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For Trump, a Firing Squad on Livestream Becomes the Latest Spectacle

Par : Peter Baker
The idea seemed to surprise even some inside the Trump administration.

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A memorial in Killeen, Texas, for soldiers killed at Fort Hood in 2009.
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Blogger on Trial: Is a Lewd Image of Shrek Free Speech or Harassment?

Par : Madison Malone Kircher
An Ohio municipal court heard a misdemeanor case that considered the limits of political discourse in the age of the internet.

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D.J. Byrnes, known as The Rooster, prowls the Ohio Statehouse for his guerrilla journalism.
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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Could Face Challenge in Federal Courts

Par : Abbie VanSickle and John Ismay
Legal experts say the former Army officer convicted in a 2009 mass shooting could face a narrow, rushed path to appeal a public execution by firing squad.

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Nidal Malik Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood Army Base in 2009. It is unclear he will ask the courts to block the administration’s plans to execute him.
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Trump Casts Himself as Columbus’s Protector in Pitch to Italian Americans

Par : Jonathan Swan
President Trump sought to inject the Genoese explorer into the current political conversation.

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President Trump posing in front of a poster of a Christopher Columbus statue at the White House on Friday.
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Senate Fact Finders Decry Costs of Immigrant Detention at Guantánamo

Par : Carol Rosenberg
The setup has cost more than $100 million, the study said. A recent inspection found nearly 450 government employees and zero detainees.

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The U.S. military and contractors put up this tent compound in early 2025 at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to house immigration detainees designated for deportation from the United States. They were taken down last year, never used.
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Trump Says He Will Import Russian Diesel Fuel Amid High Prices

Par : Chris Cameron · Ivan Penn and Valerie Hopkins
President Trump said Russia had agreed to ship potentially millions of tons of diesel fuel in the coming months. But the amounts would be small relative to global demand.

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Diesel prices at a gas station in the Bronx last month.
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Donor Says Kimberly Guilfoyle Sought Money From Him to Cover Debt

Par : Sharon LaFraniere
Correspondence suggests that Ms. Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece and former fiancée of Donald Trump Jr., asked a G.O.P. donor to pay off her credit card.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle and the president’s sons Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump were previously paid by the donor, Eric Deters, to speak at pro-Trump events he held in Kentucky.
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Vance Says He Would Not Watch Livestreamed Execution of Fort Hood Shooter

Par : Chris Cameron
The vice president also cast doubt on whether the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the 2009 Fort Hood gunman, would go forward as Pentagon officials have planned.

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“If it’s through livestream, I’m not going to be watching it,” Vice President JD Vance said of the execution during a visit to Kentucky and Ohio on Friday.
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Some G.O.P. Lawmakers Pan Hegseth’s Plan to Stream Execution of Fort Hood Shooter

Par : Robert Jimison
Some G.O.P. members of Congress said that broadcasting the execution of the Fort Hood shooter was inappropriate, though others gleefully applauded it.

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The execution would be the military’s first since 1961.
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Katie Zacharia Picked as Trump’s New White House Press Secretary

Par : Hamed Aleaziz · Tyler Pager and Karoun Demirjian
Ms. Zacharia is a conservative commentator who is also an adviser to the company that runs President Trump’s social media site, Truth Social. She succeeds Karoline Leavitt.

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Katie Zacharia at a film premiere in Tennessee in December.
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James Talarico Returns to Senate Campaign Trail in Texas After 10-Day Absence

Par : Sasha von Oldershausen and J. David Goodman
Mr. Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Texas, showed up at a music festival, saying he had been at home with “a nasty case of the flu.”

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James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, had not appeared in public before Friday since Sept. 29.
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Kansas Senate Race Is a Surprising New Midterm Fight

Par : Jess Bidgood
Republicans are suddenly racing to defend a seat in Kansas, where Democrats are trying to win a Senate race for the first time in nearly a century.

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Adam Hamilton, a Democrat and a megachurch pastor, is running for Senate in Kansas against Senator Roger Marshall, a Republican.
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Ocasio-Cortez to Campaign for El-Sayed on Bus Tour in Michigan

Par : Shane Goldmacher
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York endorsed Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, ahead of the primary. She also appeared with him at a fund-raiser in New York this week.

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, left, and Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Michigan, campaigned together in Detroit earlier this year.
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Top Democratic Group Pumps Millions Into Kansas Senate Race

Par : Bayliss Wagner
The $5 million investment from the main super PAC for Senate Democrats is a sign that party leaders see a path to winning in another red state as the political environment worsens for Republicans.
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Trump Administration Hits International Criminal Court With Severe Sanctions

Par : Edward Wong and Jeanna Smialek
U.S. officials announced the new, sweeping punishments just hours after the Nobel Peace Prize committee gave its annual honor to a former court judge.

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The move is an intensification in the Trump administration’s push to undermine the International Criminal Court.
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Retiring Senator Dick Durbin Laments the Decline of Legislating

Par : Carl Hulse
Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat, learned how to take his fights to the floor and prevail — except in one crucial case.

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Senator Richard J. Durbin is one of the prominent members of Congress winding down long careers at the end of the year.
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F.B.I. Arrests Key Suspect in ShinyHunters Hack of Its Own Agents’ Data

Par : Devlin Barrett and Dustin Volz
The hack left the nation’s premier law enforcement agency racing to respond as both the victim and the investigator of a murky group that threatened to expose agents’ personal information.

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The hack last month scooped up home addresses, Social Security numbers, sensitive job assignments and more, according to a New York Times analysis of some of the records.
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Fiery Senate Debates in Maine, Michigan and Georgia: Five Takeaways

Par : Lisa Lerer · Reid J. Epstein and Patricia Mazzei
Candidates in three of the races that could determine control of the Senate engaged in bitter and personal attacks.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and former Representative Mike Rogers debated in Michigan on Thursday night.
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Why This Election Could Be More Complicated for Democrats Than Polls Suggest

Par : Reid J. Epstein
The last two midterms where Democrats surged against an unpopular Republican president were in 2006 and 2018. They had notably different outcomes.

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President Trump at a rally in Nebraska on Monday. The Republican Party is defending seats even in states that Mr. Trump won by double digits in 2024.
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Paxton Said in Deposition That Donor Gave Him Stocks to Please God

Par : Lauren McGaughy
The leaked deposition from a fraud inquiry in 2014 provides insight into the Senate candidate’s investments and his tactics for defending himself.

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Ken Paxton, candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks during the 2026 Republican Party of Texas State Convention in Houston.
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How Trump’s Revenge Campaign Descended Into Turmoil

Par : Alan Feuer and Glenn Thrush
The president’s allies have sought to prove a “grand conspiracy” through a sprawling Justice Department inquiry. It has buckled under staffing shake-ups, internal disputes and trouble finding evidence.

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President Trump’s demands for revenge have divided the Justice Department, diverted resources from other investigations and mingled politics with federal law enforcement.
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The Controversial Class That M.I.T. Is Paying a Professor Not to Teach

Par : Mark Arsenault
Michel DeGraff, a vocal pro-Palestinian activist, can’t be easily fired because he has tenure. But he has been kicked out of his department.

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Michel DeGraff, a tenured professor at M.I.T., was pushed out of the university’s linguistics section.
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Fiery Senate Debates in Maine, Michigan and Georgia: Five Takeaways

Par : Lisa Lerer · Reid J. Epstein and Patricia Mazzei
Candidates in three of the races that could determine control of the Senate engaged in bitter and personal attacks.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and former Representative Mike Rogers debated in Michigan on Thursday night.
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5 Key Moments From Hostile Michigan Senate Debate Between El-Sayed and Rogers

Par : Bayliss Wagner and Kellen Browning
Slashing personal attacks dominated the first televised face-off between Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate, and former Representative Mike Rogers, his Republican rival.

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Arlington County Sues to Block Trump’s Triumphal Arch

Par : Chris Cameron
The county is home to Arlington National Cemetery, the military gravesite that is central to the legal battle over the planned arch.

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A model of a proposed 250-foot triumphal arch, to be built near Arlington National Cemetery, was on display at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in June.
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Key Moments From the Georgia Senate Debate Beween Ossoff and Collins

Par : Emily Davies and Patricia Mazzei
Senator Jon Ossoff, a Democrat, called his Republican opponent, Representative Mike Collins, a bigot. Mr. Collins called the incumbent a radical “trust-fund kid.”
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Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says

Par : Chris Cameron
If carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history.

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Members of the military pay their respects on base at Fort Hood in Killeen, Texas, the morning after the mass shooting in 2009.
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Here are 5 things to know about Mike Rogers.

Par : John Yoon
The former congressman is vying to be the first Republican from Michigan to win a Senate seat in three decades.

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Mike Rogers, the Republican candidate for Senate in Michigan, at the second day of a Republican convention in Dallas last month.
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Army Actions Contributed to Reagan Airport Collision, Internal Report Says

Par : Karoun Demirjian
It is unclear what changes could result from the Army report, which is unlikely to satisfy critics of the military’s response to the D.C. crash.

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Army investigators found that the helicopter’s location-broadcasting technology had malfunctioned.
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21 Birds Are Found at Miami Airport Stuffed in Underwear and Hidden in a Belt

Par : Rebecca Chao
Two men, who arrived separately from Cuba days apart, each carried clutches of live birds concealed in their clothes, the authorities said.

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A man who was detained at Miami International Airport on Sunday appeared nervous and had an “unexplained bulge” around his pelvis, according to a criminal complaint.
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Trump Says U.S. Will Not Strike Iran Again Before Midterms as Military Draws Up New Plans

Par : Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt
The U.S. military has drafted options for three days of strikes, but in recent months the president has repeatedly vetoed plans to restart the war.

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President Trump said on social media on Thursday that he would not attack Iran before the midterm elections, and that the United States and Iran were “having productive discussions.”
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How to Watch the Midterm Senate Race Debates in Georgia, Michigan and Maine

Par : John Yoon
Each debate will be held in a TV studio without a live audience.

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Voting in Ferndale, Mich., during the state’s primary election. The candidates for Senate in Michigan, Maine and Georgia will each face off Thursday in televised debates.
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Trump Administration Considers Using Ships to Deport Immigrants

Par : Hamed Aleaziz
Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that discussions are still preliminary.

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The Training Ship Golden Bear, which was used to educate cadets at Cal Poly Maritime Academy for 30 years, is one of the ships being considered under the hypothetical plan.
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Supreme Court, for Now, Sides With Trump Administration in TV Ad Fight

Par : Abbie VanSickle
The court paused a lower-court ruling while it considered the latest move in a monthslong fight over who is entitled to low rates for political ads.

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Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, in Washington last year.
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Security Guard Fatally Shoots Armed Man at Nashville Federal Courthouse

Par : Johnny Diaz
A 42-year-old man tried unsuccessfully to fire a gun, then wielded a knife before he was shot inside the Fred D. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building, the police said.

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The police closed roads outside the Fred D. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and Federal Building after a shooting on Thursday.
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Trump Administration Suspends Microsoft From Green Card Program, Alleging Visa Fraud

Par : Erica L. Green
Vice President JD Vance singled out the tech firm as he and other officials accused an array of companies and universities of abusing the visa system.

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“Our message to Microsoft is: You’re a great American company, but you’ve got to hire great American workers,” Vice President JD Vance said in Washington on Thursday.
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Examining Footage From the Night of Epstein's Death

Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death was ruled a suicide, but seven years later, skepticism remains widespread. In this New York Times special report, the host Natalie Kitroeff sits down with the reporters Jan Ransom, Steve Eder, Michael Rothfeld and Charles Homans to examine jail surveillance footage from the night of Mr. Epstein’s death.
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Was Jeffrey Epstein Really Suicidal?

Seven years after Jeffrey Epstein’s death was ruled a suicide, many people remain skeptical. In this New York Times Special Report, Natalie Kitroeff sits down with the reporters Jan Ransom, Steve Eder, Michael Rothfeld, and Charles Homans to examine the evidence regarding whether Epstein was suicidal.
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What Really Happened to Jeffrey Epstein? A Times Investigation.

Seven years after Jeffrey Epstein’s death was ruled a suicide, the theory that Epstein didn’t kill himself is held by many. In this special report, Natalie Kitroeff sits down with the New York Times investigative reporters Jan Ransom, Steve Eder, Michael Rothfeld, and a New York Times Magazine reporter, Charles Homans, to investigate the central questions around Mr. Epstein’s death.
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