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German Far-Right Surges, in Threat to Postwar Taboo on Extremists in Power

Sunday’s vote in the state of Saxony-Anhalt could produce the strongest showing in the history of the Alternative for Germany party, and potentially a far-right government in the statehouse.

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Pentagon Subjects Roughly 50 Members of the Joint Staff to Polygraph Tests in Expanded Leak Hunt

The aggressive effort comes in the wake of news reports about the military’s diminished stocks of crucial munitions as the U.S. fights Iran.

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Trump’s Latest Clemency Grants Benefit Drug Offenders, Union Boss

The president issued pardons or commutations to 30 people on Thursday, continuing his unorthodox and unpredictable use of clemency power.

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The Heart Drug Pelacarsen Fails, Shocking Novartis and Cardiologists

Doctors were hopeful the drug, which was being tested in a large clinical trial by Novartis, was going to be a powerful new tool to fight heart disease.

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C.D.C. Says No Deaths This Year Attributed to Measles

The agency’s weekly update escalates a political fight after Pennsylvania said two deaths had been caused by the virus.

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Judge Once Again Blocks Mail-In Ballot Rules

The ruling arrived before the Supreme Court could decide whether to intervene but appeared certain to set off yet another round of appeals.

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Judge Declares a Mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s Murder Case

Also, regulators scrutinize steering-wheel-free cars. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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In Complex Cases Like Lindsay Clancy’s, a Unanimous Verdict Can Be Hard to Reach

Hung juries are not common, but the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy was emotionally wrenching and uniquely complicated.

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Judge Orders Trump Officials to Divulge Names of Those Who Set Up $1.8 Billion Fund

The plan to create a fund that could have funneled taxpayer money to the president’s allies drew repeated scrutiny, including a rare rebuke from Senate Republicans.

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Trump Plans to Use Qatari Jet for Another Overseas Flight Despite Security Concerns

The president intends to travel to Ireland on the plane, the first time he will have used it overseas since questions were raised about its defensive capabilities.

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RFK Jr. Hires Army Doctor Who Opposed Covid Shots to Investigate if They Killed 2,500 Troops

In a legal deposition, the doctor, Theresa Long, compared immunizing service members against Covid to Nazi doctors experimenting on concentration camp prisoners.

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Supreme Court Sides With Republicans in TV Ad Fight

Republican groups had asked the court to clear the way for political parties to pay the same low-cost ad rates as candidates, a move that could undercut a Democratic advantage in the midterms.

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Homeland Security Dept. Asks for Inquiries Into Voting Machines

Critics of ballot-marking devices have claimed that hackers could manipulate digital codes on ballots. Election experts say the systems are safe to use.

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Trump Administration Issues Subpoenas For Voter Data in Nevada

The request comes as the government has escalated efforts to prove President Trump’s false claims of widespread voter fraud.

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Quiet on the Court! As U.S. Open Grows, the Crowd Gets Rowdier.

Are social media influencers ruining the Open? Or are they just the latest evolution of New York’s famously boisterous tennis tournament?

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The Lindsay Clancy Jury Had an Impossible Task

Postpartum psychosis is misunderstood and a poor fit for the justice system.

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Lindsay Clancy’s Murder Trial Ended With a Hung Jury. What Now?

Ms. Clancy still faces murder charges for killing her three children. She is likely to remain in a hospital, and prosecutors may decide to retry her.

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Robust Hiring Reinforces Strength of the U.S. Economy

Employers added 162,000 jobs and unemployment held at 4.1 percent last month, signs of a stability that contrasted with high inflation weighing on households and markets.

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Six-Week-Old Infant Died From Measles, Lancaster Coroner Says

The baby had a rare genetic disorder that can make children more vulnerable to respiratory infections, the coroner said.

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ICE Agent Charged With Six Counts of Lying About Minnesota Shooting

The federal indictment against Christian Castro marked a rare instance of the Trump administration seeking to hold an immigration agent accountable for actions taken while on duty.

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Pentagon Agreement With N.I.H. on Biodefense Draws Alarm From Democrats

Under a new partnership, the Defense Department would play a larger role in biodefense and pandemic preparedness. Democrats warned it could allow a Pentagon cash grab.

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Gloria Steinem Stayed Positive, Even as the Manosphere Took Hold

The feminist icon thought many women would carry on her legacy. But at an unsteady time for feminism, how will the movement carry on?

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N.Y.P.D. Fatally Shoots Man With Knife on Brooklyn Bridge

The shooting, on Friday morning, happened days after the police shot and killed a woman in Times Square who had stabbed two people.

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When the World’s Best-Known Feminist Was Accused of Insulting Women

During the 2016 presidential campaign, Gloria Steinem was asked about the young women supporting Bernie Sanders over Hillary Clinton. Her answer created a brief hullabaloo.

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Trump Threatens to Halt Some Trade Unless the Fed Cuts Rates

The president said he could halt trade between the United States and countries with which it has a trade deficit if the central bank doesn’t do his bidding.

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How to Define the ‘Reasonable’ in Reasonable Doubt

“Beyond a reasonable doubt” is the highest burden of proof within the American legal system. Still, there is some wiggle room.

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Trump Administration Moves to Drop Protections for More Wetlands

The proposed rule could strip federal protections from most U.S. wetlands, many of which help feed drinking water systems.

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A More Confident Iran Emerges After Six Months of War With the U.S.

New intelligence reports have assessed that Iran now has a far better understanding of its capabilities and the limits of U.S. power.

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Kushner and Witkoff to Go to Russia and Ukraine to Revive Peace Talks

Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff’s trip to meet with the countries’ presidents comes at a precarious moment in the Ukraine conflict.

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The U.S. Wants the Oil From These 17 Venezuelan Fields

A private oil company has struck a deal with the Trump administration to develop 17 areas in Venezuela, an effort that experts say will take years and billions of dollars.

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