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Suspect in Macklemore Robbery Also Stole From Sports Stars, Prosecutors Say

Par :Hannah Ziegler and Francesca Regalado
Patrick Maisonet’s targets in the Seattle area included the baseball Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki and the former football star Richard Sherman, officials said.

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The Seattle home of the rapper Macklemore was robbed in June.
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett Argues Her Own Case, and the Court’s, in New Book

Par :Jodi Kantor
In a new book, Justice Amy Coney Barrett asks for faith in the Supreme Court but reveals very little.

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“My office doesn’t entitle me to align the legal system with my moral or policy views,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett writes in her new book, “Listening to the Law.”
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Health Dept. Plans Vaccine Poll Run by Trump Ally’s Firm

Par :Chris Cameron
The no-bid contract was published amid Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort to move the nation’s health infrastructure away from some vaccines.

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The polling firm, HarrisX, is part of Stagwell, a marketing company led by Mark Penn, a vocal supporter of President Trump’s and an adviser on polling.
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Venezuelan Jets Fly Over U.S. Navy Ship in Show of Force

Par :Eric Schmitt
The flyover took place two days after the United States carried out a military strike on a boat in the Caribbean that U.S. officials said was carrying drugs.

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The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer Jason Dunham in the Red Sea.
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Venezuelan jets flew over a U.S. Navy ship in a show of force.

Par :Eric Schmitt
The flyover took place two days after the United States carried out a military strike on a boat in the Caribbean that U.S. officials said was carrying drugs.

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The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer Jason Dunham in the Red Sea.
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Biden Has Surgery to Remove Skin Cancer Lesions

Par :Reid J. Epstein and Gina Kolata
Three months earlier, former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had a diagnosis of an aggressive form of prostate cancer.

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Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. at the National Bar Association’s 100th Annual Awards Gala in July.
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Trump Is Exploring Ways to Take Over the Sept. 11 Memorial and Museum

Par :Tyler Pager and Graham Bowley
It was unclear exactly how the federal government would take control of the site in Lower Manhattan. As a candidate, Mr. Trump offered a preview of one potential option.

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Officials said the discussions have been preliminary and exploratory, and it was unclear exactly how the federal government would take control of the site in Lower Manhattan.
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Donna Adelson Convicted in Murder of Dan Markel, a Florida Law Professor

Par :Patricia Mazzei
A jury found Donna Adelson guilty of murder in the 2014 death of her former son-in-law, Dan Markel, a Florida law professor. She is the fifth person to be convicted in the high-profile case.

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Donna Adelson was convicted of first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and solicitation of murder on Thursday.
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At Harvard, Judge’s Ruling on Funding Gives Students One More Thing to Ponder

Par :Chris Hippensteel
Many students were cautiously hopeful after a judge said the Trump administration could not freeze research funding to the university. But they also had other things on their minds.

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The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.
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Trump Administration to End Security Programs Protecting European Allies From Russia

Par :Erica L. Green
Ending the longstanding program is expected to impact hundreds of millions of dollars that have gone toward countries that border Russia.

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President Trump during a NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, in June.
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Trump Officials Ask Military Lawyers to Serve as Immigration Judges

Par :John Ismay · Charlie Savage and Kirsten Grind
Emails sent out call for volunteers to take six-month assignments hearing asylum and deportation cases.

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The Trump administration is moving forward with a plan to use military lawyers as temporary immigration judges in the Justice Department’s immigration courts.
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New Congressional Map Clears First Hurdle in Missouri

Par :Ernesto Londoño
A legislative committee took a first step to redraw the state’s congressional map in a Republican effort to gain a new seat.

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Missouri Democrats listened as State Representative Dirk Deaton, a Republican, spoke during a committee hearing on redistricting on Thursday.
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Melania Trump Has a Warning for Humanity: ‘The Robots Are Here’

Par :Shawn McCreesh
The first lady has shown herself to be captivated by the wonders and dangers and opportunities of modern technologies.

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“The robots are here,” Melania Trump said at a White House event on Thursday. “Our future is no longer science fiction.”
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Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Move to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid

Par :Chris Cameron
The judge expressed deep skepticism of the administration’s arguments that it had the power to withhold funds appropriated by Congress.

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U.S.-funded food aid arriving in South Sudan in 2023. Last week, the White House told Congress that it intended to cancel $4.9 billion that lawmakers had appropriated for foreign aid programs.
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow Removal of FTC Commissioner

Par :Ann E. Marimow
A federal appeals court had reinstated the commissioner, Rebecca Kelly Slaughter, saying she was fired ‘without cause.’

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The Trump administration is trying again to remove Rebecca Kelly Slaughter from the Federal Trade Commission.
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Kavanaugh Acknowledges ‘Difficult Job’ of His Lower-Court Colleagues

Par :Mattathias Schwartz
Speaking at a judicial conference in Memphis, the justice expressed sympathy for the district-court judges whose rulings the Supreme Court has repeatedly paused.

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Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh called trial-court judges “the front lines of American justice” while addressing the annual Sixth Circuit Judicial Conference in Memphis on Thursday.
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College Board Cancels Tool for Finding Low-Income High Achievers

Par :Stephanie Saul and Dana Goldstein
After the Trump administration criticized the use of what it called “racial proxies,” the group behind the SAT shut down a way for universities to identify promising applicants from disadvantaged communities.

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Supporters of affirmative action protested near the Supreme Court in 2023.
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Former F.B.I. Spy Hunter Compromised China Inquiry, Watchdog Says

Par :Devlin Barrett
The Justice Department’s inspector general disclosed new details about the extent of misconduct by a top F.B.I. counterintelligence official, Charles McGonigal.

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Charles McGonigal pleaded guilty in 2023 to working secretly for a Russian oligarch and to other crimes, and is now serving a six-and-half-year prison sentence.
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Appeals Court Says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Can Stay Open

Par :Patricia Mazzei
An appeals panel paused a federal judge’s ruling that no additional detainees could be sent to the center, and that much of it had to be dismantled within 60 days.

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The immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz” in the Florida Everglades.
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Harvard Won Its Money Back, but Will It Actually Get It?

Par :Alan Blinder
A judge ruled that the Trump administration broke the law in canceling billions in federal funds for Harvard. Whether the money is returned matters for the rest of higher education.

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A court ruling this week was a victory for Harvard in its fight with the Trump administration, but the battle between the two sides is most likely not over.
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Time Is Running Out for Lebanon to Disarm Hezbollah, U.S. Officials Warn

Par :Michael Crowley
The United States, Israel and the Gulf Arab states are pressuring Lebanon’s government to act decisively against the group.

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Hezbollah supporters marching during Ashoura, a Shiite Muslim holiday, near Beirut in July.
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Members of Congress Grasp for a Stopgap Deal to Avert a Shutdown

Par :Catie Edmondson
Republicans and Democrats agree they will need a temporary measure to fund the government past Sept. 30, but have yet to come to terms on what it should look like.

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Top Republicans and Democrats in the Senate and House have conceded that a stopgap bill will be needed to keep government funds flowing while they try to reach a long-term compromise.
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Trump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers

Par :Charlie Savage
The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad.

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President Trump is claiming the extraordinary power to shift maritime counterdrug efforts from law enforcement rules to wartime rules.
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Justice Dept. Accuses California Utility of Starting Deadly Eaton Fire

Par :Jill Cowan
Federal prosecutors say the January blaze that swept through Altadena, as well as another fire in 2022, were sparked by faulty equipment.

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The Eaton fire killed 19 people when it swept through the community of Altadena near Los Angeles in January.
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Man Accused of Killing Israeli Embassy Staffers Pleads Not Guilty

Par :Zach Montague
At an arraignment on Thursday, Elias Rodriguez faced federal hate crime and other charges that could result in the death penalty.

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A vigil for Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky near the White House in May.
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Justice Dept. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into Lisa Cook, Elevating Trump’s Claims

Par :Glenn Thrush · Devlin Barrett and Tony Romm
The move was instigated by Ed Martin, a Trump loyalist who has said it is legitimate for officials to publicly air criminal investigations into people targeted by the president.

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President Trump has been trying to fire Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, over allegations that she falsified bank documents to obtain favorable terms on a mortgage.
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President of Northwestern, a School Attacked by the G.O.P., Will Resign

Par :Anemona Hartocollis · Michael S. Schmidt and Tyler Pager
The university’s president, Michael Schill, said he would step down following months of turbulence, including Trump administration cuts of $790 million from the university’s research funds.

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Michael Schill, president of Northwestern University, at a House Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington last year.
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Trump’s L.A. Military Deployment Cost $120 Million So Far, Newsom Says

Par :Shawn Hubler
The figure reflects the cost of the deployment since June 7, when President Trump ordered National Guard soldiers and Marines to Los Angeles to quell immigration protests.

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Soldiers from the Marines and the California National Guard manned a checkpoint outside a federal building in Los Angeles in June.
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D.C. Sues Trump Administration Over Deployment of National Guard

Par :Campbell Robertson and Michael Gold
The city is challenging the federal government’s authority to send troops into the city for what the president has called a “public safety emergency.”

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National Guard members patrolling the National Mall in Washington, D.C., last month.
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RFK Jr. Faces Senate Grilling After Vaccine Changes and C.D.C. Shake-Up

Par :Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Megan Mineiro
A three-hour hearing before the Senate Finance Committee revealed that the health secretary was on uncertain ground even with some Republicans who voted to confirm him.

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Health Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. at Thursday’s hearing, which descended into a free-for-all, in part over Mr. Kennedy’s approach to vaccination, the turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and especially his decision last week to fire Susan Monarez, the C.D.C. director.
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On Epstein Files, Women Lead the G.O.P. Resistance to Trump

Par :Annie Karni
The Republican rift over whether to demand greater transparency in the case has once again highlighted a gender divide in the male-dominated party.

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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia and a Trump ally, has backed a bill that would require the release of files on Jeffrey Epstein.
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Trump Administration Targets Financial Relief for Undocumented Students

Par :Madeleine Ngo
The Justice Department has challenged several states that offer in-state tuition to unauthorized immigrants, contending that the policies discriminate against U.S. citizens.

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Shortly after the Trump administration challenged Texas, a federal judge ruled that a state law offering undocumented students access to in-state tuition was “invalid.”
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Texas Senate Passes Bill to Crack Down on Mail-Order Abortion Pills

Par :Yan Zhuang
Gov. Greg Abbott is expected to sign the legislation, which allows nearly anyone to sue abortion medication providers and distributors.

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Lawmakers praying on Tuesday during a special session at the Texas Senate in Austin.
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow His Sweeping Tariffs

Par :Ann E. Marimow
A federal appeals court had invalidated a centerpiece of President Trump’s economic strategy, finding that a 1977 law did not authorize the tariffs.

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The Port of Baltimore in June.
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ICE Opens Immigrant Detention Center in Louisiana’s Angola Prison

Par :Rick Rojas
Critics are questioning the decision to hold immigrants at the maximum-security facility known as Angola, which has a troubled history.

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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem toured the prison on Wednesday.
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Seattle Police Conclude 13 Years of Federal Oversight

Par :Mike Baker
A federal judge ended the monitoring imposed after allegations of excessive force and racial bias. The city pointed to progress in improving officer accountability and training.

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Seattle Police Department officers blocked a street as crews dismantled a protest area in the city in 2020.
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The Odd Couple Keeping Epstein in the Headlines

Par :Jess Bidgood
A Kentucky Republican and a California Democrat have joined forces, but the task is getting taller.

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Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky, speaking, and Representative Ro Khanna of California, in the crowd behind him, appeared in front of the Capitol on Wednesday with women who spoke of having been abused by Jeffrey Epstein.
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G.O.P. Thwarts Epstein Disclosure Bill as Accusers Plead for Files

Par :Michael Gold
Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers went to the Capitol to ask Congress to get behind their calls for more disclosures, but momentum for a bill demanding it appeared to stall.

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Women who said they were victimized by Jeffrey Epstein recounted their experiences at a news conference with lawmakers outside the Capitol on Wednesday.
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Trump Grows Frustrated With Putin, as Russian President Bonds With China’s Leader

Par :Erica L. Green
President Trump’s extraordinary summit with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last month has yet to yield any concrete results on the war in Ukraine.

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President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with President of Poland Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office at the White House on Wednesday.
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Newsom and Republicans Scramble to Raise Cash in California Redistricting Fight

Par :Theodore Schleifer · Shane Goldmacher and Laurel Rosenhall
Total spending could top $200 million in a November contest that could help determine control of the House next year.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California is asking wealthy donors to back his redistricting ballot measure. His advisers have privately said they want to raise more than $100 million for his November campaign.
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Judge Rules Trump Administration Illegally Canceled Harvard Funding

Par :Alan Blinder
The ruling was a victory for the university in its battle with President Trump, but the judge’s decision may not be the final word.

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The campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.
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Senator’s Visit to Spy Agency Was Canceled After Laura Loomer Complained

Par :Julian E. Barnes · Robert Draper and Robert Jimison
Senator Mark Warner’s visit was classified and not intended to be publicized. It was to include a meeting with the head of the agency and a briefing on the agency’s use of artificial intelligence.

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Laura Loomer has questioned the loyalty of various intelligence officers, and helped oust the National Security Agency’s director, deputy director and general counsel.
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