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An Online Group Claims It’s Behind Campus Swatting Wave

Par :The New York Times
Members of the group offered on Telegram to draw armed officers to schools, malls and airports, though their claims are unverified. Such false emergency calls have disrupted campus life in recent days.

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An online group has said that it was behind a number of recent swatting episodes that have drawn law enforcement officers to American college campuses, including Villanova University on Aug. 21.
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From Cracker Barrel to Sydney Sweeney, Trump Has an Opinion to Share

Par :Katie Rogers
In his second term, President Trump is using his power to reshape American culture, not just American policy. He has threatened consequences for many who disagree.

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Mr. Trump at the Kennedy Center earlier this month.
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Marin Lately, a New Satire Publication, Skewers Marin County

Par :Heather Knight
In February, the publication Marin Lately began satirizing the wealthy, idyllic swath of the Bay Area. The author has been a mystery, until now.

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In Marin County, residents can surf, mountain bike and paddle board all in the same weekend.
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In Secret Diaries, the Church Shooter’s Plans for Mass Murder

Par :Julie Bosman · Aric Toler and Jeff Ernst
Robin W. Westman described how she had obtained guns and how she had visited the church on a test run this summer during a Sunday Mass.

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A shooter killed two children and injured 18 others on Wednesday at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis.
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A Father Took His Daughters to School. Then Came the Gunshots.

Par :Gilad Thaler · Daniel Vergara · Alex Pena · Meg Felling and Shawn Paik
Anders Holine was among the first parents to arrive at the scene of a mass shooting at a Minneapolis church on Wednesday. He spoke to The New York Times about what he witnessed as he went searching for his two daughters.

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20 Years After Katrina, New Orleans Is Still Home for Those Who Left

Par :Rick Rojas
For many displaced by Hurricane Katrina, distance did not diminish their bond with the city they left behind, even as they built new lives.

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Alex Webber left New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, only to have her business in Marshall, N.C., flood last year during Hurricane Helene.
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Targeting Iran’s Leaders, Israel Found a Weak Link: Their Bodyguards

Par :Farnaz Fassihi · Ronen Bergman and Mark Mazzetti
Israel was able to track the movements of key Iranian figures and assassinate them during the 12-day war this spring by following the cellphones carried by members of their security forces.

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A banner in Tehran showing pictures of Iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists killed by Israeli strikes. Israel used its technological and intelligence capabilities to track and target key figures in Iran during the 12-day war in June.
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Duke Cunningham, 83, Congressman Convicted in Corruption Scandal, Dies

Par :Trip Gabriel
A war hero turned politician, he was first elected to the House in 1990 but stepped down in 2005 after pleading guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit bribery.

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Representative Duke Cunningham, Republican of California, in 2005, the year he pleaded guilty in a bribery scandal and left Congress after 15 years in office.
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The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled

Par :Mujib Mashal · Tyler Pager and Anupreeta Das
President Trump’s repeated claims about having “solved” the India-Pakistan war infuriated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. And that was only the beginning.

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Trump Officials Move to Fire Most Voice of America Journalists

Par :Minho Kim
The layoffs set up a potential battle with a federal judge who blocked previous efforts by Kari Lake, a fierce Trump ally, to restructure the agency.

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A Voice of America studio in Washington.
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Judge Blocks Pillar of Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign

Par :Zach Montague
Judge Jia M. Cobb rejected what she called “a truly startling argument” from the government that it could use a fast-track procedure to remove people arrested far from the southern border.

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The Trump administration has sought to expand the process known as expedited removal, which typically avoids court proceedings.
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U.S. Is Working With Guatemala to Return Hundreds of Children

Par :Jody García · Miriam Jordan and Jazmine Ulloa
The children, who crossed the border as unaccompanied minors, are being kept in shelters. Experts said the move raised troubling legal questions.

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Unaccompanied minors waiting to be transported to a U.S. Border Patrol processing facility after crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S. in 2021.
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Trump Administration Weighs Having Military Lawyers Work as Immigration Judges

Par :Charlie Savage · John Ismay · Helene Cooper · Eric Schmitt and Greg Jaffe
No final decision has been made, but the proposal comes as President Trump increasingly uses the military in various aspects of domestic life.

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The proposal would send military lawyers to work at the Justice Department in an effort to reduce the capacity of the immigration system to process a backlog.
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How the Trump-Kennedy Alliance Is Pushing the Boundaries of Public Health

Par :Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Maggie Haberman
The mutually beneficial relationship between President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is based on a striking alignment of some of their views.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listened to President Trump’s remarks during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
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For Democrats, Hindsight Is 2021

Par :Reid J. Epstein
Democrats once had a chance to blunt a couple of the moves President Trump is making now, on redistricting and the takeover of the police force in Washington, D.C.

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The U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Back in the spring of 2021, when Democrats controlled the House and Senate, there were two measures that would have helped to protect against some of President Trump’s current moves.
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Appeals Court Upholds Protections for Venezuelans, but to Little Effect

Par :Zach Montague
The decision affirmed a lower court’s ruling from March, but was overshadowed by a Supreme Court order that allowed the Trump administration to pursue deportations anyway.

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A Temporary Protected Status application clinic in New York in 2023.
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Missouri Unveils Redistricting Plan, Aiming to Add a Republican Seat

Par :Julie Bosman
Following Texas, Gov. Mike Kehoe called a special legislative session to redraw his state’s Congressional district lines to boost Republicans.

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The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.
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Strangers Come Together to Deliver Baby Girl at Burning Man Festival

Par :Alexandra E. Petri
A woman unexpectedly went into labor at the desert festival. Within minutes, a neonatal nurse, an OB-GYN, a pediatric doctor and other attendees filled her camper.

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A monsoon disrupted the opening weekend for Burning Man, pictured in 2024. A couple in attendance this year were in for another surprise.
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Police Arrest Man Suspected of Robbing Macklemore’s House in Seattle

Par :Michael Levenson
Two masked men crept into the rapper’s house in June, attacked a nanny with bear spray and stole jewelry, including a Seattle Sounders soccer championship ring, the police said.

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Macklemore performing in Lisbon last year. He was not home when two men broke into his Seattle home in June and stole jewelry and other valuables after attacking a nanny, the authorities said.
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Challenge Emerges to Trump-Appointed Prosecutor in Los Angeles

Par :Danny Hakim
The federal public defender's office challenged the legality of allowing the U.S. attorneys in Los Angeles and Las Vegas to continue in their jobs without congressional approval.

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A federal public defender’s office in California filed a legal challenge seeking to overturn the appointment of Bill Essayli, the acting U.S. attorney in Los Angeles.
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What to Know About Secret Service Protection for Former Vice Presidents

Par :Ashley Ahn
The Secret Service usually protects a former vice president for six months after they leave office.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris’s Secret Service protection would have ended in July, but President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had signed an order extending it for another year.
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Trump Administration Bars Palestinian Officials From U.N. Meeting in New York

Par :Edward Wong and Adam Rasgon
The United States generally allows foreign officials to attend the United Nations General Assembly. The administration’s move comes amid a new push for Palestinian statehood.

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The move by Secretary of State Marco Rubio could be aimed at weakening discussion of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations meeting.
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Conservatives Use Minneapolis Shooting in Anti-Transgender Campaigns

Par :Amy Harmon
Activists are pointing to the attacker’s gender identity to falsely portray all transgender people as prone to mental illness and violence.

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The attacker’s gender identity has become a focal point for politics.
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Grand Juries in D.C. Reject Prosecutors’ Efforts to Level Harsh Charges Against Residents

Par :Alan Feuer
The extraordinary pushback in at least three separate cases comes as President Trump has flooded the streets with National Guard troops and federal agents.

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Crime has fallen in Washington since federal agents started policing Washington’s streets in large numbers, but the surge has chafed against some residents who have found the presence of troops and agents to be a cause of fear, not of security.
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Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Controversial Redistricting Bill, Redrawing Congressional Map

Par :J. David Goodman
After a bruising redistricting fight, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a new congressional map into law. But the Republican-led Legislature, newly emboldened, has not stopped there.

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The state’s new congressional map was one of many contentious issues on the agenda for the Texas Legislature’s special session.
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Alabama Man Once Barred From Office Is Elected Mayor

Par :Victor Mather
Patrick Braxton won the first mayoral election in a half century in the small town of Newbern, five years after its leaders put up roadblocks to his assuming office.

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Patrick Braxton defeated his opponent in a second run for mayor of Newbern, Alabama.
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Defying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid

Par :Catie Edmondson
The White House notified Congress that it plans to use a legally untested maneuver to circumvent lawmakers and claw back more money for foreign aid programs.

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The administration is attempting to unilaterally claw back money that has already been appropriated by running out the clock for Congress to reject its request before the funding expires.
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International Student Enrollments Stay Steady at Columbia and Princeton

Par :Troy Closson and Stephanie Saul
But Black student enrollment is lower at the two universities after years of turmoil in elite higher education.

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At Columbia, the number of international students largely held steady this year compared to last year.
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Emil Bove Continued to Work at Justice Dept. After Judicial Confirmation

Par :Devlin Barrett
The code of conduct for federal judges does not appear to apply to Mr. Bove, who has yet to be sworn in. But his continued presence at the department has raised eyebrows.

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Emil Bove III was narrowly confirmed last month to serve on a powerful appeals court judgeship.
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Trump Cancels Kamala Harris’s Secret Service Protection

Par :Tyler Pager
The Secret Service usually protects a former vice president for six months after they leave office, but President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had extended Ms. Harris’s protection beyond that.

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Kamala Harris, then the vice president, on her way to a campaign rally in Wisconsin in October 2024.
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How the Future of the Fed Came to Rest on Lisa Cook

Par :Colby Smith and Ben Casselman
President Trump’s effort to oust the Federal Reserve governor has kicked off a landmark legal battle, one that will have far-reaching consequences for the institution’s independence.

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Lisa Cook, who was appointed to the Fed’s board of governors in 2022, during a July conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington.
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2 Weeks, 1,000 Arrests: How a Surge of Feds Changed D.C. Policing

Par :Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs · Jeff Adelson · Campbell Robertson and Bernard Mokam
Crime has fallen since federal agents started policing the streets of Washington in large numbers. Court records show that they have been involved in about a third of arrests that resulted in prosecution, many of them for minor offenses.

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Many of the arrests in Washington, D.C., involving federal agents have been for low-level offenses. A man was taken into custody in the Columbia Heights neighborhood Aug. 22 on a charge of smoking marijuana in public.
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20 Years After Katrina, New Orleans Is ‘at a Tipping Point’

Par :Eduardo Medina
The city has taken pride in its ability to endure. But many residents, fed up with dysfunction and soaring costs, want it to strive for more.

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Charity Hospital, which permanently closed after Hurricane Katrina, sits in the Central Business District of New Orleans.
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Gregory Bovino Is Leading the California Immigration Crackdown

Par :Hamed Aleaziz and Jesus Jiménez
Gregory Bovino has orchestrated thousands of arrests, using confrontational tactics that have made him a MAGA star. His critics say he’s crossing legal and political lines.

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Earlier this summer, Gregory Bovino, 55, was named the tactical commander in charge of immigration enforcement operations in the Los Angeles area.
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Washington Governor Criticizes Border Patrol Arrests at Wildfire Site

Par :Francesca Regalado
Gov. Bob Ferguson demanded an explanation for the arrests of two contract workers at the site of a wildfire. Border Patrol said they were in the country illegally.
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Appeals Court Declines to Block Trump From Freezing Foreign Aid

Par :Zach Montague
The court voted not to revisit a fight over billions in frozen funds, but simultaneously revised an earlier order to give nonprofits that sued a narrow path forward in the case.

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The decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit seemed to render moot, for now, an emergency request the Trump administration had made with the Supreme Court.
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Trump Moves to Strip More Federal Workers of Union Protections

Par :Chris Cameron
The pre-Labor Day order included NASA, the National Weather Service and the agency that oversees Voice of America.

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NASA was among the government agencies ordered to end all collective bargaining agreements.
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Texas House Advances Anti-Abortion Bill

Par :J. David Goodman
Legislation aimed at curtailing mail-order abortions in Texas cleared a decisive hurdle, part of a broader push by abortion opponents to limit the procedure even in states where it is legal.

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Texas lawmakers on the floor of the House chamber in Austin earlier this month
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Judge Rejects Saudis’ Attempt to Dismiss Lawsuit by 9/11 Families

Par :Mattathias Schwartz
A pair of hijackers got settled in California with help from a man paid by the Saudi government. A federal judge found that might have been part of his official duties.

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A federal judge in New York denied a motion by Saudi Arabia to dismiss a lawsuit by families of 9/11 victims seeking to hold the Middle Eastern Kingdom responsible.
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Pentagon Is Reinstalling Portrait of Confederate General at West Point Library

Par :Greg Jaffe
The Pentagon is putting back up a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee at the military academy, as the Trump administration seeks to restore honors for American figures who fought to preserve slavery.

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The United States Military Academy, in West Point, N.Y.
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Lawyers for Abrego Garcia Seek Gag Order Against Trump Officials

Par :Alan Feuer
The request came after President Trump and several of his top aides had attacked Mr. Abrego Garcia as a threat, even though federal judges have ruled that he is not a danger to the public.

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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia was detained at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Baltimore on Monday.
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Trump Officials Threaten Denver Public School Funding Over Transgender Bathroom Policy

Par :Chris Cameron
The Education Department gave Denver Public Schools 10 days to ban transgender students from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity.

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Denver East High School has an all-gender restroom. The Trump administration determined that that violated students’ civil rights.
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After Minneapolis Church Shooting, Families Seek Healing and Comfort

Par :Ann Hinga Klein
Families and neighbors sought comfort on Thursday. “Give your kids an extra hug and kiss today,” the father of a victim said.

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Jesse Merkel, left, whose son Fletcher died in the attack, delivered remarks at a news conference outside Annunciation Catholic Church on Thursday.
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Judge Orders New Federal Trial in Tyre Nichols Case

Par :Emily Cochrane
The ruling cited concerns about the appearance of bias, pointing to comments that the judge who presided over the trial of three former police officers reportedly made afterward.

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A community rally in honor of Tyre Nichols after three former Memphis officers were acquitted in the fatal beating that lead to his death in Memphis in May.
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