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Trump to Address U.N. as He Jettisons Aid and Recasts U.S. Role

President Trump plans to address the U.N. General Assembly with a rebuke of global institutions, at a moment when he is increasingly isolated in his approach to crises around the world.

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President Trump walking off Air Force One at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, where he will attend the U.N. General Assembly meetings Tuesday.
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U.S. News Rankings Are Out After a Tumultuous Year for Colleges

But despite it all, very little changed on the lists many parents and prospective students turn to as admissions season kicks off.

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Princeton University in New Jersey nabbed the top spot for national universities in U.S. News’s rankings, as it has for years.
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Mamdani Lands Endorsement From Kamala Harris, His Biggest Yet

“I support the Democrat in the race,” Ms. Harris said during an interview with Rachel Maddow. She added of the Democratic Party, “we’ve got a big tent and we’ve got a lot of stars.”

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris during a charity gala in April. She endorsed Zohran Mamdani for mayor of New York during an interview on Monday night.
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For Trump, Who Has ‘Strong Feelings’ About Autism, the Issue Is Personal

The president delivered impassioned — if scientifically dubious — remarks about what he described as one of “the most alarming public health developments in history.”

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President Trump acknowledged that his comments went further than his health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and the F.D.A. commissioner, whose carefully calibrated remarks prompted Mr. Trump to concede that he did not have all the facts.
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Trump Signs Order Targeting Antifa Movement

President Trump’s executive order threatened to prosecute donors who support antifascist philosophy and issued a domestic terrorism designation that doesn’t exist under U.S. law.

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President Donald Trump boarding Marine One as he departs from the South Lawn of the White House on Monday.
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‘I Hate My Opponent’: Trump’s Remarks at Kirk Memorial Distill His Politics

President Trump has been fueled by grievance and animosity over the course of his political and public life.

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President Trump taking the stage at the memorial for Charlie Kirk in Arizona on Sunday.
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‘I Hate My Opponent’: Trump’s Remarks at Kirk Memorial Distill His Politics

President Trump has been fueled by grievance and animosity over the course of his political and public life.

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President Trump taking the stage at the memorial for Charlie Kirk in Arizona on Sunday.
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Halligan, Trump’s Chosen Prosecutor, Takes Over Comey and James Cases

The president is pushing up against the statute of limitations in his pursuit of charges against a former F.B.I. director, and also wants the attorney general of New York and a California senator prosecuted.

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Until she was sworn in as an interim U.S. attorney on Monday, Lindsey Halligan was a White House adviser with no prosecutorial experience.
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Politicians and Celebrities Weigh In on Jimmy Kimmel’s Return to Late Night

Some celebrated ABC’s decision to rescind the show’s suspension, while others criticized it.

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People gathering outside the El Capitan Entertainment Centre where the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show is held in Hollywood, Calif., last week.
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Trump’s Pick to Replace Ousted U.S. Attorney Lacks Prosecutorial Experience

Lindsey Halligan worked as a personal lawyer for President Trump and then led the effort to scrutinize the Smithsonian for “improper ideology.”

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Lindsey Halligan, who has largely spent her career handling insurance matters in Florida, has filed appearances in only a handful of federal cases during her decade in the law.
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Trump’s Efforts to Punish His Enemies Are Ramping Up

Some rank-and-file prosecutors are growing alarmed about pressure to bring indictments even when evidence is weak.

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Clockwise from top, President Trump, Pam Bondi and Lindsey Halligan.
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Man Who Shined a Laser at Marine One With Trump Aboard Is Arrested, U.S. Says

Jacob Winkler aimed a laser pointer at the presidential helicopter as it took off from the White House on Saturday, the authorities said. He was charged with a felony.

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President Trump boarding Marine One at the White House on Sunday. A man was charged with a felony for shining a laser pointer at the presidential helicopter on Saturday.
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Trump’s Pick to Replace Ousted U.S. Attorney Lacks Prosecutorial Experience

Lindsey Halligan worked as a personal lawyer for President Trump and then led the effort to scrutinize the Smithsonian for “improper ideology.”

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Lindsey Halligan, who has largely spent her career handling insurance matters in Florida, has filed appearances in only a handful of federal cases during her decade in the law.
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Retired Lobbyist in Federal Custody in ABC Affiliate Shooting in Sacramento, California

Prosecutors say that the suspect, a 64-year-old Sacramento man, had a note critical of Trump administration officials and a separate calendar reminder to “Do the Next Scary Thing.”

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The ABC affiliate in Sacramento was struck by gunfire last week.
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N.C. Senate Republicans Pass Sweeping Crime Bill After Stabbing

The measure would keep more defendants in jail before trial and increase oversight of judicial officials. But it is unclear if it would have made a difference in the August attack.

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Phil Berger, the North Carolina Senate leader, left, with Destin Hall, the State House speaker, during a news conference about the stabbing this month.
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High Holiday Reflections on the State of American Jews

“I never would have imagined the splinters inside of the Jewish community,” said Rabbi Elan Babchuck, whose work includes research on polarization.

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“It is not surprising that the younger generations are pushing back on what they might have perceived as a monolithic ideal about the state of Israel,” Rabbi Elan Babchuck said.
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New Hampshire Shooting Suspect Is Arraigned on Murder Charge

Patrons at a country club’s restaurant intervened to stop the gunman, the authorities said. The mother of the man who was killed said he died trying to protect his family.

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A nearby hotel served as a reunification center for restaurant patrons and wedding guests who were hastily evacuated from the country club in Nashua, N.H., after the shooting Saturday.
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White House Denies Homan Took Bag of Cash in F.B.I. Inquiry

People familiar with an undercover F.B.I. investigation say Trump’s border czar was recorded on audio tape accepting a Cava bag with $50,000 in it last year.

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Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, outside The White House this month. He did not respond to requests for comment this weekend on reports that he had accepted a bag of cash last fall from undercover F.B.I. agents posing as businessmen.
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Supreme Court Allows Trump to Fire F.T.C. Commissioner

The justices said they will consider whether to overrule a landmark Supreme Court precedent that has limited the president’s ability to fire top officials at the agency.

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U.S. Pledges Support for Argentina’s Economy and Javier Milei

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said “all options” are under consideration to help President Javier Milei.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that his department was “ready to do what is needed within its mandate to support Argentina.”
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Harris-Biden Rift Outlined in ’107 Days’ Reflects Long Pattern of History

Many presidents and vice presidents fall out by the end of their tenures, a fraught dynamic that goes back to the early days of the republic.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris’s new book recounts tensions between her and former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
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Earthquake Jolts Bay Area Residents Awake

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake was strong enough to rattle nerves in the middle of the night, especially in the heavily populated East Bay where it was centered.

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Bay Area residents were awakened early Monday by an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3.
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Tiger Handler Linked to Joe Exotic Is Fatally Mauled by Tiger

Ryan Easley, 37, was performing at his family-run private zoo in Hugo, Okla., when a tiger attacked him, the authorities said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Ryan Easley at his family-run zoo with one of the tigers.
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Tech Executive Dies After Falling 2,000 Feet on Mount Shasta

While the Argentine hiker and entrepreneur, Matias Augusto Travizano, was descending the mountain, he fell down a glacier, the authorities said.

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Mount Shasta, at just over 14,100 feet above sea level, is the fifth-highest mountain in California and the second-highest in the Cascade Range.
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Trump’s Tax Cut Is Underwater. Can a ‘Refund Boom’ Save It?

Republicans are hoping a new name, along with larger refunds for many Americans next year, can buoy an economic agenda that polls show is unpopular.

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Speaker Mike Johnson during the signing of the One Big, Beautiful Bill at the Capitol in July. Republicans have decided to rename the legislation the Working Families Tax Cut.
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American Investors Will License and Oversee TikTok’s U.S. Version, White House Says

The change is part of a deal to bring TikTok under U.S. ownership to avert a looming ban.

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The TikTok office in Culver City, Calif.
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Dominican Republic Says It Recovered Cocaine From Boat Struck by U.S.

The Dominican Republic said it was the first time it had carried out a joint operation against “narco-terrorism” in the Caribbean with the United States.

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Packages of cocaine displayed by the Dominican Republic’s National Drug Control Directorate on Sunday.
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Hillary Clinton Sees a Dangerous Moment for Women’s Rights, and Democracy

With her rallying cry for gender equality turning 30 this year, Mrs. Clinton says President Trump and autocratic leaders abroad are steadily dismantling decades of progress.

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Mrs. Clinton, who served as secretary of state under President Barack Obama, released a new report about the state of women’s rights across the globe.
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Behind Charlie Kirk’s Spiritual Journey That Fused Christianity and Politics

Sunday’s memorial showcased how Mr. Kirk’s experience dovetailed with the broader story of American evangelicalism over the past decade.

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A memorial service for Charlie Kirk on Sunday reflected the degree to which conservative Christianity has melded with Republican politics in the Trump era.
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4 Takeaways From the Charlie Kirk Memorial

High-profile conservative speakers, including President Trump, addressed a packed stadium in Arizona. Erika Kirk forgave her husband’s killer.

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President Trump hugging Erika Kirk during the final moments of the memorial service for Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., yesterday.
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Behind Charlie Kirk’s Spiritual Journey That Fused Christianity and Politics

Sunday’s memorial showcased how Mr. Kirk’s experience dovetailed with the broader story of American evangelicalism over the past decade.

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A memorial service for Charlie Kirk on Sunday reflected the degree to which conservative Christianity has melded with Republican politics in the Trump era.
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Republican Redistricting Is Sowing Chaos in Houston

Texas Republicans redrew the lines for House races in 2026. For one Houston district, that means two elections in the next few months using two different maps, with a generational fight to come.

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“It’s been wildly confusing to people,” Amanda Edwards, a candidate in the 18th Congressional District special election, said as she campaigned for a seat whose boundaries will change radically shortly after the election.
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12 Emotional Hours: A Spectator’s Full Day at the Kirk Memorial (Without Caffeine)

Attending the event involved lots of standing, worrying and waiting. But for one Colorado Springs woman, it was all worth it.

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Spectators at State Farm Stadium for Charlie Kirk’s memorial service. Many arrived several hours before the program began.
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Trump and Musk Are Seen Together at Kirk Memorial, Months After Falling-Out

The meeting came just three months after Mr. Musk exited the government in a fit of rage, attacking the president on social media.

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President Trump and Elon Musk chatting at the memorial for Charlie Kirk on Sunday.
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Trump Remembers Kirk as a Martyr While Attacking Political Opponents

President Trump oscillated between honoring Charlie Kirk’s life and promoting his own political agenda in his remarks at the conservative activist’s memorial in Arizona.

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President Trump’s speech, which stretched for nearly 45 minutes, capped a more than five-hour memorial service for Charlie Kirk.
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At Kirk Service, an Extraordinary Fusion of Government and Christianity

The memorial reflected the degree to which conservative Christianity had melded with Republican politics in the Trump era.

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Attendees praying during a memorial service for Charlie Kirk on Sunday.
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‘We Are All Charlie’: Thousands Stood in Line for Hours in Hopes of Paying Tribute

Many endured stifling heat outside the stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Some who were turned away headed to a nearby arena, while others went home.

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Would-be attendees arrived at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., early on Sunday morning for the memorial service to honor Charlie Kirk.
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At Kirk Service, an Extraordinary Fusion of Government and Christianity

The memorial reflected the degree to which conservative Christianity had melded with Republican politics in the Trump era.

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Attendees praying during a memorial service for Charlie Kirk on Sunday.
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The Conservative Figures That Attended the Charlie Kirk Memorial

Led by President Trump, the list of guests included high-ranking members of his administration, conservative influencers and far-right media personalities.

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‘We Are All Charlie’: Thousands Stood in Line for Hours in Hopes of Paying Tribute

Many endured stifling heat outside the stadium in Glendale, Ariz. Some who were turned away headed to a nearby arena, while others went home.

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Would-be attendees arrived at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., early on Sunday morning for the memorial service to honor Charlie Kirk.
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In Assault on Free Speech, Trump Targets Speech He Hates

The president’s complaints about negative coverage undermine the rationales offered by his own officials.

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“They’ll take a great story and they’ll make it bad,” President Trump said last week, referring to network newscasts. “See, I think that’s really illegal.”
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Security Officials Are Treating Charlie Kirk’s Memorial Like a Super Bowl

The authorities have approached security measures as an “all hands on deck” operation.

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Workers installed a banner at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., ahead of a memorial service to be held for Charlie Kirk on Sunday.
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What to Know About Charlie Kirk’s Funeral: Time, How to Watch and Speakers

The conservative activist will be honored in a public program on Sunday, with President Trump and several top administration officials expected to speak.

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A sign displaying a tribute to Charlie Kirk outside of Orem, Utah.
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