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Florida Counts Its Election Ballots Fast. Why Can’t California Keep Up?

Par : Bayliss Wagner
Florida counted most of its primary ballots within hours on Tuesday night, well ahead of the days California took to report the results of its major election.

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Election workers sort vote-by-mail ballots at the Miami-Dade County Supervisor of Elections Office for the Florida primary election in Doral, Fla., on Tuesday.
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Aisha Wahab Wins California Special Election to Replace Eric Swalwell

Par : Jennifer Medina
Aisha Wahab, a Democratic state senator in California, will fill out the term of Eric Swalwell, who resigned from the House amid accusations of sexual misconduct.

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State Senator Aisha Wahab addresses the news media at her election-night watch party in Hayward, Calif., on Tuesday.
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2 Hijackings in 4 Days: Somali Piracy Rises

Par : Pranav Baskar and Hussein Mohamed
Experts worry that the conflict in Iran and other regional dynamics are setting the stage for a Somali pirates’ comeback.

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Security forces patrolling the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of the semiautonomous Somali region of Puntland, in 2024.
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The Message Behind Trump’s Threats of ‘Economic Warfare’ Against Iran

Par : Anton Troianovski and Alan Rappeport
President Trump’s threats of an “economic D-Day” carry a clear signal to Iran that he does not want to go back to war.

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Among the challenges for President Trump is that he has repeatedly threatened Iran with destruction, only to pull back.
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Darline Graham’s Debate Misstep Tests South Carolina’s Appetite for a Political Newcomer

Par : Emily Davies
The South Carolina senator has argued that her lack of political experience is a strength as she runs to succeed her late brother, Lindsey Graham. But a debate misstep has rattled some of her supporters.

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Senator Darline Graham is campaigning to hold on to the seat of her late brother, Lindsey Graham.
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Trump Boasts of Declassifying Secrets, but Withholds Key Election Files From Public

Par : Dustin Volz
Even as the White House claims to be focused on transparency, it has ignored a congressional requirement to disclose a report on foreign meddling in the 2024 election.

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A polling location in New York during the 2024 election.
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Massachusetts Police Search for Karen Solomon in Connection to Husband’s Death

Par : Christina Morales
A Massachusetts woman who was known as an advocate for the mental health of emergency workers is being sought by the police after her husband, an officer, was found dead.
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U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln Leaves Middle East After Months at Sea in Operation Against Iran

Par : John Ismay
The aircraft carrier has been deployed for nine months, largely in support of U.S. operations against Iran, and is now heading home to San Diego.

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The U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln in San Diego in 2021. The carrier’s most recent deployment began on Nov. 21, and the thousands of sailors on board have spent almost the entirety of the time since at sea.
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In a Big Year for Progressives, Here’s Why These Moderates Won Their Primaries

Par : Bayliss Wagner
At times this year, the Democratic Party’s centrist wing has felt under siege from the left. But it has won several tough primaries recently.

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David Crowley, left, a Democratic candidate for governor of Wisconsin, and Representative Jared Moskowitz, who is running for re-election in Florida. Both prevailed in their primaries.
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Trump’s Economic Threat Puts Focus on Iran’s Trading Partners

Par : Leo Sands
President Trump appeared to suggest that the United States would impose economic penalties on countries that do business with Iran, though he did not specify what actions he would take.

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Oil tankers moored at Tsing Yi port in Hong Kong.
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As Iran and U.S. Settle Into an Uneasy Standoff, Who Will Blink First?

Par : Yeganeh Torbati
For weeks, there has been no diplomatic progress, but also no full-scale fighting, as each side seems to believe it can hold out longer than the other.

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A butcher in Tehran in July. The United States appears to be betting that putting Iran in a tighter economic stranglehold will succeed where military strikes have not.
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Missouri Judge Says Redrawn Congressional Map May Be Used in Midterms

Par : Madaleine Rubin
The decision, quickly appealed, was a win for Republicans. The party has been pushing for the new map in an effort to help maintain control in the U.S. House in November.

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Missouri was one of the first states to try to redraw its maps as part of President Trump’s national push to increase Republicans’ chances of keeping the U.S. House in the midterms.
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What to Know About Iran’s Economic Ties With Gulf Countries

Par : Pranav Baskar
The United Arab Emirates, Iran’s most important regional trading partner, announced a total embargo on transactions with Tehran on Tuesday.

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Smoke billowing from Jebel Ali port after an Iranian attack, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in March.
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Alabama Democrats Look for a Black Backlash Over Voting Rights

Par : Emily Cochrane
Democrats in Alabama and beyond are trying to harness Black anger over the Supreme Court’s weakening of the Voting Rights Act and the Republican redistricting that followed.

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Representative Shomari Figures, left, is joined onstage by Doug Jones, Democratic nominee for governor of Alabama, in Troy, Ala.
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More of Trump’s Chosen Candidates Lose Republican Primaries

Par : Jess Bidgood
A series of recent losses has eroded the president’s winning record, raising new questions about his hold over the party’s voters.

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On Tuesday night, several candidates President Trump had endorsed in Florida and Wyoming lost their Republican primary races.
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In Wyoming’s G.O.P. Primaries, an Emphatic Rebuke of the Hard Right

Par : David W. Chen
The Wyoming Freedom Caucus had ambitions for a total takeover of elected state government. But its candidates were rejected from the governor’s mansion to the Legislature.

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At least a dozen Freedom Caucus incumbents were ousted from the Wyoming Legislature.
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Send Us Your Questions About the Iran War

Par : Katrin Bennhold
Times reporters who cover the war, diplomacy, energy and the broader Middle East are joining our “Ask a Correspondent” feature as the conflict nears the six-month mark. Let us know what’s on your mind.
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U.A.E. Announces Halt to Trade With Iran Amid Trump’s Push To Isolate Tehran

Par : Ismaeel Naar and Vivian Nereim
The Emirates has long been a major trading hub for Iran, and analysts say it has been key to Iranian efforts to evade international sanctions, which Emirati officials deny.

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A vessel off the coast of the United Arab Emirates earlier this month.
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How the Iran War Made Africa’s Richest Man Even Richer

Par : Saikou Jammeh
Africans have turned to one of their own for fuel as the world’s supplies run low. But they are not the only ones with the continent’s richest man on speed dial.

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Aliko Dangote at his refinery office in Lagos, Nigeria, in January.
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Trump, With Limited Options in Iran, Tries Economic Pressure — Again

Par : Steven Erlanger
Iran has survived decades of sanctions. Faced with more, it is likely to escalate rather than surrender, analysts said.

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People walking on a sidewalk near the Tajrish Bazaar in Tehran last month.
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Chocó, Colombia, Faces Deeper Hardship After an Earthquake

Par : Genevieve Glatsky and Federico Rios
In Chocó, a remote region, “pain, hunger and homelessness await” survivors of last week’s earthquake, the governor said. Shakira visited to help draw awareness.

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Soldiers and volunteers offloading aid supplies from a helicopter San José del Palmar, Colombia, a remote town close to the earthquake’s epicenter.
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Trump Orders Pentagon to Curtail Military Exercises With Ally South Korea

Par : Helene Cooper
In a social media post, the president scolded South Korea for not helping denuclearize Iran, and also praised North Korea and its leader.

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In his post on Sunday, President Trump did not mention a rift in relations with North Korea in 2017, when Kim Jong Un called him a “mentally deranged dotard.”
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Houthis Claim Strike on Saudi Vessel as Red Sea Violence Escalates

Par : Ismaeel Naar
The armed group, based in Yemen and backed by Iran, said it had launched missiles near the vital maritime trade route, in a conflict that shows no sign of abating.

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Flames and smoke rising from the port of Mokha in Yemen on Friday. The Houthis have bombarded the city with drones and missiles n recent weeks.
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Signals Intention to Keep Country on a War Footing

Par : Erika Solomon
Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei’s appointment of hard-line loyalists to top jobs suggests he is prepared to keep the country on a war footing and to quash domestic dissent.

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A rally in Tehran in April, with posters of Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei. The ayatollah has not been seen in public since being named supreme leader of Iran.
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U.S. and Iran Blow Through Deadline to Agree to a Broad Deal to End War

Par : Aaron Boxerman
President Trump said a cease-fire agreed in June would lead to limits on Iran’s nuclear program and finish the conflict, but the countries appear far apart.

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People in Tehran, Iran, last month. Iranians are coping with severe economic strain from six months of war.
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As Iran War Turns Into Economic Battle, a New U.S. Strategy Recalls Old Ones

Par : Aaron Boxerman · Zolan Kanno-Youngs and David E. Sanger
The United States and Iran are poised to blow past a deadline they had set themselves to broker terms on peace and Iran’s nuclear program.

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Ships anchored this month in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran.
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Bou Meng, Rare Survivor of Khmer Rouge Torture House, Dies at 85

Par : Seth Mydans
Saved by his ability to paint, he was one of only a handful of prisoners to make it out of the brutal prison Tuol Sleng.

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Bou Meng, who was imprisoned at the notorious Khmer Rouge interrogation and torture facility Tuol Sleng, in 2009 at the prison, which became a genocide museum.
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Iran Says Qatar Captured Its Pilots Months Ago, a Claim Qatar Rejects

Par : Yeganeh Torbati and Leily Nikounazar
Iran said the airmen have been held since March 2 when their fighter jets were shot down. The Qatari government denies detaining any Iranian pilots.

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Smoke rising from an Iranian missile attack in Doha, Qatar, in March.
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