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House Oversight Committee Issues Subpoenas for Epstein Files

Par :Michael Gold
The committee’s Republican chairman requested that the documents from the Justice Department and former government officials be delivered by Aug. 19.

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Former President Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, at President Trump’s inauguration in January. They were among the former officials who received subpoenas from the House Oversight Committee.
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Trump Rules Out Bessent as Replacement for Powell at Fed

Par :Alan Rappeport
With Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent not in the running, President Trump said that he has narrowed his list of replacements to four people.

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President Trump said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent doesn’t want to run the Federal Reserve.
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Mike Flood Heckled at Town Hall Over Trump’s Domestic Policy Bill

Par :Annie Karni
Most Republican lawmakers are avoiding town hall meetings, reluctant to confront energized Democrats and answer tough questions. When Representative Mike Flood of Nebraska gave it a try, the booing started in seconds.

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Representative Mike Flood, Republican of Nebraska, was booed almost as soon as he took the stage at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Monday night.
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Titan Submersible Deaths Were Preventable, Coast Guard Report Says

Par :Chris Hippensteel
The 2023 implosion killed five people on a dive to the wreckage of the Titanic, prompting a sprawling search of the north Atlantic Ocean.

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Footage from a remotely operated vehicle shows what the Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation says is the debris of the Titan submersible.
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Tennessee Inmate to Be Executed Despite Ethical Health Concerns

Par :Emily Cochrane
Lawyers for Byron Black, found guilty of three murders, have argued that an execution may be more painful because of his heart implant.

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Byron Black is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 10 a.m. on Tuesday
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G.O.P. Bets Big on Hispanic Voters With New Texas Map

Par :Pooja Salhotra
In order to flip five U.S. House seats, Republicans are gambling that they can retain President Trump’s 2024 gains with Latinos and that voters won’t mind their hardball tactics.

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Republicans are hoping to flip five of Texas’ U.S. House seats, in towns like Laredo, from blue to red.
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Inside Jeffrey Epstein’s Manhattan Townhouse: Birthday Letters, First Edition ‘Lolita’ and More

Par :David Enrich · Matthew Goldstein · Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Steve Eder
In his seven-story townhouse, the sex offender hosted the elite, displayed photos with presidents and showcased a first edition of “Lolita,” according to previously unreported photos and letters.
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Inside Trump’s New Tactic to Separate Immigrant Families

Par :Hamed Aleaziz
The practice appears to be a more targeted version of the mass separation of migrant children from their parents from President Trump’s first term, which caused a global outcry.

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Evgeny and Evgeniia, who fled their native Russia to seek political asylum, have been separated from their 8-year-old son, Maksim, since May.
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Public Schools Try to Sell Themselves as More Students Use Vouchers

Par :Dana Goldstein
A decline in the number of children and rise in the number of choices has created a crisis for public schools. Some are trying new strategies to recruit students.

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Caroline Christian, one of Caissa’s team of paid canvassers who have fanned out across Orange County, Fla., to recruit parents to enroll in, or return to, public schools.
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FEMA Will Deny Grants to States and Cities That Boycott Israeli Companies

Par :Maxine Joselow
The move by the Trump administration may be largely symbolic since official boycotts on Israeli firms are rare.

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Federal Emergency Management Agency workers in Pasadena, Calif., in January. The Trump administration is linking its stance on Israel to grants awarded by the agency.
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Trump to Create Task Force for L.A. Olympics on Security

Par :Jesus Jiménez
The group would likely work with Los Angeles officials, who have a strained relationship with President Trump, ahead of the 2028 Olympics.

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Casey Wasserman, the chairman of the Los Angeles Olympics organizing committee, and Nicole Hoevertsz, an International Olympic Committee executive, talked to reporters in June.
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Trump Administration to Reinstall Albert Pike Confederate Statue in D.C.

Par :Chris Cameron
Albert Pike was a Confederate general and diplomat who negotiated alliances with slave-owning Native American tribes during the Civil War.

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National Park Service workers removed a statue of Gen. Albert Pike in Washington after it was toppled by demonstrators in 2020.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Asks for George Santos’s Sentence to Be Commuted

Par :Michael Gold
Ms. Greene, the hard-right House Republican from Georgia, called her former colleague’s seven-year sentence “excessive” in a letter to the U.S. pardon attorney.

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Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and George Santos during a vote on Capitol Hill in 2023.
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Tensions Flare Between Two Federal Agencies Charged With Aviation Safety

Par :Karoun Demirjian
A marathon of recent public hearings highlighted a rift over the investigation into the fatal midair crash in January between an Army helicopter and a passenger jet.

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Jennifer Homendy, the National Transportation Safety Board chair, accused the Federal Aviation Administration of stonewalling parts of the board’s investigation into the crash.
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After Trump’s Firing of BLS Commissioner, Republicans Fall in Line With His Criticism

Par :Luke Broadwater
President Trump’s decision to fire the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics forced his allies into the awkward spot of criticizing an agency they had freely cited in the past.

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President Trump in Allentown, Pa., on Sunday. He has a pattern of accepting results that benefit him and denigrating those he dislikes as being rigged or part of a scam.
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Trump’s Deal-Making With Other Elite Schools Scrambles Harvard Negotiations

Par :Michael S. Schmidt · Alan Blinder and Michael C. Bender
The university was open to spending $500 million, but a $50 million settlement with Brown has prompted new debates in Cambridge.

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Harvard officials have been sensitive to the possibility that a deal with the government would be seen as surrendering to the president and offering him a political gift.
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The Origins of the Political Power Grab in Texas

Par :Jess Bidgood
President Trump seized a moment ripe for another redistricting war.

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A Texas state representative reviewing a congressional map last Friday during a redistricting committee meeting in Austin.
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Drunken Boater Hits Swimmers in N. Carolina Lake, Killing Girl, 10, Police Say

Par :Neil Vigdor
A woman was also critically injured in the collision, which happened on Shearon Harris Reservoir, about 25 miles southwest of Raleigh, N.C., the authorities said.
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Man Who Killed 4 in Arkansas Grocery Store Shooting Gets Life Without Parole

Par :Alexandra E. Petri
The man, Travis Eugene Posey, also injured 11 people in the shooting at the Mad Butcher in Fordyce, Ark., in June 2024. He received four consecutive life terms.

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The shooting on June 21, 2024, temporarily shuttered the Mad Butcher grocery store in Fordyce, a small town of 3,400 people about 70 miles south of Little Rock.
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U.S. to Require Some Foreign Visitors to Pay Bonds of Up to $15,000 for Entry

Par :Michael Crowley
A State Department pilot program will tie the cash deposits to tourist and business visas for people from countries with high visa overstay rates.

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The move is the Trump administration’s latest in a multifront effort to crack down on illegal immigration.
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Judges Openly Doubt Government as Justice Dept. Misleads and Dodges Orders

Par :Alan Feuer
Legal experts say the actions causing concern from the bench could have a more systemic effect, eroding the healthy functioning of the courts.

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Magistrate Judge Zia M. Faruqui recently pushed back against Justice Department prosecutors for trying to convince him that he needed to be “highly deferential” to their request to keep a search warrant sealed.
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House Democrats Renew Effort Calling for Palestinian Statehood

Par :Robert Jimison
More than a dozen progressive lawmakers had signed onto a draft letter, but a lack of Republican support meant it was unlikely to affect policy decisions by the Trump administration.

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Thirteen progressive House Democrats have signed on to a letter urging the recognition of a Palestinian state.
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FEMA Will Deny Grants to States and Cities That Boycott Israeli Companies

Par :Maxine Joselow
The move by the Trump administration may be largely symbolic since official boycotts on Israeli firms are rare.

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Federal Emergency Management Agency workers in Pasadena, Calif., in January. The Trump administration is linking its stance on Israel to grants awarded by the agency.
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With Texas Democrats Gone, Redistricting Plan Is Stymied for Now

Par :J. David Goodman · Grace Ashford · Julie Bosman and David W. Chen
The speaker of the Texas House issued civil arrest warrants for lawmakers who fled the state to deny Republicans a quorum, but the scattered Democrats remained defiant.

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University of Virginia Appoints Interim President After Ouster

Par :Stephanie Saul
The university is turning to a former law school dean to lead the school as it faces pressure from Republicans in both Virginia and Washington, D.C.
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The Texas Redistricting Fight, Explained

Par :J. David Goodman · Shane Goldmacher and Nick Corasaniti
Here is why Democrats in the Texas House left the state, why Republicans in the Legislature want to redraw political maps and why other states are involved.

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A committee of the Texas House held a hearing on redistricting in July at the State Capitol in Austin.
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Trump’s Demand to Trading Partners: Pledge Money or Get Higher Tariffs

Par :Alan Rappeport
President Trump is using an “Art of the Deal” approach to get other nations to hand over cash to lower their tariffs.

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President Trump has added an extra wrinkle into trade deals by suggesting countries invest in the United States or face higher tariffs.
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Derek Dooley Enters Senate Race Seeking to Challenge Jon Ossoff in Georgia

Par :Katie Glueck
Derek Dooley, a former football coach, cast himself as an outsider candidate as the Republican primary field for a marquee midterm contest takes shape.

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In his announcement video, Derek Dooley embraced a “Georgia First” slogan in an echo of President Trump’s “America First” tagline.
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Nancy Mace Announces Run for Governor of South Carolina

Par :Eduardo Medina and Annie Karni
The Charleston-area congresswoman was once a moderate Republican, but has more recently presented herself as a loyal supporter of President Trump.

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Representative Nancy Mace spoke at the 2024 Republican National Convention.
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Driver Dies in Crash During Racing Event at Bonneville Salt Flats

Par :Claire Moses
Chris Raschke, 60, lost control of his vehicle while trying to set a speed record on Sunday, the event’s organizers said.

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Chris Raschke in 2024. He had a “passion for racing,” the president of the Southern California Timing Association said.
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Trump’s Envoy Is Expected to Visit Russia as U.S. Pushes for Peace Deal in Ukraine

Par :Nataliya Vasilyeva
President Trump has given an ultimatum to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to end the war in Ukraine or face U.S. sanctions.

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Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s envoy for peace missions, is expected to travel to Russia this week.
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Trump to Appoint New Top Labor Statistics Official Within Days

Par :Tony Romm
President Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after the agency released dour monthly jobs data.

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Kevin Hassett, the director of the White House National Economic Council, declined to give evidence to substantiate the president’s claims that economic data had been manipulated.
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Trump to Appoint New Top Labor Official Within Days

Par :Tony Romm
President Trump fired the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday after the agency released dour monthly jobs data.

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Kevin Hassett, the director of the White House National Economic Council, declined to give evidence to substantiate the president’s claims that economic data had been manipulated.
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An Oval Office Replica Opens, Without Trump’s Gilded Flourishes

Par :Andrew Trunsky
The White House Historical Association recently unveiled its replica of President Trump’s Oval Office, but it mirrors the office from his first term, before he festooned it with gold.

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A group of visitors on Saturday at the life-size Oval Office replica at the White House Historical Association, which was recently remodeled to match President Trump’s first-term office.
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As the Supreme Court Focuses on the Past, Historians Turn to Advocacy

Par :Adam Liptak
Spikes in the number and influence of briefs filed by historians have prompted questions about the role scholars should play in litigation.

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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. during an event in May at Georgetown University, where he talked about his early interest in becoming a historian.
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Texas Redistricting Fight Prompts Democratic Group to Call on Blue States for New Maps

Par :Nick Corasaniti
The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee is pressing legislatures to counter Republicans’ redistricting efforts in Texas and elsewhere.

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A protest last month in Austin against the Texas Republicans’ plan to redraw their congressional maps.
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Democratic Group Pushes Party to Embrace G.O.P. School Voucher Plan

Par :Dana Goldstein
A moderate group that has tried to rally Democrats around school choice faces divisions over private-school vouchers.

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The group Democrats for Education Reform has become a leading voice urging the party to embrace some forms of private-school choice.
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New Firm Seeks to Confront Trump on Executive Power

Par :Eileen Sullivan
The Washington Litigation Group is the latest nonprofit group to join the legal challenges against the president, with a strategy of focusing on appeals early in the case.

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Cathy A. Harris was fired without cause from the Merit Systems Protection Board and has enlisted the Washington Litigation Group in her appeals process.
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12 Years After Bankruptcy, a Changed Detroit Is Picking a Mayor

Par :Mitch Smith
Several candidates want to replace Mike Duggan, the only mayor the city has had since its financial crisis. Detroit’s next challenge, residents say, will be reviving forgotten neighborhoods.

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An array of candidates will compete in Detroit’s mayoral primary election on Tuesday.
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Texas Democrats Leave State to Stop Republicans’ Redistricting Plan

Par :J. David Goodman and Julie Bosman
The walkout was a sharp escalation in the clash over a redistricting effort. Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to remove the lawmakers who left their posts if they did not return by Monday.

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“We’re leaving Texas to fight for Texans,” said Gene Wu, a state representative from Houston and the chair of the Democratic caucus in the Texas House.
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Third Child in Sailing Camp Dies After Barge Hit Boat Off Miami Beach

Par :Johnny Diaz
Six people, including a camp counselor, aboard a sailboat were thrown into the water after the collision on Monday, the authorities said.

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Emergency workers responding on Monday to the Miami Yacht Club after a barge and a sailboat with six aboard collided. A third person who was on the boat died, officials said on Sunday.
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Victims Named in Montana Bar Shooting as Manhunt Stretches On

Par :Patricia Mazzei · Jake Ellison and Sonia A. Rao
Those killed on Friday were a bartender and three patrons, ranging in age from 59 to 74, the authorities said. The suspect fled into the nearby foothills.

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Four people were killed in a shooting at the Owl Bar in Anaconda, Mont., on Friday.
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