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Judge Blocks Trump Administration Tactics in L.A. Immigration Raids

Par :Miriam Jordan
A federal judge temporarily halted the administration from making indiscriminate arrests based on race and denying detainees access to lawyers, in a lawsuit that could have national repercussions.

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The initial rulings represented a sharp rebuke of the tactics that federal agents have employed in and around Los Angeles during raids, which have entered their second month.
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Farmworker Dies After Fleeing a Federal Raid in Southern California

Par :Miriam Jordan
During a chaotic raid in Ventura County on Thursday, the worker fell from a greenhouse at a cannabis farm, suffered spinal and skull injuries, and died on Friday.

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Federal agents blocked people protesting an ICE immigration raid at a licensed cannabis farm on Thursday, near Camarillo, Calif.
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After Texas Disaster, Trump Shifts His Tone on FEMA

Par :Luke Broadwater and Shawn McCreesh
Earlier this year, President Trump suggested he wanted to shutter the agency. Now, he says his aides “fixed it up in no time.”

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“We have some good people running FEMA,” President Trump said during his tour of Texas flood damage on Friday.
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Judge Orders Los Angeles Police to Stop Shooting Projectiles at Journalists

Par :Laurel Rosenhall
Los Angeles Police Department officers fired foam projectiles and flash-bang devices at reporters and photographers who were covering the immigration protests in June.

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Flash-bangs and gas canisters being used against protesters at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles last month.
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Man Had 14 Toucans Stashed in His Volkswagen Dashboard, U.S. Says

Par :Neil Vigdor
Carlos Abundez, 35, is facing federal smuggling charges after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers made the discovery. The birds, a threatened species, were in stable condition.

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Carlos Abundez of San Ysidro, Calif., is charged with smuggling 14 live, bound Keel-billed toucans that the authorities said were hidden inside the dashboard of his Volkswagen Passat.
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Aware of Trump's Desire for Retribution, Experts Appear Shy to Speak Up

Par :Michael S. Schmidt
A New York Times investigative reporter explains how a problem he encountered while reporting reveals something important about the second Trump era.

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President Trump’s retribution campaigns have been more sophisticated and more wide-ranging in his second term.
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Support for Immigration Rebounds as Trump Cracks Down on It, Poll Finds

Par :Jazmine Ulloa and Ruth Igielnik
In a marked reversal from a year ago, more Americans now have positive views about immigration, and a record high believes it is good for the nation.

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President’s Trump’s immigration crackdown has prompted protests across the country.
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Man Falls to His Death Descending Mountain in Glacier National Park

Par :Rylee Kirk
The man fell from a steep, off-trail climbing route on the west side of Mount Gould, the authorities said.

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Grinnell Peak, flanked by Mount Gould to the left and Mount Wilbur to the right, is reflected on the surface of Swiftcurrent Lake at Glacier National Park in Montana.
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Man Who Decapitated Father and Displayed Head on YouTube Gets Life in Prison

Par :Neil Vigdor and Hannah Ziegler
Justin Mohn, 33, of Levittown, Pa., was convicted on murder and terrorism charges in the 2024 killing of his father, Michael.

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The home in Levittown, Pa., where Justin Mohn murdered his father last year.
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‘They Kept Coming’: Hundreds of Packages Pile Up Outside Woman’s Home

Par :Christine Hauser
A year ago, misdirected Amazon returns began arriving at Karen Holton’s house in California. Eventually, she said, they were stacked so high that she could not easily use her door.

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Karen Holton said the boxes that arrived at her house in San Jose, Calif., were returns of car seat covers sold on Amazon by an independent seller called Liusandedian.
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Schumer Urges RFK Jr. to Declare Public Health Emergency Over Measles

Par :Teddy Rosenbluth
Senator Chuck Schumer urged the health secretary to declare an emergency to keep other regions from experiencing the “nightmare” seen in Texas.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, has the authority to declare the spread of measles a public health emergency, an action that would mobilize federal funding and expedite the availability of tests and treatments.
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Walmart Recalls Water Bottles After Lids ‘Forcefully Ejected’ and Impaired Vision

Par :Adeel Hassan
The lids on the 64-ounce stainless steel bottles can eject and strike consumers, two of whom reported permanent vision loss as a result, safety regulators said.

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The recall covers 64-ounce Ozark Trail stainless steel insulated water bottles, which have been sold in Walmart stores across the nation since 2017.
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Before the Central Texas Floods, the Owners of Camp Mystic Were a Fixture

Par :Ruth Graham
For decades, Dick and Tweety Eastland presided over Camp Mystic with a kind of magisterial benevolence that alumni well past childhood still describe with awe.

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Campers’ belongings outside cabins at Camp Mystic, where 27 died in the floods.
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David Gergen, Adviser to Presidents and Political Commentator, Dies at 83

Par :Clyde Haberman
He served under Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton before becoming a top editor and a familiar TV pundit. “Centrism doesn’t mean splitting the difference,” he said.

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David Gergen in 1997. A longtime Beltway insider, he helped set the agenda for four presidents, from Richard M. Nixon to Bill Clinton.
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Immigration Arrests in Los Angeles Spike Amid Aggressive Enforcement

Par :Hamed Aleaziz and Orlando Mayorquín
Nearly 3,000 people have been arrested since the beginning of June, more than three times the number in previous months this year.

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Since the beginning of June, Department of Homeland Security agents and officers have arrested nearly 2,800 immigrants in the Los Angeles area, according to the agency.
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Son of El Chapo Pleads Guilty to Sweeping Drug Charges

Par :Alan Feuer and Robert Chiarito
The plea came at a vulnerable moment for the Sinaloa drug cartel, the organization Ovidio Guzmán López’s father helped found.

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A still image from a video released by the Mexican government showing Ovidio Guzmán López being arrested in 2019. He was the first of El Chapo’s four sons to admit guilt in an American courtroom.
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Trump Administration Begins Mass Layoffs at U.S. State Department

Par :Michael Crowley
Secretary of State Marco Rubio insists he is streamlining a bloated department, but critics warn the cost to America’s standing and influence could be high.

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More than 1,000 employees were fired Friday as part of Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan to reorganize the State Department.
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Pam Bondi and FBI’s Dan Bongino Clash Over Handling of Epstein Case

Par :Glenn Thrush
An irate attorney general is said to have confronted the deputy director of the F.B.I. at a tense White House meeting earlier in the week.

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Dan Bongino, now the deputy director of the F.B.I., during a hearing in Washington in 2020. Mr. Bongino pushed the idea of a cover-up in the Jeffrey Epstein case when he was a popular podcast host.
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2 Arkansas Prison Workers Are Fired in Wake of Convicted Murderer’s Escape

Par :Michael Levenson
The employees unwittingly helped Grant Hardin, a former police chief, walk out of a prison in May, dressed in a fake law enforcement uniform, officials said.

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A flier seeking help in the search for Grant Hardin in May.
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Appeals Court Overturns Plea Deal in 9/11 Case

Par :Carol Rosenberg
The court found that Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III had the authority to invalidate a contract reached between the accused mastermind and a Pentagon official.

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Camp Justice at the U.S. naval station at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, in 2023.
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Judge Signals She Will Protect Abrego Garcia From Hasty Second Deportation

Par :Alan Feuer and Minho Kim
The judge, Paula Xinis, said some legal safeguard was needed because the Trump administration had already shown in this and other deportation cases that it could not be trusted.

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Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, a lawyer for Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, speaking outside U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., on Thursday.
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S.E.C. Accuses Prominent Georgia Republican of Running Ponzi Scheme

Par :Isabella Kwai
Edwin Brant Frost IV, a well-known Republican, is accused of defrauding 300 investors of $140 million, and using some funds for political donations. He said he took “full responsibility.”

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Edwin Brant Frost IV, in a promo video released by First Liberty Building and Loan.
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Texas Flood Survivors Recount Night of Terror at Waterfront Campgrounds

Par :Thomas Fuller and Emily Cochrane
The half-mile stretch occupied by two campgrounds appears to have been one of the deadliest spots along the Guadalupe River in Central Texas during last week’s flash floods.

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The site of the HTR campground after catastrophic flooding in Kerrville, Texas.
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Trump Visits Texas Flood Sites: ‘Hell of a Situation, Isn’t It?’

Par :Shawn McCreesh
Mr. Trump and Melania Trump met with victims’ families and viewed some of the aftermath of last weekend’s flooding.

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President Trump toured sites in the area of Kerrville, Texas, that were devastated by extreme flash flooding last weekend.
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Federal Agents Clash With Protesters During Immigration Raid at California Farm

Par :Livia Albeck-Ripka
Officers appeared to use crowd control munitions and tear gas against protesters. The F.B.I. said it was searching for a person who appeared to fire a pistol at officers.

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Federal agents raided a large Southern California marijuana farm on Thursday afternoon, making multiple arrests, officials said.
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Rubio and China’s Top Envoy Vie for Influence in Asia Over Trump’s Tariffs

Par :Edward Wong and David Pierson
Secretary of State Marco Rubio wants to bolster ties with Asia to counter Beijing’s power, but President Trump’s tariff threats have nations asking why they should align with Washington.

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Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Friday.
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Trump Threatens 35% Tariffs on Canada in the Middle of Trade Talks

Par :Ana Swanson and Ian Austen
The president revived his discredited claims about fentanyl entering the U.S. from Canada to justify his latest proposed rate of 35 percent.

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The border crossing to Canada from Point Roberts, Wash. Tariffs of 35 percent on Canadian goods, if applied widely, could cause serious harm to Canada’s export-dependent economy.
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In South Carolina, Newsom Tests the Presidential Waters (Without Saying So)

Par :Laurel Rosenhall
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California met with Democratic voters in an early primary state that has become pivotal in presidential races.

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In Laurens County, S.C., Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke to about 300 people at a church.
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In South Carolina, Newsom Tests the Presidential Waters (Without Saying So)

Par :Laurel Rosenhall
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California met with Democratic voters in an early primary state that has become pivotal in presidential races.

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In Laurens County, S.C., Gov. Gavin Newsom spoke to about 300 people at a church.
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The administration expands its crackdown on undocumented immigrants’ access to federal benefits.

Par :Madeleine Ngo

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Children play during aftercare for the Head Start program, an early education program for low-income children, in Miami, earlier this year. The Department of Health and Human Services said it would no longer allow unauthorized immigrants to enroll in Head Start.
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Trump Nominates Nick Adams, ‘Alpha Male’ Influencer, for Ambassador to Malaysia

Par :Chris Cameron
Nick Adams rose to prominence with a hypermasculine identity and crass jokes about Hooters. President Trump named him ambassador to a country of 35 million people.

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The incendiary online history of Nick Adams, who has been picked to represent the United States before a majority-Muslim nation, includes Islamophobic comments.
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State Department to Soon Begin Mass Layoffs

Par :Michael Crowley
Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s plan to downsize a “bloated” department had been on hold after a court ruling.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the changes would better align the department with core American values and root out pockets of “radical political ideology.”
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Justice Dept. Promised to Prosecute Abrego Garcia. Now It’s Not So Clear.

Par :Alan Feuer and Minho Kim
In the case of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, the administration appears primarily concerned with ensuring that a man it has described as a “dangerous illegal alien” never walks free on U.S. soil.

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Supporters of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia rallying outside the U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., during a hearing on his case on Thursday.
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Four Ex-Jail Officers Are Sentenced in Death of West Virginia Inmate

Par :Michael Levenson
The former officers, who brutally beat a 37-year-old man, received prison terms ranging from three years to more than two decades.

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The Southern Regional Jail in Beaver, W.Va., where Quantez Burks, 37, died in March 2022 after being brutally beaten by corrections officers.
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Secret Service Suspends Six Agents Over Trump Assassination Attempt

Par :Eileen Sullivan
The announcement comes near the anniversary of the shooting at Donald J. Trump’s campaign rally in Butler, Pa.

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Secret Service agents protecting Donald J. Trump after the shooting in Butler, Pa., in 2024.
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Angela Paxton Files for Divorce From Ken Paxton, Texas’ Attorney General

Par :J. David Goodman
The announcement could have a significant impact on the race for U.S. Senate in Texas. Mr. Paxton is challenging Senator John Cornyn in the Republican primary.

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State Senator Angela Paxton in her office at the Texas State Capitol in Austin.
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Wife of Ken Paxton Files for Divorce, Citing ‘Recent Discoveries’

Par :J. David Goodman
The announcement could have a significant impact on the race for U.S. Senate in Texas. Mr. Paxton is challenging Senator John Cornyn in the Republican primary.

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State Sen. Angela Paxton in her office at the Texas State Capitol in Austin.
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The F.B.I. Is Using Polygraphs to Test Officials’ Loyalty

Par :Adam Goldman
Some senior officials who have taken the test have been asked whether they said anything negative about the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel.

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The use of the polygraph, and the nature of the questioning, is part of the F.B.I.’s broader crackdown on news leaks, reflecting, to a degree, the director's acute awareness of how he is publicly portrayed.
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Targeting Brazil, Trump Tests Legal Limit of His Tariff Powers

Par :Tony Romm
The president signaled he would seek to use the threat of steep levies to reorient trade and protect his political allies.

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President Trump linked his threat of a 50 percent tariff on Brazil this week to that country’s treatment of its former president Jair Bolsonaro, above.
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Justice Jackson Says ‘the State of Our Democracy’ Keeps Her Up at Night

Par :Abbie VanSickle
At a bar association event in Indiana, the justice told those gathered that she is focused on drawing attention to what is happening to the government.

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, photographed last year, is the Supreme Court’s most junior member, but she wrote an unusually large number of concurring and dissenting opinions during the court’s most recent term.
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Schumer Says Trump Bill Boosts Democrats’ Hopes in 2026 Midterm Elections

Par :Annie Karni
The top Senate Democrat said the law would lead to widespread pain for voters, imperiling Republicans who supported it and allowing his party more openings to contest control of the Senate.

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Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York, on Capitol Hill this week. “The three issues we’re going to most campaign on: costs, jobs, and health care,” he said in an interview on Thursday.
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