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L.A.P.D. Stops Security Services for Kamala Harris

Par :Orlando Mayorquín and Matt Stevens
The department had assigned officers to protect the former vice president after her Secret Service detail was terminated. Some officers criticized the move, people familiar with the matter said.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaking at an event in April.
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Immigration Raid Exposes Tensions From Seoul to Washington to Rural Georgia

Par :Jim Lynn · Lydia DePillis · Rick Rojas · Farah Stockman and Sean Keenan
The raid at a Georgia plant being built with heavy investment from South Korea reveals strain as a rush to expand manufacturing in the United States clashes with an immigration crackdown.

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Vehicles move on the line at the Hyundai Motor Group plant in Ellabell, Ga. in March. Another part of that complex, still under construction, was raided on Thursday.
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Tensions Mount as Trump Administration Threatens Federal Crackdown in Chicago

Par :Hamed Aleaziz and Julie Bosman
In a social media post, President Trump said Chicago was “about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.” Illinois officials condemned the message.

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Metal barricades were placed around the federal courthouse on Thursday night in the heart of Chicago’s downtown.
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Man Who Vanished Is Identified 52 Years Later, Bringing ‘Rest’ to His Sisters

Par :Rylee Kirk
Eric Singer left his Ohio home on his bicycle, never to be seen again. With the help of advances in DNA research, he was finally found.

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Eric Singer was 22 when he was last seen alive in Cleveland in 1973.
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Justice Breyer Defends Judge Accused of Defying Supreme Court Order

Par :Adam Liptak
The justice’s comments reflected tensions within the judiciary, as trial judges struggle to interpret the Supreme Court’s often cryptic emergency orders.

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Former Justice Stephen Breyer in 2021.
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President of Peace, Department of War. A New Name Sends Mixed Signals.

Par :Erica L. Green
President Trump’s renaming of the Defense Department comes amid his campaign for a Nobel Peace Prize. On Saturday, he wrote on social media that Chicago was “about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR.”

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President Trump signed an executive order on Friday to change the name of the Defense Department to the Department of War. Without congressional approval, the new name will be only ceremonial.
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Lottery Winners Share Hard Lessons Ahead of $1.8 Billion Powerball Drawing

Par :Mark Walker
Past jackpot winners recall fortunes found, mistakes made and advice for those holding a lucky ticket.

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Some last lottery winners have turned over their fortune to a financial adviser to manage. Others have seen their money fritter away on expensive purchases.
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ICE Has Begun Immigration Crackdown in Massachusetts

Par :Hamed Aleaziz
The operation includes Boston, whose mayor has drawn the administration’s ire for speaking out against the growing scale of its immigration actions.

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A homeland security officer observed a news briefing by Mayor Michelle Wu in Boston last month, after Attorney General Pam Bondi demanded that Boston lift its sanctuary city policies.
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Grand Juries in D.C. Reject Wave of Charges Under Trump’s Crackdown

Par :Alan Feuer
The persistent rejections suggest that the grand jurors may have had enough of prosecutors seeking harsh charges in a highly politicized environment.

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Grand jurors have refused in at least seven recent cases to indict their fellow residents who became entangled in the president’s show of force.
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Settlement Talks Stall Between Harvard and the Trump Administration

Par :Michael C. Bender · Michael S. Schmidt and Alan Blinder
One major reason is said to be an emerging divide within the administration over whether the current framework is too favorable to Harvard.

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The Trump administration has opened more than a dozen federal investigations into Harvard over a variety of targets, from the university’s admissions policies to its patent paperwork.
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Many Cities Say Yes to Federal Police Help, but No to ‘Occupation’

Par :Shaila Dewan and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
Some mayors and police chiefs said they would welcome more traditional law enforcement cooperation with federal agents, but see the National Guard as a step too far.

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National Guard soldiers patrolling around the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
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George Mason’s President, Gregory Washington, Will Not Apologize to the Trump Administration

Par :Stephanie Saul
Gregory Washington, George Mason’s first Black president, runs a university that prizes diversity. That has made him a target of the Trump administration.

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The Trump administration demanded that Gregory Washington, president of George Mason University, personally apologize for supporting diversity programs. He said no.
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Trump Says U.S. Military Has ‘Never Fought to Win’ Since World War II

Par :Erica L. Green
As he signed an order recognizing the Defense Department as the “Department of War,” President Trump said that the country “could have won every war, but we really chose to be very politically correct.”

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“The Department of War sends a signal,” President Trump said on Friday. The change, he added, was a “much more appropriate name, especially in light of where the world is right now.”
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Will Trump Have to Run From the Economy?

Par :Jess Bidgood
It’s the issue voters cared most about in 2024, and there are signs of trouble.

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A Gallup poll found that President Trump’s approval rating on the economy fell to 37 percent in August, compared with 42 percent in February.
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Off-Duty Pilot Who Tried to Shut Off Engines Expresses Regret in Court

Par :Michael Levenson
The former Alaska Airlines pilot had consumed psychedelic mushrooms two days before the flight. Judges approved plea agreements in his case on Friday.

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Joseph D. Emerson, an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot, was sitting in an extra seat in the cockpit during a flight on Oct. 22, 2023, when he tried to cut fuel to the engines, the authorities said.
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Trump Didn’t Notify Congress About a High-Stakes SEALs Mission. That Could Be an Issue.

Par :Charlie Savage
The Trump administration failed to tell lawmakers about a 2019 SEAL Team 6 incursion into North Korean territory that went awry.

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President Trump with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, in 2019.
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How Trump’s Blunt-Force Diplomacy Is Pushing His Rivals Together

Par :Luke Broadwater and David E. Sanger
Some of President Trump’s pressure tactics appear to have backfired, sending would-be allies into the embrace of China.

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“Looks like we’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China,” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday morning, as he posted a photo of the three nations’ leaders meeting in China.
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New Summer Camp Safety Laws Follow Texas’ Tragic Floods

Par :Ruth Graham
The families of “Heaven’s 27,” the children and counselors lost at Camp Mystic, pressed the Legislature to toughen flood rules over the objections of some Hill Country camp operators.

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Gov. Greg Abbott discussing the new law, which includes a requirement for youth camps to move existing cabins away from dangerous floodplains.
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Trump Will Host G20 Summit in 2026 at His Doral Resort

Par :Erica L. Green and Chris Cameron
President Trump faced withering bipartisan criticism in his first term for a similar idea that would have mixed foreign diplomacy with his personal business interests.

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Trump National Doral in Doral, Fla.
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As Powerball Nears Record, Ticket Buyers Dream of New Houses and Winning in Secret

Par :Hannah Ziegler · Davaughnia Wilson and Sopan Deb
The Powerball jackpot hit $1.8 billion ahead of Saturday’s drawing, making it the second-largest and inspiring many to play.

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If no one matches all six numbers of the Powerball drawing on Saturday, the jackpot could become the largest in history.
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What to Know About a Rapid U.S. Military Buildup in the Caribbean

Par :Eric Schmitt
The United States has deployed eight warships, several surveillance planes and one attack submarine to the region as tensions with Venezuela grow.

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The Navy warship U.S.S. Sampson docked at the Amador International Cruise Terminal in Panama City last month.
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A Second Weak Jobs Report Challenges Trump’s Claim the Economy Is Booming

Par :Tony Romm and Ben Casselman
After a bad employment report in August, President Trump fired the official in charge of the numbers. This month’s data was just as disappointing.

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The economy added only 22,000 jobs in August. President Trump’s high tariffs and mass deportations appear to have created noticeable pressure on employers.
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Leaders of African Separatist Movement Indicted in Minnesota

Par :Ernesto Londoño
Insurgents seeking to form a new nation for English speakers in Cameroon were led by men living in Minnesota, federal prosecutors said on Friday.

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Joseph H. Thompson, the acting U.S. attorney in Minnesota, at a news conference late last month. “Minnesota is not a launchpad for overseas violence,” he said in a statement on Friday about the indictment.
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U.S. Is Increasingly Exposed to Chinese Election Threats, Lawmakers Say

Par :Julian E. Barnes
Two Democrats on the House China committee noted the use of A.I. by Chinese companies as a weapon in information warfare.

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Democrats on the House China committee said the office of Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, was “stripping away the guardrails that protect our nation from foreign influence.”
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Chicago Braces for Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Par :Julie Bosman · Jazmine Ulloa and Hamed Aleaziz
Protesters held demonstrations and city leaders spoke against the prospect of a surge of federal agents.

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Police encountered demonstrators trying to block government vehicles from leaving an ICE facility in Broadview, Ill., outside Chicago, on Friday.
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What We Know About Trump’s Crime and Immigration Crackdown Across the U.S.

Par :Jesus Jiménez and Julie Bosman
The president has sent soldiers and federal agents to some cities, and promised to do the same in others, prompting lawsuits and stirring outrage among local leaders.

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Members of the California National Guard were deployed during immigration protests in downtown Los Angeles in June.
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Abrego Garcia Now Facing Shifting Threats of Deportation

Par :Hamed Aleaziz and Alan Feuer
A court had ruled that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia could not be sent back to his homeland, but now the administration sees a loophole. On Friday, Mr. Abrego Garcia’s lawyers were told that he would be sent to the small African nation of Eswatini.

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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore last month.
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BART System in Bay Area Resumes Train Service After Morning Commute Meltdown

Par :Heather Knight and Coral Murphy Marcos
Bay Area Rapid Transit suffered a systemwide outage for the second time in four months because of a computer problem. Service was fully restored just before noon local time.

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The hourslong outage occurred because of a problem with a computer network upgrade that the BART is undergoing.
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The Return of the ‘War Department’ Is a Message From Trump

Par :David E. Sanger
President Trump and his defense secretary say they want to return to the era when America won wars. They largely ignore the greatest accomplishment of the past 80 years: avoiding superpower conflict.

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“Everybody likes that we had an unbelievable history of victory when it was Department of War,” President Trump said.
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The Return of the ‘War Department’ Is More Than Nostalgia. It’s a Message.

Par :David E. Sanger
President Trump and his defense secretary say they want to return to the era when America won wars. They largely ignore the greatest accomplishment of the past 80 years: avoiding superpower conflict.

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“Everybody likes that we had an unbelievable history of victory when it was Department of War,” President Trump said.
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South Koreans Are Swept Up in Immigration Raid at Hyundai Plant in Georgia

Par :John Yoon · Jenny Gross · Aimee Ortiz and Ashley Ahn
They were among nearly 500 workers apprehended at a construction site for a South Korean battery maker, officials said. The episode prompted diplomatic concern in Seoul.

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A Homeland Security official said 475 people, most of whom are South Korean citizens, were arrested at a construction site in Ellabell, Ga., on Friday.
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‘Something Is Wrong With My Brain’: A Police Officer’s Descent

Par :Sonia A. Rao
Brent Simpson is the first police officer known to have C.T.E. He showed signs of the disease in the last few years of his life.

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Gina Elliott and Brent Simpson had been together almost 20 years.
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How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart

Par :Dave Philipps and Matthew Cole
The 2019 operation, greenlit by President Trump, sought a strategic edge. It left unarmed North Koreans dead.

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President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, had an erratic relationship. They met on Sentosa Island in Singapore in 2018.
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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 in June.
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Trump to Sign Order Renaming the Defense Department as the Department of War

Par :Erica L. Green
The president is turning back the clock to the name the agency held until shortly after World War II.

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The Pentagon, headquarters of the Defense Department.
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