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Trump Says Those Who Leak Military Plans Should Be Shot

At a rally in Arizona, the president dramatically escalated his attacks on news gathering and those willing to speak to the press.

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3 Men Accused by Nancy Mace in House Speech Are Charged With Sex Crimes

The South Carolina representative’s former fiancé and two of his business associates were charged on Wednesday with sex crimes and voyeurism in connection with a 2018 incident.

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Representative Nancy Mace, Republican of South Carolina, speaking at the Capitol earlier this year.
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Vance’s Talarico Attacks Show His Penchant for Personal Broadsides

At a rally in Texas, the vice president suggested the Democratic Senate nominee is gay, a comment criticized as homophobic.

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For weeks, Vice President JD Vance has been road-testing unfounded, innuendo-based salvos against James Talarico.
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Katie Zacharia Is Trump’s New Press Secretary. But Is She a Lawyer?

Katie Zacharia told The New York Times that the confusion over her legal credentials was the result of one big misunderstanding.

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Appeals Court Blocks California Law Mandating I.D. for Federal Agents

The court said that California could not impose state requirements on federal law enforcement operations.

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An appeals court panel said the law requiring federal agents to wear visible identification was likely to be unconstitutional.
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The Crisis Playbook for Universities in Trouble

Schools under scrutiny as Cornell is often follow a sort of public relations playbook, adding rules, hiring outside investigators and sometimes making leadership changes.

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In comments this week, Cornell’s president, Michael I. Kotlikoff, acknowledged anger and “a loss of trust” in Cornell’s leadership.
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Surprise Democratic Donor Blitzes Senate Races in Republican-Leaning States With Ads

Steve Pajcic, a lawyer and philanthropist in Florida, started a group that is airing ads in Kansas and South Carolina. Florida and Mississippi are next.

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The Democratic Senate candidates Adam Hamilton of Kansas, Scott Colom of Mississippi, Annie Andrews of South Carolina and Angie Nixon of Florida.
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U.S. Continues to Provide Intelligence to Ukraine, Officials Say

Confusion about the U.S. stance has mounted in Kyiv amid restrictions on how the military version of Starlink is used.

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Ukrainian officials have complained about restrictions on their use of an internet network developed by SpaceX.
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Supreme Court Again Sides With Republicans in Political TV Ad Fight

The Trump administration had filed an emergency application asking the justices to intervene in a long-running dispute over political ad rates.

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The order was likely to be only a modest boost for the G.O.P., as the court had made its position clear in two previous rulings in recent months.
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Fact-Checking Senate Debates in Georgia, Maine and Michigan

Par : Linda Qiu
With control of Congress hanging in the balance, nominees have attacked their rivals’ records, stock portfolios and families, with varying degrees of accuracy.

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From left, Representative Mike Collins, Republican of Georgia; Troy Jackson, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine; and Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate candidate in Michigan.
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Appeals Court Questions Trump’s National Guard Deployment in D.C.

After thousands of troops deployed by the president have patrolled Washington for more than a year, a three-judge panel interrogated whether the deployment could continue indefinitely.

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President Trump first sent the National Guard into Washington in August 2025, claiming without evidence that the city had failed to control a wave of violent crime
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Sleeping ICE Agent Who Fought With Homeowner Is Charged With Assault

The off-duty agent was found sleeping on the front lawn of a home in Fresno, Calif., last week before the scuffle unfolded. The police said he “appeared intoxicated and agitated.”

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The agent pleaded not guilty in Fresno County Superior Court on Wednesday.
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Maryland Republican Andy Harris Blamed Democrats for High Gas Prices. Laughter Ensued.

Representative Andy Harris, a Republican, said during a debate that environmental regulations had caused diesel prices to rise. Some in the audience groaned.

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Representative Andy Harris, Republican of Maryland, clashed with some audience members at his debate on Tuesday.
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U.S. Is Sending Hundreds of Troops to Latin America

The Pentagon is expanding its fight against drug traffickers, even as the plans recall a long and bloody history of U.S. intervention in the region.

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U.S. soldiers and Panamanian police officers took part in a jungle training exercise at Fort Sherman in Colón province, Panama, earlier this year.
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Jon Ossoff Says He Won’t Run for President in 2028 in Georgia Senate Debate

“I’m running for re-election to the Senate,” the Democrat said during a debate on Tuesday. Barack Obama said the same thing 20 years ago.

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Senator Jon Ossoff said he would serve a full six-year term if re-elected to the Senate next month.
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Sexual Assault Report at Chicago Frat Upends Another Elite Campus

The University of Chicago said the suspect and victim were not students at the school. But the accusation drew scrutiny after revelations of a reported gang rape at Cornell University in New York.

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The University of Chicago campus in 2025.
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Kamala Harris to Campaign for Democrats in Mississippi, New Hampshire and Wisconsin Ahead of Midterms

Former Vice President Kamala Harris will also rally for Democratic candidates in Georgia and Nevada.

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Former Vice President Kamala Harris at an event in New York in April.
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Corruption Trial Begins for Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and City Contractors

In opening arguments, prosecutors said that Sheng Thao “put her power up for sale.” One lawyer for the defendants called the bribery scheme “pure fiction.”

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Sheng Thao, the former mayor of Oakland, Calif., center, is on trial this week with three others on corruption charges.
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A Trump Backlash Endangers Susan Collins in the Maine Senate Race

Par : Tim Balk
The race in Maine, which could decide Senate control, is testing whether there is still room for Ms. Collins’s brand of moderation during a sharply polarizing presidency.

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Senator Susan Collins of Maine has cultivated a reputation as an independent-minded Republican who delivers for her state. As she seeks re-election, she faces a growing set of political challenges.
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Five Who Lived Along Walking Trail Are Dead and the Police Hunt a Killer

Lansing’s police chief says the string of attacks along a greenway raises the possibility that a serial killer has been at work. A man is under arrest in one of the deaths.

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Police investigators hunted for evidence near the scene of a fatal stabbing in August.
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In Age of Online Ads, Supreme Court Weighs Videotape-Era Privacy Law

The justices will consider how the Video Privacy Protection Act of 1988 applies in the digital age of streaming videos, email newsletters and targeted advertisements.

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Judge Robert H. Bork during his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 1987.
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He’s Played It Safe. But He Could Make California History as Governor.

Xavier Becerra is a heavy favorite to become California’s first Latino governor in the modern era, though he does not talk much about the milestone.

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Xavier Becerra attending a “No on Prop 39" event, in opposition to a voter identification ballot initiative, in Los Angeles this month.
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Judge Blocks Trump Administration’s Sanctions on 2 Groups Aiding the I.C.C.

The ruling prevents the administration from penalizing two rights groups for working to provide information for the International Criminal Court’s war crimes investigations.

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The International Criminal Court in The Hague last month.
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4 Takeaways From the Los Angeles Mayoral Debate

Mayor Karen Bass and her former ally, the City Council member Nithya Raman, attacked each other’s records on Tuesday night in the last televised debate before the election.

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Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles, left, faced off with City Council member Nithya Raman, right, in a televised mayoral debate on Tuesday.
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Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Rise and Fall as Trump’s Ambassador to Greece

President Trump cut her loose after damaging news reports about her tenure as ambassador to Greece. Once a prominent Trump insider, she suggested she will now fight to defend her reputation.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle with President Trump at a White House event in March. In announcing her resignation, Ms. Guilfoyle decried what she called false accusations.
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Trump Adds Another Giveaway to His Midterm Pitch: Pardons.

The president has stepped up his offers of financial rewards to voters with just weeks until the midterms. On Tuesday at a rally in Alaska, he announced pardons.

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President Trump handed two people pardons during his rally on Tuesday.
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7 Takeaways From the Second Georgia Senate Debate

Representative Mike Collins, who lags Senator Jon Ossoff in public polls, hit his opponent harder in a second and final debate on Tuesday.

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5 Takeaways From a Heated and Personal Maine Senate Debate

Par : Tim Balk
Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, disagreed over the war in Iran and President Trump in the third of four debates in a key race.

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Troy Jackson, left, and Senator Susan Collins of Maine faced off on Tuesday in a debate that at times turned personal and tense.
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Senators Urge Trump to Reverse Diesel Deal With Putin

A bipartisan group of 12 senators called on the president to drop his decision to ease sanctions on Russia’s exports of diesel fuel, saying the deal would help Moscow continue the war in Ukraine.

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The letter, led by Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, came just weeks after Congress overwhelmingly approved legislation intended to increase economic pressure on Moscow and its allies.
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Justice Dept. Issues Subpoenas in Ilhan Omar Investigation

After years of investigation, the Justice Department appears to be intensifying a criminal inquiry into the immigration history of Ilhan Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, and her family.

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Representative Ilhan Omar’s immigration history has been investigated in prior years by federal authorities, but has not resulted in charges.
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Katie Zacharia Makes Bumpy Debut as Trump’s New Press Secretary

Ms. Zacharia spent eight minutes reading from a script, called on only three reporters and made an awkward slip-up.

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Katie Zacharia, the new press secretary, said that she had wanted to work for President Trump “for a very long time.”
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UAW’s Shawn Fain Wins Second Term as President

The United Auto Workers has grown under Mr. Fain, who has also drawn scrutiny from federal prosecutors.

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Shawn Fain, president of the United Automobile Workers union, was re-elected to a second term.
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Texas Prosecutors May Seek Charges Against ICE Agent Who Hit Fleeing Man

The Harris County district attorney said investigators from his office did not believe that the crash that left Miguel Parra Hernandez injured over the weekend was accidental.
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‘Honey Please’: The Steep Rise and Sudden Fall of Kimberly Guilfoyle.

President Trump cut her loose after damaging news reports about her tenure as ambassador to Greece. Once a prominent Trump insider, she suggested she will now fight to defend her reputation.

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Kimberly Guilfoyle with President Trump at a White House event in March. In announcing her resignation, Ms. Guilfoyle decried what she called false accusations.
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Miami Tugboat Captain Gets 18 Months in Crash That Killed 3 Children

Five girls and a camp counselor were thrown into the water off Miami Beach in July last year when a barge pushed by a tugboat struck their stalled sailboat.

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Emergency workers responding to the Miami Yacht Club after the barge collided with the sailboat in July 2025.
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F.B.I. Disrupts Pyongyang Revenue Stream: North Koreans in U.S. Tech Jobs

F.B.I. investigators worked with the cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike to dismantle so-called laptop farms that steal American identities to earn cash for Pyongyang.

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North Korea has generated billions in cash in recent years, evading international sanctions, through remote I.T. worker schemes, U.S. officials say.
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Judge Prohibits Further Tree Cutting at East Potomac Golf Course for Two Weeks

The ruling barred major modifications at the D.C. course while a federal judge seeks testimony from Interior Department officials about whether they ignored a court order.

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A tree marked with caution tape at the East Potomac Golf Links on Tuesday.
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Florida Executes First Prisoner Since Botched Injection in Tennessee

The execution of James Robertson, who said he deliberately killed another inmate to get on death row, occurred without complications, state officials said.

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Florida State Prison near Starke, Fla., in July.
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El-Sayed, Releasing His Platform on A.I., Calls It an ‘Existential Crisis’

Par : Tim Balk
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed of Michigan is the first Democrat running in a battleground Senate race to publicly call for a pause on artificial intelligence development.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed speaking in Detroit last month.
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They Pushed an Anti-Abortion Pill Law. Now, They’re Being Sued Under It.

A Texas mother is suing the president of Students for Life of America and others in the group over an Instagram post that appeared to boast about ordering abortion pills in Houston.

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“I want justice for what these laws have taken from women like me,” said Maria Puerto, the plaintiff, using a pseudonym.
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