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With Military Strike His Predecessors Avoided, Trump Takes a Huge Gamble

Par :David E. Sanger
President Trump is betting the United States can repel whatever retaliation Iran orders, and that it has destroyed the regime’s chances of reconstituting its nuclear program.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

President Trump said Saturday that if Iran does not turn to peace, it will suffer “tragedy” greater than it has to date.
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U.S. Military Is Pulled Back Into Middle East Wars

Par :Helene Cooper · Eric Schmitt and Julian E. Barnes
The strikes on Iran ushered in a period of high alert as the Pentagon braced for almost-certain retaliation against American forces in the region.

© Sarah Silbiger/Reuters

A U.S. official said that six B-2 bombers dropped 12 bunker-buster bombs on Fordo.
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Midwest Cities Bake as Heat Wave Blankets the Central U.S.

Par :Chris Hippensteel · Jay Senter · Robert Chiarito and Ann Hinga Klein
St. Louis, Chicago and Des Moines were among the cities that saw heat indexes hit triple digits on Saturday, with the East Coast bracing for similar conditions by Monday.

© Jim Vondruska for The New York Times

The heat index was over 90 degrees and climbing by midday Saturday in Chicago.
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Senate Official Rejects Food Aid Cuts Proposed by Republicans in Megabill

Par :Catie Edmondson
The ruling by the parliamentarian sent G.O.P. lawmakers back to the drawing board to cover the costs of President Trump’s domestic policy bill.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

The U.S. Capitol in Washington earlier this week.
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A White Nationalist at University of Florida Wrote a Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.

Par :Richard Fausset
The University of Florida student won an academic honor after he argued in a paper that the Constitution applies only to white people. From there, the situation spiraled.

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The granting of an academic award to a white supremacist who wrote a law school paper promoting racist views set off months of turmoil on the University of Florida campus.
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Harvard and Trump Restart Talks to Potentially End Bitter Dispute

Par :Michael S. Schmidt and Alan Blinder
Details about the discussions emerged after President Trump said the two sides, which have been locked in court battles for weeks, might reach a settlement soon.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

Among other conditions, the administration wanted Harvard to establish “merit based” hiring and admissions policies, and to see the influence of its faculty curbed.
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The Efforts to Erase Black History

Par :Erica L. Green · Karen Hanley · David Jouppi · Alexandra Ostasiewicz and Whitney Shefte
President Trump’s executive orders have sought to reframe the history of race and culture in America. Erica L. Green, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, describes how the orders have led to the erasing of history of the Black experience.
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Vance Blames L.A. Violence on California Democrats and Disparages Padilla

Par :Laurel Rosenhall and Orlando Mayorquín
Vice President JD Vance said during a Los Angeles stop that Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass had encouraged protesters to engage in violence. He also criticized Senator Alex Padilla and called him by the wrong name.

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Vice President JD Vance at a press event outside a federal mobile command center in Los Angeles on Friday.
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Dodgers Pledge Aid to L.A. Families Affected by Trump Crackdown

Par :Jesus Jiménez
Pressed by Angelenos, including a large Latino fan base, the Dodgers promised support but stopped short of denouncing ICE raids that have outraged much of the metropolis.

© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

Demonstrators at Dodger Stadium on Thursday protested raids on immigrants in the Los Angeles area.
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Suspect in Minnesota Attacks Was a Doomsday Prepper, Investigator Says

Par :Ernesto Londoño
An F.B.I. agent said Vance Boelter left instructions for his wife in the event of a calamity, according to a court document.

© Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times

A candlelight vigil for Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, outside the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul.
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An Iran Deal in Two Weeks? Hard to Achieve, Even if Trump Really Wants One.

Par :David E. Sanger
Negotiating with Tehran is time-consuming and difficult under the best of circumstances. And it remains unclear whether President Trump’s 14-day clock is more than a way to buy time for military preparations.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

President Trump made clear to reporters on Friday that he is interested largely in the coercive part of coercive diplomacy.
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How Trump Treats Black History Differently Than Other Parts of America’s Past

Par :Erica L. Green
Since taking office in January, President Trump has tried to reframe the country’s past involving racism and discrimination by de-emphasizing that history or at times denying that it happened.

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Cora Masters Barry, a former first lady of the District of Columbia, and Melanie L. Campbell, chairwoman of the Power of the Ballot Action Fund, join hands in prayer outside the National Museum of African American History and Culture last month.
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Where Trump and Newsom’s Fight Over the California National Guard Stands

Par :Chris Hippensteel · Charlie Savage and Laurel Rosenhall
A volley of court rulings has made the legal path unclear in a case challenging President Trump’s use of troops in Los Angeles. For now, the president has retained control of the state militia.

© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

It’s been nearly two weeks since President Trump made the rare decision to call up National Guard troops to Los Angeles.
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What Trump’s Delayed Decision in the Israel-Iran War Means for Those Countries

Par :Jess Bidgood and Patrick Kingsley
The Times’s Jerusalem bureau chief explains what President Trump’s delay in deciding whether to intervene in the Israel-Iran war means for the people of both countries.

© Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

A rally in Tehran on Friday.
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A Doctor Posted Video of Their Decapitated Baby. They Were Awarded $2.5 Million.

Par :Rylee Kirk
A Georgia couple hired a pathologist to do an autopsy after their first child died during childbirth. They accused him of posting images of the baby on Instagram without their consent.

© Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, via Associated Press

Jessica Ross and Treveon Isaiah Taylor Sr. in 2024, the year after their first child died during a botched delivery. The couple accused a pathologist of posting video from the autopsy without their permission.
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Judge Blocks Trump’s Tying of Transportation Funds to Immigration Enforcement

Par :David W. Chen
Attorneys general in 20 states, most led by Democrats, had sued the administration. Similar suits have been filed over funding for other programs.

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Sean Duffy, the secretary of transportation, testifying in the House last month.
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Judge Blocks Trump’s Tying of Transportation Funds to Immigration Enforcement

Par :David W. Chen
Attorneys general in 20 states, most led by Democrats, had sued the administration. Similar suits have been filed over funding for other programs.

© Anna Rose Layden/Reuters

Sean Duffy, the secretary of transportation, testifying in the House last month.
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Louisiana’s Ten Commandments Law Is Unconstitutional, Appeals Court Says

Par :Rick Rojas
The court unanimously ruled that the state cannot require schools and universities to display the Commandments.

© Hilary Scheinuk/The Advocate, via Associated Press

Gov. Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill of Louisiana may appeal the ruling.
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Florida Approves Plan to Help Billionaires Export Their Sewage

Par :Mike Baker
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill to help Indian Creek Village, home to the likes of Jeff Bezos and Jared Kushner, avoid paying a neighboring town millions to allow transport of its sewage under its streets.

© Saul Martinez for The New York Times

Indian Creek Village is a private barrier island near Surfside, Fla.
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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.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

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.

© Lenny Gilmore for The New York Times

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.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

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.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

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.

© Maansi Srivastava for The New York Times

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.

© Mark Abramson for The New York Times

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.

© Al Drago for The New York Times

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.

© Maansi Srivastava for The New York Times

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.

© Alex Welsh for The New York Times

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.

© Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

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.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

“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.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

“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.

© Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times, via Getty

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.

© Greg Derr/The Patriot Ledger, via USA Today Network, via Reuters

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.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

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.”

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

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.’

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

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.

© Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images

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.

© Antranik Tavitian for The New York Times

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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