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This Democrat Wants Cognitive Standards in Congress. Her Colleagues Disagree.

Par :Annie Karni
Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez says age-related cognitive decline among elected officials is a major issue for voters.

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The issue Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez wants to address is not new in Congress, where there are now more members than ever age 70 and older.
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A Kennedy Toils in Mississippi, Tracing His Grandfather’s Path

Par :Robert Draper
Joe Kennedy III, the grandson of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, says there is work to do in red states. He also has a few things to say about his uncle, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Joe Kennedy III is working to continue the political legacy of his famous family.
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Taiwan Votes in Recall Campaign That Tests China’s Nerves

Par :Chris Buckley and Amy Chang Chien
An unprecedented recall vote could hand President Lai Ching-te more power by ousting legislative opponents. It could also prompt a response from China.

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Getting out the vote in Taipei. Supporters of the recall campaign say it reflects the vigor of the island’s democracy, but critics call it suppression of the opposition.
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Two Democratic Governors Say if Texas Redraws Congressional Maps, They May Too

Par :Nick Corasaniti and J. David Goodman
After meetings with Democrats from the Texas House, Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker suggested their states could counter a gerrymander by Texas Republicans.

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A Texas House Committee on Congressional Redistricting hearing at the Capitol in Austin on Thursday.
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After Ghislaine Maxwell Interview, Concerns Mount Over Possibility of a Trump Pardon

Par :Glenn Thrush and Valerie Crowder
President Trump, asked whether he would consider pardoning her, said, “I’m allowed to do it, but it’s something I haven’t thought about.”

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Justice Department officials on Friday interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell, an associate of Jeffrey Epstein’s, in Florida, where she is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.
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Ethics Panel Rebukes Congressman for Wife’s Stock Trade in Firm He Helped

Par :Carl Hulse
The panel rebuked Representative Mike Kelly, Republican of Pennsylvania, for failing to prevent the appearance of self-dealing and then stonewalling its efforts to investigate.

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Representative Mike Kelly of Pennsylvania was the subject of a four-year investigation into a stock trade found that he had violated the House’s official code of conduct.
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New Reports on Russian Interference Show Trump’s Claims on Obama Are Overblown

Par :Charlie Savage
The administration’s claims are overblown, but newly declassified information provides some messy details about a January 2017 intelligence assessment of Moscow’s election interference.

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A January 2017 assessment said that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had ordered a multifaceted information operation targeting the U.S. election in 2016.
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Trump Administration Plans Changes to H-1B Visas and U.S. Citizenship Tests

Par :Hamed Aleaziz
In an interview with The New York Times, the new director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said the test to become a U.S. citizen was too easy.

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Participants reciting the Pledge of Allegiance during a naturalization ceremony for new U.S. citizens in Seattle earlier this month.
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Trump Flies to Scotland, Leaving Chaos Swirling in Washington

Par :Luke Broadwater
The five-day visit will be a mix of personal business and golf, with some diplomacy thrown in.

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President Trump departed Friday morning for Scotland.
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Justice Dept. Officials File Suit, Saying They Were Dismissed Unlawfully

Par :Zach Montague
The lawsuit argues that employees who were fired for political reasons have no recourse, after President Trump neutralized a board that handles federal labor disputes.

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The Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building in Washington.
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Texas Democrats Confer With California and Illinois Governors on Redistricting

Par :J. David Goodman and Nick Corasaniti
Two groups of Democrats left Texas to meet with Govs. Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker, who have suggested their Democratic-controlled states could counter a Texas Republican gerrymander.

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A Texas House Committee on Congressional Redistricting hearing at the Capitol in Austin on Thursday.
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Trump Flies to Scotland, Leaving Chaos Swirling in Washington

Par :Luke Broadwater
The five-day visit will be a mix of personal business and golf, with some diplomacy thrown in.

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President Trump departed Friday morning for Scotland.
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Boeing Emerges as a Winner in Trump’s Trade Wars

Par :Niraj Chokshi
Countries striking agreements with the United States have pledged to buy more Boeing planes, but it’s not clear whether those orders were the result of President Trump’s tactics.

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Boeing’s assembly plant in North Charleston, S.C. The company employs tens of thousands of Americans and is one of the country’s top exporters.
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6 Trump Voters on If They Trust President’s Handling of Epstein Case

Par :The New York Times
President Trump and his allies stoked conspiracy theories around Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender, but then backtracked and declared an end to the investigation. Backlash ensued.
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Ahead of Shutdown Deadline, Democrats Face a Dilemma on Spending

Par :Catie Edmondson and Carl Hulse
Democrats are leery of supporting Republican spending measures after the White House forced through clawbacks of funding already approved by Congress.

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“No one wants a shutdown, and the way we avoid that shut down is by working together,” said Senator Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee.
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Trump’s Name Is on Contributor List for Epstein Birthday Book

Par :David Enrich · Matthew Goldstein · Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Steve Eder
The Times also reviewed other records of the president’s friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, including an inscription in which the future president called him “the greatest.”

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Powell Tells Trump He Was Wrong About Renovation Costs During Fed Visit

Par :Erica L. Green
President Trump is used to world leaders bowing down to him, and to cabinet members fawning over him. Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, took a different approach.

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President Trump toured the Federal Reserve’s renovation site on Thursday with Jerome H. Powell, the Fed chair.
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Fired FEMA Official Files Suit, Saying Board to Hear Worker Disputes Is Paralyzed

Par :Eileen Sullivan
Fired employees have struggled to get a judge to hear their cases because Congress set up a separate system to referee such employment disputes.

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The headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington.
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Texas Legislature Special Session: Democrats Attack Silent Republicans

Par :J. David Goodman
President Trump wants Texas Republicans to redraw the state’s House maps to nab as many as five seats now held by Democrats. But no new maps have been publicly proposed yet.

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Demonstrators gathered in the rotunda of the Texas Capitol as the special session began on Monday.
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Gabbard’s Attacks on Obama Put the Attorney General in a Tough Spot

Par :Glenn Thrush and Julian E. Barnes
The director of national intelligence gave the Justice Department little warning before she demanded an investigation.

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Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, spoke to reporters at the White House on Wednesday.
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Ken Paxton Claimed Three Houses as His Primary Residence, Records Show

Par :Pooja Salhotra
The attorney general of Texas, who is challenging Senator John Cornyn, could have secured favorable mortgage rates, and may have violated the law if he knowingly falsified loan documents.

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Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, at the White House earlier this year.
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Justice Kagan Urges Supreme Court to Explain Itself in Emergency Decisions

Par :Abbie VanSickle
In remarks before judges and lawyers in California, the justice said she believed the court had a responsibility to share its reasoning.

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In an appearance on Thursday, Justice Elena Kagan discussed the Supreme Court’s handling of emergency docket rulings and said the court could be doing more to explain its reasoning on such cases.
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The Justice Dept. Interviewed Ghislaine Maxwell, While Opposing Her Appeal

Par :Abbie VanSickle
Even as top Justice Department officials brokered an interview with a longtime associate of Jeffrey Epstein’s, they asked the Supreme Court to reject her appeal.

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The U.S. Supreme Court is seen from Capitol Hill.
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Israel and the U.S. Pull Back From Cease-Fire Talks With Hamas

Par :David E. Sanger and Johnatan Reiss
President Trump’s special envoy said that “we will now consider alternative options to bring the hostages home,” though it was not clear that negotiations had halted.

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The aftermath of an Israeli military operation in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on Wednesday. Israel’s military campaign has continued and expanded even as negotiations were underway in recent weeks.
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How a Frantic Scouring of the Epstein Files Consumed the Justice Dept.

Par :Adam Goldman and Alan Feuer
There was a single goal in mind: find something — anything — that could be released to the public to satisfy President Trump’s supporters.

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Justice Department officials diverted hundreds of F.B.I. employees and federal prosecutors from their regular duties to go through the Jeffrey Epstein files at least four times — including once to flag any references to President Trump and other prominent figures.
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Agriculture Department to Move Most Remaining Washington Workers Out of City

Par :Linda Qiu
The employees More than half of the agency’s 4,600 Washington employees will be spread across five regional hubs. The agency is also shuttering regional offices of the U.S. Forest Service.

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Brooke L. Rollins, the agriculture secretary, said workers will be relocated.
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Venezuelan Migrant Takes First Step Toward Suing the U.S. Over Detention in El Salvador

Par :Jazmine Ulloa
Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel, who was held in a prison in El Salvador, filed a claim Thursday against Homeland Security, accusing it of wrongful detention.

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Neiyerver Adrián Leon Rengel was held for four months at the Terrorism Confinement Center, known as CECOT, in El Salvador.
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Justice Dept. Interviews Epstein Associate Maxwell

Par :Glenn Thrush · Alan Feuer and Matthew Goldstein
It is unclear what information Ghislaine Maxwell provided that would go beyond what is already in the public record.

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Ghislaine Maxwell is serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.
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Josh Shapiro Says Zohran Mamdani Fails to Condemn ‘Blatantly Antisemitic’ Rhetoric

Par :Lisa Lerer
Two top Jewish Democrats, Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and former Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago, criticized Mr. Mamdani for not condemning those who use the slogan “globalize the intifada.”

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Rahm Emanuel, left, and Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania. Democratic leaders have yet to unite behind Zohran Mamdani’s bid to be mayor of New York City.
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Trump to Visit Federal Reserve As Campaign Against Powell Intensifies

Par :Colby Smith
The administration has repeatedly criticized Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the central bank, for his handling of the economy and the cost of renovations at the institution’s headquarters.
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Michael Whatley, R.N.C. Chairman, to Run for Senate in North Carolina

Par :Shane Goldmacher and Maggie Haberman
His entry will pave the way for a marquee contest in 2026, with former Gov. Roy Cooper planning to seek the Democratic nomination.

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President Trump has long spoken favorably of Michael Whatley, a Republican operative he chose to lead the Republican National Committee last year.
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Spain Is Reluctant to Spend More on Security Despite NATO Pressure

Par :Lara Jakes and José Bautista
Spain was the only NATO ally not to commit to a large increase in military expenditures. It’s far from Russia, and its embrace of a social safety net is another key reason.

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An artillery system vehicle on display in Madrid. Europe’s tug of war between spending more for domestic priorities or for defense has vexed the Spanish government.
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In Epstein, Democrats Find Weapon Against Trump and Republicans

Par :Michael Gold
Working to exploit a G.O.P. rift, Democrats are aggressively pushing charges of a coverup in the case of the accused pedophile, which many of them once dismissed as a conspiracy theory.

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Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, and Representative Katherine Clark, Democrat of Massachusetts, arriving for a news conference on Wednesday.
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Democrats Have Few Tools to Counter G.O.P. Redistricting

Par :Nick Corasaniti and Laurel Rosenhall
A plan in Texas that could give Republicans at least five more House seats has Democrats fuming, and without many paths to fight it.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ability to redistrict California’s congressional maps is limited because the state has an independent commission that holds that power.
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Trump Visits Federal Reserve as Campaign Against Powell Intensifies

Par :Colby Smith
The administration has repeatedly criticized Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the central bank, for his handling of the economy and the cost of work on the institution’s headquarters.

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President Trump visited the Federal Reserve on Thursday with Jerome H. Powell, second from right, the central bank’s chair.
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Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Restrict Birthright Citizenship

Par :Mattathias Schwartz
The ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit brings the White House’s theory of citizenship closer to a full Supreme Court review.

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The ruling appears to be the first time that an appellate court has ruled on birthright citizenship after a Supreme Court decision limiting the scope of injunctions sent lawyers scrambling to recast their claims in light of its new standard.
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Trump’s A.I. Challenge: Focus on Weapon Concerns or Woke-ism?

Par :David E. Sanger
In the Biden era, the government feared AI models would guide the spread of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons. President Trump signed an order on “Preventing Woke A.I. in the Federal Government.”

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President Trump’s executive action bars the U.S. government from buying, using or promoting A.I. models that contradict the views of the president or his supporters.
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House Panel Approves Spending Bill That Rejects Some Trump Foreign Aid Cuts

Par :Minho Kim
The Republican-led House Appropriations Committee put forth legislation that would slash the foreign aid and State Department budget but salvage some programs that the president wants to defund.

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The legislation advanced by the committee on Wednesday would double President Trump’s request for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR.
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Justice Dept. Announces Task Force to Assess ‘Weaponization’ of Intelligence

Par :Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer
The move demonstrates President Trump’s determination to deploy the powers of federal law enforcement to pursue a campaign of retribution against those who once sought to hold him accountable.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to use a so-called strike force is the latest in a succession of the Justice Department’s efforts to repurpose existing entities to suit the president’s political dictates.
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Do Democrats Want a Fight Over Colbert?

Par :Jess Bidgood
Some Democrats are irate over the end of Stephen Colbert’s show, but others see a lack of focus on real issues.

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In the days since CBS announced it would cancel Stephen Colbert’s late-night show, some Democrats decided to take up the host's cause as their own.
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Rulings Order Abrego Garcia’s Release and Guard Against Hasty Deportation

Par :Alan Feuer
The two judicial rulings meant that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia could be released in the coming weeks and return to Maryland.

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Demonstrators holding up signs outside the federal courthouse in Nashville, Tenn., this month.
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Trump’s Attempts to Change the Topic From Epstein: A Timeline

Par :Chris Cameron
President Trump has tried to attack, deflect and deny his way past the Jeffrey Epstein saga. He’s had less success than usual.

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Mr. Trump at a reception at the White House on Tuesday. He has tried to distract from the outcry over his administration’s handling of the Epstein files.
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Thomas A. Durkin, Civil Liberties Lawyer for the Reviled, Dies at 78

Par :Carol Rosenberg
He relished skewering the U.S. government as he represented unpopular defendants in public corruption and national security cases, like those at Guantánamo.

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Thomas A. Durkin in 2012. “He represented the damned of the earth,” a colleague said.
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Bondi Told Trump His Name Appeared in Epstein Files

Par :Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush
It was not clear what those documents were, or in what context the president’s name was raised.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi with President Donald J. Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House earlier this month.
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Supreme Court Lets Trump Fire Consumer Product Safety Regulators

Par :Adam Liptak and Zach Montague
The court’s order was the latest in a series of emergency rulings on the scope of the president’s power over independent agencies.

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President Trump notified three commissioners on the product safety board in early May that he was removing them.
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