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On the War Against Iran, the Pentagon Has Said Little

Par :Helene Cooper
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has spoken about a range of issues in recent days — from testosterone to leak investigations — but he has said little about the war.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force and the National Guard earlier this month.
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How Todd Blanche Made the Justice Dept. Less Independent

Par :Devlin Barrett · Paul Abowd · Nikolay Nikolov · Rafaela Balster · Nour Idriss and Whitney Shefte
Our Justice Department reporter Devlin Barrett describes how Todd Blanche, President Trump’s former personal lawyer and current nominee for attorney general, has helped Mr. Trump gain more control over the Justice Department.
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Warnock and Ossoff, Georgia’s Senators, Ridicule Trump’s Election Fraud Claims

Par :Carl Hulse
Senators in both parties say the state’s 2020 Senate election is a long-settled issue.

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Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff at a campaign event last year.
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Settlement Reached in Ugly Fight Over Elections in Maricopa County

Par :Reis Thebault
A Trump ally will receive funding for a new information technology system while retaining control of voter registration and early voting.

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Maricopa County, Ariz., has been a hotbed of election denial and conspiracy theories since Joseph R. Biden Jr. won the state in 2020.
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Trump Is Expected to Revisit Election Fraud Claims in Speech: What to Know.

Par :Dustin Volz · Alan Feuer and Devlin Barrett
Repeated investigations and audits have debunked claims by the president and his allies of widespread fraud or manipulation in 2020 or other elections.

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People voting during the primary election at Scotch Ridge Church in Carlise, Iowa, last month.
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White House Faces Stiff Pushback on Subjecting Grants to Political Review

Par :Tony Romm
Academics, city leaders and congressional lawmakers number among the thousands to urge the Trump administration to reconsider a plan to assert more control over grants.

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Russell T. Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget, testifying at a hearing in April.
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How Nike’s Diversity Efforts Made It a Trump Target

Par :Rebecca Davis O’Brien and Kim Bhasin
A civil-rights investigation, which grew out of a 26-page memo by a political appointee, provides a road map for the White House’s assault on D.E.I.

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A Nike Well Collective store in Glendale, Calif. Few major companies had more openly embraced a commitment to diversity than Nike, not only in its advertising campaigns but in its work force.
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Global Opinion Shifts Toward Favoring China Over the U.S., Poll Finds

Par :Jin Yu Young
An annual survey from the Pew Research Center found that more countries felt positively about China than America.

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Global opinion of the United States had already been suffering a steady decline, according to past polls, but this year’s survey shows a precipitous drop-off.
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The Army Veteran Killed Outside His ‘Trump House’

Par :Corina Knoll
Kerry Sheron could often be found waving and nodding to those who passed his home, which stood out in Escondido, Calif.

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A photograph of Kerry Sheron and his wife, Maria Garcia, hanging on the fence outside their home.
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In Iran war, Trump Risks Another American ‘Forever War’

Par :Steven Erlanger
President Trump, who promised to “end wars,” not start them, may have fallen into a familiar presidential trap.

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A judiciary building damaged in the war as seen from the Golestan palace, in central Tehran, Iran, this month.
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Iranian American Woman Held in Iran on Spying Charges Is Released

Par :Farnaz Fassihi
The dual Iranian-U.S. citizen, Dena Karari, had her passport seized in December 2024 and had not been able to leave Iran as she faced espionage charges.
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Trump Says He’ll Seek to Replace Immigrant Truck Drivers With Veterans

Par :Aishvarya Kavi
The president has pushed to curtail the commercial licenses of immigrants, including legal residents, whom he has blamed for crashes.

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President Trump mentioned a plan to crack down on truck drivers in the United States without legal status and to replace them with veterans during a panel at a military investment summit in Carlisle, Pa., on Wednesday.
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Investigators Seek Information From Government Officials as Part of Air Force One Leak Investigation

Par :Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush
After The New York Times reported on security concerns related to the Qatari-donated jet, the F.B.I. sought to speak with several people who flew aboard the plane with President Trump last week and asked for their phones.

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President Trump on July 1 at Joint Base Andrews next to the jet donated by Qatar, before its first flight as Air Force One.
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FBI Evidence Team Visits Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

Par :Devlin Barrett and David A. Fahrenthold
Officials surveyed the newly drained pool, where the floor began peeling soon after a $16 million repair job. President Trump has blamed vandals.

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Investigators examining the drained Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington on Wednesday.
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Trump Administration Fires Roger Rogoff, U.S. Attorney, Minutes After His Appointment

Par :Danny Hakim and Jonah E. Bromwich
Federal judges had chosen the veteran Seattle prosecutor to fill the vacant seat. Now, a potential legal battle looms.

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Roger Rogoff, a former federal prosecutor and state judge, in court in Seattle in 2016.
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Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low Testosterone

Par :Greg Jaffe and Azeen Ghorayshi
Pete Hegseth, as defense secretary, has sought to cultivate an image as a manosphere-friendly leader.

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The goal, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a social media message, was a “High-T Department of War.”
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U.S. Military Again Blockades Iranian Ports After Collapse of Cease-Fire

Par :John Ismay
President Trump ordered U.S. warships and aircraft to stop vessels going to and from Iran. Enforcing a blockade takes a huge commitment of warships and aircraft.

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The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in San Diego in 2022. According to the U.S. Naval Institute, as of Monday it is anchoring one of two aircraft carrier strike groups deployed in the Northern Arabian Sea.
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Todd Blanche, Trump’s Attorney General Pick, Faces Crucial Hurdle After Rocky Hearing

Par :Glenn Thrush · Devlin Barrett · Michael Gold and Alan Feuer
Even a single Republican “no” vote would block Mr. Blanche’s nomination from consideration by the full Senate, which could sink his confirmation.

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Todd Blanche on Wednesday at his confirmation hearing to be attorney general. It is not clear when the Senate Judiciary Committee will schedule a vote.
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Billboard in Iran’s Capital Depicts Trump in a Coffin

Par :The New York Times
Threatening imagery in Enghelab Square is nothing new, but has rarely taken such lurid form.

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A billboard in Enghelab Square in central Tehran on Wednesday, with graffiti saying “We Will Kill Trump.”
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Senators Press for Scrutiny of Blanche’s Role in Spiking Clemency Inquiry

Par :Kenneth P. Vogel
During his confirmation hearing, the acting attorney general refused to discuss the termination of an investigation into a commutation issued by President Trump.

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Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, during a Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
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Treasury to Begin Minting $1 Gold Trump Coin Featuring President’s Face

Par :Alan Rappeport
Critics question whether the coins are legal and argue that President Trump is using the currency to celebrate himself.
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Trump Endorses Mike Lindell, MyPillow Founder, for Minnesota Governor

Par :Ernesto Londoño
He is a close ally of President Trump and has been a leading proponent of the election denial movement, which falsely claims that voting machines are often rigged.

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Mike Lindell at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Grapevine, Texas, in March.
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Trump Pressures ICE to Resume Traffic Stops After They Were Halted Over Fatal Shootings

Par :Madeleine Ngo and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Immigration and Customs Enforcement had ordered its officers to halt most vehicle stops across the country after they shot two people over the past week.

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In a post on social media on Wednesday, President Trump defended the traffic stops and urged ICE to “go back and do your very important job.”
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What to Know About Todd Blanche’s Order Granting Trump Immunity From I.R.S. Audits

Par :Andrew Duehren
Acting attorney general Todd Blanche’s decision to grant President Trump protection from I.R.S. audits was a central issue in his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

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President Trump’s extraordinary protection from the I.R.S. is expected to be a central issue in the confirmation hearing on Wednesday.
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The Vague Clause That Helps Explain the U.S.-Iran Fight Over the Strait of Hormuz

Par :Amelia Nierenberg
The memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran has done little to calm tension, in part because they disagree on what it actually means.

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A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Wednesday.
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Clayton Dodges Question on 2020 Election, and Democrats Call Him on It

Par :Julian E. Barnes
Jay Clayton’s nomination to lead the U.S. intelligence community comes as the White House pushes to use declassified intelligence to show concerns about election security.

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The Senate Intelligence Committee is expected to vote on Jay Clayton’s nomination early next week.
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For Israel, the U.S.-Iran Hostilities Have Created an Uneasy Limbo

Par :David M. Halbfinger
Officials see a return to full-blown war as preferable to an agreement that fails to curb the threats Iran poses to Israel. Meanwhile, they wait.

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Israelis gathering near a public shelter in Tel Aviv after a warning of incoming missiles from Iran in March.
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Jay Clayton Expected to Face Tough Questions in Confirmation Hearing

Par :Julian E. Barnes
His nomination to lead the U.S. intelligence community comes as the White House pushes to use declassified intelligence to show concerns about election security.

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After nominating Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, to be director of national intelligence, President Trump abruptly ordered a delay in his confirmation process.
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For Israel, the U.S.-Iran Hostilities Have Created an Uneasy Limbo

Par :David M. Halbfinger
Officials see a return to full-blown war as preferable to an agreement that fails to curb the threats Iran poses to Israel. Meanwhile, they wait.

© Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times

Israelis gathering near a public shelter in Tel Aviv after a warning of incoming missiles from Iran in March.
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Todd Blanche Faces Crucial Hurdle Ahead of Confirmation as Attorney General

Par :Glenn Thrush · Devlin Barrett and Alan Feuer
Todd Blanche’s nomination is broadly a referendum on President Trump’s vision of the Justice Department as a projection of his power.

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Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, during a House hearing last month.
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U.S. Presses China to Free American Seismologist Accused of Spying

Par :Chris Buckley
President Trump has urged Xi Jinping to release the scientist, Youlin Chen, the man’s family says. Dr. Chen studied the detection of North Korean nuclear tests.
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House Votes for Permanent Daylight Saving Time

Par :Olivia Diaz
House Republicans and Democrats united in favor of a bill to eliminate semiannual clock-changing, but it faces an uncertain fate in the Senate.

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The Capitol in March 2023, when then-Senator Marco Rubio reintroduced the Sunshine Protection Act, to permanently enact Daylight Saving Time and eliminate the twice-a-year clock changes.
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U.S. War Against Iran Enters a New Phase

Par :Julian E. Barnes · Eric Schmitt and David E. Sanger
As President Trump resumes his war, the focus is now on the Strait of Hormuz. But it remains unclear how far the U.S. military will go to exert control.

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President Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday. The latest phase of the U.S. military campaign in Iran has a new focus, but not necessarily a clearer strategy.
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Trump Says His Thursday Speech Will Focus on Election Security and Voting Machines

Par :Maggie Haberman and Julian E. Barnes
The planned prime-time address comes as an administration task force has been working to declassify documents, including some related to elections, according to people familiar with the process.

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President Trump has repeatedly made false claims that mail ballots are insecure and there is widespread voting by noncitizens.
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As Confirmation Hearing Nears, Todd Blanche’s Role in Epstein Case Draws Scrutiny

Par :Devlin Barrett
Todd Blanche’s role in interviewing Ghislaine Maxwell, a longtime associate of the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, will be front and center as he seeks to become attorney general.

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Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, last month. As the Justice Department’s No. 2 official, he oversaw the release of the Epstein files.
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At War With Iran Again, Trump Finds an Opponent He Cannot Easily Dominate

Par :Peter Baker
The president is accustomed to forcing other countries to bend to his will. But he is struggling to come up with a strategy to extract Iranian concessions as the cease-fire he brokered collapses.

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A banner in Tehran last week threatening President Trump.
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At War With Iran Again, Trump Finds an Opponent He Cannot Easily Dominate

Par :Peter Baker
The president is accustomed to forcing other countries to bend to his will. But he is struggling to come up with a strategy to extract Iranian concessions as the cease-fire he brokered collapses.

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A banner in Tehran last week threatening President Trump.
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Trump Administration Subpoenas Law Firms, Escalating Pressure Campaign

Par :Michael S. Schmidt and Devlin Barrett
The uneasy truce between the administration and the law firms it cut deals with last year has erupted into a pitched legal battle behind closed doors.

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The subpoenas — which were part of a civil dispute and not a criminal investigation — ask for all communications the firms had with Boris Epshteyn, President Trump’s personal lawyer.
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Lindsey Graham’s Death Leaves Fate of Russia Sanctions Bill Uncertain

Par :Robert Jimison
Supporters in both parties hope the measure to penalize Russia, championed by Senator Lindsey Graham, will gain momentum in his honor.

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Senator Lindsey Graham spoke to reporters in a visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, last week, in his last public act.
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Lindsey Graham’s Death Leaves Fate of Russia Sanctions Bill Uncertain

Par :Robert Jimison
Supporters in both parties hope the measure to penalize Russia, championed by Senator Lindsey Graham, will gain momentum in his honor.

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Senator Lindsey Graham spoke to reporters in a visit to Kyiv, Ukraine, last week, in his last public act.
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Trump Drops Plan to Tax Ships in Strait of Hormuz as Fighting with Iran Escalates

Par :Max Bearak · Jenny Gross and Michael Levenson
The president’s proposal to impose a fee on shipping in the Strait of Hormuz threatened to increase global energy prices.

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President Trump scrapped a plan on Tuesday to impose a 20 percent fee on cargo passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
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‘We Love Iraq,’ Trump Tells New Prime Minister in Oval Office Meeting

Par :Maggie Haberman and Erika Solomon
The meeting comes as President Trump’s administration has been ratcheting up pressure on Baghdad to diminish Iran’s influence in Iraq.

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“We’re going to be doing a lot of deals,” President Trump said as he met with Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi in the Oval Office on Tuesday.
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‘I Am Frustrated’: Emails Show Blanche’s Role in Trump’s Retribution Campaign

Par :Glenn Thrush
The cooperation of Todd Blanche will be a flashpoint in his confirmation hearing to be attorney general on Wednesday.

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Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled for Wednesday.
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Europe, Flexing Muscle in Ukraine, Is Still on Sidelines in Iran

Par :Mark Landler
In a show of collective strength, President Emmanuel Macron of France hosted European allies at the annual Bastille Day parade in Paris. Yet Europe is still a hostage to America’s foreign policy.

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Vehicles of the French Army’s Ninth Marine Infantry Brigade on the Champs-Élysées during the annual Bastille Day military parade in Paris on Tuesday.
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Trump’s Canceled Plan to Charge a Toll in the Strait of Hormuz: What to Know

Par :Anushka Patil and Yan Zhuang
A day after President Trump announced a hefty 20 percent fee on cargo through the waterway, he reversed his decision.

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President Trump on Tuesday retreated from his plan to levy a toll on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz as a way for the United States to recover the cost of providing military protection to vessels using the waterway.
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Blanche Was a Driving Force in Retribution Campaign, Emails Show

Par :Glenn Thrush
The cooperation of Todd Blanche in President Trump’s retribution against enemies will be a flashpoint in his confirmation hearing to be attorney general on Wednesday.

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Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled for Wednesday.
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Can Democrats Win Rural Voters Turning Away From Trump? It’s a Tough Sell.

Par :Kate Zernike
House candidates like Beth Macy, author of “Dopesick,” have crafted messages based on lifetimes in rural regions. But messages need an audience, and many minds are closed to the party.

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“I think there’s a lot of rage, and feeling like people in power don’t care,” said the best-selling author Beth Macy, who is running for Congress as a Democrat.
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Health Dept. Rescinds Freeze on $10 Billion for 5 Democratic States

Par :Minho Kim
The reversal of the funding pause came after the administration faced repeated setbacks in a suit challenging the decision, which could have jeopardized programs for low-income households.

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Last week, the Health and Human Services Department sent letters to five states saying that it was voiding measures to limit the states’ access to federal funding for child care and social services.
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Graham’s Death Complicates G.O.P. Agenda in Congress

Par :Michael Gold and Carl Hulse
Senators returned to the Capitol mourning their colleague, who played pivotal roles on multiple issues confronting lawmakers.

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A lowered flag at the U.S. Capitol on Monday in honor of Senator Lindsey Graham, who died over the weekend.
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