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House Passes Defense Policy Bill With Transgender, Diversity Restrictions

For the third year in a row, House Republicans pushed through a Pentagon policy measure that included conservative policy dictates.

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Despite the partisan nature of the final legislation, it included an effort backed by conservative Republicans and progressive Democrats alike to claw back Congress’s war powers.
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One of Trump’s Powers Over D.C. Reaches a Time Limit. Many Remain.

The president’s authority to make demands of local police expires on Wednesday night, but the most visible federal interventions in the city will remain for now.

© Alex Kent for The New York Times

Members of the National Guard patrolled the National Mall in Washington, D.C., earlier this month.
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One of Trump’s Powers Over D.C. Reaches a Time Limit. Many Remain.

The president’s authority to make demands of local police expires on Wednesday night, but the most visible federal interventions in the city will remain for now.

© Alex Kent for The New York Times

Members of the National Guard patrolled the National Mall in Washington, D.C., earlier this month.
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Supreme Court Agrees to Review Trump’s Sprawling Tariffs

The justices moved quickly to schedule oral argument to consider the legality of the president’s signature economic initiative.

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The Port of Los Angeles in May.
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Trump Didn’t Notify Congress About a High-Stakes SEALs Mission. That Could Be an Issue.

The Trump administration failed to tell lawmakers about a 2019 SEAL Team 6 incursion into North Korean territory that went awry.

© Erin Schaff/The New York Times

President Trump with Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, in 2019.
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Allow His Sweeping Tariffs

A federal appeals court had invalidated a centerpiece of President Trump’s economic strategy, finding that a 1977 law did not authorize the tariffs.

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The Port of Baltimore in June.
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Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs Invalidated by Appeals Court

The decision is a big blow to President Trump’s trade policies, but the judges left the duties in place for now to allow time for a likely appeal to the Supreme Court.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

President Trump’s punishing slate of tariffs immediately drew legal challenges from small businesses and state governments.
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