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Former Kentucky Governor Is Arrested Amid Child Support Battle

4 septembre 2026 à 22:10
Matthew Bevin, the former Republican governor, was held in contempt for failing to abide by court orders to file financial disclosure documents, a lawyer said.

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Matt Bevin, a former Kentucky governor, was arrested amid a legal dispute over child support.

In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members

4 septembre 2026 à 22:08
About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that comes in the wake of news reports about the war with Iran and the U.S. military’s diminished stocks of munitions.

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U.S. government investigators are subjecting up to 50 members of the military’s Joint Staff to polygraph tests, according to officials briefed on the move.

Postal Service Internal Watchdog Opens Inquiry After Whistle-Blower’s Complaint

4 septembre 2026 à 19:01
The Trump administration’s effort to screen mail-in ballots for the midterms is facing numerous challenges.

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Workers in City of Industry, Calif., outside Los Angeles, sort through ballots cast during a statewide special election last November.

Trump’s Latest Clemency Grants Benefit Drug Offenders, Union Boss

4 septembre 2026 à 18:57
The president issued pardons or commutations to 30 people on Thursday, continuing his unorthodox and unpredictable use of clemency power.

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President Trump issued a clemency grant on Thursday to Emory Clash Jones, an executive who served a decade in prison for selling crack.

Judge Once Again Blocks Trump Administration’s Plans to Restrict Mail-In Ballots

4 septembre 2026 à 19:27
The ruling arrived before the Supreme Court could decide whether to intervene but appeared certain to set off yet another round of appeals.

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Sorting mail-in ballots in Largo, Fla., last month.

Trump Says He Will Spend Some of His War Chest on Republicans

4 septembre 2026 à 18:01
President Trump said he intends to hold some money back, even as Republican candidates ask for financial support.

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Senator Darline Graham with supporters in Myrtle Beach, S.C. President Trump has spent campaign money only to help Ms. Graham, a Republican of South Carolina who was appointed to her brother’s seat after his death.

What to Know About Trump’s Efforts to Block Mail-in Ballots

4 septembre 2026 à 17:24
We sort through the proposed changes and court challenges, less than two months from Election Day.

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Judge Orders Trump Officials to Divulge Names of Those Who Set Up $1.8 Billion Fund

4 septembre 2026 à 16:52
The plan to create a fund that could have funneled taxpayer money to the president’s allies drew repeated scrutiny, including a rare rebuke from Senate Republicans.

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President Trump supports compensating people like the rioters who were prosecuted for attacking the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Prosecutors Won’t Try to Reinstate Key 9/11 Confession Taken After Torture

4 septembre 2026 à 16:43
The military’s lawyers said they feared an appeal could delay the trial of the man accused of masterminding the attacks, which is scheduled to start in mid-2028.

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The U.S. government had spent years defending the statements to F.B.I. agents at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in 2007 as untainted by the brutal treatment and isolation of Mr. Mohammed in secret overseas C.I.A. prisons, including 183 rounds of waterboarding.

Supreme Court Sides With Republicans in TV Ad Fight

4 septembre 2026 à 18:23
Republican groups had asked the court to clear the way for political parties to pay the same low-cost ad rates as candidates, a move that could undercut a Democratic advantage in the midterms.

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National Republican groups had filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court asking the justices to step in and clear the way for them to get the lower TV ad rates.

RFK Jr. Hires Army Doctor Who Opposed Covid Shots to Investigate if They Killed 2,500 Troops

4 septembre 2026 à 16:43
In a legal deposition, the doctor, Theresa Long, compared immunizing service members against Covid to Nazi doctors experimenting on concentration camp prisoners.

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More than 96 percent of service members were vaccinated against Covid before a mandate that they receive them was rescinded.

Pentagon Agreement With N.I.H. on Biodefense Draws Alarm From Democrats

4 septembre 2026 à 12:24
Under a new partnership, the Defense Department would play a larger role in biodefense and pandemic preparedness. Democrats warned it could allow a Pentagon cash grab.

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The agreement, a copy of which was obtained by The New York Times, is focused on chemical and biological defense research.

Gloria Steinem Stayed Positive, Even as the Manosphere Took Hold

4 septembre 2026 à 11:52
The feminist icon thought many women would carry on her legacy. But at an unsteady time for feminism, how will the movement carry on?

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Gloria Steinem hosting a discussion at her home last year, focused on women’s health.

Trump Plans to Use Qatari Jet for Another Overseas Flight Despite Security Concerns

4 septembre 2026 à 16:47
The president intends to travel to Ireland on the plane, the first time he will have used it overseas since questions were raised about its defensive capabilities.

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President Trump deplaning from Air Force One in Las Vegas last month. He said weeks ago that the Boeing luxury jet donated by Qatar would be “maxed out” for security.

A More Confident Iran Emerges After Six Months of War With the U.S.

4 septembre 2026 à 11:21
New intelligence reports have assessed that Iran now has a far better understanding of its capabilities and the limits of U.S. power.

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A crowd mourning Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed at the start of the war. U.S. intelligence reports, some current and former officials said, suggest that any agreement to fully end the war will be hard to reach.

Philippines’ Vice President Faces Arrest Over Assassination Threats

4 septembre 2026 à 07:23
A court issued a warrant for Sara Duterte, who is accused of having threatened President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. and two of his relatives.

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Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte at her office in Metro Manila last year, speaking about the impeachment motions filed against her.

Nigel Farage to Speak at Reform UK Conference Amid Scrutiny Over Party Finances

4 septembre 2026 à 05:42
Advisers to the Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage were captured on film apparently arranging contributions from a man posing as a foreign donor.

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The Reform party leader, Nigel Farage, right, with an aide, Dan Jukes, in 2024. British law requires all donations to be disclosed and prohibits political contributions from foreign sources.

Colombia’s De La Espriella Poses With Bodies in a Video Posted Online

4 septembre 2026 à 05:03
In Colombia, as in the United States and El Salvador, leaders are increasingly using images of captured or killed enemies to project power.

Germany’s Far Right, Edging Close to Power, Remains Close to Extremists

4 septembre 2026 à 05:02
The Alternative for Germany party has tried to soften its hard-line image but is still privately working with extremists. It could win a state election on Sunday.

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Ulrich Siegmund, a leader of the Alternative for Germany party in Saxony-Anhalt, speaking in Magdeburg, Germany, on Saturday.

Argentina Is Ramping Up Its Claim to the Falklands. Here’s What to Know.

3 septembre 2026 à 23:07
President Javier Milei has dialed up Argentina’s claim over the British territory, while President Trump has raised questions about longstanding U.S. neutrality on the dispute.

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Argentine visitors looking at ammunition cases from the 1982 war scattered on the slopes of Mount Tumbledown in the Falkland Islands in March.

Judge Ends Federal Oversight of Teamsters

3 septembre 2026 à 22:09
The union and federal prosecutors agreed that organized crime groups had been rooted out of union operations, the judge wrote.

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Sean M. O’Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union.

Trump Taps Army Engineering Official as Acting Secretary

3 septembre 2026 à 19:56
The move came days after the resignation of Daniel P. Driscoll, who had clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the purge of top generals in the Army.

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Adam R. Telle, the assistant secretary of the Army for civil works, will take over as the acting Army secretary.

Trump to Break Ground on Arch Before Getting Approval

3 septembre 2026 à 19:44
Doug Burgum, the interior secretary, announced plans to start work on the site of the 250-foot-tall triumphal arch. Final approval of the project is still pending.

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President Trump has said that the 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington National Cemetery must be taller than the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.

Missouri Supreme Court Delivers Win for Democrats in Redistricting Case

3 septembre 2026 à 23:40
The court said a map redrawn to benefit Republicans could not be used in November and said voters should decide on the new boundaries. The state attorney general vowed to appeal the decision.

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The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.

Proposal for White House Visitor Screening Center Advances

3 septembre 2026 à 18:05
A federal panel again paved the way for one of President Trump’s construction projects, even as it heard opposition to another proposal to fence in a park north of the White House.

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The entrance to the proposed screening center would be in Sherman Park, southeast of the White House.

JD Vance Says He Wouldn’t Call Iran Conflict a War

3 septembre 2026 à 17:51
In the first White House press briefing since Karoline Leavitt left as press secretary, the vice president suggested that when the conflict would end was up to Tehran.

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Vice President JD Vance took questions from reporters in the White House press briefing room on Thursday, the first briefing held by any administration official there in several weeks.

A judge suggests that Trump mail-in voting rules could cause ‘major disenfranchisement.’

3 septembre 2026 à 17:36
Judge Indira Talwani said the Postal Service appeared to be trying a haphazard “experiment” with a new rule that could result in valid ballots being tossed.

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An official picking up a mail-in ballot drop box at the Lackawanna County Government Center in Scranton, Pa., in 2024.
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3 septembre 2026 à 16:53
We look at how some mayors have managed to hold onto voter trust, and what national leaders could learn from their success.

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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Mail Voting Limits

3 septembre 2026 à 18:24
The justices have been asked to weigh in again on the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict mail voting — this time on whether the plans violate the Constitution.

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Administration lawyers asked the Supreme Court to clear the way for a new rule that prohibits the Postal Service from delivering ballots to voters in states that do not share voter data with the federal agency.

Judge Suggests Trump Mail-In Voting Rules Could Cause ‘Major Disenfranchisement’

3 septembre 2026 à 18:13
Judge Indira Talwani said the Postal Service appeared to be trying a haphazard “experiment” with a new rule that could result in valid ballots being tossed.

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An official picking up a mail-in ballot drop box at the Lackawanna County Government Center in Scranton, Pa., in 2024.

Hillary Clinton, Meghan Markle, Lena Dunham and Others Pay Tribute to Gloria Steinem

3 septembre 2026 à 17:47
After Ms. Steinem’s death at 92, celebrities and politicians reflected on her decades of activism for women’s rights and equality.

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Gloria Steinem “pushed open doors not just for herself, but for literally millions of women behind her,” Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state and presidential candidate, said in a tribute on Thursday.

Rival Ukrainian Intelligence Units Open Fire Against Each Other in Kyiv

3 septembre 2026 à 10:41
President Volodymyr Zelensky described the shootout on the streets of the Ukrainian capital as an “absolutely shameful event” and ordered an investigation.

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A shootout occurred early on Wednesday between two of Ukraine’s rival intelligence services, exposing simmering tensions between the agencies.

Rival Ukrainian Intelligence Units Open Fire Against Each Other in Kyiv

3 septembre 2026 à 10:41
President Volodymyr Zelensky described the shootout on the streets of the Ukrainian capital as an “absolutely shameful event” and ordered an investigation.

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A shootout occurred early on Wednesday between two of Ukraine’s rival intelligence services, exposing simmering tensions between the agencies.

Can a Country Really Hold an Election in the Middle of a Gang War?

4 septembre 2026 à 14:04
Haitian officials have set elections for Dec. 13, but many experts say extreme violence is likely to force a postponement.

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The remnants of a charred vehicle after more than 20 people were killed by armed gangs last week in Kescoff, a neighborhood near Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Syrians Want Justice for Assad-Era Killings and Torture

3 septembre 2026 à 00:00
Hundreds of thousands were killed and tortured. But prosecuting everyone involved in atrocities could be impractical and risk renewed civil strife.

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In the Tadamon neighborhood of Damascus, residents hoped the new government would collect the bones and exhume the bodies buried in mass graves underfoot.

Homeland Security Secretary’s Plane Makes Emergency Landing

2 septembre 2026 à 23:53
The landing was the latest close call over Washington’s congested airspace to involve a senior government official.

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Markwayne Mullin, the homeland security secretary, was on a plane that made an emergency landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport on Wednesday.

White House Plans $250,000 Renovation of 2-Lane Bowling Alley

2 septembre 2026 à 21:08
A White House spokesman said the alley renovations included fixing broken lights. The project comes as the president has sought a broad overhaul of the White House and its surroundings.

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The bowling alley is in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, across from the West Wing of the White House.

As Midterms Loom, Democrats Feud Over Defections

2 septembre 2026 à 20:17
The fight has highlighted party divisions and raised questions about how Democrats will run the House should they win the majority.

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Representative Jared Golden of Maine was one of two Democrats to side with House Republicans on a procedural measure on Tuesday.

Judge Blocks Trump’s Second Try to Restrict Birthright Citizenship

2 septembre 2026 à 19:37
The ruling raised concerns that babies already defined as citizens by the Supreme Court could have their citizenship revoked under an order the president signed in August.

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President Trump signed executive orders last month seeking to limit birthright citizenship.

In the Midterms, Will the Nepo-Baby Attack Work?

2 septembre 2026 à 18:55
A New Hampshire senator’s daughter is running for office, and finds her name being used against her.

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Maura Sullivan and Stefany Shaheen

States Sue Over Move to End to Federal Funds for Transgender Youth for Transition Care

2 septembre 2026 à 18:48
The Trump administration wants to bar Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program from paying for gender-transition medication and surgery for transgender adolescents.

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Rob Bonta, the attorney general of California, was among state officials behind the lawsuit.

USPS Is Building a Mail-In Ballot Screening System Despite Legal Battles Over Trump Order

2 septembre 2026 à 16:17
Election officials warn that the creation of a new online portal for states to upload voter information is already fueling confusion and could ultimately disenfranchise voters.

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Workers in the City of Industry, Calif., sorting through ballots cast during a statewide special election last November.

As Trump Throws a Midterm Party, Some Vulnerable Republicans Send Regrets

2 septembre 2026 à 15:17
Many members of Congress in the most competitive re-election races are skipping the chance to share a pep rally stage with President Trump.

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Representative David Valadao of California said that President Trump had a part to play in the midterm elections, but that navigating around a deeply unpopular president and his policies was a challenge.

Judge Lacked Power to Vacate Bowe Bergdahl’s Conviction, Court Finds

2 septembre 2026 à 13:44
The ruling effectively reinstates Mr. Bergdahl’s punishment, including his dishonorable discharge, for walking off a base in Afghanistan in 2009, prompting an extensive search-and-rescue mission.

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Bowe Bergdahl at Fort Bragg, N.C., in 2016.

Trump’s Speed on the White House Ballroom Threatens to Outpace the Courts

2 septembre 2026 à 10:47
In his breakneck construction of a grand ballroom and in many other initiatives, critics say, the president has tried to outrun judicial review.

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President Trump has proceeded with White House ballroom construction at a furious pace even as courts weigh its legality.

Trump Returns to a Familiar Playbook as the War With Iran Flares Up Again

2 septembre 2026 à 15:56
The United States seems increasingly bogged down in Iran after six months of conflict, despite President Trump’s declarations of military dominance.

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President Trump said in a social media post on Tuesday night that he “couldn’t care less” about an agreement with Iran, hours after a U.S. attack.
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