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Tony Evers Declines to Run for 3rd Term as Wisconsin Governor

The decision is likely to invite a wide-open race for the Democratic nomination in a battleground state the party hopes to control.

© Jim Vondruska for The New York Times

Gov. Tony Evers, Democrat of Wisconsin, campaigning for former Vice President Kamala Harris last year.
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20 States Sue Trump Administration Over Ending FEMA Funding for Disaster Mitigation

FEMA announced in April that it was ending the funding to eliminate “waste, fraud and abuse.” The program saved taxpayers more than $150 billion over 20 years, the plaintiffs said.

© Bryan Anselm for The New York Times

Route 22 in North Plainfield, N.J., on Tuesday, after rains inundated the region. New Jersey is one of 20 states suing the federal government for ending a disaster mitigation program.
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Republicans Blame Canada for Wildfire Smoke ‘Suffocating’ the U.S.

Six members of Congress from Wisconsin and Minnesota have asked Canada to say how it plans to tackle the blazes and reduce the haze billowing south.

© Jesse Winter/Reuters

A wildfire burning last month in Squamish, British Columbia.
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