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Florida Counts Its Election Ballots Fast. Why Can’t California Keep Up?

Par : Bayliss Wagner
Florida counted most of its primary ballots within hours on Tuesday night, well ahead of the days California took to report the results of its major election.

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Election workers sort vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office for the Florida primary election in Doral, Fla., on Tuesday.
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On the Radio, Trump Has a Reunion (of Sorts) With Michael Cohen

Par : Shawn McCreesh
President Trump’s former personal lawyer tried to revisit the past in a radio interview. But this was not exactly a stroll down memory lane.

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Michael Cohen in front of promotional material for his new radio show, which is meant to look like him in the Oval Office, during a news conference in New York last month.
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s ‘Road Trip’ Highlights America, and Some of Its Sponsors

Par : Karoun Demirjian
The transportation secretary’s six-part YouTube series is fueling ethical concerns over family adventures funded in large part by corporate sponsors regulated by his department.

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The reality road trip series tracks Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, his wife, their nine children and his son-in-law.
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Aisha Wahab Wins California Special Election to Replace Eric Swalwell

Par : Jennifer Medina
Aisha Wahab, a Democratic state senator in California, will fill out the term of Eric Swalwell, who resigned from the House amid accusations of sexual misconduct.

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State Senator Aisha Wahab addresses the news media at her election-night watch party in Hayward, Calif., on Tuesday.
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Nancy Kissinger, Wife of Former Secretary of State, Dies at 92

Par : Robert D. McFadden
A foreign policy specialist, she was politically savvy and well versed in global issues, and traveled widely with her husband, Henry A. Kissinger, on his diplomatic missions.

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Nancy Kissinger, then Nancy Maginnes, with her future husband, Henry A. Kissinger, in Jerusalem in 1970. She was a fierce defender of Mr. Kissinger, a polarizing figure with a hotly disputed reputation.
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Trump Officials Impose More Sanctions to Pressure Cuba

Par : Chris Cameron
Human rights experts have said that the U.S. attempts to squeeze Cuba’s economy, including an oil blockade, have caused a severe humanitarian crisis.

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Activity in Havana, once bustling, has dwindled as uncertainty grows about the city’s future. Cuba’s economy has suffered because of the U.S. blockade on oil shipments.
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Trump Officials Impose More Sanctions to Pressure Cuba

Par : Chris Cameron
Human rights experts have said that the U.S. attempts to squeeze Cuba’s economy, including an oil blockade, have caused a severe humanitarian crisis.

© Pablo Porciuncula/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Activity in Havana, once bustling, has dwindled as uncertainty grows about the city’s future. Cuba’s economy has suffered because of the U.S. blockade on oil shipments.
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Phoenix Police Investigate 2 Officers Accused of Violent Traffic Stop

Par : Michael Levenson
The department opened a criminal investigation after a couple said they were shocked with a stun gun and beaten during the Aug. 5 encounter.

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Police Headquarters in Phoenix.
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Duffels Full of Khat Seized at Baltimore Airport’s Baggage Claim

Par : Adeel Hassan
While Customs and Border Protection said it intercepted more than half a ton of the controlled substance, experts say far more of the East African plant makes it into the country.
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Targeted by an Islamophobic Provocateur, a City’s Muslims Are on Edge

Par : Richard Fausset
Jake Lang has descended four times on Dearborn, Mich., which is majority Arab American. His rhetoric and protests have stirred fear among residents.

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Jake Lang, the far-right agitator, outside a City Council meeting on Tuesday in Dearborn, Mich.
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Homeland Security Made a Big Claim About Noncitizen Voting. Now It Can’t Prove It.

Par : Nick Corasaniti
The Department of Homeland Security told Nevada election officials that it identified 185 “potential” noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls, not the nearly 16,000 it claimed last month.

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Nevada election officials have questioned the Trump administration’s claims that thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in the state. Above, a poll worker stands in a polling location in Las Vegas during the state’s primary in June.
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Darline Graham’s Debate Misstep Tests South Carolina’s Appetite for a Political Newcomer

Par : Emily Davies
The South Carolina senator has argued that her lack of political experience is a strength as she runs to succeed her late brother, Lindsey Graham. But a debate misstep has rattled some of her supporters.

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Senator Darline Graham is campaigning to hold on to the seat of her late brother, Lindsey Graham.
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Trump Boasts of Declassifying Secrets, but Withholds Key Election Files From Public

Par : Dustin Volz
Even as the White House claims to be focused on transparency, it has ignored a congressional requirement to disclose a report on foreign meddling in the 2024 election.

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A polling location in New York during the 2024 election.
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Trump Officials Move to Fund Gaza Peacekeepers Even as Peace Plan Falters

Par : Adam Sella
The State Department informed Congress of its intent to fund the stabilization force on the same day the president’s Board of Peace announced a plan to disarm Hamas.

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Palestinians inspecting the damage to a mosque after it was struck by Israeli airstrikes in July in Gaza City. Deadly clashes have continued on and off since an initial cease-fire was reached in October.
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Massachusetts Police Search for Karen Solomon in Connection to Husband’s Death

Par : Christina Morales
A Massachusetts woman who was known as an advocate for the mental health of emergency workers is being sought by the police after her husband, an officer, was found dead.
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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Leaves Middle East After Months at Sea in Operation Against Iran

Par : John Ismay
The aircraft carrier has been deployed for nine months, largely in support of U.S. operations against Iran, and is now heading home to San Diego.

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The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in San Diego in 2021. The carrier’s most recent deployment began on Nov. 21, and the thousands of sailors on board have spent almost the entirety of the time since at sea.
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In a Big Year for Progressives, Here’s Why These Moderates Won Their Primaries

Par : Bayliss Wagner
At times this year, the Democratic Party’s centrist wing has felt under siege from the left. But it has won several tough primaries recently.

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David Crowley, left, a Democratic candidate for governor of Wisconsin, and Representative Jared Moskowitz, who is running for re-election in Florida. Both prevailed in their primaries.
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A Few Expert Lawyers Dominate Supreme Court Arguments, a New Study Finds

Par : Adam Liptak
Chief Justice Roberts, once such a lawyer, has said he has mixed feelings about the trend.

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Chief Justice John Roberts argued 39 Supreme Court cases as a lawyer in the solicitor general’s office and in private practice.
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FBI Agents Search Eric Swalwell’s Home as Part of Federal Sexual Assault Inquiry

Par : Alan Feuer
Most sex crimes are prosecuted by state and local authorities. The federal agents appeared to be using civil rights statutes to scrutinize Mr. Swalwell’s conduct, a person familiar with the case said.

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Mr. Swalwell, who spent more than a decade in the House representing two districts in California, resigned from Congress in April.
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As Prince Harry and Meghan Depart California for the U.K., Their Neighbors Shrug

Par : Shawn Hubler and Livia Albeck-Ripka
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle self exiled to the ultrawealthy enclave of Montecito in 2020. “They wave. They drive. They close the gates,” a neighbor said.

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The duke and duchess of Sussex went among the people, but few knew them well.
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State Dept. Declares U.S. Citizen in China Wrongfully Detained

Par : Karoun Demirjian
U Min Zin, a scholar who studied Myanmar, is one of two U.S. citizens the department has designated as wrongfully detained in China.

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The detained U.S. citizen U Min Zin disappeared in China’s Yunnan province after traveling there to attend an academic conference at the invitation of the Chinese government, according to the State Department.
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Trump’s Order to Cut Military Exercises With South Korea Carries Risks, Experts Say

Par : Eric Schmitt and Helene Cooper
President Trump’s decision to curtail the military exercises came as allies question the U.S. commitment to longstanding alliances.

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American and South Korean troops participating in the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises last year.
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Under Trump, Protected Wild Horses Are Going to Slaughter

Par : Dave Philipps and Erin Schaff
A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.

Rescued wild horses at Skydog Ranch and Sanctuary outside Prineville, Ore.
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Missouri Judge Says Redrawn Congressional Map May Be Used in Midterms

Par : Madaleine Rubin
The decision, quickly appealed, was a win for Republicans. The party has been pushing for the new map in an effort to help maintain control in the U.S. House in November.

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Missouri was one of the first states to try to redraw its maps as part of President Trump’s national push to increase Republicans’ chances of keeping the U.S. House in the midterms.
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Trump Threatens Economic Pain for Countries That Help Iran

Par : Chris Cameron
The president did not specify what actions he would take, and he has on other occasions abandoned threats to dramatically escalate the war with Iran.

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President Trump in transit from Maryland last week.
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Trump Officials Scrap Effort to Recruit Pentagon Lawyers to Represent Migrant Children

Par : Madeleine Ngo
The reversal of the plan, which had not been publicly disclosed, comes amid mounting confusion about how the administration is protecting the rights of unaccompanied minors.

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Migrants entered the Paso Del Norte International Bridge for their Customs and Border Protection appointments in early 2025.
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Senate Health Panel Chairman Voices Strong Reservations About F.D.A. Nominee

Par : Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Senator Bill Cassidy said Dr. Heidi Overton’s role in President Trump’s executive order on vaccines last week was “almost disqualifying.”

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Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, is the chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. The committee must vote to advance nominees to the Senate for confirmation.
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Trump, Who Has Amassed Enormous Wealth in Crypto, Hosts Industry Leaders

Par : David Yaffe-Bellany and Sharon LaFraniere
President Trump called on Congress to pass a major cryptocurrency bill that would tilt regulation in the industry’s favor.

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President Trump at the White House with crypto executives on Wednesday. A onetime crypto skeptic, Mr. Trump embraced the technology on the campaign trail in 2024.
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Trump to Appear on Radio With Michael Cohen, His Onetime Nemesis

Par : Ben Protess
The call is the latest sign of a rapprochement between President Trump and his former fixer, who served as the star witness against his former boss in New York State Court.

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Michael D. Cohen during a news conference last month announcing his new radio show.
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Alabama Democrats Look for a Black Backlash Over Voting Rights

Par : Emily Cochrane
Democrats in Alabama and beyond are trying to harness Black anger over the Supreme Court’s weakening of the Voting Rights Act and the Republican redistricting that followed.

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Representative Shomari Figures, left, is joined onstage by Doug Jones, Democratic nominee for governor of Alabama, in Troy, Ala.
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More of Trump’s Chosen Candidates Lose Republican Primaries

Par : Jess Bidgood
A series of recent losses has eroded the president’s winning record, raising new questions about his hold over the party’s voters.

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On Tuesday night, several candidates President Trump had endorsed in Florida and Wyoming lost their Republican primary races.
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Video Shows Deck Collapsing as Officers Serve Warrant in Missouri

Par : Johnny Diaz
Footage from a body-worn camera showed the officers and U.S. marshals at the door of a residence in Huntsville, Mo., as a deck gave way beneath them last month.
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In Wyoming’s G.O.P. Primaries, an Emphatic Rebuke of the Hard Right

Par : David W. Chen
The Wyoming Freedom Caucus had ambitions for a total takeover of elected state government. But its candidates were rejected from the governor’s mansion to the Legislature.

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At least a dozen Freedom Caucus incumbents were ousted from the Wyoming Legislature.
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Driver Kills 2 Milligan University Cycling Team Members, Officials Say

Par : Michael Levenson
Milligan University said two members of its cycling team had been killed. The driver was charged with vehicular homicide by recklessness.

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A driver struck members of the Milligan University cycling team on Highway 19 in Carter County, Tenn., on Wednesday morning, officials said. Two of the cyclists were killed, the school said.
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Prosecutor Reduces Charges Against L.A.P.D. Whistle-Blower After Uproar

Par : Shawn Hubler and Tim Arango
A Los Angeles officer faced prison for secretly recording colleagues making offensive remarks. The county prosecutor is reducing those charges after critics said they would discourage whistle-blowers.

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Nathan Hochman, the district attorney, said that the original charges “sent the wrong message.”
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Chinese Comic Investigated After Singing a Riff of a Patriotic Song

Par : Yan Zhuang
Guo Degang, one of the country’s best-known comedians, was reported to the authorities, as the arts continue to be a focus for ideological crackdowns.

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Guo Degang performing cross talk in Beijing in 2011. The comedy genre, also known as xiangsheng, mixes scripted and improvised sketches.
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