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Trump’s Summer of Fun Ends With IndyCar Race on Streets of D.C.

It was the final, major event planned for the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations. The president took a lap.

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The Freedom 250 Grand Prix took place on Sunday on a 1.7-mile track made up of streets around the National Mall.
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Trump’s Economic Approach Draws Concern From Some Republicans

A plan to lower tariffs on imported beef and trade tensions with Canada have compounded some G.O.P. worries about a central issue in the midterms.

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President Trump arriving aboard Air Force One at Kennedy International Airport on Aug. 14.
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Trump’s Summer of Fun Ends With an IndyCar Race on the Streets of D.C.

It was the final, major event planned for the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations. The president took a lap.

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The Freedom 250 Grand Prix took place on Sunday on a 1.7-mile track made up of streets around the National Mall.
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French Tourist Dies in Death Valley During 116-Degree Heat

The 68-year-old tourist and his companion were driving through Death Valley National Park on a remote road last week when their car got stuck in mud, officials said.

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A French tourist and a companion who were traveling through Death Valley National Park became stranded after their car got stuck on a remote road.
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Fire Near Reno, Nev., Prompts Evacuations of Homes and Hospitals

The Hawk fire has burned over 15,000 acres and is encroaching on the northern part of the city. About 42,000 people are under formal evacuation orders and thousands more have been urged to flee.

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Smoke rising from the Hawk fire in Reno, Nev., on Saturday.
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Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly

President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together.

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The Midterms Feel Like 2006 All Over Again

With an unpopular war and high prices agitating voters, members of both parties see parallels to an election cycle when Democrats romped. But a lot has changed.

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In 2006, Democrats gained 31 House seats and installed Nancy Pelosi, who is now retiring, as the first woman speaker.
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America’s Desert Metropolis Is on the Short List to Lose Water

Decades ago, Arizona won funding for a massive Colorado River project by agreeing to be first in line for cuts at a time of deep drought. The Trump administration says that time has come.
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Angry Ohio Voters Could Turn Their State Purple Again

A governor’s race, a Senate contest and enough congressional contests to swing control of the House are all in play in Ohio, where voters of all stripes express a deep sense of powerlessness.

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In Millersport, Ohio, a village outside Columbus, a school cafeteria was packed for a hearing on Monday about a proposed power plant that would provide energy to a $2.1 billion data center project being built in the farmland nearby.
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Many Nashville Bus Stops Lack Places to Sit. These Locals Took a Stand.

Frustrated with the government’s slow effort to improve Nashville’s public transit infrastructure, a group of residents has taken bus stop seating into their own hands.

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The Whitmore family stands for a picture with their winning bench in downtown Nashville, Tenn.
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Two Phoenix Police Officers Fired and Arrested After Violent Traffic Stop

The officers are accused of beating a couple and shocking them with a stun gun during an unreported traffic stop this month.

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The Phoenix police department said that two of its officers had been fired and arrested, after they approached a couple in a police S.U.V. and allegedly attacked them.
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Violent Extremist Who Targeted Young People Online Is Sentenced to 77 Years

Kyle William Spitze was part of an online extremist movement that coerces young people to do self-harm, officials said. Two of his victims died by suicide.

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A federal judge in Tennessee this week sentenced a man to 77 years in prison for having child pornography as a member of groups that officials say glorified mass murder and urged young people to commit self-harm.
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‘It’s Been Terrible’: Thousands in Indiana Remain Without Power

Gov. Mike Braun called on the local utility to “match the urgency” of Gary area residents who have had to endure an outage approaching its second week.

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As the sun set, the streets remained without power in neighborhoods across Gary, Ind., on Saturday.
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Judge Denies New Trial for Karmelo Anthony in Texas Teen’s Killing

Mr. Anthony, 19, was convicted of murder in the fatal stabbing of Austin Metcalf at a high school track meet last year. His lawyers are appealing the case.

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Law enforcement officials stood outside the Collin County courthouse after a verdict was reached in the murder trial against Karmelo Anthony in McKinney, Texas, in June.
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Nancy Kassebaum, First Woman to Chair a Major Senate Panel, Dies at 94

A moderate Republican from Kansas, she served three terms before tiring of political strife. “I couldn’t get elected today,” she said in 2013.

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Senator Nancy Kassebaum in 1995, outside her office on Capitol Hill. During the first of her three terms, she was the only woman in the Senate.
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These 5 People Spent Decades Behind Bars. Here Are Their Stories.

Francis Clifford Smith, who died at 101, was among the longest-incarcerated people in the U.S. Here are some others who lived much of their lives in prison.

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Heirens in 1946, the year he confessed to killing two women and a 6-year-old girl.
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For Some in a Disrupted D.C., Grand Prix Is More Irritation Than Celebration

Race preparations have snarled traffic, rerouted flights and forced the National Gallery of Art to conduct vibration tests.

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Police Chief in Mississippi Regularly Used Racist Slurs, Private Text Messages Reveal

Text exchanges obtained by reporters show troubling messages sent by the chief of a Mississippi police department facing an uproar over the fatal shooting of a 1-year-old boy in June.

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A memorial for Kohen Wiley at the Walmart in Senatobia, Miss., in June.
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How a Progressive Democrat in Florida Gave Her Party New Hope — and New Fears

Angie Nixon, a state lawmaker from Jacksonville, shocked Democrats in red Florida by soundly defeating her centrist primary opponent. Now comes the hard part.

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Representative Angie Nixon, a progressive maverick, jolted Florida politics with her upset win in the Democratic Senate primary this week.
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Harry and Meghan See Their California Dreams, and Riches, Fade Away

Like so many others before them, Prince Harry and Meghan arrived in Hollywood with big plans. They are leaving with their star power fading.

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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are returning to Britain after spending six years in California chasing their Hollywood dreams.
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In Ohio, Haitians Feel Shaken by Ankle Monitors and Increased ICE Presence

The devices, which will make it easier for authorities to locate immigrants in Springfield if large-scale deportations begin, have intensified a sense of dread.

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Jonas Julien arrives at the Haitian Support Center in Springfield, Ohio, after reporting to ICE and getting fitted with an ankle monitor on Wednesday.
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Why Polling Chaos Could Create Big Problems for American Politics

Bad polls. Misleading betting odds. Surveys meant to shape narratives. Ahead of the midterms and 2028, there is suddenly serious confusion about candidate strength and voter sentiment.

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Polls fueled a widespread belief that Representative Haley Stevens, a moderate Democrat, was a major underdog in Michigan’s primary for Senate to Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive. She ended up losing by just a percentage point.
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How the Billionaire Joe Lonsdale Shaped Trump’s Homelessness Policy

As Republicans have embraced tough measures to clear the streets, no group has led the way more than the Cicero Institute, founded by the venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale.

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Joe Lonsdale, founder of the Cicero Institute, is an ally of President Trump’s whose group has commandeered Republican policy on homelessness.
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Why the Lindsay Clancy Case Is Dividing Americans

She is being tried on murder charges for killing her three young children. The tragedy has resurrected debates over whether such women are criminals or victims.

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Lindsay Clancy in court during her murder trial on Wednesday in Plymouth, Mass.
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With Midterms Approaching, Trump Implores Republicans: Pretend I’m on the Ballot!

President Trump was in South Carolina to stump for Darline Graham, sister of Lindsey. But his own political future was on his mind, too.

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President Trump appeared at a rally with Senator Darline Graham ahead of the South Carolina Senate runoff.
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Postal Service Publishes Finalized Plan to Restrict Mail Ballots

The plan, which complies with President Trump’s executive order to curtail mail voting, will only go into effect if the Supreme Court rules in the order’s favor.

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A worker sorting ballots in 2025.
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Judge Strikes Down Trump’s 75-Country Visa Ban

The ruling from the Southern District of New York found that the policy went beyond Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s legal authority.

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Travelers arriving from international flights outside the U.S. Customs and Border Protection exit at Kennedy International Airport in New York last year.
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Alfalfa Sprouts Linked to Illnesses in 15 States, F.D.A. Says

Officials are investigating after multiple strains of E. coli and a type of salmonella sickened dozens of people across the United States. Two people were infected with both salmonella and E. coli.

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Public health officials have tied a number of salmonella and E. coli cases to alfalfa sprouts produced by a company in Minnesota.
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Trump Accounts Get an Unlikely Endorser: Gavin Newsom

Mr. Newsom, the governor of California, normally has harsh words for President Trump. But he called the new children’s savings accounts “one of the best things” the president has done.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California gave an unusual endorsement for an endeavor led by President Trump — investment funds for American children born during Mr. Trump’s presidency.
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Drawing on His Rust Belt Roots, Vance Campaigns for Republicans

Vice President JD Vance traveled to his hometown, Middletown, Ohio, and spoke at a steel factory where his grandfather once worked.

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Vice President JD Vance spoke at a factory in Middletown, Ohio, on Friday.
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Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication

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The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence.

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Service members reading Stars and Stripes in Cu Chi, South Vietnam, in September 1969. The publication has a long history of independent reporting on the U.S. military.
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Defense Rests Case in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial

The two sides focused Friday on whether Ms. Clancy was experiencing psychosis when she strangled her three young children in 2023. Closing arguments could begin on Monday.

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Lindsay Clancy in the courtroom on Thursday.
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Court Slashes Award Alex Jones Was Ordered to Pay Sandy Hook Parents

An appeals court reduced the award to the parents of one victim to $6 million from $49 million, citing a Texas damages cap. The conspiracy theorist owes over $1 billion in other cases.

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For years, Alex Jones spread conspiracy theories that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax perpetrated by the government and the victims’ families.
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America Ends a Summer of Lightning-Fast Primaries and Political Speed Dating

Plot twists in several states have led to rapid-fire races that have felt more reminiscent of European-style snap campaigns than traditional American marathons.

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Senator Darline Graham and Representative Ralph Norman of South Carolina
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Massachusetts’ Top Court Bars Statues of Catholic Saints at City Building

The ruling quashes a plan by the mayor of Quincy that had drawn opposition from many religious figures, as well as from residents of the racially diverse city.

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The mayor of Quincy had commissioned statues of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Florian in 2023 as the finishing touch for the city’s new public safety complex.
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U.S. Agreed to Pay Liberia $5 Million in Connection with Deportees, Documents Say

The Trump administration approved the payment after Liberia said it would consider taking migrants from other countries.

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A plane carrying deportees from the United States at Roberts International Airport in Liberia on Thursday.
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Desperation Mounts as Thousands in Indiana Endure 10 Days Without Power

Floods from powerful thunderstorms devastated Gary, where a third of residents live below the poverty line and full restoration isn’t expected until next week.

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Dinky Austin called the utility company for updates while she cooled off with ice outside of her home in Gary this week.
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Small Plane Crashes in Western Alaska, Killing Eight

The Cessna aircraft was carrying two pilots, two U.S. Army engineers and four contractors to Cape Newenham from Anchorage when it crashed near a U.S. military site, investigators said.

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A Cessna 441 had taken off from Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport and was headed to Cape Newenham, in Western Alaska, when it crashed around 11:45 a.m. Thursday, officials said.
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Chief Justice Allows Trump to Continue White House Ballroom Construction, for Now

The 90,000-square-foot ballroom project has grown in size and scope, with the president’s lawyers saying it is intertwined with the renovation of an underground military bunker.

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The construction site for the new White House ballroom in March.
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Prison Firm Donated to Trump’s PAC After ICE Gave It $165 Million a Year in Contracts

The GEO Group has profited from the administration’s mass deportation campaign. A subsidiary donated more than $1.4 million to the president’s super PAC last month.

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The GEO Group signed a five-year contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to operate a detention facility in Winton, N.C.
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Guide Company That Ran Fatal Ski Trip Faces Safety Fine in California

The state levied a $151,300 fine on Blackbird Mountain Guides, which took backcountry skiers into the Sierra Nevada in threatening conditions. Nine died in an avalanche.

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A vigil in Truckee, Calif., for the victims of the Sierra Nevada avalanche.
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Gazebos From Uzbekistan: The Latest Foreign Gifts in Trump’s Washington

The structures will go up in West Potomac Park, the site of President Trump’s planned National Garden of American Heroes.

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Workers moving materials for Uzbek gazebos at West Potomac Park on Tuesday. President Trump’s expansive plans for the area also include reflecting pools, dining facilities and an amphitheater.
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Trump Threatens Defamation Suit Over National Guard Report, Aiming to Intimidate a Critic

It was the latest example of President Trump’s bid to use the legal system against those who voice unflattering facts and opinions generally protected by the First Amendment.

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A report by the Center for American Progress determined that there was “no evidence” that President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard to cities across the country had affected the crime rate.
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Push for Online Gun Sales Meets a Surprising Opponent: Small Gun Dealers

The Trump administration wants average Americans to be able to buy guns online and have them shipped to their doors. Small gun stores warn it could upend the industry and risk public safety.

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Colin Overbey, the manager for Dunn’s Attic in Ormond Beach, Fla., is one of hundreds of people lobbying the A.T.F. to halt proposals that could alter the gun industry.
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U.S. Citizen Who Deleted Phone’s Data Says His Prosecution Puts Privacy at Risk

Samuel Tunick, who faces a felony charge for deleting his phone’s data during an airport customs search, called the government’s peering into people’s private lives “creepy.”

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Samuel Tunick faces a felony charge for deleting his phone’s data during an airport customs search last year.
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