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Trump on LeBron James: ‘Maybe He’s a Racist’

Par :Zolan Kanno-Youngs
President Trump has lashed out over the years at NBA star LeBron James, who has been critical of the president in the past.

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LeBron James in an NBA playoff game against the Oklahoma City Thunder in May.
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In Rush to Track Down Air Force One Leaks, DOJ Reversed Its Own Process

Par :Devlin Barrett · Jonah E. Bromwich · Glenn Thrush and William K. Rashbaum
A judge’s remarks on subpoenas to reporters cast attention on two administration officials under consideration for powerful cabinet posts, Todd Blanche and Jay Clayton.

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Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, at his confirmation hearing to be director of national intelligence earlier this month.
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Bags in Van of Houston ICE Shooting Victim Did Not Contain Drugs, Officials Say

Par :Madaleine Rubin
The Harris County district attorney’s office said that white powder the federal government had said could be methamphetamine tested negative for narcotics.

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Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was killed by an ICE agent in Houston during a traffic stop in early July.
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Trump’s Threatened New Front in Iran War Could Strain U.S. Forces

Par :John Ismay and Eric Schmitt
President Trump has said he would expand the war if the Iran-backed Houthi militants launched additional attacks.

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Houthi security forces in Sanaa, Yemen, earlier this month.
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How a Summer of War With Iran Could Shape the Fall Elections

Par :Jess Bidgood
President Trump and Republicans can’t seem to escape the political fallout of the conflict.

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President Trump has swung between attempts to minimize the war and threats to ramp it up further.
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F.D.A. Panel’s Vote on Peptides Raises Concerns About a Prescribing Boom

Par :Christina Jewett and Dana G. Smith
The committee endorsed broader use of the peptides in lightly regulated compounding pharmacies that have grown into a multibillion-dollar business.

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Some F.D.A. scientists pointed out that the peptides under review had not been proven to be safe or effective, and could present risks to patients.
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Trump Administration Signs Contract for Long-Term National Guard Housing in D.C.

Par :Chris Cameron
The move was the latest sign that President Trump intends to keep armed Guard members deployed in the capital through the end of his term.

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National Guard soldiers near the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. in June. The Trump administration has signed a $292 million contract to provide up to 2,000 housing units for National Guard troops in the Washington D.C area.
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Trump Switched to Old Air Force One at NATO Summit After Credible Iranian Threat

Par :Tyler Pager · Julian E. Barnes and Maggie Haberman
The threat led the Secret Service to urge President Trump to fly out of Turkey on a different plane, raising questions about the security of the Qatari-donated jet.

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President Trump walking off the older Air Force One at Mildenhall Air Force Base in Britain on July 8. He swapped to the newer jet, donated by Qatar, for the flight back to Washington.
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Gretchen Whitmer Endorses Haley Stevens in Michigan Senate Race

Par :Tim Balk
Ms. Whitmer, a popular second-term governor, is wading into one of the most contentious Democratic primaries of this year’s midterms.

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer at the Michigan Democratic Legacy Dinner honoring her in April.
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Opposing Defense Bill, Democrats Shift Their Tactics

Par :Carl Hulse
Crossing what was once seen as a political red line, Democrats voted against the usually bipartisan measure, registering dissent about the war in Iran.

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Senator Angus King, a Maine independent, this month opposed the annual Pentagon policy measure for the first time.
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What We Know About the Police Shooting in Madison

Par :Jacey Fortin · Pooja Salhotra and Robert Chiarito
A Black man was shot and killed by the police on Wednesday, not far from the Wisconsin Capitol. An investigation is underway.

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A memorial at the site where a man was shot and killed by a police officer in Madison, Wis.
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Cornell, Northwestern and Other Universities Plan for Classes at Middle East Campuses

Par :Alan Blinder
Even after the collapse of the cease-fire between the United States and Iran, American universities expect to teach in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, and a new outpost is on track to open in Saudi Arabia.

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The University of New Haven is still planning to inaugurate its new campus in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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Iran’s New Leader Is More Open to Pursuing a Nuclear Weapon, U.S. Intelligence Says

Par :Julian E. Barnes
The previous supreme leader, who was killed early in the war, had renounced nuclear weapons. U.S. spy agencies believe his son is more interested in building a bomb.

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A billboard in Tehran of Iran’s three supreme leaders, including Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei at right. A determination that he is potentially open to pursuing a bomb would provide additional justification for an escalation of the Trump administration’s military campaign.
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Trump Meets With Top Advisers as He Weighs a Major Escalation in Iran

Par :Maggie Haberman · Jonathan Swan · Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt
President Trump has insisted the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran would be a relatively short “excursion,” although it has lasted nearly five months, with no end in sight.

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A Marine sentry posted outside the doors of the West Wing on Friday afternoon.
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Democrats Vote to Put South Carolina First in 2028 Primary

Par :Shane Goldmacher and Aishvarya Kavi
Along with Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Michigan and Virginia, the state will help decide the party’s next presidential nominee.

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South Carolina moved to the front of the Democratic presidential nominating calendar for the 2024 election under the Biden administration.
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Trump Tariff Fight Stalls Russia Sanctions Bill Championed by Lindsey Graham

Par :Robert Jimison
A bipartisan bill championed by the late Senator Lindsey Graham has become mired in a dispute over expanding President Trump’s tariff power.

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President Trump has pushed aggressively to go around Congress and move unilaterally to shield the U.S. economy from foreign competition with tariffs.
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Teen Charged in Georgia School Shooting Changes Plea to Guilty

Par :Sean Keenan and Rick Rojas
Colt Gray, 16, had been scheduled to go on trial in October. His change of plea took place at a hearing that pivoted immediately to sentencing.

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Students, friends and family brought flowers and balloons, and gathered at the flagpole in front of Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga. in 2024.
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With Hopes High for New H.I.V. Prevention Pill, Merck Takes Steps to Ensure Access

Par :Stephanie Nolen
Companies in Africa and India will make generic versions of the pill that could cost as little as $5 per person per year. But access to the drug and other new products in much of Latin America remains uncertain.

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Health workers speaking with students about H.I.V. prevention drugs at the University of Zambia in Lusaka in March.
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How a Grieving Trump Decided to Back Lindsey Graham’s Sister for Senate

Par :Emily Davies
The president initially backed a little-known congressman. Then he talked to Gov. Henry McMaster and Ms. Graham herself.

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Mr. Trump’s support for Darline Graham, the sister of the late senator Lindsey Graham but a political unknown, is a gamble as Republicans and Democrats battle for control of the House and Senate.
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How a Grieving Trump Decided to Back Lindsey Graham’s Sister for Senate

Par :Emily Davies
The president initially backed a little-known congressman. Then he talked to Gov. Henry McMaster and Ms. Graham herself.

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Mr. Trump’s support for Darline Graham, the sister of the late senator Lindsey Graham but a political unknown, is a gamble as Republicans and Democrats battle for control of the House and Senate.
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Nolan Wells’ Death Rattles Black Parents About All-White Spaces

Par :Clyde McGrady
The death of Nolan Wells after he boated with friends to an island party on July 4 has sparked anguish among Black parents about the safety of their children in predominantly white spaces.

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From left to right, Elmore Wonsley, Christine Wells-Wonsley and their lawyer, Ben Crump, at a news conference where Mr. Crump announced the results of an independent autopsy on Nolan Wells during the N.A.A.C.P. Convention in Chicago on Wednesday.
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Democrats Prepare for Possible Election Clashes With Federal Government

Par :Nick Corasaniti
Top officials overseeing state elections and law enforcement are stepping up plans to prepare for what they worry could be interference in the midterms.

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Democratic attorneys general and secretaries of state, who oversee law enforcement and elections in their states, are aiming to work more diligently together on elections.
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After the Cesar Chavez Scandal, Can Johnny Itliong Restore His Father’s Activist Legacy?

Par :Jill Cowan and Mark Abramson for The New York Times
Johnny Itliong says Cesar Chavez stole credit from his father, the farmworker activist Larry Itliong. For years, he has been trying to correct the record.

“I have been fighting to get the story of my father out for decades and have been waiting for the U.F.W. to step up and honor Larry as they do Cesar,” said Johnny Itliong, at a mural commemorating his father.
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ICE Contractor Faces Charges in Shooting Outside Colorado Detention Center

Par :Mack Liederman and John S.W. MacDonald
The man, Brandon Booth, was also fired by the operator of the center, GEO Group, after a woman who was protesting outside was shot in the foot.

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Protesters last month outside the ICE processing center in Aurora, Colo.
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Jackie, Bald Eagle and Webcam Star, Is Recovering After an Attack in California

Par :Alexandra E. Petri
Jackie found an online audience through a webcam pointed at her nest in California. She was rescued last week after a fight with other eagles, officials said.
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A Fallen Soldier’s Angst, Love and Longing to Return Home From the Iran War

Par :Jacey Fortin
Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton was killed in recent days, one of 18 U.S. soldiers who have lost their lives since the beginning of the war in Iran.
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Los Angeles Homeless Population Grows Again, After 2 Years of Decline

Par :Jill Cowan and Shawn Hubler
Los Angeles had an increase in homeless residents between early 2025 and early 2026. The rise could hurt Mayor Karen Bass, as she runs for re-election.

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Mayor Karen Bass had previously promoted declines in homelessness during her first two full years in office.
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Kagan Says Supreme Court Has Stood Up to Trump in Key Cases

Par :Abbie VanSickle
At an annual meeting of judges and lawyers, the liberal justice defended her conservative colleagues from criticism that they have rubber-stamped President Trump’s agenda.

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Justice Elena Kagan testified alongside Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Capitol Hill earlier this month to request more money for security for the justices.
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Democratic Voters Keep Defying the Party Establishment

Par :Katie Glueck
The House Democratic campaign arm has stepped up its interventions in high-profile contested primaries. But this week, it suffered its third primary defeat in two months.

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Dr. Amish Shah, a moderate Democratic candidate for the House in Arizona, won a primary this week against a different moderate Democrat who was heavily backed by the House Democratic campaign arm.
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Number of U.S. Troop Deaths in Iran War Appears Lower on Pentagon Website

Par :Helene Cooper · Lara Jakes and John Ismay
Three military officials and a Pentagon spokesman gave conflicting explanations for why the number of Americans killed in the Iran war had changed.

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The remains of U.S. Army First Lt. Tyler James Feehan, who was killed in Jordan, in a dignified transfer this week.
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A Lakers Jacket, Bought for $3 at Goodwill, Fetches Nearly $90,000 at Auction

Par :John S.W. MacDonald
Quinn Brown, a 19-year-old thrifter from Portland, Ore., bought a warm-up jacket worn by Wilt Chamberlain for $3.07. Six months later, Sotheby’s auctioned it off for $89,600.

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Trump and Thune Clash Over SAVE America Act

Par :Michael Gold
A White House spokeswoman said President Trump’s patience was running thin. The top Senate Republican said she should try finding the votes.

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Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the majority leader, at the Capitol on Thursday.
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Tugboat Captain Pleads Guilty in Crash That Killed 3 From Miami Sailing Camp

Par :Mark Walker
Prosecutors said the captain’s view was blocked as the barge he was pushing struck a sailboat carrying young campers and a counselor on Biscayne Bay.

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A tugboat crashed into a stalled sailboat in Biscayne Bay near Miami Beach, Fla., last year, killing three girls who were 7, 10 and 13.
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Clint Reilly, Political Consultant Known for Feuding, Dies at 79

Par :Trip Gabriel
As savvy as he could be volatile, he advised Nancy Pelosi and Dianne Feinstein, ran for mayor of San Francisco and bought The San Francisco Examiner.

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Clint Reilly at his San Francisco home in 1999, the year he ran unsuccessfully for mayor. He spent $3.5 million of his own money and finished fourth.
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ICE Detention Center in North Carolina to Be Among Largest on East Coast

Par :Eduardo Medina and Hamed Aleaziz
The new complex near the Virginia border signals that even as ICE has retreated from its plan to buy warehouses, the agency remains determined to increase its detention capacity.

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Internal documents obtained by The New York Times show that ICE plans to open a detention center at the old Rivers Correctional Institution in Winton, N.C., by the end of December.
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The Tate Brothers Are Losing Right-Wing Allies After Their Arrest

Par :Megan Twohey · Isabella Kwai · Matei Barbulescu and Alan Feuer
After Andrew and Tristan Tate, prominent leaders of the so-called manosphere, were arrested in Miami, many of their onetime allies on the American right pulled back support.

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Andrew Tate, right, and Tristan Tate in Bucharest, Romania, in 2025.
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Trump Administration Drops Subpoena Demanding List of Jews From Penn

Par :Alan Blinder and Rebecca Davis O’Brien
The move was a rare pullback for the administration, which has used inquiries as leverage. Few schools resisted as Penn did after it was pressed for antisemitism complaints and a list of campus groups involved with Judaism.

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The University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia.
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Secret Service Agent in JD Vance’s Detail Under Investigation

Par :Karoun Demirjian
The Secret Service said that a member of Vice President JD Vance’s team was accused of “compromising operational and information security.”

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Secret Service agents assisting Vice President JD Vance in Switzerland last month. A member of Mr. Vance’s security detail has been placed under investigation, according to the Secret Service.
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Israel Welcomes Trump’s Demand for Diplomatic Ties With Saudi Arabia

Par :David M. Halbfinger
Israeli officials embraced the possibility of normalized ties, but analysts said the U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal nonetheless remained bad for Israel.

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Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., last year.
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House Rebukes Trump on Iran in War Powers Vote as Senate Blocks Debate

Par :Robert Jimison
For the second time, a few House Republicans joined Democrats to back a measure calling on the president to seek authorization for the war.

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Representative Tom Barrett of Michigan was one of four Republicans joining Democrats in backing a measure calling on President Trump to seek authorization for the war in Iran.
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As Part of Nuclear Deal, Trump Demands Saudi Arabia Join the Abraham Accords

Par :David E. Sanger and Karoun Demirjian
The president’s new condition could create a roadblock to the agreement his administration announced this week.

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President Trump with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, at the White House last year.
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State Opens Homicide Investigation Into Police Killing of Madison Man

Par :Pooja Salhotra and Robert Chiarito
The city’s police chief, acknowledging community tensions, pledged full cooperation with state investigators. At a vigil for the man, Corey Ruiz, a witness described the moments before the shooting.

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Protesters marched in Madison, Wis., on Wednesday, in response to a Madison police officer shooting and killing a man.
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How Trump Is Getting Richer as President

Par :Andrea Fuller · Nour Idriss · June Kim · Joey Sendaydiego · Daniel Wood · Whitney Shefte and Paul Abowd
Since he came back to office, President Trump has made huge amounts of money from cryptocurrency and foreign investments, posing the question of whether he is using his power as president to enrich himself. Andrea Fuller, a Times data journalist, explains.
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Vance Boelter Ordered to Spend Life in Prison for Shooting Minnesota Lawmakers

Par :Ernesto Londoño
Vance Boelter, the Minnesota man who attacked state lawmakers in their homes last year, had pleaded guilty after prosecutors opted not to seek the death penalty.

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State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, were remembered at the Minnesota State Capitol last year.
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Amish Shah Wins Democratic Primary in Swing Arizona House District

Par :Tim Balk
Dr. Amish Shah, who beat the choice of the party’s House campaign arm, will face Jay Feely, a Republican, in a battleground district that covers parts of Phoenix.

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Dr. Amish Shah has preached about the value of door-knocking.
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