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Texas Republicans Ready to Pass New Redistricting Maps, Just as Trump Wanted

Par :J. David Goodman
The effort is intended to help the G.O.P. win five more U.S. House seats in the midterm elections. Other states, red and blue, are likely to redraw their own maps.

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Protesters outside of the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Tuesday evening. Redistricting could determine control of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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5 Takeaways From the Times Analysis of Democratic Decline in Voter Registration

Par :Shane Goldmacher
Thirty states, as well as Washington, D.C., allow voters to register with a political party. Here’s what the data shows.

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The Democratic edge for voter registration in swing states like Nevada has been vanishing as the Republican share continues to grow.
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Trump’s Tactics Mean Many International Students Won’t Make It to Campus

Par :Anemona Hartocollis
Students from some countries won’t make it to class this fall because of President Trump’s travel ban. Others can’t get visa appointments. Some are simply scared. Universities are panicking.

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Arizona State University has one of the highest proportions of international students, but their numbers are set to drop this fall.
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The Democratic Party’s Voter Registration Crisis

Par :Shane Goldmacher and Jonah Smith
The party is bleeding support beyond the ballot box, a new analysis shows.

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Florida has had a significant shift of registered voters in the Republican direction, a remarkable inversion that explains the state’s transformation from a perennial battleground to the new symbol of red America.
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Pirro Orders Office to Maximize Criminal Charges on Street Arrests

Par :Devlin Barrett
The instruction amounts to a declaration that the understaffed U.S. attorney’s office will seek to ramp up criminal charges arising from the president’s takeover of law enforcement in the capital.

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A new directive from Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, comes as hundreds of federal agents are deployed in the city.
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Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’

Par :Zolan Kanno-Youngs
The remark, made as the president has ordered a wide-ranging review of museum exhibits, added to his pattern of minimizing Black history.

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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington.
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Susan Collins to Get Hollywood Treatment at Fund-Raiser Featuring Democrats

Par :Theodore Schleifer and Brooks Barnes
Democrats hoping to retake the Senate in the midterm elections next year are targeting the seat of Senator Collins, a Maine Republican who is seen as a moderate.

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Senator Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, is expected to attend fund-raising events in Northern California around the time of the Hollywood event.
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For Trump, Flashy Summits Come First. Grunt Work Comes Next.

Par :Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Diplomats scrambled to come up with detailed proposals for security guarantees and other sticking points following two high-level summits in Alaska and Washington.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine arriving at the White House for talks with President Trump on Monday.
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What’s Next for the Ukraine Peace Talks?

Par :Neil MacFarquhar
President Trump says President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has agreed to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, but Mr. Putin has not confirmed.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia arrived at an Air Force base on Friday in Anchorage for a meeting with President Trump.
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Abrego Garcia’s Lawyers Accuse Trump Administration of Vindictive Prosecution

Par :Alan Feuer
It was the second time that Mr. Abrego Garcia’s lawyers have sought to hold the Trump administration accountable over its handling of his expulsion to El Salvador and its aftermath.

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Lawyers for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia leaving court in Nashville last month after a hearing.
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Attacker Stabs Colorado Park Ranger and Flees

Par :Neil Vigdor
A manhunt was underway for the attacker as the ranger was airlifted to a hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries after the episode at Staunton State Park, the authorities said.

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Law enforcement officers searching for the man who attacked a wildlife ranger at Staunton State Park in Colorado on Tuesday.
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Manhunt Underway After Texas Jail Mistakenly Releases Inmate

Par :Rylee Kirk
The release of a man who had been serving a five-year sentence for assault is the second time the jail has released someone prematurely this year.

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The Harris County jail in Houston. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office is searching for an inmate who was mistakenly released early Sunday morning.
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Trump Revokes Security Clearances of 37 Former and Current Officials

Par :Julian E. Barnes and Maggie Haberman
The move is the latest effort by the Trump administration to shift the public’s attention to the 2016 election.

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Voters casting their ballots in Brooklyn in November 2016. The Trump administration has been trying to shift the public’s attention to the 2016 election and away from questions about the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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Texas Rep. Nicole Collier Slept on the House Floor in Protest

Par :J. David Goodman
Nicole Collier, a state representative, slept in the Capitol rather than agree to police surveillance imposed by Republicans after a Democratic walkout. “I am resisting,” she said.

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State Representative Nicole Collier, a Fort Worth Democrat, at right, in the State House chamber on Monday.
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Trump Wants Universities to Show Him the Money, or No Deal

Par :Michael C. Bender · Alan Blinder and Michael S. Schmidt
President Trump has personally stipulated that hefty financial penalties be part of agreements his administration is negotiating with the elite universities. Critics call it extortion.

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Harvard University is poised to spend $500 million on vocational and educational programs.
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Richard Lee, Activist Who Founded a Pot ‘University,’ Dies at 62

Par :Alex Williams
After he was paralyzed in an accident, his use of marijuana for medical purposes led him to become one of the nation’s most influential cannabis activists.

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Richard Lee spoke at a news conference in Oakland, Calif., in 2010 to bring attention to Proposition 19, a measure to legalize marijuana in California. He became a national face of the legalization movement when he spent more than $1.3 million of his own money to support the proposition.
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Pirro Orders Office to Maximize Criminal Charges on Street Arrests

Par :Devlin Barrett
The instruction amounts to a declaration that the understaffed U.S. attorney’s office will seek to ramp up criminal charges arising from the president’s takeover of law enforcement in the capital.

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A new directive from Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, comes as hundreds of federal agents are deployed in the city.
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National Guard Troops in Washington Stick to Tourist Areas

Par :Helene Cooper
The number of troops in the city is expected to grow. But Army officials appear to be trying to keep them on the sidelines of President Trump’s mission.

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Mike Castle, Bipartisan Delaware Congressman, Dies at 86

Par :Sam Roberts
A fiscal conservative who supported gun control and other liberal causes, he was the last Republican elected to serve his state as governor and to represent it in the House.

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Mike Castle in 2010, the year he was defeated by a Tea Party candidate in his primary campaign for the United States Senate.
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Tennessee Becomes Latest Republican-Led State to Send National Guard to D.C.

Par :Katie Glueck and Anushka Patil
The chair of the Democratic Governors Association, however, warned Republican governors against supporting “a dangerous, politically motivated agenda.”

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President Trump has deployed members of the National Guard to Washington in an effort to crack down on crime.
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Pirro has ordered her office to maximize criminal charges on street arrests.

Par :Devlin Barrett
The instruction amounts to a declaration that the understaffed U.S. attorney’s office will seek to ramp up criminal charges arising from the president’s takeover of law enforcement in the capital.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

The new directive from Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney in Washington, comes as an influx of hundreds of new federal agents are deployed in the city.
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Tennessee Becomes Latest Republican-Led State to Send National Guard to D.C.

Par :Katie Glueck and Anushka Patil
The chair of the Democratic Governors Association, however, warned Republican governors against supporting “a dangerous, politically motivated agenda.”

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

President Trump deployed members of the National Guard to Washington in an effort to crack down on crime.
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Amid Threats From Trump, Adam Schiff Forms Legal Defense Fund

Par :Shane Goldmacher
President Trump suggested this month that his Justice Department should investigate Mr. Schiff, who served on the Jan. 6 committee.

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As a member of the U.S. House, Adam Schiff, now a senator, led congressional inquiries into President Trump during his first term in the White House.
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California Republicans File Suit Seeking to Block Newsom Redistricting Plan

Par :Laurel Rosenhall
Republican state lawmakers argue that Democratic lawmakers violated 30-day disclosure rules in the California Constitution.

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James Gallagher, the Assembly Republican leader, criticized the Democrats’ plan to redraw the California congressional map. California Democrats have said that they were responding to redistricting changes by Republicans in Texas.
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Russia Plays Down the Prospect of a Putin-Zelensky Meeting

Par :Ivan Nechepurenko
President Trump had suggested a meeting between Russia and Ukraine’s leaders could be a potential next step on the path to peace. Russian state news media barely mentioned the idea.

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The Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, left, and Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, second left, accompanied President Vladimir V. Putin to Alaska on Friday.
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He Tried to Endorse From the Pulpit. He Wound Up Without a Church.

Par :David A. Fahrenthold and Elizabeth Dias
The I.R.S. says churches can now support candidates during services, but many denominations still forbid it. A Wisconsin pastor learned the hard way.

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The Rev. Jonathan Barker resigned from his post at Grace Lutheran in Kenosha, Wis., because of pressure for preparing a sermon urging Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, to run for president in 2028.
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In Battle Over D.C. Police, Federal Prosecutors Open Inquiry Into Crime Data

Par :Devlin Barrett
The same U.S. attorney’s office that praised a drop in crime in the capital in April has begun an investigation into the Police Department resisting President Trump’s takeover.

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City officials have challenged the rationale of such an aggressive assertion of power, noting that most major categories of crime have been falling since 2023.
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Russia Strikes Ukraine Hours After White House Meetings

Par :Matthew Mpoke Bigg
Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight, Ukrainian officials said. The attacks came after European leaders met with President Trump to try to find a path toward peace.

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Rescue workers at the site of a Russian strike on a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday.
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Why European Leaders Want a Cease-Fire in Ukraine Before a Peace Deal

Par :Jim Tankersley
Ukraine and its European allies are seeking to persuade President Trump that a cease-fire is a prerequisite for peace talks with Russia.

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A soldier from Ukraine’s 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade ran at the site of a Russian glide bomb strike minutes earlier, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, on Sunday.
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In Pursuing Trump Rival, Weaponization Czar Sidesteps Justice Dept. Norms

Par :Jonah E. Bromwich · Glenn Thrush · Alan Feuer and Michael S. Schmidt
Edward R. Martin Jr.’s conduct is part of a pattern in which top administration officials try to use the vast powers of the government to cast the specter of criminality on President Trump’s enemies.

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Edward R. Martin Jr. has said that if he is unable to successfully obtain indictments against the targets of his inquiries, he will name and shame them.
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The Politics of Crime Are Perilous for Left and Right Alike

Par :Shaila Dewan
President Trump has latched on to concerns about crime, as liberals point to its decline. The politics often flip when it comes to mass shootings.

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Department of Homeland Security Investigations agents and Metropolitan Police Department officers at a checkpoint on Wednesday night in Washington, D.C.
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In Maine, a Political Novice Makes a Long-Shot Bid to Oust Collins

Par :Annie Karni
Democrats hope to recruit Governor Janet Mills to challenge the powerful Republican senator, but an oyster farmer with a working man’s pitch thinks he has a better chance.

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Graham Platner shucking oysters at the farm he co-runs in the Frenchman Bay in Maine.
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Seeking Tales and Sipping Whiskey in a Shack Floating Down the Bayou

Par :Rick Rojas and Annie Flanagan
The shanty boat was bound for New Orleans, but the destination mattered less than the challenges, chance encounters and lessons learned along the way.
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Zelensky Says He’s Ready to Meet Putin After Trump Talks

Par :Maggie Haberman · David E. Sanger and Jim Tankersley
President Volodymyr Zelensky emerged upbeat, but repeated that Ukraine will not cede land to Russia. There were few tangible signs of progress toward a peace deal.

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President Trump meets with President Volodymyr Zelensky and a group of European leaders in the White House on Monday.
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Air Force’s Top General to Retire Early

Par :Chris Cameron
Gen. David Allvin, the chief of staff of the Air Force, is the latest high-ranking general to exit following President Trump’s purge of Pentagon leadership.

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Gen. David Allvin, the chief of staff of the Air Force, plans to stay on until around Nov. 1, allowing time for a replacement to be confirmed.
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5 Takeaways From Trump’s Meeting With Zelensky and European Leaders

Par :Luke Broadwater and Neil MacFarquhar
The leaders presented a relatively united front and appeared to agree on the next steps in the effort to halt the fighting between Ukraine and Russia. But much remained unresolved.

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President Trump, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and other European Leaders met at the White House on Monday.
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At White House Summit, a Master Class of Diplomacy. In Courting Trump.

Par :Shawn McCreesh
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and other European leaders have learned a thing or two about negotiating, Trump-style. So has Vladimir Putin.

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President Trump met with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and other European leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House on Monday.
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Can Zelensky Trust Trump? Ukraine’s Fate May Depend on the Answer.

Par :Zolan Kanno-Youngs
President Trump has offered only vague assurances of security guarantees for Ukraine if President Volodymyr Zelensky agrees to cut a deal with Russia.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine arriving at the White House on Monday for talks with President Trump.
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In Surprise Move, Trump Taps Missouri Attorney General to Help Run F.B.I.

Par :Devlin Barrett and Maggie Haberman
The move appears to diminish the authority of the current deputy director, Dan Bongino, whose tumultuous tenure has included a pitched argument over files related to the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

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Andrew Bailey would join the current deputy director, Dan Bongino, in overseeing the day-to-day operations of the F.B.I.
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