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Sanctions Bill Would Give Trump Sweeping New Tariff Powers

Par :Alan Rappeport
A bipartisan bill in the Senate would allow President Trump to impose tariffs on the biggest importers of Russian energy.

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The president has expressed a preference for using tariffs over sanctions as an economic weapon.
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At Graham’s Farewell, a Glimpse Into Power in Trump’s Washington

Par :Peter Baker
The political evolution of Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina senator, both captivated and confused many of his old friends but reflected the changing order in the nation’s capital.

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President Trump during the funeral for Senator Lindsey Graham at the National Cathedral in Washington on Tuesday.
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Iran Considered Retaliatory Strike on Ukrainian Seaport

Par :Farnaz Fassihi · Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt
A flurry of diplomacy has eased tensions, officials said, after an incident risked triggering a wider war.

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Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, said in a post on Tuesday that Andrii Sybiha, his Ukrainian counterpart, had described an attack on a cargo ship as unintentional.
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Behind Closed Doors, Trump Huddles With Netanyahu and Zelensky

Par :Katie Rogers
The visits by the leaders of Israel and Ukraine underscored just how deeply President Trump was enmeshed in conflicts he had promised — and failed — to end quickly.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine arriving at the White House for his meeting with President Trump on Tuesday.
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Senate Advances Graham’s Russia Sanctions Bill

Par :Robert Jimison
As Washington remembered Senator Lindsey Graham, his colleagues cleared away a hurdle to passage of his long-stalled bill to penalize Moscow.

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An honor guard awaiting the coffin of Senator Lindsey Graham on Tuesday.
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Graham to Be Honored at Funeral Services This Week. Here’s How to Watch.

Par :Chris Cameron
Closed ceremonies for the Republican senator, a stalwart ally of President Trump, will be held in Washington on Tuesday before a procession and public funeral in South Carolina the next day.

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Military members practicing outside the Capitol on Monday for a ceremony honoring Senator Lindsey Graham.
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Ukraine’s Strike on an Iranian Ship Could Bring Two Wars Closer

Par :Constant Méheut and Qasim Nauman
The attack in the Caspian Sea was an unusually direct encounter between two countries that have been on opposite sides for years.

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The southern coast of the Caspian Sea at the port city of Bandar Anzali, Iran, last year.
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Graham to Be Honored at Funeral Services This Week. Here’s How to Watch.

Par :Chris Cameron
Closed ceremonies for the Republican senator, a stalwart ally of President Trump, will be held in Washington on Tuesday before a procession and public funeral in South Carolina the next day.

© Mariam Zuhaib/Associated Press

Military members practicing outside the Capitol on Monday for a ceremony honoring Senator Lindsey Graham.
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Zelensky and Trump Meet at the White House. Has Their Relationship Thawed?

Par :Kim Barker and Ken Bensinger
President Trump meets his Ukrainian counterpart in Washington this week. President Volodymyr Zelensky also attended the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham.

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President Trump with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla., last year.
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Bryan Kohberger, Convicted in Idaho College Killings, Seeks to Take Back Guilty Plea

Par :Mike Baker
In an interview from prison, Bryan Kohberger said he had filed a petition to reopen the case. He blamed his guilty plea on “false promises” and wrong information.

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Bryan Kohberger at a courthouse in Boise, Idaho, after his sentencing hearing in 2025.
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Ukrainian Attacks in Crimea Deprive Towns of Power and Water

Par :Nataliya Vasilyeva
Ukraine’s campaign to bring the war home to ordinary Russians is meant to pressure the Kremlin to negotiate. Moscow has acted as if there were no crisis.

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A pedestrian using a flashlight during a temporary power outage in Yevpatoriya, Crimea, this month.
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Russia and Ukraine Trade Deadly Blows With Missiles and Drones

Par :Marc Santora and Valerie Hopkins
Ukrainian strikes set fire to warehouses and other sites in Russia, and Russian bombing rocked Ukraine’s capital, as the two countries escalated an air campaign.

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Zelensky’s Dizzying U-Turn Is the Latest Zigzag in a Presidency Full of Them

Par :Andrew E. Kramer
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has pivoted from unpopular moves before, but a recent decision about military leadership and strategy could weaken his position.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine during a visit to Paris this month. His country is in the grips of some of the worst turbulence in domestic politics since Russia’s all-out invasion in 2022.
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A New Target for Ukraine’s Long-Range Attacks: Russia’s Version of Amazon

Par :Valerie Hopkins and Alina Lobzina
Kyiv is escalating its air war by striking commercial warehouses, trying to bring the conflict closer to home for ordinary Russians.

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Smoke rising from a fire at a Wildberries logistics complex in Elektrostal, near Moscow, on July 18, after a Ukrainian drone attack.
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A Russian Spy, Suddenly Cast Into the Spotlight, Flees Japan

Par :Michael Schwirtz · Adam Goldman and Jane Bradley
The military intelligence officer left the country after The Times reported that he was using the Aeroflot airline office in Tokyo to conduct espionage.

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Toranomon Kotohira Tower is home to the Aeroflot airline office in Tokyo.
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Firing of Ukraine’s Top General Signals the End of an Era

Par :Carlotta Gall
Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, who commanded crucial battles, oversaw an expansion of drone warfare against Russia, but many Ukrainians want even more.

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Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi in a trench position north of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, in 2022.
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Ukraine’s New Military Chief Faces a Monumental Test

Par :Marc Santora
Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi faces a balancing act between asserting the independence favored by military reformers and accommodating political input on battlefield strategy.

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In a photograph released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service, Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi attended a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Monday.
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After Decades of Caution, Germany Is Shaking Up How It Makes Weapons

Par :Christopher F. Schuetze
As threats from Moscow rise and support from Washington dwindles, the German military is reinventing how it researches, funds and wields 21st-century arms.

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Testing a drone-jammer at Erding Air Base, Germany, in May.
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Mykhailo Drapatyi: What to Know About Ukraine’s New Top General

Par :Cassandra Vinograd
Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi, a decorated commander, is popular both inside and outside of his country.

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Maj. Gen. Mykhailo Drapatyi speaking to journalists in Ukraine last year.
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Zelensky Dismisses Ukraine’s Top General After Protests

Par :Marc Santora
The move followed the firing of a popular defense minister, who had clashed with the general over how to fight the war.

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Volodymyr Zelensky and the Ukrainian commander in chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, in Ukraine’s Donetsk region in March.
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When Protesters Speak, Zelensky Listens, in the Ukrainian Tradition

Par :Andrew E. Kramer
With anger high over the firing of the defense minister, the president’s office is signaling an openness to compromise.

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A photograph released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service on Monday showing President Volodymyr Zelensky meeting with Gen. Mykhailo Drapaty, the commander of the Joint Forces, in Kyiv.
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Zelensky Faces Pressure to Remove Ukraine’s Top General

Par :Marc Santora · Liubov Sholudko and Stanislav Kozliuk
Demonstrators and many soldiers want President Volodymyr Zelensky to reaffirm the vision of drone warfare laid out by the defense minister he fired last week.

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Protesters in Kyiv, Ukraine, last week criticized President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to dismiss Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
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Ukraine War Momentum Helps Spur Interest in Postwar Investment

Par :Andrew E. Kramer
At a conference on reconstruction, the focus shifted to private investment, not donor assistance.

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The Ukraine Recovery Conference in Gdansk, Poland, in June. The overarching pitch was to put money into Ukraine even as it remains at war.
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Russia Batters Kyiv in One of the Largest Missile Assaults of the War

Par :Cassandra Vinograd and Marc Santora
On Saturday, Ukraine hit two warehouses in Russia in strikes that killed at least eight people and injured 62.

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A helicopter dropping water on Sunday over the site of a Russian missile strike in the Kyiv region of Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s Top General Becomes a Target of Protesters’ Anger

Par :Andrew E. Kramer and Cassandra Vinograd
Demonstrators supporting Ukraine’s ousted defense minister have begun denouncing the commander he clashed with in office, Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi.

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People in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday protesting President Volodymyr Zelensky’s decision to oust Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, who had championed drone warfare.
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