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Democrats’ Wary Response to Transgender Ruling Shows the Party’s Retreat

Par :Kellen Browning
While some in the party denounced the Supreme Court’s decision, other top leaders remained quiet, underscoring the party’s discomfort on the issue.

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A rally in support of transgender rights in Washington this year.
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U.S. Strike on Iran Would Bring Risks at Every Turn

Par :David E. Sanger
The largest perils may lie in the aftermath, many experts say, just as they did in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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The American B-2 stealth bomber is the only plane capable of carrying the bombs needed to strike Iran’s deepest nuclear facilities, but the decision to use them is not without risk.
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New Report Highlights Air Traffic Control Staffing Woes

Par :Karoun Demirjian
While faulting some towers for inefficient practices, the report recognized significant external factors and called on Congress to help address the problem.

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The control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in February.
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Iran Crisis Overshadowed as Senators Squabble at Hearing

Par :Greg Jaffe
A hearing featuring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth exposed a major divide over the dangers of using U.S. troops domestically.

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Senators asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth questions about domestic military use and the names of bases during a hearing ostensibly about the defense budget.
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Trump Suggests He May Withhold California Disaster Aid Over His Feud With Newsom

Par :Laurel Rosenhall
President Trump and Gov. Gavin Newsom have traded sharp insults in recent days as California awaits billions of dollars in federal wildfire relief.

© Erin Schaff/The New York Times

Burned homes in the rain after the Eaton fire in Altadena, Calif., in January.
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What to Know After Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Transgender Care for Minors

Par :Abbie VanSickle
The decision to uphold the Tennessee law will most likely mean a patchwork of laws throughout the country, a map that traces current political polarization.

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Outside the Supreme Court, opposing groups on transgender care rally in December in Washington.
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Karen Read Acquitted in Murder Trial Over Boyfriend’s Death Outside Boston

Par :Jenna Russell
A jury cleared Ms. Read of charges related to the 2022 death of John O’Keefe, a Boston police officer, and convicted her only of drunken driving, in a trial that attracted wide attention.

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Karen Read, center, gestured to her supporters on Tuesday outside Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham, Mass. A jury there acquitted her of murder on Wednesday.
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Andrea Lucas Defends E.E.O.C. Record Under Trump at Senate Hearing

Par :Niko Gallogly
Ms. Lucas, the acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, is seeking Senate approval to renew her role as commissioner, which is a requirement for her leadership post.

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Andrea Lucas faced tough questions from Senate Democrats over her record at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, including her role in dismissing transgender discrimination cases.
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Stanley Nelson, Journalist Who Investigated Klan Murders, Dies at 69

Par :Adam Nossiter
Born and raised in Louisiana, he investigated unresolved civil-rights-era killings in the Deep South. His reporting on one of those cases made him a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
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Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Transgender Care for Minors

Par :Adam Liptak
The justices ruled that the state’s law, which prohibited some medical treatments for transgender youths, did not violate equal protection principles.

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A group demonstrating outside the Supreme Court as the case on medical treatments for transgender youths was argued in December.
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The D.N.C. Is in Chaos and Desperate for Cash Under Ken Martin

Par :Shane Goldmacher and Reid J. Epstein
Under its new leader, Ken Martin, the Democratic National Committee has been plagued by infighting and a drop in big donations, raising alarms from Democrats as they try to win back power.

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As Democrats are locked out of power in Washington, the party’s new chairman, Ken Martin, has confronted internal battles in the early months of his tenure.
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Reporter Is Detained by ICE After Reporting on Immigration Protest

Par :Amanda Holpuch
Mario Guevara, a Spanish-language reporter originally from El Salvador, was arrested while covering a “No Kings” protest outside Atlanta on Saturday, his lawyers said.

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Mario Guevara worked as a reporter in El Salvador before he moved to the United States, where he built a following covering immigration arrests.
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Trump’s Base in Uproar Over His Openness to Joining Iran Fight

Par :Jess Bidgood
The president’s supporters are warring over two dueling campaign promises: to steer clear of foreign wars and to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

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Tucker Carlson and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. A confrontation between the two men over Israel and Iran embodies the rupture on the right over whether the United States should get involved.
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The Last Time Supreme Court Considered Trans Rights, It Protected Them

Par :Abbie VanSickle
In 2020, the justices ruled 6-3 that gay and transgender workers were shielded from employment discrimination nationwide.

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Gerald Bostock, whose case let to the Supreme Court agreeing that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 guaranteed nationwide protection from workplace discrimination to gay and transgender people, at his home in Atlanta in 2019.
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Trump Quizzes Workers at the White House: ‘Any Illegal Immigrants?’

Par :Luke Broadwater
President Trump decided to check the immigration status of a work crew installing a new flagpole at the White House.

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A worker tended to a fountain outside of the White House earlier this month.
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Sotomayor’s Dissent Criticizes Supreme Court Decision in Transgender Care Case

Par :Abbie VanSickle
Justice Sotomayor also read her dissent from the bench, a move typically reserved to emphasize a justice’s extreme displeasure with a decision.

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a 31-page dissent, arguing that the judiciary had long played a role in shielding individuals from discrimination.
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Tucker Carlson Berates Ted Cruz Over Bellicose Stance on Iran

Par :Karoun Demirjian
In an interview that highlighted a rift on the far right over the role of the United States in confronting Iran, the host confronted the senator over his hawkish stance, suggesting he was ill-informed.

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Tucker Carlson berated Senator Ted Cruz, Republican of Texas, for his hawkish stance on Iran and quizzed him about his knowledge of the country.
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Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Transgender Care for Minors

Par :Adam Liptak
The justices ruled that Tennessee’s law, which prohibited some medical treatments for transgender youths, did not violate equal protection principles.

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A group demonstrating outside of the Supreme Court as the transgender case was argued in December.
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Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Transgender Care for Minors

Par :Adam Liptak
The justices ruled that Tennessee’s law, which prohibited some medical treatments for transgender youths, did not violate equal protection principles.

© Maansi Srivastava for The New York Times

A group demonstrating outside of the Supreme Court as the transgender case was argued in December.
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Sarah Stogner Elected Prosecutor in Texas Oil Country

Par :J. David Goodman and Paul Ratje
Sarah Stogner had never tried a criminal case before getting elected D.A. in an oil-rich area half the size of New Jersey. So far, it’s been a struggle.

Sarah Stogner, an oil-and-gas lawyer in Louisiana, moved to the Ward County during the pandemic.
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How Florida’s Attempt to Let Teens Sleep Longer Fell Apart

Par :Ted Alcorn and Patricia Mazzei
After lawmakers required high schools to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m., school administrators complained that it was unworkable. Last month, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a repeal.

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Florida’s experiment has illustrated how, even as concerns grow about the well-being of American teenagers, a modest scheduling shift with broad support from scientific and medical experts can struggle to gain traction.
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In ‘Tehrangeles,’ Iranian Americans Anxiously Watch War Unfold From Afar

Par :Orlando Mayorquín and Jesus Jiménez
The Los Angeles area is home to the biggest diaspora of Iranians. The growing war between Iran and Israel has rattled this tight-knit community.

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Westwood, a neighborhood on the west side of Los Angeles, is home to the largest Iranian community outside of Iran.
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Tina Smith, on a Hit List in Minnesota, Speaks Out on Political Violence

Par :Lisa Lerer
Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota learned that her friend was assassinated, and that she had been a potential target herself. Now, she has blunt thoughts on who bears blame for violent outbursts.

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Senator Tina Smith of Minnesota this week confronted a fellow senator, Mike Lee of Utah, over online posts he made about the killings in her state.
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In ‘Tehrangeles,’ Iranian Americans Anxiously Watch War Unfold From Afar

Par :Orlando Mayorquín and Jesus Jiménez
The Los Angeles area is home to the biggest diaspora of Iranians. The growing war between Iran and Israel has rattled this tight-knit community.

© Kendrick Brinson for The New York Times

Westwood, a neighborhood on the west side of Los Angeles, is home to the largest Iranian community outside of Iran.
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From Resignation in Protest to Campaign for Congress

Par :Peter Baker
Bridget A. Brink, who stepped down as ambassador to Ukraine in April out of objections to President Trump’s pro-Russian approach to the war, is now speaking out and running for office at home.

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Bridget A. Brink while serving as ambassador to Ukraine in 2023. “I realized that I couldn’t both serve my country the way I knew I had to do it to be consistent with the policy and stand by my own principles,” she said of her resignation in protest of the Trump administration’s policy toward the war.
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Images of Handcuffed Democrats Are Piling Up in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Par :Katie Glueck
Federal agents have arrested a growing number of the party’s elected officials, fueling liberal outrage and conservative accusations that Democrats are carrying out publicity stunts.

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Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, was arrested on Tuesday by federal agents at an immigration courthouse.
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Texas Passed a Law Protecting Campus Speech. It’s on the Verge of Rolling It Back.

Par :Jeremy W. Peters
A bill would restrict “expressive activities” on campus — which could include what students wear and the hours and weeks they can protest.

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Protesters at an encampment at the University of Texas at Austin last year.
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William G. Young, a Reagan-Appointed Judge, Is Fast-Tracking Trump to Trial

Par :Zach Montague
Judge William G. Young’s long career has been punctuated by high-profile cases and outspoken advocacy for the judiciary’s value and fact-finding power.

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Judge William G. Young in the courtroom in Boston in November 1980.
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An Unlikely Prosecutor Is Now the Law in Texas Oil Country

Par :J. David Goodman and Paul Ratje
Sarah Stogner had never tried a criminal case before getting elected D.A. in an oil-rich area half the size of New Jersey. So far, it’s been a struggle.

Sarah Stogner, an oil-and-gas lawyer in Louisiana, moved to the Ward County during the pandemic.
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Ohio Officer Won’t Be Charged in Fatal Shooting of Teenager

Par :Alexandra E. Petri
The teenager, Ryan Hinton, was shot by a police officer responding to a stolen vehicle report on May 1. The youth’s father is accused of killing a sheriff’s deputy with his car.

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The family of Ryan Hinton at a news conference in May. A prosecutor said that the police were “legally justified” in fatally shooting him.
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NAACP Won’t Invite Trump to Its National Convention, Breaking 116-Year Tradition

Par :Chris Cameron
The move by the N.A.A.C.P., the nation’s largest and oldest civil rights organization, marked a new low in its relationship with the Trump administration.

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Derrick Johnson, president of the N.A.A.C.P., said President Trump’s policies had set back civil rights.
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In a Year of Working Dangerously, Fear of Trump Marks Public Service Awards

Par :Elizabeth Williamson
The Trump administration’s large cuts to the federal work force turned an annual celebration of federal workers into a reminder of loss.

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David Lebryk, a former top Treasury Department official, said on Tuesday that “most of my career was spent trying to be unnoticed.”
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Trump’s Conflicting Messages on Workplace Raids Leave Businesses Reeling

Par :Tyler Pager · Miriam Jordan · Hamed Aleaziz and Emmett Lindner
Trump officials insist the president is fully committed to mass deportation. But they have been careful not to directly contradict the president’s attempt to offer a reprieve to certain businesses.

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An immigration agent making an arrest last month in Miami. Lack of clarity over the Trump administration’s deportation agenda is dividing Republicans.
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Heavily Armed Man at ‘No Kings’ Protest Had 13 Bombs at Home, Police Say

Par :Neil Vigdor and Hannah Ziegler
Kevin Krebs, 31, of Malvern, Pa., is facing more than two dozen additional charges after investigators searched his house on Monday.

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The “No Kings” march in Philadelphia was one of several protests in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Mr. Krebs was pointed out by people in the crowd at an event in West Chester, Pa.
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Trump Calls for Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’ and Threatens Its Supreme Leader

Par :David E. Sanger
The decision to launch a full-on attack on Iran would be in the gray area between the president’s powers as commander in chief and the Constitution’s mandate that only Congress can declare war.

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President Trump at the Group of 7 summit in Canada on Monday.
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Senators Assail Antidoping Regulator for ‘Stonewalling and Intimidation’

Par :Michael S. Schmidt
Members of both parties criticized the World Anti-Doping Agency for its decision not to sanction Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance, including some who went on to win Olympic medals.

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Dr. Rahul Gupta, center, the top White House drug official under President Joseph R. Biden Jr., appeared at a Senate hearing on the World Anti-Doping Agency.
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Elected Officials Who Have Been Detained in Protests

Par :Adeel Hassan
The arrest of Brad Lander was the latest case in which an official has been held while protesting President Trump’s immigration agenda.

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Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, being arrested in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday.
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What We Know About How the Minnesota Assassination Case May Unfold

Par :Pooja Salhotra and Ernesto Londoño
Both state and federal officials are pursuing murder charges against a man they say killed a state lawmaker and her husband. A federal case could lead to the death penalty.

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A makeshift memorial for State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, began to form outside the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul earlier this week.
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Senate Passes Cryptocurrency and Stablecoin Rules Bill

Par :Robert Jimison
The bill was a significant step toward giving the cryptocurrency industry the credibility and legitimacy it has sought, without limitations it has worked to head off.

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Senator Bill Hagerty, Republican of Tennessee, said the cryptocurrency bill would boost demand for U.S. Treasury securities and help maintain the dollar’s global dominance.
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Florida Attorney General Defied Order Blocking Part of Immigration Law, Judge Rules

Par :Patricia Mazzei
A federal judge held the attorney general, James Uthmeier, in civil contempt of court for violating an order blocking part of an immigration enforcement law.

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Florida’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, at the State Capitol in Tallahassee in March.
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House Policy Bill Would Add $3.4 Trillion to Debt, Swamping Economic Gains

Par :Tony Romm
The updated findings from the Congressional Budget Office amounted to the latest dour report card for the president’s signature legislation.

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In response to estimates showing that the policy bill would yield limited growth, administration officials have sought to discredit experts while presenting a more optimistic view of the president’s economic agenda.
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Iran Is Preparing Missiles for Possible Retaliatory Strikes on U.S. Bases, Officials Say

Par :Julian E. Barnes · Farnaz Fassihi · Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper
American commanders have put troops on high alert throughout the region as fears of a wider war grow.

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The U.S.S. Carl Vinson aircraft carrier in 2024. The carrier is currently steaming in the Arabian Sea. Iranian allies or proxies are expected to resume attacks on U.S. ships in the region if the United States joins Israel’s campaign.
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Prison Kitchen Job Apparently Helped Ex-Police Chief Escape, Officials Say

Par :Mark Walker
A job in a prison kitchen apparently helped Grant Hardin, a former police chief serving time for murder and rape, plot his escape by fashioning a makeshift police uniform, Arkansas prison officials said.

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The authorities believe that Grant Hardin, a former small-town police chief convicted of murder, used his law enforcement knowledge to create a makeshift uniform to escape from a prison in Arkansas.
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