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More Than 500 Trees to Be Cut Down at D.C. Golf Course That Trump Wants to Redo

The National Park Service notified a court of the plan as part of continuing litigation over the president’s proposal to create a “champion-level” course.

© Andrew Leyden for The New York Times

Workers used a tree harvester to cut down a tree at East Potomac Golf Links while golfers played the course on Saturday.
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The Controversial Class That M.I.T. Is Paying a Professor Not to Teach

Michel DeGraff, a vocal pro-Palestinian activist, can’t be easily fired because he has tenure. But he has been kicked out of his department.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

Michel DeGraff, a tenured professor at M.I.T., was pushed out of the university’s linguistics section.
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Arlington County Sues to Block Trump’s Triumphal Arch

The county is home to Arlington National Cemetery, the military gravesite that is central to the legal battle over the planned arch.

© Alex Kent/The New York Times

A model of a proposed 250-foot triumphal arch, to be built near Arlington National Cemetery, was on display at the Great American State Fair on the National Mall in June.
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Embrace or Ban Greek Life? Cornell Case Renews an Old Debate on Campuses

A sexual assault case at Cornell revived a long-running national conversation about whether fraternities and sororities are beneficial or harmful.

© Heather Ainsworth for The New York Times

Students at Cornell University on Monday protested the school’s response to allegations of sexual assault on campus.
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If the Kennedy Center Is ‘Dangerous,’ Why Is the Symphony Rehearsing There?

The National Symphony Orchestra is practicing inside a building that President Trump and his allies say could fall on their heads.

© Elizabeth Frantz for The New York Times

Musicians with the National Symphony Orchestra still arrive at the Kennedy Center almost every weekday morning for rehearsals, entering through a parking lot door.
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Students at Lincoln University, an HBCU, Sue Missouri for $549 Million, Citing Funding Disparities

The case argues that Missouri persistently underfunded Lincoln University, treating it different than the University of Missouri.

© Summer Ballentine/Associated Press

The Lincoln University campus in Jefferson City, Mo.
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Investigators Search Site of Warehouse Fire in Los Angeles

State and local investigators executed a warrant on Tuesday to search the Boyle Heights building, which burned for days in June. A community group also sued the E.P.A. to get environmental data.

© Mark Abramson for The New York Times

The cold storage facility operated by Lineage Logistics in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles in June.
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Trump-Appointed Judge Accuses ICE of Lying and Fabricating Records

Two men were mistakenly arrested in the Bronx by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. Gary R. Brown, a federal judge, condemned the agency’s actions.

© Todd Heisler/The New York Times

Immigration arrests have swept across the New York region as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown.
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This L.A. Power Broker Is Suing Over His Uninhabitable $20 Million Mansion

Austin Beutner has filed a lawsuit that highlights a central dispute after the 2025 Los Angeles fires: Who pays when a house survives the flames but not the smoke?

© Ryan Young for The New York Times

Austin Beutner is battling his insurance company to get what he believes he is owed for smoke damage.
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Chicago Woman Shot by Border Patrol Agent Sues Federal Government

The lawsuit is the latest in a widening push from people who claim they were harmed by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and now want justice.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Marimar Martinez was shot five times by a Border Patrol agent in Chicago last year.
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California Prepares to Ban Quartz Countertop Production

The state would be the first to block an industry that has been connected to a deadly lung disease in workers.

© Zack Wittman for The New York Times

A California rule would ban any manufactured stone that contains more than 1 percent of crystalline silica.
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Supreme Court Tangles Over a Major Climate Change Case

The justices began their new term with a landmark dispute over whether local governments can hold oil companies liable for damages from climate change.

© Mark Makela for The New York Times

The Suncor Energy refinery in Commerce City, Colo. The case before the justices pits officials from nearby Boulder against Suncor and Exxon Mobil.
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