam Liptak
Chief Justice Roberts, once such a lawyer, has said he has mixed feelings about the trend.

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Chief Justice John Roberts argued 39 Supreme Court cases as a lawyer in the solicitor general’s office and in private practice.
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FBI Agents Search Eric Swalwell’s Home as Part of Federal Sexual Assault Inquiry

Par : Alan Feuer
Most sex crimes are prosecuted by state and local authorities. The federal agents appeared to be using civil rights statutes to scrutinize Mr. Swalwell’s conduct, a person familiar with the case said.

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Mr. Swalwell, who spent more than a decade in the House representing two districts in California, resigned from Congress in April.
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As Prince Harry and Meghan Depart California for the U.K., Their Neighbors Shrug

Par : Shawn Hubler and Livia Albeck-Ripka
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle self exiled to the ultrawealthy enclave of Montecito in 2020. “They wave. They drive. They close the gates,” a neighbor said.

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The duke and duchess of Sussex went among the people, but few knew them well.
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State Dept. Declares U.S. Citizen in China Wrongfully Detained

Par : Karoun Demirjian
U Min Zin, a scholar who studied Myanmar, is one of two U.S. citizens the department has designated as wrongfully detained in China.

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The detained U.S. citizen U Min Zin disappeared in China’s Yunnan province after traveling there to attend an academic conference at the invitation of the Chinese government, according to the State Department.
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Trump’s Order to Cut Military Exercises With South Korea Carries Risks, Experts Say

Par : Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper
President Trump’s decision to curtail the military exercises came as allies question the U.S. commitment to longstanding alliances.

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American and South Korean troops participating in the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises last year.
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Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter

Par : Dave Philipps and Erin Schaff
A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.

Rescued wild horses at Skydog Ranch and Sanctuary outside Prineville, Ore.
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