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LeShon Johnson, Ex-N.F.L. Player, Is Convicted in Major Dogfighting Case

5 août 2025 à 17:22
Federal investigators said that they had seized 190 pit-bull-type dogs from the former running back, who previously pleaded guilty to state dogfighting charges in 2004.

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LeShon Johnson playing for the Arizona Cardinals in 1996.

ICE Offers, Then Quickly Withdraws, Cash Bonuses for Swiftly Deporting Immigrants

5 août 2025 à 16:51
The short-lived effort underscores the mounting pressure on ICE to meet President Trump’s aggressive deportation targets.

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Members of ICE arresting a man from Mexico in Miami Beach, Fla., in May.

California Democrats Look to Redraw House Map Amid Texas Redistricting War

5 août 2025 à 15:02
It was unclear how the agency would respond. Democratic lawmakers left the state to stop Republicans from redrawing district maps to their advantage.

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Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, faces a primary challenge from the state’s conservative attorney general, Ken Paxton. Both seek President Trump’s endorsement.

4-Day Manhunt Yields No Confirmed Sighting of Montana Suspect

5 août 2025 à 14:54
The man accused of fatally shooting four people in a bar disappeared into a rugged forest. An official said the search for him was law enforcement’s “top focus.”

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Public access to an area west of Anaconda, Mont., known as Stump Town has been blocked while the authorities search for the suspect in a deadly shooting.

F.B.I. Is Asked to Arrest Texas Democrats in Battle Over House Seats

5 août 2025 à 13:44
It was unclear how the agency would respond. Democratic lawmakers left the state to stop Republicans from redrawing district maps to their advantage.

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Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, faces a primary challenge from the state’s conservative attorney general, Ken Paxton. Both seek President Trump’s endorsement.
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  • Why the G.O.P. Isn’t Doing Many Town Halls
    The booing started in seconds at Representative Mike Flood’s town hall in Lincoln, Neb. Annie Karni, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times, reports from the auditorium after the Republican congressman’s town hall, which she said was one of the most raucous political events she’s ever witnessed.
     

Why the G.O.P. Isn’t Doing Many Town Halls

The booing started in seconds at Representative Mike Flood’s town hall in Lincoln, Neb. Annie Karni, a congressional correspondent for The New York Times, reports from the auditorium after the Republican congressman’s town hall, which she said was one of the most raucous political events she’s ever witnessed.

Owner of Funeral Home With Nearly 200 Decaying Bodies Admits to Fraud

5 août 2025 à 13:11
Prosecutors say the couple who ran the funeral home cheated customers of cremation services and spent the money on vacations and jewelry.

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According to prosecutors, the Nature Funeral Home in Penrose, Colo., had been leaving bodies to decompose at the site for years.

House Oversight Committee Issues Subpoenas for Epstein Files

5 août 2025 à 12:29
The committee’s Republican chairman requested that the documents from the Justice Department and former government officials be delivered by Aug. 19.

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Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, at President Trump’s inauguration in January. They were among the former officials who received subpoenas from the House Oversight Committee.

The Raging Gifford Fire, Like Many, Began Near a Highway

5 août 2025 à 12:19
The wildfire in the Los Padres National Forest grew to 82,000 acres on Tuesday. Officials are still trying to determine the cause.

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Firefighters battling the Gifford fire on brush-covered hillsides west of New Cuyama, Calif., on Monday.

Trump Says Scott Bessent Rules Out Replacing Powell at Fed

5 août 2025 à 17:00
With Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent not in the running, President Trump said that he has narrowed his list of replacements to four people.

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President Trump said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent doesn’t want to run the Federal Reserve.

Man Wanted for Tennessee Quadruple Homicide Is Arrested

5 août 2025 à 11:32
The authorities had been searching for Austin Drummond in connection with the killing of four people and the abandonment of a baby in a yard.

Mike Flood Heckled at Town Hall Over Trump’s Domestic Policy Bill

5 août 2025 à 11:59
Most Republican lawmakers are avoiding town hall meetings, reluctant to confront energized Democrats and answer tough questions. When Representative Mike Flood of Nebraska gave it a try, the booing started in seconds.

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Representative Mike Flood, Republican of Nebraska, was booed almost as soon as he took the stage at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Monday night.

Titan Submersible Deaths Were Preventable, Coast Guard Report Says

5 août 2025 à 11:35
The 2023 implosion killed five people on a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic, prompting a sprawling search of the north Atlantic Ocean.

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Footage from a remotely operated vehicle shows what the Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation says is the debris of the Titan submersible.

Tennessee Inmate Executed Despite Ethical Health Concerns

5 août 2025 à 12:47
Lawyers for Byron Black, found guilty of three murders, had argued that an execution may be more painful because of his heart implant.

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Byron Black is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 10 a.m. on Tuesday

Texas Republicans Bet Big on Latino Voters With Redistricting Map

5 août 2025 à 15:22
In order to flip five U.S. House seats, Republicans are gambling that they can retain President Trump’s 2024 gains with Latinos and that voters won’t mind their hardball tactics.

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Republicans are hoping to flip five of Texas’ U.S. House seats, in towns like Laredo, from blue to red.

Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan Townhouse: Birthday Letters, First Edition ‘Lolita’ and More

In his seven-story townhouse, the sex offender hosted the elite, displayed photos with presidents and showcased a first edition of “Lolita,” according to previously unreported photos and letters.

Inside Trump’s New Tactic to Separate Immigrant Families

5 août 2025 à 05:00
The practice appears to be a more targeted version of the mass separation of migrant children from their parents from President Trump’s first term, which caused a global outcry.

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Evgeny and Evgeniia, who fled their native Russia to seek political asylum, have been separated from their 8-year-old son, Maksim, since May.

Public Schools Try to Sell Themselves as More Students Use Vouchers

5 août 2025 à 05:00
A decline in the number of children and rise in the number of choices has created a crisis for public schools. Some are trying new strategies to recruit students.

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Caroline Christian, one of Caissa’s team of paid canvassers who have fanned out across Orange County, Fla., to recruit parents to enroll in, or return to, public schools.

FEMA Will Deny Grants to States and Cities That Boycott Israeli Companies

4 août 2025 à 16:36
The move by the Trump administration may be largely symbolic since official boycotts on Israeli firms are rare.

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Federal Emergency Management Agency workers in Pasadena, Calif., in January. The Trump administration is linking its stance on Israel to grants awarded by the agency.

Trump to Create Task Force for Los Angeles Olympics on Security

5 août 2025 à 15:37
The group would likely work with city officials, who have a strained relationship with President Trump, ahead of the 2028 Olympics.

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Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, and Nicole Hoevertsz, an International Olympic Committee executive, talked to reporters in June.
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Trump Administration to Reinstall Albert Pike Confederate Statue in D.C.

4 août 2025 à 22:48
Albert Pike was a Confederate general and diplomat who negotiated alliances with slave-owning Native American tribes during the Civil War.

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National Park Service workers removed a statue of Gen. Albert Pike in Washington after it was toppled by demonstrators in 2020.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Asks for George Santos’s Sentence to Be Commuted

4 août 2025 à 22:34
Ms. Greene, the hard-right House Republican from Georgia, called her former colleague’s seven-year sentence “excessive” in a letter to the U.S. pardon attorney.

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Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and George Santos during a vote on Capitol Hill in 2023.

Tensions Flare Between Two Federal Agencies Charged With Aviation Safety

4 août 2025 à 20:35
A marathon of recent public hearings highlighted a rift over the investigation into the fatal midair crash in January between an Army helicopter and a passenger jet.

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Jennifer Homendy, the National Transportation Safety Board chair, accused the Federal Aviation Administration of stonewalling parts of the board’s investigation into the crash.

After Trump’s Firing of BLS Commissioner, Republicans Fall in Line With His Criticism

4 août 2025 à 20:01
President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics forced his allies into the awkward spot of criticizing an agency they had freely cited in the past.

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President Trump in Allentown, Pa., on Sunday. He has a pattern of accepting results that benefit him and denigrating those he dislikes as being rigged or part of a scam.

How Is the Montana Shooting Suspect Still at Large? Check Out the Terrain.

4 août 2025 à 19:22
Many manhunts end quickly, but the man accused of killing four people in rural Montana appears to have disappeared into the kind of wilderness that helps elude pursuers.

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Trump’s Deal-Making With Other Elite Schools Scrambles Harvard Negotiations

The university was open to spending $500 million, but a $50 million settlement with Brown has prompted new debates in Cambridge.

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Harvard officials have been sensitive to the possibility that a deal with the government would be seen as surrendering to the president and offering him a political gift.

The Origins of the Political Power Grab in Texas

4 août 2025 à 18:46
President Trump seized a moment ripe for another redistricting war.

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A Texas state representative reviewing a congressional map last Friday during a redistricting committee meeting in Austin.

Man Who Killed 4 in Arkansas Grocery Store Shooting Gets Life Without Parole

4 août 2025 à 18:52
The man, Travis Eugene Posey, also injured 11 people in the shooting at the Mad Butcher in Fordyce, Ark., in June 2024. He received four consecutive life terms.

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The shooting on June 21, 2024, temporarily shuttered the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce, a small town of 3,400 people about 70 miles south of Little Rock.

U.S. to Require Some Foreign Visitors to Pay Bonds of Up to $15,000 for Entry

4 août 2025 à 16:25
A State Department pilot program will tie the cash deposits to tourist and business visas for people from countries with high visa overstay rates.

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The move is the Trump administration’s latest in a multifront effort to crack down on illegal immigration.

Judges Openly Doubt Government as Justice Dept. Misleads and Dodges Orders

4 août 2025 à 20:46
Legal experts say the actions causing concern from the bench could have a more systemic effect, eroding the healthy functioning of the courts.

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Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui recently pushed back against Justice Department prosecutors for trying to convince him that he needed to be “highly deferential” to their request to keep a search warrant sealed.

House Democrats Renew Effort Calling for Palestinian Statehood

4 août 2025 à 14:31
More than a dozen progressive lawmakers had signed onto a draft letter, but a lack of Republican support meant it was unlikely to affect policy decisions by the Trump administration.

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Thirteen progressive House Democrats have signed on to a letter urging the recognition of a Palestinian state.

FEMA Will Deny Grants to States and Cities That Boycott Israeli Companies

4 août 2025 à 16:36
The move by the Trump administration may be largely symbolic since official boycotts on Israeli firms are rare.

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Federal Emergency Management Agency workers in Pasadena, Calif., in January. The Trump administration is linking its stance on Israel to grants awarded by the agency.

With Texas Democrats Gone, Redistricting Plan Is Stymied for Now

The speaker of the Texas House issued civil arrest warrants for lawmakers who fled the state to deny Republicans a quorum, but the scattered Democrats remained defiant.

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Shooting in Downtown Los Angeles Leaves 2 Dead and 6 Wounded

4 août 2025 à 12:13
The shooting happened at an unsanctioned after-party following the Hard Summer Music Festival, which featured electronic dance music.

The Texas Redistricting Fight, Explained

Here is why Democrats in the Texas House left the state, why Republicans in the Legislature want to redraw political maps and why other states are involved.

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A committee of the Texas House held a hearing on redistricting in July at the State Capitol in Austin.

Trump’s Demand to Trading Partners: Pledge Money or Get Higher Tariffs

4 août 2025 à 12:49
President Trump is using an “Art of the Deal” approach to get other nations to hand over cash to lower their tariffs.

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President Trump has added an extra wrinkle into trade deals by suggesting countries invest in the United States or face higher tariffs.

Derek Dooley Enters Senate Race Seeking to Challenge Jon Ossoff in Georgia

4 août 2025 à 10:45
Derek Dooley, a former football coach, cast himself as an outsider candidate as the Republican primary field for a marquee midterm contest takes shape.

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In his announcement video, Derek Dooley embraced a “Georgia First” slogan in an echo of President Trump’s “America First” tagline.

Nancy Mace Announces Run for Governor of South Carolina

4 août 2025 à 15:29
The Charleston-area congresswoman was once a moderate Republican, but has more recently presented herself as a loyal supporter of President Trump.

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Representative Nancy Mace spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention.

Driver Dies in Crash During Racing Event at Bonneville Salt Flats

4 août 2025 à 11:38
Chris Raschke, 60, lost control of his vehicle while trying to set a speed record on Sunday, the event’s organizers said.

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Chris Raschke in 2024. He had a “passion for racing,” the president of the Southern California Timing Association said.

Trump’s Envoy Is Expected to Visit Russia as U.S. Pushes for Peace Deal in Ukraine

4 août 2025 à 07:41
President Trump has given an ultimatum to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to end the war in Ukraine or face U.S. sanctions.

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Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s envoy for peace missions, is expected to travel to Russia this week.

Trump to Appoint New Top Labor Statistics Official Within Days

4 août 2025 à 07:47
President Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after the agency released dour monthly jobs data.

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Kevin Hassett, the director of the White House National Economic Council, declined to give evidence to substantiate the president’s claims that economic data had been manipulated.

Trump to Appoint New Top Labor Official Within Days

4 août 2025 à 06:01
President Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after the agency released dour monthly jobs data.

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Kevin Hassett, the director of the White House National Economic Council, declined to give evidence to substantiate the president’s claims that economic data had been manipulated.

Gifford Fire Burns 65,000 Acres in California’s Los Padres Forest

4 août 2025 à 10:38
The blaze injured three people, put hundreds under evacuation orders and threatened 460 structures, officials said.

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Firefighters have been battling the Gifford fire since Friday.

An Oval Office Replica Opens, Without Trump’s Gilded Flourishes

4 août 2025 à 05:03
The White House Historical Association recently unveiled its replica of President Trump’s Oval Office, but it mirrors the office from his first term, before he festooned it with gold.

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A group of visitors on Saturday at the life-size Oval Office replica at the White House Historical Association, which was recently remodeled to match President Trump’s first-term office.
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