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U.S. Military Kills 2 People in Attack on Boat in Pacific
The United States has killed at least 223 people since its campaign of boat strikes began nearly a year ago....
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The Ruthless Efficiency of Ultrapotent Street Drugs
Five decades after the “war on drugs” sought to make substance abuse unaffordable, illicit drugs are cheaper and more powerful than ever. A visit to Baltimore shows why....
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Research Firm’s Founder Explains $6 Million Payment to Fired Forbes Editor
RJ Shook of Shook Research said he paid Randall Lane, the former top editor at Forbes, for “services and guidance” in partnering with Forbes and later selling his research firm....
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Iran Cracks Down on One Luxury Left to Its Youth: Coffee Shops
In recent weeks, the police have closed dozens of cafes, often citing laws that stipulate women must veil in public. Experts say the closures are part of an effort to control public space....
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing....
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Some of Russia’s A.I. Drones Are Powered by Nvidia Microcomputers, Ukrainian Officials Say
The tech giant says it does not sell the devices in Russia, but they are widely available on resale markets. When purchased that way, they are virtually impossible to track....
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UK Prime Minister Burnham Arrives in Ukraine as Russia Amps Up Warnings
In his first foreign trip since taking office, Prime Minister Andy Burnham affirmed support for Kyiv despite new warnings from Moscow of consequences for doing so....
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Oil Prices Fall Ahead of U.S. Vow to Intensify Economic War Against Iran
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is expected to announce an escalation of sanctions aimed at further isolating Iranian trade....
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Canada Is ‘at War’ With U.S. Over Tariffs, and U.S.P.S. Publishes Plan to Restrict Ballots
Plus, what it’s like to live next to a roller coaster....
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A Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I.
An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans....
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U.S. Marines Cancel Drill With South Korea, Citing Iran War Demands
The move to call off the high-profile event was communicated in June, South Korea said. President Trump shortened another joint military exercise earlier this month....
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California Cancels Talks With Paramount Over Warner Bros. Merger
Rob Bonta, California’s attorney general, accused Paramount of leaking and misrepresenting earlier settlement discussions. He is leading a group of 12 states that have sued to block the $111 billion d...
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Mark Carney Did What Canadians Elected Him to Do
Mark Carney has chosen suffering, but he did what Canadians elected him to do....
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Let Iran Control the Strait of Hormuz
President Trump needs to face reality on the Strait of Hormuz....
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AIPAC Wants to Back This Republican, but He Has Some Reservations
The pro-Israel group has been preparing to spend big for Mike Rogers, the Republican nominee for Senate in Michigan. Does he want that?...
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As El Niño Dries Indonesia, Wildfires Intensify
The unusual weather pattern and dried out peatlands, a kind of wetland, have been behind some of the country’s worst fire seasons. This year could be one....
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3 Cyclists Die in One Week in Hit-and-Runs in New York City
Those who died were all on e-bikes. Seventeen cyclists have been killed so far this year, and advocate groups said the deaths should be a rallying cry for safety improvements....
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Trump’s Economic Approach Draws Concern From Some Republicans
A plan to lower tariffs on imported beef and trade tensions with Canada have compounded some G.O.P. worries about a central issue in the midterms....
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Trump’s Summer of Fun Ends With an IndyCar Race on the Streets of D.C.
It was the final, major event planned for the nation’s 250th anniversary celebrations. The president took a lap....
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Hayden Panettiere’s Final Battles: Mysterious Pain and Trouble With an Ex
In the year before the actress’s death, she struggled to walk at times and worked to disentangle herself from an ex-boyfriend who had abused her....
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Fire Near Reno, Nev., Prompts Evacuations of Homes and Hospitals
The Hawk fire has burned more than 10,000 acres and is encroaching on the northern part of the city, causing the governor to issue a state of emergency....
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Jeffries and Kushner Meet Privately as Midterm Attacks Fly
President Trump’s son-in-law and the man in line to be speaker of a Democratic-led House discussed how Democrats and the administration could work together....
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Angry Ohio Voters Could Turn Their State Purple Again
A governor’s race, a Senate contest and enough congressional contests to swing control of the House are all in play in Ohio, where voters of all stripes express a deep sense of powerlessness....
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Iran Warns Gulf States Not to Join Trump’s Economic War
Iran’s new hard-line national security adviser, Mohsen Rezaei, vowed to prevent “a single drop of oil” from leaving the region....
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A Murder Trial in Massachusetts
How the trial of Lindsay Clancy has become a proxy for how people view society’s ills....
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Twitter Broke the Left. X Will Break the Right.
Democrats paid a price for forming their politics on Twitter; the right will pay a price for forming theirs on X....
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U.S.-Canada Trade War: What to Know About Tariffs and the Negotiations
Canada suspended trade negotiations, triggering President Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods. Mark Carney said he would retaliate “dollar for dollar.”...
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What Canadian Goods Will Take Trump’s 50% Tariffs? Some Pretty Strange Items.
Buoys, dog muzzles, capes, national flags and “base metal statuettes” from Canada are now more expensive for U.S. shoppers....
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Mexican Governor Accused by U.S. of Aiding Cartel Leaves Office, Again
Rubén Rocha Moya of Sinaloa reversed course a day after returning to office, amid widespread criticism, including from members of his own party....
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‘It’s Been Terrible’: Thousands in Indiana Remain Without Power
Gov. Mike Braun called on the local utility to “match the urgency” of Gary area residents who have had to endure an outage approaching its second week....
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Trump’s Top Trade Representative Details Offer That Canada Refused
In an interview, Jamieson Greer, Trump’s trade representative, laid out details of the trade offer that the United States made to Canada before talks crumbled....
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For Some in a Disrupted D.C., Grand Prix Is More Irritation Than Celebration
Race preparations have snarled traffic, rerouted flights and forced the National Gallery of Art to conduct vibration tests....
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Mark Carney Speaks to Canadians After Trade Talks With U.S. Collapse
Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed Canadians on Saturday morning, hours after he ordered negotiators to suspend U.S. trade talks despite President Trump’s punishing tariffs....
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Harvard’s A.I. Clones Will Hear Your Start-Up Pitch Now
To create a new $699 bootcamp for entrepreneurs, Harvard Business School made A.I. versions of its faculty....
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How the Billionaire Joe Lonsdale Shaped Trump’s Homelessness Policy
As Republicans have embraced tough measures to clear the streets, no group has led the way more than the Cicero Institute, founded by the venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale....
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Why Polling Chaos Could Create Big Problems for American Politics
Bad polls. Misleading betting odds. Surveys meant to shape narratives. Ahead of the midterms and 2028, there is suddenly serious confusion about candidate strength and voter sentiment....
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Harry and Meghan See Their California Dreams, and Riches, Fade Away
Like so many others before them, Prince Harry and Meghan arrived in Hollywood with big plans. They are leaving with their star power fading....
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The Right Is Rethinking MAGA. The Left Is Rethinking ‘Woke.’
As primary results trickle in, both parties are wrestling with what they stand for — and where they’re headed....
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What Does Harry and Meghan’s Return to England Mean for Their Children?
One effect of moving back is that Archie and Lilibet now have the opportunity to be schooled as Britons. Here’s what that might look like....
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Carney Stands Up to Trump in U.S.-Canada Trade War
Canada’s prime minister walked away from what he thought was a bad trade deal with the United States. Many Canadians are behind him, but it will be costly....
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Canada-U.S. Trade Talks Collapse; Washington Imposes New Tariffs
Mark Carney suspended talks and will take out retaliatory tariffs against the United States after days of negotiations to stave off new levies by the Trump administration ended in an impasse....
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U.S. Says Canada Has Declined a Trade Deal to Stave Off Tariffs
United States trade representative Jamieson Greer said that it was a “missed opportunity for Canada.” The surprising development means tariffs against $20 billion of Canadian goods come into effect at...
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With Midterms Approaching, Trump Implores Republicans: Pretend I’m on the Ballot!
President Trump was in South Carolina to stump for Darline Graham, sister of Lindsey. But his own political future was on his mind, too....
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Postal Service Publishes Finalized Plan to Restrict Mail Ballots
The plan complies with President Trump’s executive order to restrict mail voting, which was blocked by federal courts and is under review at the Supreme Court....
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Pentagon Fires Editor and Publisher of Independent Military Publication
The firings at Stars and Stripes also claimed a Middle East correspondent. They are the latest effort by the Pentagon to diminish the news outlet’s editorial independence....
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U.S. Cuts Colorado River Water for Arizona, California and Nevada
Arizona’s share of the river will shrink by a third, likely increasing reliance on groundwater and raising pressure on agriculture....
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We Tried to Cover a Tom Kean Campaign Event. Someone Called the Police.
Representative Thomas Kean Jr. was joined Friday on the campaign trail by House Speaker Mike Johnson. An aide to Mr. Kean blocked a reporter’s entry. Then the police were called....
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Drawing on His Rust Belt Roots, Vance Campaigns for Republicans
Vice President JD Vance traveled to his hometown, Middletown, Ohio, and spoke at a steel factory where his grandfather once worked....
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Canada-U.S. Tariff Talks Continue as Trump’s Midnight Deadline Looms
Canadian negotiators were in Washington to finalize a deal that would stave off new tariffs and improve the terms of existing ones, but Mark Carney faces a tough sell back home....
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