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4 Takeaways From a Voting-Focused ‘No Kings’ Day

Par : Tim Balk
Saturday’s gatherings were more subdued than some past events, and many prominent Democrats skipped them.

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Gene Hempy waving a flag during a “No Kings” rally on Saturday in Dallas.
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In Midterm Campaign’s Final Stretch, Trump Can’t Stop Praising Men’s Bodies

Par : Tim Balk
As he stumps for midterm candidates, the president has been especially eager to talk about the physical appearance of some men.

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President Trump with the retired N.F.L. player Todd Gurley on Friday in Dalton, Ga.
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Bernie Sanders Visits Florida to Campaign With Angie Nixon

Par : Patricia Mazzei
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has made a point of investing in Republican-leaning states. He rallied in Tampa for Ms. Nixon, the underdog Democratic nominee for Florida Senate.

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Senator Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont, with Angie Nixon, the Democratic candidate for Senate in Florida, during a campaign stop on Saturday in Tampa, Fla.
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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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Unrest Mars Day of Protest in France, as Student Movement Turns National

Par : Catherine Porter
Riots broke out in several French cities alongside peaceful marches of tens of thousands of people demonstrating against rising living costs and poor school conditions.

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A tourist office in Lyon, France, that was set on fire during unrest on Saturday. Many rallies stayed peaceful as weeks of student-led protests evolved into a national display of discontent.
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Egypt’s President Says He Will Leave Office in 2030

Par : Euan Ward
President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who has so far ruled for over a dozen years, pledged to respect constitutional limits while also seeking parliamentary approval to help defend Saudi Arabia.

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President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, last year. His earlier promises to respect presidential term limits that were then changed have raised questions about whether he will honor his latest pledge.
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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.

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Richard Grenell and Alina Habba Mildon had once been close friends.
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What to Know About the Violent Protests in Albania

Par : Fatjona Mejdini and Lynsey Chutel
Student demonstrations over education converged with broader protests against rising living costs and a luxury development linked to Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law.

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A protester faced off with police officers on Saturday during a demonstration in Tirana, Albania.
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Indian Gen Z Protest Leader Is Released on Bail After Arrest

Par : Anupreeta Das
Abhijeet Dipke, the founder of the Cockroach Janta Party, was detained on his way to a protest called to demand the resignation of India’s top election official.

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Abhijeet Dipke after his release in New Delhi on Saturday.
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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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Why Are There Protests in France?

Par : Lynsey Chutel · Zane Irwin and Catherine Porter
Student demonstrations converged on Saturday with a broader protest movement against rising living costs, heightening a national reckoning.

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Clashes between demonstrators and the police in Paris during nationwide protests on Saturday.
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How Bally Bagayoko, a 53-Year-Old Mayor, Became the Face of France’s Youth Protests

Par : Catherine Porter
Bally Bagayoko, the mayor of a working-class suburb near Paris, has been a regular presence at student demonstrations, prompting both applause and condemnation.
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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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