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Judge Blocks a Trump Effort to Prevent International Students at Harvard

Par :Stephanie Saul and Alan Blinder
The decision came after a hearing where a lawyer for Harvard accused the Trump administration of McCarthy-like tactics and irregular and improper treatment.

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Banners for Harvard University in Boston, Mass.
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Supreme Court Won’t Fast-Track Tariffs Challenge

Par :Adam Liptak
In an unusual request, two toy manufacturers had asked the court to greatly expedite their case.

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The Vernon Hills, Ill., warehouse of Learning Resources, one of two companies who had asked the Supreme Court for expedited review of their case against President Trump’s tariffs, in 2020.
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Virginia Man Convicted in Attempted Church Shooting Gets 25 Years

Par :Aimee Ortiz
The man, who was convicted in March, was armed when he was arrested during a church service in Haymarket, Va., in 2023.

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Rui Jiang was sentenced to 25 years on Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Virginia.
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Senator Ron Johnson Resists G.O.P. Megabill, Warning It Will Swell Debt

Par :Carl Hulse
The Wisconsin Republican has toned down attacks on the measure in recent days, but a new report he released undermines party leaders’ claims that the legislation won’t add to federal deficits.

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Senator Ron Johnson at the Capitol on Wednesday.
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Supreme Court Finds Retired Firefighter Cannot Sue for Disability Discrimination

Par :Abbie VanSickle and Adam Liptak
In a tangled decision, the justices ruled against a disabled firefighter who sued her former employer for refusing her health benefits after she had retired.

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One section of the Americans With Disabilities Act specifies that it is illegal to discriminate in compensation because of a disability. The justices wrestled with whether the section included retirees.
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A Potential Strike on Iran Tests Trump’s Propensity to Play to Both Sides

Par :Maggie Haberman
President Trump has excelled at letting supporters hear what they want to hear. But Iran has upended that strategy.

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The war in Iran is exactly the kind of Middle East entanglement that President Trump’s anti-interventionist base believed he was bitterly opposed to, because he said he was.
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Hundreds of Federal Workers at Voice of America Receive Layoff Notices

Par :Minho Kim
The terminations are the latest attack on the federally funded news networks, including Voice of America.

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Kari Lake, a senior adviser for the agency that oversees Voice of America, notified Congress earlier this month that her agency intended to eliminate most positions at the agency.
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Supreme Court Rules Fuel Producers Can Challenge California’s Limits on Car Emissions

Par :Adam Liptak
The 7-to-2 decision stressed that it did not address the merits of the dispute, and concerned only whether the producers had standing to sue.

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Created under the 1970 Clean Air Act, the California waiver has for decades allowed the state, which has historically had the most polluted air in the nation, to enact tougher state-level clean air standards than those set by the federal government.
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Tuition Increases and Layoffs Are Coming to a Broad Set of Universities

Par :Alan Blinder
Schools say the Trump administration’s cuts to higher education are forcing them to consider extreme cost-cutting measures, even as more students than ever are heading to college this year.

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Duke University, in Durham, N.C., is one of many colleges and universities around the country that says it may need to cut staff.
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Seeking Jobs and Purpose, Fired Federal Workers Form New Networks

Par :Eileen Sullivan
Government employees swept up in President Trump’s purge meet for happy hour and gather virtually as they navigate the stress of losing their careers and confront a tough job market.

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Kathryn Kullberg, center, is a wildlife conservationist whose job was eliminated because of funding cuts under the Trump administration. She co-founded a group that hosted a happy hour for about a dozen conservationists who were also out of work because of the administration’s changes.
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Appeals Court Lets Trump Keep Control of California National Guard in L.A.

Par :Charlie Savage and Laurel Rosenhall
A panel rejected a lower court’s finding that it was most likely illegal for President Trump to use state troops to protect immigration agents from protests.

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National Guard troops were stationed in front of the Metropolitan Detention Center last week.
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Man Is Charged With Trying to Kidnap Memphis Mayor, Police Say

Par :Aishvarya Kavi
The 25-year-old man told the police that he had gone to the home of Mayor Paul Young to confront him about crime. The police later found a stun gun, rope and duct tape in the man’s car, they said.

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Mayor Paul Young of Memphis last year. He was targeted at his home on Sunday by a man who intended to confront him, the police said.
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U.S. Spy Agencies Assess Iran Remains Undecided on Building a Bomb

Par :Julian E. Barnes
U.S. intelligence officials said Iran was likely to pivot toward producing a nuclear weapon if the U.S. attacked a main uranium enrichment site, or if Israel killed its supreme leader.

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A missile on display in Tehran in February. American spy agencies believe that it could take several months, and up to a year, for Iran to make a nuclear weapon.
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Juneteenth Goes Uncelebrated at White House as Trump Complains About ‘Too Many’ Holidays

Par :Aishvarya Kavi
President Trump made no statement about the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, other than saying there were too many like it. Lesser occasions routinely garner official proclamations.

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“I’m not tracking his signature on a proclamation today,” Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said of the president on Thursday.
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Trump Buys Himself Time, and Opens Up Some New Options

Par :David E. Sanger and Tyler Pager
While President Trump appears to be offering one more off ramp to the Iranians, he also is bolstering his own military options.

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“I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks,’’ Mr. Trump said in a statement on Thursday.
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How the Supreme Court’s Transgender Ruling Reveals a Shift

Par :Adam Liptak · Alexandra Ostasiewicz · David Jouppi and Jon Hazell
In its biggest ruling of the term, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Tennessee law that prohibits some medical treatments for transgender youths, shielding similar laws in more than 20 other states. Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times, describes the three factions of justices in the 6-to-3 decision.
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They Followed a Truck for 300 Miles. Then They Stole $100 Million in Jewelry.

Par :Aimee Ortiz
Seven men have been indicted in the July 2022 theft at a rest stop north of Los Angeles, which federal prosecutors believe was the largest jewelry heist in United States history.

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Seven men were charged after bags of jewels and luxury watches were stolen from a Brink’s semi truck at a rest stop in Lebec, Calif., in 2022.
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Karen Read Acquittal Exposes Flaws in Police Practices, Supporters and Critics Say

Par :Jenna Russell
Both sides agreed that the investigation into the death of Ms. Read’s boyfriend, a Boston police officer, was flawed and plagued by unethical and unprofessional conduct.

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Karen Read in court on Wednesday, after the verdict was read.
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A Tree Trimmer’s Front-Row Seat to Trump’s Impromptu Iran Remarks

Par :Shawn McCreesh
Any other president might have discussed a potential Iran strike in an Oval Office address or in a formal news conference. Mr. Trump did it while hanging with a crew at a job site.

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President Donald Trump spoke to the media as a new flagpole is being installed at the White House on Wednesday by a crew that included Christopher Tattersall, right.
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ICE Imposes New Rules on Congressional Visits

Par :Michael Gold
The policy says that ICE field offices are not subject to a federal law that allows members of Congress to make unannounced oversight visits to immigration facilities that “detain or otherwise house aliens.”

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Four Democratic representatives were denied access on Wednesday to an immigration processing facility in suburban Chicago where they believed immigrants were being held for days without access to lawyers.
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‘Little Lobbyists’ Urge Senators to Oppose Trump’s Bill Cutting Medicaid

Par :Megan Mineiro and Margot Sanger-Katz
Children with disabilities and their parents who rely on the health insurance program took to Capitol Hill this week to warn that the proposed reductions could be ‘devastating.’

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Members of the Little Lobbyists walk through the halls before meetings with senators in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington on Tuesday.
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In Crisis With Iran, U.S. Military Officials Focus on Strait of Hormuz

Par :Helene Cooper · Eric Schmitt and John Ismay
Pentagon officials are trying to prepare for all of the ways Iran could retaliate, as President Trump hints at what he might do.

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Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy ships in the Persian Gulf last April.
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Texas Might Ban Hemp

Par :J. David Goodman
Gov. Greg Abbott must decide this week whether to sign or veto a bill to ban hemp-derived intoxicants, part of a national debate over the fast-growing industry.

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T.H.C.-infused drinks, like those made at the 8th Wonder Brewery in Houston, are the kind of intoxicants that Gov. Greg Abbott could ban if he signs anti-hemp legislation on his desk.
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On Juneteenth, This Williamsburg Schoolhouse Finds a New Life

Par :Audra D. S. Burch
Beginning on Juneteenth, a restored Virginia schoolhouse where enslaved and free Black students were taught to read is on view in Colonial Williamsburg.
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How the L.A. Port got hit by Trump’s Tariffs

Par :Ana Swanson · Laura Bult · Laura Salaberry and Nicholas Kraus
New York Times reporter Ana Swanson reports from the Los Angeles Port, the largest port in the Western Hemisphere as well as the place that first saw the signs of Trump’s tariff war. The Port of Los Angeles is significant because of our trade relationship with China in particular, which is why The Trump administration’s 145% tariffs on the country resulted in lower volume at the port. Ana Swanson explains what the port illustrates about U.S. trade and how what’s felt at the Port of Los Angeles will soon be felt by U.S. consumers.
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A Trump Executive Order Could Affect Ukrainian Refugees in Iowa

Par :Jazmine Ulloa and Jamie Kelter Davis
The Trump administration suspended a temporary humanitarian program for Ukrainians. Now many are losing their ability to work, and fear deportation.

Sofiia Hedzhymanova, 12, looking at a family photos on her grandmother’s night stand in DeWitt, Iowa. The Hedzhymanovi family was one of the first to be sponsored in the small Midwest town.
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Trump, Iran and the Specter of Iraq: ‘We Bought All the Happy Talk’

Par :Elisabeth Bumiller
President Trump is pondering swift military action in Iran. There were similar expectations that the war in Iraq would be quick and triumphant.

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President George W. Bush and Condoleezza Rice, the national security adviser, in the Oval Office in March 2003.
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U.S. to Review Social Media Posts of Student and Scholar Visa Applicants

Par :Edward Wong
The State Department is restarting the processing of visa applications from students and visiting scholars, but is screening for “hostility” toward the United States.

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All applications for F, M and J nonimmigrant visas will be reviewed, officials said.
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As Trump Debates Iran Action, the Meaning of ‘America First’ Is on the Line

Par :Jess Bidgood
As President Trump ponders involving the United States in Israel’s attacks on Iran, the G.O.P. faces a thorny question: What does “America first” really mean?

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A clash between Tucker Carlson and Ted Cruz embodies the rupture on the right over whether the United States should get involved in Israel’s attacks on Iran.
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Justice Dept. to Cut Gun-Sale Inspectors by Two-Thirds as It Moves to Downsize A.T.F.

Par :Glenn Thrush
The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to defang and downsize the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

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The Justice Department plans to eliminate 541 of the estimated 800 investigators responsible for determining whether federal dealers are following federal law and regulations.
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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.

© Charles Krupa/Associated Press

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.

© Allison Robbert for The New York Times

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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