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  • Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S.
    The Trump-Putin summit will take place in a former Russian colony that the United States bought for $7.2 million in 1867. Here’s how the deal came together and why its legacy matters.
     
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Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S.

Par :Mike Ives
15 août 2025 à 03:00
The Trump-Putin summit will take place in a former Russian colony that the United States bought for $7.2 million in 1867. Here’s how the deal came together and why its legacy matters.

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The $7.2 million U.S. Treasury check that sealed the American purchase of Alaska in 1867.
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Trump-Putin Meeting: What Time, Where and How to Watch

Par :Ashley Ahn
15 août 2025 à 03:00
The leaders of the United States and Russia will hold talks at an American military base in Alaska and are expected to hold a news conference afterward.

© Jeenah Moon/Reuters

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage on Wednesday.
Reçu hier — 14 août 2025International
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Man Fleeing an Immigration Raid Dies After Running Onto an L.A. Freeway

Par :Jesus Jiménez
14 août 2025 à 23:08
The man was hit by a vehicle. It happened about a month after an immigrant fell from a greenhouse and later died following a raid in Ventura County.

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An immigration raid at a Home Depot in Monrovia, Calif., on Thursday caused a man to flee onto a freeway. He was struck by a vehicle and died, officials said.
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Newsom Kicks Off California Redistricting Campaign and Calls for Special Election

Par :Laurel Rosenhall
14 août 2025 à 21:34
The governor kicked off his campaign for a proposition asking California voters to approve a new congressional map, a move that comes with both opportunity and risk.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom called on voters to approve a ballot measure redrawing the state’s congressional map at an event in Los Angeles on Thursday.
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Thousands Ask Harvard Not to ‘Give in’ and Pay Fine to Trump

Par :Vimal Patel
14 août 2025 à 20:42
In a petition, alumni, faculty and members of the public asked Harvard to stand up to the White House. The school has signaled a willingness to pay $500 million to restore research funds.

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Many at the university had praised the school for suing the Trump administration in the spring over funding cuts and pushing back against other demands.
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Phil Knight, Ex-Nike Chief, and His Wife Pledge $2 Billion to Oregon Cancer Center

Par :Neil Vigdor
14 août 2025 à 20:24
Oregon Health & Science University said the couple’s donation would be the largest single gift to a higher-learning institution in the United States.
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  • Federal Raids Target D.C. Homeless Camps
    It was unclear how widespread or effective the raids were, after district officials and advocates had spent much of the day trying to clear the camps, urging people to go to shelters ahead of the raids.
     
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Federal Raids Target D.C. Homeless Camps

Par :Campbell Robertson and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
14 août 2025 à 23:52
It was unclear how widespread or effective the raids were, after district officials and advocates had spent much of the day trying to clear the camps, urging people to go to shelters ahead of the raids.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Metropolitan Police Department personnel stood by as a shelter hotline van arrived near the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington on Thursday.
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Judge Halts White House Effort to Defund Schools With D.E.I. Programs

Par :Dana Goldstein
14 août 2025 à 21:15
The Trump administration had asked states to certify that their schools did not practice “illegal D.E.I.” and threatened to cut off billions of dollars from schools that did not comply.

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The Supreme Court in Washington, where affirmative action in college has already been ruled unconstitutional.
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Dale Webster, Who Surfed Every Day for 40 Years, Dies at 76

Par :Livia Albeck-Ripka
14 août 2025 à 18:05
He braved frigid waters and sharks and surfed even when he had a kidney stone while breaking the record for the most consecutive days surfed.

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Dale Webster, who became known as Daily Wavester for his surfing streak, at Salmon Beach in Bodega, Calif., in 2000.
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Gerry Spence, a Canny Courtroom Showman in Buckskin, Dies at 96

Par :Robert D. McFadden
14 août 2025 à 19:01
Calling himself America’s best trial lawyer, he won justice for Karen Silkwood and successfully defended Imelda Marcos. He also wrote best sellers.
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Minnesota Assassination Suspect Indicted on First-Degree Murder Charges

Par :Mitch Smith and Ernesto Londoño
14 août 2025 à 17:38
State prosecutors had previously charged the man with second-degree murder in the deaths of State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband.

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State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were honored at the Minnesota State Capitol in June after they were killed.
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Texas Democrats Will Return Home, Allowing Vote on Redistricting Plan

Par :J. David Goodman
14 août 2025 à 18:08
The leader of Democrats in the Texas House said the battle over redistricting, which could determine control of Congress, is likely to continue in the courts.

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State Representative Gene Wu, leader of the Democrats in the Texas House, speaking at a news conference in Chicago, where lawmakers from his party have fled.
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Russia and Ukraine Agree: A Trump Summit Is a Big Win for Putin

Par :Andrew Higgins and Nataliya Vasilyeva
14 août 2025 à 17:19
The talks on Friday in Alaska pull the Russian leader out of diplomatic isolation from the West, and Ukrainian and European leaders fear it gives him an opening to sway the American president.

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A summit meeting with President Trump is widely seen as a victory for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, even if no agreements are reached.
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Woman Claims Marine Laced Her Drink With Abortion Pills

Par :Alexandra E. Petri
14 août 2025 à 17:18
A Texas woman said in a lawsuit that a U.S. Marine got her pregnant and then, after she chose to keep the pregnancy, dissolved abortion pills in her hot chocolate.

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Medical abortion pills. A wrongful-death lawsuit filed by Liana Davis claims that Christopher Cooprider dosed her with 10 abortion pills after she rebuffed his requests to end her pregnancy.
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As Trump Seizes D.C.’s Police, Critics Say He’s Undercut Its Ability to Fight Crime

Par :Tyler Pager and Devlin Barrett
14 août 2025 à 16:57
The Trump administration has taken steps that have hobbled Washington’s efforts to reduce crime, such as gutting its U.S. attorney’s office and enacting budget cuts of more than $1 billion.

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President Trump has deployed 800 members of the National Guard to Washington to assist local and federal law enforcement.
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Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally

Par :Laurel Rosenhall · Jesus Jiménez and Hamed Aleaziz
14 août 2025 à 20:42
The armed and masked agents assembled outside a museum where the governor was speaking in what Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles called “a provocative act.”

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More than a dozen Border Patrol agents turned up in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday outside a museum where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a news conference.
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A 500-Year-Old Receipt for Supplies to Conquer an Empire Is Returned to Mexico

Par :Adeel Hassan
14 août 2025 à 16:41
The document describes payments made for expedition supplies, and was signed by Hernán Cortés, who conquered the Aztecs.
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Federal Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty in Fatal Shooting of Border Patrol Agent

Par :Jenna Russell
14 août 2025 à 18:54
A federal grand jury in Vermont indicted Teresa Youngblut, 21, on murder and other charges, seven months after a violent encounter during a traffic stop.

© Carlos Osorio/Reuters

U.S. Border Patrol vehicles blocking Interstate 91 a day after a Border Patrol agent was shot and killed on the highway in Coventry, Vt.
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In L.A., Fear of ICE Raids Put the First Day of School On Edge

Par :Jill Cowan and Orlando Mayorquín
14 août 2025 à 16:11
Officials and volunteers patrolled areas around schools, part of an effort to warn families about potential raids and reassure them that their children were safe at school.

© Gabriella Angotti-Jones for The New York Times

As more than half a million students headed back to Los Angeles Unified School District campuses this week, the mood was tense amid the Trump administration’s immigration raids.
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