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Aujourd’hui — 18 juin 2025Flux principal

New Report Highlights Air Traffic Control Staffing Woes

18 juin 2025 à 17:18
While faulting some towers for inefficient practices, the report recognized significant external factors and called on Congress to help address the problem.

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The control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in February.

Iran Crisis Overshadowed as Senators Squabble at Hearing

18 juin 2025 à 16:26
A hearing featuring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth exposed a major divide over the dangers of using U.S. troops domestically.

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Senators asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth questions about domestic military use and the names of bases during a hearing ostensibly about the defense budget.

Andrea Lucas Defends E.E.O.C. Record Under Trump at Senate Hearing

18 juin 2025 à 15:05
Ms. Lucas, the acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, is seeking Senate approval to renew her role as commissioner, which is a requirement for her leadership post.

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Andrea Lucas faced tough questions from Senate Democrats over her record at the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, including her role in dismissing transgender discrimination cases.

Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Transgender Care for Minors

18 juin 2025 à 17:05
The justices ruled that the state’s law, which prohibited some medical treatments for transgender youths, did not violate equal protection principles.

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A group demonstrating outside the Supreme Court as the case on medical treatments for transgender youths was argued in December.

The D.N.C. Is in Chaos and Desperate for Cash Under Ken Martin

18 juin 2025 à 16:24
Under its new leader, Ken Martin, the Democratic National Committee has been plagued by infighting and a drop in big donations, raising alarms from Democrats as they try to win back power.

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As Democrats are locked out of power in Washington, the party’s new chairman, Ken Martin, has confronted internal battles in the early months of his tenure.

Trump’s Base in Uproar Over His Openness to Joining Iran Fight

18 juin 2025 à 13:55
The president’s supporters are warring over two dueling campaign promises: to steer clear of foreign wars and to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.

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Tucker Carlson and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas. A confrontation between the two men over Israel and Iran embodies the rupture on the right over whether the United States should get involved.

The Last Time Supreme Court Considered Trans Rights, It Protected Them

18 juin 2025 à 13:44
In 2020, the justices ruled 6-3 that gay and transgender workers were shielded from employment discrimination nationwide.

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Gerald Bostock, whose case let to the Supreme Court agreeing that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 guaranteed nationwide protection from workplace discrimination to gay and transgender people, at his home in Atlanta in 2019.

Trump Quizzes Workers at the White House: ‘Any Illegal Immigrants?’

18 juin 2025 à 13:28
President Trump decided to check the immigration status of a work crew installing a new flagpole at the White House.

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A worker tended to a fountain outside of the White House earlier this month.

These States Have Laws Restricting Some Treatments for Transgender Minors

18 juin 2025 à 13:21
Transgender minors and their parents, guardians and doctors have challenged bans in 19 states, with mixed results.

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What Has Medical Research Found on Gender Treatments for Trans Youth?

18 juin 2025 à 15:03
The Supreme Court cited the uncertainty in the scientific evidence when upholding Tennessee’s ban on the treatments.

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Puberty blockers are prescribed to prevent the permanent physical changes of puberty.

Sotomayor’s Dissent Criticizes Supreme Court Decision in Transgender Care Case

18 juin 2025 à 12:18
Justice Sotomayor also read her dissent from the bench, a move typically reserved to emphasize a justice’s extreme displeasure with a decision.

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Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a 31-page dissent, arguing that the judiciary had long played a role in shielding individuals from discrimination.

Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Transgender Care for Minors

18 juin 2025 à 11:35
The justices ruled that Tennessee’s law, which prohibited some medical treatments for transgender youths, did not violate equal protection principles.

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A group demonstrating outside of the Supreme Court as the transgender case was argued in December.

Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Transgender Care for Minors

18 juin 2025 à 11:35
The justices ruled that Tennessee’s law, which prohibited some medical treatments for transgender youths, did not violate equal protection principles.

© Maansi Srivastava for The New York Times

A group demonstrating outside of the Supreme Court as the transgender case was argued in December.

Sarah Stogner Elected Prosecutor in Texas Oil Country

18 juin 2025 à 10:40
Sarah Stogner had never tried a criminal case before getting elected D.A. in an oil-rich area half the size of New Jersey. So far, it’s been a struggle.

Sarah Stogner, an oil-and-gas lawyer in Louisiana, moved to the Ward County during the pandemic.

How Florida’s Attempt to Let Teens Sleep Longer Fell Apart

18 juin 2025 à 10:25
After lawmakers required high schools to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m., school administrators complained that it was unworkable. Last month, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a repeal.

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Florida’s experiment has illustrated how, even as concerns grow about the well-being of American teenagers, a modest scheduling shift with broad support from scientific and medical experts can struggle to gain traction.

India and Canada Move to Mend Ties Damaged by Sikh Activists’s Killing

18 juin 2025 à 06:32
The rapprochement comes months after each country had expelled the other’s senior diplomats.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada at the Group of 7 summit in Kananaskis, Canada, on Tuesday.

From Resignation in Protest to Campaign for Congress

18 juin 2025 à 05:03
Bridget A. Brink, who stepped down as ambassador to Ukraine in April out of objections to President Trump’s pro-Russian approach to the war, is now speaking out and running for office at home.

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Bridget A. Brink while serving as ambassador to Ukraine in 2023. “I realized that I couldn’t both serve my country the way I knew I had to do it to be consistent with the policy and stand by my own principles,” she said of her resignation in protest of the Trump administration’s policy toward the war.

Images of Handcuffed Democrats Are Piling Up in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

18 juin 2025 à 05:03
Federal agents have arrested a growing number of the party’s elected officials, fueling liberal outrage and conservative accusations that Democrats are carrying out publicity stunts.

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Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, was arrested on Tuesday by federal agents at an immigration courthouse.

An Unlikely Prosecutor Is Now the Law in Texas Oil Country

18 juin 2025 à 05:00
Sarah Stogner had never tried a criminal case before getting elected D.A. in an oil-rich area half the size of New Jersey. So far, it’s been a struggle.

Sarah Stogner, an oil-and-gas lawyer in Louisiana, moved to the Ward County during the pandemic.

Great-Grandson of Islamic Republic’s Founder Was in Streets as Israel Fired on Tehran

18 juin 2025 à 00:10
Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini, a descendant of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, told The Times that the legacy of his family name was at stake in the conflict.

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Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini, the great-grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on Tuesday night in Tehran at a time when sounds of explosions could be heard in the background.
Hier — 17 juin 2025Flux principal

In a Year of Working Dangerously, Fear of Trump Marks Public Service Awards

17 juin 2025 à 23:17
The Trump administration’s large cuts to the federal work force turned an annual celebration of federal workers into a reminder of loss.

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David Lebryk, a former top Treasury Department official, said on Tuesday that “most of my career was spent trying to be unnoticed.”

Trump Calls for Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’ and Threatens Its Supreme Leader

17 juin 2025 à 19:52
The decision to launch a full-on attack on Iran would be in the gray area between the president’s powers as commander in chief and the Constitution’s mandate that only Congress can declare war.

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President Trump at the Group of 7 summit in Canada on Monday.

Trump’s Conflicting Messages on Workplace Raids Leave Businesses Reeling

Trump officials insist the president is fully committed to mass deportation. But they have been careful not to directly contradict the president’s attempt to offer a reprieve to certain businesses.

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An immigration agent making an arrest last month in Miami. Lack of clarity over the Trump administration’s deportation agenda is dividing Republicans.

Heavily Armed Man at ‘No Kings’ Protest Had 13 Bombs at Home, Police Say

17 juin 2025 à 19:36
Kevin Krebs, 31, of Malvern, Pa., is facing more than two dozen additional charges after investigators searched his house on Monday.

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The “No Kings” march in Philadelphia was one of several protests in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Mr. Krebs was pointed out by people in the crowd at an event in West Chester, Pa.

Trump Calls for Iran’s ‘Unconditional Surrender’ and Threatens Its Supreme Leader

17 juin 2025 à 19:52
The decision to launch a full-on attack on Iran would be in the gray area between the president’s powers as commander in chief and the Constitution’s mandate that only Congress can declare war.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

President Trump at the Group of 7 summit in Canada on Monday.

Senators Assail Antidoping Regulator for ‘Stonewalling and Intimidation’

17 juin 2025 à 18:55
Members of both parties criticized the World Anti-Doping Agency for its decision not to sanction Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance, including some who went on to win Olympic medals.

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Dr. Rahul Gupta, center, the top White House drug official under President Joseph R. Biden Jr., appeared at a Senate hearing on the World Anti-Doping Agency.

Elected Officials Who Have Been Detained in Protests

17 juin 2025 à 19:16
The arrest of Brad Lander was the latest case in which an official has been held while protesting President Trump’s immigration agenda.

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Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, being arrested in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday.

Senate Passes Cryptocurrency and Stablecoin Rules Bill

17 juin 2025 à 19:29
The bill was a significant step toward giving the cryptocurrency industry the credibility and legitimacy it has sought, without limitations it has worked to head off.

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Senator Bill Hagerty, Republican of Tennessee, said the cryptocurrency bill would boost demand for U.S. Treasury securities and help maintain the dollar’s global dominance.

House Policy Bill Would Add $3.4 Trillion to Debt, Swamping Economic Gains

17 juin 2025 à 17:32
The updated findings from the Congressional Budget Office amounted to the latest dour report card for the president’s signature legislation.

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In response to estimates showing that the policy bill would yield limited growth, administration officials have sought to discredit experts while presenting a more optimistic view of the president’s economic agenda.

Supreme Court Justices Disclose International Travel and Book Deals

17 juin 2025 à 15:38
Annual financial disclosures revealed some of the perks of being on the Supreme Court, including international teaching and book sales.

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The financial disclosures of Supreme Court justices offered a window into some of the perks of being part of the nation’s highest court.

Companies Ask Supreme Court to Fast-Track Challenge to Tariffs

17 juin 2025 à 15:05
Two toy manufacturers asked the court to greatly expedite their case, in an unusual request.

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Learning Resources and hand2mind, the toy companies suing the administration, argued that the law President Trump relied on, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, does not authorize tariffs.

Senate Democrats Want Noem to Testify After Padilla Is Pushed and Handcuffed

17 juin 2025 à 15:23
Democrats asked the homeland security secretary to testify about Senator Alex Padilla’s removal from a news conference and Trump’s immigration enforcement.

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Senator Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, right, spoke on the Senate floor on Tuesday about his forced removal from a Homeland Security news conference last week.

California Bill Would Bar Officers From Wearing Masks

17 juin 2025 à 13:55
The proposal comes as immigration raids by masked officers have touched off protests in California and elsewhere across the country.

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Masked National Guard troops outside a federal building in Los Angeles this month.

Members of Congress Press for More Security After Minnesota Attacks

17 juin 2025 à 15:43
A Capitol security official briefed senators on enhanced security precautions, and lawmakers in both parties said more funding was needed to protect themselves.

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Congress determines how much to spend on its own security as part of the annual appropriations process, though the president must sign funding bills.

Trump calls for Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ and threatens its supreme leader.

17 juin 2025 à 13:25
The president wrote in a social media post that the United States knew his location.

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President Trump at the G7 summit in Alberta, Canada, on Monday. Since returning to Washington, he has been active on social media with messages about Iran.

Trump calls for Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ and threatens its supreme leader.

17 juin 2025 à 13:25
The president wrote in a social media post that the United States knew his location.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

President Trump at the G7 summit in Alberta, Canada, on Monday. Since returning to Washington, he has been active on social media with messages about Iran.

Lawmakers Vote to Decriminalize Abortions for Women in England and Wales

17 juin 2025 à 15:06
The landmark decision will prevent women from being criminally prosecuted for ending their pregnancies.

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An amendment, proposed by Tonia Antoniazzi, a lawmaker for the governing Labour Party, aims to partly decriminalize abortion in England and Wales.

Obama Steps Back Into the Public Eye Amid Political and Global Unrest

17 juin 2025 à 22:59
He spoke about the risks of autocracy during an appearance on Tuesday night with the writer Heather Cox Richardson at a time of deep volatility for his party, the country and the world.

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Former President Barack Obama at an event in Chicago last year. He has shied away from offering running commentary on politics or on President Trump.

Florida’s House Speaker Stood Up to DeSantis, and Shifted the Power Dynamics

17 juin 2025 à 11:56
For years, legislators bent to the will of Gov. Ron DeSantis. Daniel Perez, the Republican speaker, said his goal this session was “to be a coequal branch of government.”

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Daniel Perez, the Republican speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, clashed with Gov. Ron DeSantis over the course of the legislation session.

Florida’s House Speaker Stood Up to DeSantis, and Shifted the Power Dynamics

17 juin 2025 à 11:56
For years, legislators bent to the will of Gov. Ron DeSantis. Daniel Perez, the Republican speaker, said his goal this session was “to be a coequal branch of government.”

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Daniel Perez, the Republican speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, clashed with Gov. Ron DeSantis over the course of the legislation session.

Senate Republicans Propose Key Tax Tweaks to House Bill

17 juin 2025 à 11:36
Party lawmakers proposed changes to the tax code that could offer the greatest benefit to businesses.

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The legislative text released by the Senate Finance Committee on Monday mirrors in broad strokes the effort the House adopted.

Trump Says Macron ‘Always Gets It Wrong’ as They Clash Over Mideast

17 juin 2025 à 07:52
In an angry post on social media, President Trump suggested that President Emmanuel Macron of France was a publicity seeker with no clue about American plans in the Israel-Iran conflict.

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President Emmanuel Macron of France has disagreed with President Trump over Israel, Gaza, Ukraine and now, it seems, Iran.

Trump Says Macron ‘Always Gets It Wrong’ as They Clash Over Mideast

17 juin 2025 à 07:52
In an angry post on social media, President Trump suggested that President Emmanuel Macron of France was a publicity seeker with no clue about American plans in the Israel-Iran conflict.

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President Emmanuel Macron of France has disagreed with President Trump over Israel, Gaza, Ukraine and now, it seems, Iran.

North Korea’s Pandemic ‘Miracle’ Was a Deadly Lie, Report Says

17 juin 2025 à 07:10
Officials drastically understated outbreaks and deaths, depriving citizens of help, two U.S. research groups report, citing interviews with people inside North Korea.

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A photograph released by North Korean state media showed a worker disinfecting a vehicle while a civilian had his temperature checked as a precaution against the coronavirus in Pyongyang, North Korea, in 2020.

Trump Says He Has No Plans to Call Walz After Shootings in Minnesota

17 juin 2025 à 07:10
“I think the governor of Minnesota is so whacked out, I’m not calling him,” the president told reporters.

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President Trump spoke to reporters on Air Force One before landing in Washington on Tuesday.

Syria Is Notably Silent as Other Arab States Condemn Israeli Attacks on Iran

17 juin 2025 à 05:01
Syria was once among the closest allies of the Islamic republic, but the new government resents Tehran’s support for the Assad regime and has pledged not to allow attacks on Israel from its territory.

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President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria, center, has made it clear that Iran’s proxies are no longer welcome in Syria.

Officials Investigate More Threats of Violence Against American Politicians

17 juin 2025 à 06:23
The authorities in at least three states were investigating threats against elected officials. President Trump and U.S. senators were identified as targets.
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