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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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Trump Returns to Dalton for a Rescue Mission in Georgia

Par : Jess Bidgood
Plus, Katie Zacharia’s ouster, A.O.C. on the trail, and another tense debate in Maine.

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President Trump departing Joint Base Andrews today.
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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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The Arab Kingmaker in Israel’s Election Who Wants a Partnership With Jews

Par : David M. Halbfinger and Adam Rasgon
Mansour Abbas, a dentist-turned-lawmaker, helped oust Benjamin Netanyahu once before. Now, he and a Jewish ex-police commander have teamed up to try to do it again.

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Mansour Abbas, leader of Raam, in Nazareth, Israel, in September.
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Japan’s Leader Says She Loses Hours to Makeup and Chores. Opinions Abound.

Par : Javier C. Hernández and Kiuko Notoya
Sanae Takaichi said she has a busier schedule than her male predecessors, a nod to the disproportionate share of household tasks in Japan that fall to women.

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Japan's prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said her all-male team of aides has had trouble adapting to her schedule.
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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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The Sexual Abuse Crisis in Paris’s Public Schools

Par : Ségolène Le Stradic
A surge of abuse accusations has led Parisian authorities to acknowledge a “collective failure” to prevent sexual offenders from working in schools.

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The entrance to St.-Dominique, a kindergarten in Paris where 16 current and former employees were arrested following accusations of child abuse.
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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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Oregon Has Approved Tight Gun Laws, but They Have Been Held Up in Courts

Par : Orlando Mayorquín
The state has passed restrictive measures popular among gun safety activists. The Silver Rail Elementary School shooting seemed poised to set off conversations about gun control.

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A sheriff’s deputy outside Silver Rail Elementary school, where a shooting took place on Thursday.
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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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A Guide to State Legislature Elections and Where Partisan Control Is at Stake

Par : David W. Chen
A guide to the states where legislatures are up for grabs.

A Crawford County Democratic Party meeting in Gays Mills, Wis., in August.
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Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Calls Trump’s New Oil Partner Corrupt

Par : Julie Turkewitz
The businessman denied accusations made by María Corina Machado in a wide-ranging interview, in which she promised to return to Venezuela “sooner than you would expect.”

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While expressing frustration that she is stuck abroad, María Corina Machado vowed to return to Venezuela and rally supporters for a future election.
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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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6 Members of South Africa’s Biggest Party Are Killed in Shootings

Par : Zimasa Matiwane
The two shootings took place only a few weeks before pivotal, nationwide local elections, and as the party, the A.N.C., is embroiled in a dispute over the eligibility of more than 100 candidates.

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Fikile Mbalula, the secretary general of the African National Congress, in Cape Town in May.
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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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Violent Protests in Albania

Par : Fatjona Mejdini · Paul Mozur and Lynsey Chutel
Opposition to a luxury resort project linked to Jared Kushner has collided with rising discontent over corruption and the cost of living.

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A protester confronting riot police during an anti-government demonstration in central Tirana, Albania, on Thursday.
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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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These Legislatures Could See Big Changes in November

Par : David W. Chen and Ashley Wu
Statehouses make health-care policy, guide education, and may redraw congressional districts ahead of 2028. With the stakes high, more than 6,100 legislators will be elected Nov. 3.

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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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Inside the Plague Research Labs at the Heart of a Russian Mystery

Par : K. R. Callaway
A Russian researcher, who died from an unknown illness, worked at a remote anti-plague facility. Few foreigners have visited these labs, which dot the former Soviet states, and are shrouded in secrecy.

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A picture released by the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute showing specialists working in a laboratory in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, in 2019.
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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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