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Graham Breaks With Trump Over Russia Sanctions Law Her Brother Championed

Par : Michael Gold
Senator Darline Graham, appointed to fill the Senate seat of her late brother, Lindsey, gently disagreed with the president’s decision to exempt Russia from the sanctions legislation.

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Senator Darline Graham at a hearing in Washington last month.
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New Round of ‘No Kings’ Rallies Focuses on Getting Out the Vote

Par : Corina Knoll
With midterm elections approaching, organizers of the demonstrations known for their anti-Trump sentiment are urging people to vote early.

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People gathered across the country Saturday in a new round of “No Kings” events, this time aimed at voter mobilization.
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Paxton Hits the Road, Looking to Rally Texas Republicans

Par : Jesus Jiménez
Ken Paxton’s bus tour of Texas comes as polls have shown the race for Senate is increasingly close. His rival, James Talarico, is scheduled to kick off a similar tour on Sunday.

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Ken Paxton kicked off a campaign bus tour with a stop in Rockwall, Texas, on Saturday morning.
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U.S. Floats Lifeline to Russia: Allowing More Gas Sales to Europe

Par : Anton Troianovski and Jim Tankersley
The Trump administration is pitching the idea as part of a peace deal with Ukraine, but Europe is wary and critics say Russia would be strengthened.

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A Gazprom gas processing plant in the Orenburg region of Russia.
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U.S. Floats Lifeline to Russia: Allowing More Gas Sales to Europe

Par : Anton Troianovski and Jim Tankersley
The Trump administration is pitching the idea as part of a peace deal with Ukraine, but Europe is wary and critics say Russia would be strengthened.

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A Gazprom gas processing plant in the Orenburg region of Russia.
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Trump Signs Order Waiving New Russia Sanctions

Par : Alan Rappeport
The sanctions were part of a measure that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.

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President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last year in Alaska.
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Dispute Between Trump Allies Centers on Millions Transferred From Congo

Par : Tyler Pager and Anatoly Kurmanaev
The White House inquiry is focused on diverging accounts from Richard Grenell and Alina Habba Mildon about a $17 million transfer from a government account in the African country to a Texas defense firm.

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Richard Grenell and Alina Habba Mildon had once been close friends.
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Dispute Between Trump Allies Centers on Millions Transferred From Congo

Par : Tyler Pager and Anatoly Kurmanaev
The White House inquiry is focused on diverging accounts from Richard Grenell and Alina Habba Mildon about a $17 million transfer from a government account in the African country to a Texas defense firm.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Richard Grenell and Alina Habba Mildon had once been close friends.
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Hegseth Singled Out in Democrats’ Campaign Attacks for War and High Prices

Par : Robert Jimison
Cabinet members are seldom major figures in campaigns, but the defense secretary’s forays into politics and his bravado in defense of an unpopular war have made him a target.

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In the final weeks of a midterm congressional battle in which voters’ opposition to the war with Iran has become a major issue, Democrats are increasingly making Mr. Hegseth a main character in their campaign messaging.
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Justice Department Seeks to Disqualify Judge Overseeing Golf Course Lawsuit

Par : Zach Montague
Escalating a standoff with Judge Ana C. Reyes, the Justice Department demanded that she recuse herself from a case in which she had ordered several Trump officials to testify.

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Workers used a tractor to cut down a tree at the East Potomac Golf Links last week.
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Congressional Staff Open Letters Containing Suspicious Substances

Par : Chris Cameron
The incidents, the first of which was reported on Thursday, came as election officials have reported a growing number of threats directed at them.

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Members of Congress Reported receiving letters containing suspicious substances on Friday.
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Trump Signs Order Waiving New Russia Sanctions

Par : Alan Rappeport
The sanctions were part of a measure that was named after Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who died in July.

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President Trump and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia last year in Alaska.
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Ilhan Omar’s Sister’s Phone Was Seized Before Search of Lawmaker’s Home

Par : Ernesto Londoño · Alan Feuer and Hamed Aleaziz
A criminal investigation into the lawmaker’s immigration process advanced after federal investigators reviewed family text messages from a seized phone.

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An officer carries a box from the Washington residence of Representative Ilhan Omar, during a search on Monday.
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California Says D.O.J. System for Identifying Noncitizens Is Sloppy

Par : Shawn Hubler and Nicholas Nehamas
State and local officials said that they received thousands of names lacking key identifying information, and that many of the names were paired with addresses over which they had no jurisdiction.

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Election Day for the primary in Huntington Beach, Calif., in June.
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Trump Administration Restricts Drone Activity Along U.S.-Mexico Border

Par : Karoun Demirjian
The new restrictions ban unauthorized drone flights within a nautical mile of the southern border, up to 400 feet in the air.

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A new border wall was constructed in Santa Teresa, N.M., earlier this year.
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Appeals Court Questions Justice Dept. Claim That Trump Owns White House Records

Par : Zach Montague
A three-judge panel appeared unconvinced by claims that a federal law requiring the president to preserve and hand over his presidential papers was unconstitutional.

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President Trump using his phone during a visit to his golf course in Virginia last year.
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Katie Zacharia, Trump’s New Press Secretary, Is Ousted After 5 Days

Par : Shawn McCreesh · Tyler Pager and Hamed Aleaziz
Her abrupt departure came after she was shadowed by questions about how she had presented her legal career and handled her first press briefing.

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Katie Zacharia during her first briefing at the White House on Tuesday. She was ousted on Friday.
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The Rupturing Trump-Zelensky Relationship Stands to Hurt Ukraine and Its European Allies

Par : Kim Barker
Where the two presidents’ war of words will end is anybody’s guess. But if it continues, it could threaten the crucial operational help that Ukraine still gets from the United States.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida in December.
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How the ‘Other Maine’ Has Helped Shape a Senate Race

Par : Esmé E. Deprez · Jenna Russell and Sophie Park
Both Senator Susan Collins, a Republican, and Troy Jackson, her Democratic challenger, grew up in Aroostook County, a vast, isolated northern wilderness. Those roots have helped define them.

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Avalanche of G.O.P. Cash Keeps the Party Competitive Despite Its Problems

Par : Theodore Schleifer and Matt Zdun
Republican Senate and House candidates are being out-raised by their Democratic rivals, but the party has received a huge boost from groups tied to Elon Musk and President Trump.

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President Trump’s super PAC and Elon Musk have both spent enormous amounts to support Republicans in the midterms.
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Young Voters Say They Are Turning Their Backs on Trump and His Party

Par : Sabrina Tavernise and Ruth Igielnik
One of the biggest surprises of 2024 was the swing of young voters, particularly men, away from Democrats to Donald Trump. Now they are swinging back.

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“I’m sure you know who Andrew Tate is,” said Suzanna Bridges, a conservative Catholic who sees misogyny laced into Trump world. “This administration is pushing for that kind of man right now — hyper, hypermasculine.”
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Elon Musk Spends Heavily to Back Ken Paxton’s Senate Bid in Texas

Par : Theodore Schleifer
The world’s richest person, who has become the biggest known midterm donor, gave $158 million to a group that quickly spent that much to help Mr. Paxton’s Senate bid in Texas.

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Elon Musk lives in Austin and has major business interests in Texas.
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In Michigan Senate Race, Ocasio-Cortez Joins El-Sayed on Trail in Trump Country

Par : Tim Balk
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez campaigned with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed in a swath of Michigan including areas won by President Trump, making a progressive pitch in a key Senate race.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for the Senate in Michigan, campaigned with Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday, including in areas won by President Trump.
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5 Takeaways From the Senate Debate in Maine

Par : Emily Davies
The race’s fourth and final debate centered on whether Senator Susan Collins, the Republican incumbent, was as independent as she claimed to be from President Trump.

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Troy Jackson answering a question during a debate with Senator Susan Collins at Husson University in Bangor, Maine, on Thursday.
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Trump Ally, Paolo Zampolli, Leaves State Department

Par : Chris Cameron
Paolo Zampolli, a longtime Trump associate, gained attention earlier this year with a report that his ex-wife had been detained by ICE after his request.

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Paolo Zampolli in Belgrade in April.
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Judge Refuses to Reverse Penalties Against Crypto Firm With Ties to Trump Family

Par : Sharon LaFraniere
The ruling denied a bid by Gemini Trust and the C.F.T.C. to nullify a settlement that required the company to pay $5 million for misleading federal regulators.

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Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, the founders of Gemini Trust, have backed ventures by President Trump and his two oldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.
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A Bitter White House Feud, Even by Trump-Era Standards: Alina Mildon and Richard Grenell

Par : Tyler Pager and Anatoly Kurmanaev
Two Trump allies — Alina Habba Mildon and Richard Grenell — are locked in a raging dispute that has its roots in the battle for a share of the spoils in Venezuela.

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President Trump had appointed himself chairman of the Kennedy Center.
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A Bitter White House Feud, Even by Trump-Era Standards: Alina Mildon and Richard Grenell

Par : Tyler Pager and Anatoly Kurmanaev
Two Trump allies — Alina Habba Mildon and Richard Grenell — are locked in a raging dispute that has its roots in the battle for a share of the spoils in Venezuela.

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President Trump had appointed himself chairman of the Kennedy Center.
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Trump Cancels Planned Execution Livestream of Nidal Hasan, Fort Hood Shooter

Par : Katie Rogers · Tyler Pager · John Ismay and Greg Jaffe
The president said only immediate families of the victims of the mass shooting in 2009 would witness the execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan.

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A memorial display for the soldiers killed in the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, seen in April 2014.
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Paxton Partied in Dubai With Fugitives Charged With Fraud, Lawsuit Says

Par : Lauren McGaughy
Ken Paxton celebrated New Year’s Eve in 2024 with two men wanted on federal charges, one of whom donated at least $190,000 to his campaigns. The extent of his ties to the men was unclear.
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Katie Zacharia Admits Failing Bar, but Defends Calling Herself a Lawyer

Par : Shawn McCreesh
In an interview with a right-wing influencer, the new White House press secretary also described the harried process that led to her hiring.

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Katie Zacharia, the White House press secretary, aboard Air Force One on Wednesday. “I woke up at 3 in the morning on Tuesday to prepare with what I had,” she said of her first press briefing.
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Senators Demand Investigation Into Ukraine Satellite Disruption

Par : Robert Jimison
Republicans joined Democrats in calling on the Pentagon’s inspector general to look into whether the Trump administration was responsible for the interruption.

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A Ukrainian drone operator prepares for a strike on a house in Russian-occupied Ukraine in July.
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More Trump Allies Aided Pro-Russian Balkan Government

Par : Kenneth P. Vogel
The daughter of the president’s chief of staff joined an American businessman in Republika Srpska as he explored a gas pipeline. And six current and former campaign advisers recently traveled there for an election.
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Many Figures Opposed Hegseth’s Plan to Livestream Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution

Par : John Ismay
A retired general, a Catholic archbishop for the military and one of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan’s victims were among those who had spoken out.

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A memorial service at Fort Hood days after the mass shooting there in 2009.
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Trump Administration Sues California Over Voter Rolls

Par : Devlin Barrett and Laurel Rosenhall
The lawsuit seeks to temporarily block the state from counting mail ballots of voters it claims are likely noncitizens, opening a new front in the administration’s legal fights with election officials.

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A lawsuit from the Trump administration is seeking a court order to force California to not count — at least in the short term — any mail ballots received from some 20,000 people in the state the administration claims are “likely noncitizens.”
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How Trump Is Trying to Assert Control Over the Election

Par : Zolan Kanno-Youngs · Jon Miller · Gilad Thaler · Rafaela Balster · Whitney Shefte and Joy Sung
Many election officials fear that the Trump administration is laying the groundwork to challenge the midterm results in November if they do not favor Republicans. Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs describes what the administration is doing.
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Fired FBI Agents Who Worked on Trump Investigation Sue Patel and Others

Par : Devlin Barrett
The lawsuit also suggests that a motivating factor for the dismissals was the intense scrutiny of the F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, after he went to the Olympics in Milan.

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The lawsuit says that Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, praised some of the fired employees privately before terminating them.
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Trump’s Attacks on Voting Raise Fears He Will Try to Challenge Midterm Results

Par : Zolan Kanno-Youngs
Election officials say they worry the administration could use its own unsubstantiated claims to contest the vote in November.

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President Trump, who has continued to falsely claim that he won the 2020 election, has been relentless in his efforts to sow doubts about the integrity of American voting.
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‘Suspicious Substances’ Sent to Senators and State Election Officials

Par : Michael Gold · Catie Edmondson and Richard Fausset
Federal law enforcement officials said they were investigating a series of letters mailed to members of Congress and secretaries of state in recent days.

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The F.B.I. said in a statement that it was working to find those responsible for the letters but provided no information on potential suspects.
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James Talarico Raises Quarterly Record of $64 Million in Texas Senate Race Against Ken Paxton

Par : John Yoon
The amount is the most that a Senate candidate has ever raised during that period, his campaign said, eclipsing his opponent in Texas, Ken Paxton.

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James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, during a campaign rally in Houston earlier this year.
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Democratic Senators Move to Block U.S.-Saudi Nuclear Deal

Par : Robert Jimison
The move will force a vote on the agreement after the midterm elections, though it faces steep odds in the Republican-controlled Congress even amid bipartisan concern about the deal.

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Elon Musk and Other Donors Pile $94 Million Into House Republican Effort

Par : Theodore Schleifer
The party’s top super PAC for House candidates said it had raised more this summer than ever before in a third quarter, but acknowledged the challenges Republicans are facing.

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Elon Musk has donated $20 million to the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with Speaker Mike Johnson.
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In Divided Portland, Ore., Anti-Police Posts Fuel a Fight Over the Future

Par : Anna Griffin
When social media posts denouncing the police surfaced, they were supposed to harm a socialist’s re-election. But the democratic socialists of Portland, and other cities, are showing their strength.

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Social media posts from Mitch Green, a city councilor in Portland, Ore., and democratic socialist, excoriated the police.
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7 Years Old, No Lawyer: Migrant Children Face Deportation Hearings Alone

Par : Jazmine Ulloa and Madeleine Ngo
For years, the government has helped secure lawyers for minors who arrive at the southern border. But a contract dispute has forced many children to face immigration judges on their own.

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Unaccompanied minors appeared virtually at an immigration court in New York.
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A Megachurch Pastor is Running for Senate. Will Democrats Vote for Him?

Par : Ruth Graham
As he seeks to unseat a Republican in Kansas, Adam Hamilton speaks of his work leading the state’s largest church — and making it appealing to nonreligious people.

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Adam Hamilton, the Democrat running for Senate in Kansas, has a relatively high profile thanks to his long career as pastor of the state’s largest church.
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Trump Says Those Who Leak Military Plans Should Be Shot

Par : Zolan Kanno-Youngs
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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