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Plane Is Diverted After Man Threatens to Kill Flight Attendant, Authorities Say

Par :Aishvarya Kavi
The jet, bound for Detroit from Omaha, made an emergency landing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after a man shoved a flight attendant and displayed unruly behavior, SkyWest Airlines said.

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Gabbard Claims Obama Administration Tried to Undermine Trump in 2016

Par :Julian E. Barnes and David E. Sanger
Democrats denounced a report issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence as politically motivated and error-ridden.

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Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, during a cabinet meeting this month.
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Trump Administration Requests Release of Epstein Grand Jury Records. What’s Next?

Par :Mattathias Schwartz
The records are at the center of President Trump’s effort to manage fallout from the Epstein case. But unsealing them is complex and requires a judge to sign off.

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The Justice Department has formally filed two petitions in the Southern District of New York seeking to unseal grand jury records in the Jeffrey Epstein case.
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Rubio Restricts U.S. Criticism of Tainted Foreign Elections

Par :Michael Crowley and Julian E. Barnes
A State Department cable telling officials to avoid comments on the “fairness or integrity” of most elections continues a U.S. turn away from promoting democratic values abroad.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a department cable that public comments on foreign elections “should be brief, focused on congratulating the winning candidate and, when appropriate, noting shared foreign policy interests.”
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When Getting Fired Is Only the Beginning for Federal Workers

Par :Eileen Sullivan
One thing is clear from a reporter’s conversations with laid-off federal workers this year: The cuts have been anything but straightforward and efficient.

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Martin Basch was initially laid off from his federal job in February, but the move wasn’t official until May.
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Rubio Restricts U.S. Criticism of Tainted Foreign Elections

Par :Michael Crowley and Julian E. Barnes
A State Department cable telling officials to avoid comments on the “fairness or integrity” of most elections continues a U.S. turn away from promoting democratic values abroad.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a department cable that public comments on foreign elections “should be brief, focused on congratulating the winning candidate and, when appropriate, noting shared foreign policy interests.”
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Minnesota State Senator Found Guilty in Burglary Trial

Par :Jeff Ernst · Ernesto Londoño and Mitch Smith
Nicole Mitchell, a Democrat, was charged with felonies and accused of breaking into her stepmother’s home. Her party holds a slim majority in the Minnesota Senate.

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State Senator Nicole Mitchell, left, during opening statements at her trial in Detroit Lakes, Minn.
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To Staff Trump’s Immigration Crackdown, ICE Entices Its Retirees

Par :Karoun Demirjian
The administration is offering financial incentives to lure back recently departed immigration officers as it works to fill 10,000 job openings.

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An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer at the agency’s Delaney Hall facility in Newark, N.J., in June.
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Cuban Minister Resigns After Accusing Beggars of Faking Poverty

Par :David C. Adams
The labor and social security minister drew public outrage when she said “there are no beggars” in Cuba, where many people struggle to afford food.

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Cuban Minister of Labour and Social Security, Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera, in 2023.
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In Response to Epstein Letter Report, Trump Says He Doesn’t ‘Draw Pictures’

Par :Tyler Pager
The president disputes reporting from The Wall Street Journal that he drew a picture for Jeffrey Epstein, but as a real estate mogul, he often sketched for charity.

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Donald Trump created this drawing of the Empire State Building for a charity auction in 1995, where it sold for $100. In 2017, during his first presidency, it sold for $16,000.
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White House to Release $1.3 Billion in Frozen Funds for After-School Programs

Par :Sarah Mervosh
The money will allow federally funded after-school programs to open this school year, preserving a lifeline for working parents. But other federal dollars remain on hold.

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After-school programs were among the several federal education programs that the Trump administration abruptly withheld funding from this summer.
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Trump Hosts I.R.S. Commissioner in Oval Office

Par :Andrew Duehren
The ceremonial swearing-in is the latest sign of the unusual relationship the president is cultivating with the tax agency.

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Billy Long, the new commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on his nomination in May.
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Robert Alvarez, 76, Dies; Called Attention to Nuclear-Waste Safety

Par :Clay Risen
A self-taught expert, he spent decades working in both nonprofits and the government to expose problems in the production of atomic weapons.

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Robert Alvarez, left, a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, and Jeffrey Patterson of Physicians for Social Responsibility in 2011 at a news conference in Washington about the accident triggered by an earthquake and tsunami at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility in Japan.
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Lawmakers Question Whether CBS Canceled Colbert’s Show for Political Reasons

Par :Ashley Ahn
Paramount, the network’s parent, recently agreed to pay President Trump $16 million to settle his lawsuit over the editing of an interview on the CBS News program “60 Minutes.”

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Stephen Colbert said on Thursday that CBS was canceling “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" after next season.
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After the Floods, a Pain So Vast It Makes Texas Feel Small

Par :Rick Rojas · Margarita Birnbaum and David Montgomery
The Hill Country has a hold on the hearts of many Texans, meaning the suffering caused by the disaster is reaching as far as the region’s appeal.

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Rescuers embrace in grief at a memorial in Kerrville, Texas.
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State Dept. Official Testifies That Criticism of Israel Can Lead to Deportations

Par :Zach Montague
The head of the Bureau of Consular Affairs said his office regularly weighed criticism of Israel when determining whether to deny or revoke student visas.

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A pro-Palestinian demonstration at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire in May.
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When It Comes to Jeffrey Epstein, Trump Says He Is Ready to Defer to the Courts

Par :Mattathias Schwartz
After months of pushing back against federal judges and the courts, the president has requested the release of Epstein-related grand jury testimony to be “subject to Court approval.”

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President Trump at the White House this week. He asked the attorney general on Thursday to seek the court’s permission to release pertinent grand jury materials relating to Jeffrey Epstein’s indictment for sex trafficking.
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Jewel Thais-Williams, Whose Nightclub Catch One Celebrated ‘Queer Black Joy,’ Dies at 86

Par :Ash Wu
Catch One, which she opened in Los Angeles in 1973 in the face of local animosity, became a glittering sanctuary for a largely shunned community.

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Jewel Thais-Williams in 2015 at her nightclub, Jewel’s Catch One. She sold the venue that year.
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