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Judge Temporarily Blocks U.S. Efforts to Deport Guatemalan Children

Par :Miriam Jordan and Ali Watkins
The ruling came hours after some shelters were directed to prepare children to be sent back to Guatemala. A hearing was scheduled for Sunday afternoon.

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A U.S. Air Force plane that was used to deport migrants in Guatemala City in January.
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What Motivated the Minneapolis Church Shooter? We May Never Know.

Par :Ernesto Londoño
Investigators combing through piles of evidence from an attack on a Minneapolis church cautioned that these kinds of shooters often leave more questions than answers.

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Ben Rasmussen embraced his daughter, Jemma, at a vigil honoring the victims of the shooting at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis.
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Redistricting Push Creates Chaos for Incumbents in Both Parties

Par :Annie Karni
Republicans and Democrats in Congress are wary of the potential consequences of President Trump’s drive to redraw districts.

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The California State Capitol in Sacramento. The state’s Democrats are retaliating against Texas’ redistricting with their own plan.
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Trump Crime Strategy May Work for Now, but Not for Long, Experts Say

Par :Tim Arango
The president is looking to add troops to city streets while cutting funds for programs that work, experts and local officials say. But one idea, beautifying neighborhoods, has buy-in.

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Metropolitan Police and federal agents responded to a stolen vehicle this month in Washington, D.C.
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In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit

Par :Erica L. Green
President Trump has cut hundreds of thousands of jobs from the federal work force, disproportionately affecting Black employees.

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Dr. Peggy Carr, the chief statistician at the Education Department, was dismissed after a 36-year career as part of the Trump administration’s plan to drastically reduce the size of the federal work force.
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Trump Says He Will Sign Executive Order Mandating Voter I.D.

Par :Yan Zhuang
He also wants to restrict mail-in voting and allow only paper ballots. The Constitution doesn’t give the president explicit authority over election law.

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President Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he would sign an executive order mandating voter ID.
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Suspect in Montana Bar Shooting Faces 4 Murder Charges

Par :Orlando Mayorquín
The man is accused of fatally shooting four people in a bar in Anaconda, Mont. He had led the police on an eight-day manhunt that rattled the community.

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The shooting at the Owl Bar in Anaconda, Mont., had rattled the community.
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‘A Future Filled With Hope’: Minneapolis Community Unites to Process the Tragedy

Par :Jeff Ernst and Soumya Karlamangla
In the first Mass since an assailant attacked Annunciation Catholic Church, parishioners gathered to grieve and support one another.

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Flowers and signs are placed near Annunciation Catholic Church after Wednesday’s school shooting.
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Before Minnesota Shooting, a Program Aimed at Preventing Attacks Lost Federal Funding

Par :Chris Hippensteel and Orlando Mayorquín
The cut by the Trump administration does not appear to have affected the handling of the church shooting this week, but state leaders say it weakens efforts to identify future threats.

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At Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis.
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An Online Group Claims It’s Behind Campus Swatting Wave

Par :The New York Times
Members of the group offered on Telegram to draw armed officers to schools, malls and airports, though their claims are unverified. Such false emergency calls have disrupted campus life in recent days.

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An online group has said that it was behind a number of recent swatting episodes that have drawn law enforcement officers to American college campuses, including Villanova University on Aug. 21.
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From Cracker Barrel to Sydney Sweeney, Trump Has an Opinion to Share

Par :Katie Rogers
In his second term, President Trump is using his power to reshape American culture, not just American policy. He has threatened consequences for many who disagree.

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Mr. Trump at the Kennedy Center earlier this month.
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Marin Lately, a New Satire Publication, Skewers Marin County

Par :Heather Knight
In February, the publication Marin Lately began satirizing the wealthy, idyllic swath of the Bay Area. The author has been a mystery, until now.

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In Marin County, residents can surf, mountain bike and paddle board all in the same weekend.
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In Secret Diaries, the Church Shooter’s Plans for Mass Murder

Par :Julie Bosman · Aric Toler and Jeff Ernst
Robin W. Westman described how she had obtained guns and how she had visited the church on a test run this summer during a Sunday Mass.

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A shooter killed two children and injured 18 others on Wednesday at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis.
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A Father Took His Daughters to School. Then Came the Gunshots.

Par :Gilad Thaler · Daniel Vergara · Alex Pena · Meg Felling and Shawn Paik
Anders Holine was among the first parents to arrive at the scene of a mass shooting at a Minneapolis church on Wednesday. He spoke to The New York Times about what he witnessed as he went searching for his two daughters.

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20 Years After Katrina, New Orleans Is Still Home for Those Who Left

Par :Rick Rojas
For many displaced by Hurricane Katrina, distance did not diminish their bond with the city they left behind, even as they built new lives.

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Alex Webber left New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, only to have her business in Marshall, N.C., flood last year during Hurricane Helene.
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Targeting Iran’s Leaders, Israel Found a Weak Link: Their Bodyguards

Par :Farnaz Fassihi · Ronen Bergman and Mark Mazzetti
Israel was able to track the movements of key Iranian figures and assassinate them during the 12-day war this spring by following the cellphones carried by members of their security forces.

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A banner in Tehran showing pictures of Iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists killed by Israeli strikes. Israel used its technological and intelligence capabilities to track and target key figures in Iran during the 12-day war in June.
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Duke Cunningham, 83, Congressman Convicted in Corruption Scandal, Dies

Par :Trip Gabriel
A war hero turned politician, he was first elected to the House in 1990 but stepped down in 2005 after pleading guilty to tax evasion and conspiracy to commit bribery.

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Representative Duke Cunningham, Republican of California, in 2005, the year he pleaded guilty in a bribery scandal and left Congress after 15 years in office.
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The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled

Par :Mujib Mashal · Tyler Pager and Anupreeta Das
President Trump’s repeated claims about having “solved” the India-Pakistan war infuriated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. And that was only the beginning.

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Trump Officials Move to Fire Most Voice of America Journalists

Par :Minho Kim
The layoffs set up a potential battle with a federal judge who blocked previous efforts by Kari Lake, a fierce Trump ally, to restructure the agency.

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A Voice of America studio in Washington.
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Judge Blocks Pillar of Trump’s Mass Deportation Campaign

Par :Zach Montague
Judge Jia M. Cobb rejected what she called “a truly startling argument” from the government that it could use a fast-track procedure to remove people arrested far from the southern border.

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The Trump administration has sought to expand the process known as expedited removal, which typically avoids court proceedings.
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U.S. Is Working With Guatemala to Return Hundreds of Children

Par :Jody García · Miriam Jordan and Jazmine Ulloa
The children, who crossed the border as unaccompanied minors, are being kept in shelters. Experts said the move raised troubling legal questions.

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Unaccompanied minors waiting to be transported to a U.S. Border Patrol processing facility after crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S. in 2021.
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Trump Administration Weighs Having Military Lawyers Work as Immigration Judges

Par :Charlie Savage · John Ismay · Helene Cooper · Eric Schmitt and Greg Jaffe
No final decision has been made, but the proposal comes as President Trump increasingly uses the military in various aspects of domestic life.

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The proposal would send military lawyers to work at the Justice Department in an effort to reduce the capacity of the immigration system to process a backlog.
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How the Trump-Kennedy Alliance Is Pushing the Boundaries of Public Health

Par :Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Maggie Haberman
The mutually beneficial relationship between President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is based on a striking alignment of some of their views.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. listened to President Trump’s remarks during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
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For Democrats, Hindsight Is 2021

Par :Reid J. Epstein
Democrats once had a chance to blunt a couple of the moves President Trump is making now, on redistricting and the takeover of the police force in Washington, D.C.

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The U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. Back in the spring of 2021, when Democrats controlled the House and Senate, there were two measures that would have helped to protect against some of President Trump’s current moves.
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Appeals Court Upholds Protections for Venezuelans, but to Little Effect

Par :Zach Montague
The decision affirmed a lower court’s ruling from March, but was overshadowed by a Supreme Court order that allowed the Trump administration to pursue deportations anyway.

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A Temporary Protected Status application clinic in New York in 2023.
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Missouri Unveils Redistricting Plan, Aiming to Add a Republican Seat

Par :Julie Bosman
Following Texas, Gov. Mike Kehoe called a special legislative session to redraw his state’s Congressional district lines to boost Republicans.

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The Missouri State Capitol in Jefferson City.
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Strangers Come Together to Deliver Baby Girl at Burning Man Festival

Par :Alexandra E. Petri
A woman unexpectedly went into labor at the desert festival. Within minutes, a neonatal nurse, an OB-GYN, a pediatric doctor and other attendees filled her camper.

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A monsoon disrupted the opening weekend for Burning Man, pictured in 2024. A couple in attendance this year were in for another surprise.
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Police Arrest Man Suspected of Robbing Macklemore’s House in Seattle

Par :Michael Levenson
Two masked men crept into the rapper’s house in June, attacked a nanny with bear spray and stole jewelry, including a Seattle Sounders soccer championship ring, the police said.

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Macklemore performing in Lisbon last year. He was not home when two men broke into his Seattle home in June and stole jewelry and other valuables after attacking a nanny, the authorities said.
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Challenge Emerges to Trump-Appointed Prosecutor in Los Angeles

Par :Danny Hakim
The federal public defender's office challenged the legality of allowing the U.S. attorneys in Los Angeles and Las Vegas to continue in their jobs without congressional approval.

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A federal public defender’s office in California filed a legal challenge seeking to overturn the appointment of Bill Essayli, the acting U.S. attorney in Los Angeles.
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What to Know About Secret Service Protection for Former Vice Presidents

Par :Ashley Ahn
The Secret Service usually protects a former vice president for six months after they leave office.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris’s Secret Service protection would have ended in July, but President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had signed an order extending it for another year.
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Trump Administration Bars Palestinian Officials From U.N. Meeting in New York

Par :Edward Wong and Adam Rasgon
The United States generally allows foreign officials to attend the United Nations General Assembly. The administration’s move comes amid a new push for Palestinian statehood.

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The move by Secretary of State Marco Rubio could be aimed at weakening discussion of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations meeting.
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Conservatives Use Minneapolis Shooting in Anti-Transgender Campaigns

Par :Amy Harmon
Activists are pointing to the attacker’s gender identity to falsely portray all transgender people as prone to mental illness and violence.

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The attacker’s gender identity has become a focal point for politics.
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Grand Juries in D.C. Reject Prosecutors’ Efforts to Level Harsh Charges Against Residents

Par :Alan Feuer
The extraordinary pushback in at least three separate cases comes as President Trump has flooded the streets with National Guard troops and federal agents.

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Crime has fallen in Washington since federal agents started policing Washington’s streets in large numbers, but the surge has chafed against some residents who have found the presence of troops and agents to be a cause of fear, not of security.
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Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Controversial Redistricting Bill, Redrawing Congressional Map

Par :J. David Goodman
After a bruising redistricting fight, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a new congressional map into law. But the Republican-led Legislature, newly emboldened, has not stopped there.

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The state’s new congressional map was one of many contentious issues on the agenda for the Texas Legislature’s special session.
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Alabama Man Once Barred From Office Is Elected Mayor

Par :Victor Mather
Patrick Braxton won the first mayoral election in a half century in the small town of Newbern, five years after its leaders put up roadblocks to his assuming office.

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Patrick Braxton defeated his opponent in a second run for mayor of Newbern, Alabama.
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Defying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid

Par :Catie Edmondson
The White House notified Congress that it plans to use a legally untested maneuver to circumvent lawmakers and claw back more money for foreign aid programs.

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The administration is attempting to unilaterally claw back money that has already been appropriated by running out the clock for Congress to reject its request before the funding expires.
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International Student Enrollments Stay Steady at Columbia and Princeton

Par :Troy Closson and Stephanie Saul
But Black student enrollment is lower at the two universities after years of turmoil in elite higher education.

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At Columbia, the number of international students largely held steady this year compared to last year.
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Emil Bove Continued to Work at Justice Dept. After Judicial Confirmation

Par :Devlin Barrett
The code of conduct for federal judges does not appear to apply to Mr. Bove, who has yet to be sworn in. But his continued presence at the department has raised eyebrows.

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Emil Bove III was narrowly confirmed last month to serve on a powerful appeals court judgeship.
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Trump Cancels Kamala Harris’s Secret Service Protection

Par :Tyler Pager
The Secret Service usually protects a former vice president for six months after they leave office, but President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had extended Ms. Harris’s protection beyond that.

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Kamala Harris, then the vice president, on her way to a campaign rally in Wisconsin in October 2024.
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How the Future of the Fed Came to Rest on Lisa Cook

Par :Colby Smith and Ben Casselman
President Trump’s effort to oust the Federal Reserve governor has kicked off a landmark legal battle, one that will have far-reaching consequences for the institution’s independence.

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Lisa Cook, who was appointed to the Fed’s board of governors in 2022, during a July conference at the Federal Reserve in Washington.
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2 Weeks, 1,000 Arrests: How a Surge of Feds Changed D.C. Policing

Par :Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs · Jeff Adelson · Campbell Robertson and Bernard Mokam
Crime has fallen since federal agents started policing the streets of Washington in large numbers. Court records show that they have been involved in about a third of arrests that resulted in prosecution, many of them for minor offenses.

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Many of the arrests in Washington, D.C., involving federal agents have been for low-level offenses. A man was taken into custody in the Columbia Heights neighborhood Aug. 22 on a charge of smoking marijuana in public.
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20 Years After Katrina, New Orleans Is ‘at a Tipping Point’

Par :Eduardo Medina
The city has taken pride in its ability to endure. But many residents, fed up with dysfunction and soaring costs, want it to strive for more.

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Charity Hospital, which permanently closed after Hurricane Katrina, sits in the Central Business District of New Orleans.
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Gregory Bovino Is Leading the California Immigration Crackdown

Par :Hamed Aleaziz and Jesus Jiménez
Gregory Bovino has orchestrated thousands of arrests, using confrontational tactics that have made him a MAGA star. His critics say he’s crossing legal and political lines.

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Earlier this summer, Gregory Bovino, 55, was named the tactical commander in charge of immigration enforcement operations in the Los Angeles area.
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Washington Governor Criticizes Border Patrol Arrests at Wildfire Site

Par :Francesca Regalado
Gov. Bob Ferguson demanded an explanation for the arrests of two contract workers at the site of a wildfire. Border Patrol said they were in the country illegally.
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