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Newark’s Mayor Sues a Top Trump Lawyer, Claiming Malicious Prosecution

The mayor, Ras Baraka, is suing Alina Habba, the interim U.S. attorney for New Jersey, who dropped charges against him soon after his arrest near an immigration jail.

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A DNA Technique Is Finding Women Who Left Their Babies for Dead

Genetic genealogy is identifying the mothers of deceased newborns found abandoned, shedding light on crimes that went unsolved for years. Women now may face lengthy prison sentences for decades-old chapters of their pasts.

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Tesla Protesters Claim a Victory as Elon Musk Leaves Trump’s Side

The activists behind the Tesla Takedown campaign say they intend to expand beyond protests at the company’s showrooms.

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Hotel Security Officer Says Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Paid Him $100,000 for Cassie Assault Footage

The music mogul has been accused of using a brown bag filled with cash to buy surveillance video of him beating up Casandra Ventura.

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From No Hope to a Potential Cure for a Deadly Blood Cancer

Multiple myeloma is considered incurable, but a third of patients in a Johnson & Johnson clinical trial have lived without detectable cancer for years after facing certain death.

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Black Families Are Leaving New York. Can a Pastor’s Plan End the Exodus?

In the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, a pastor is devoting his time to building affordable housing for his congregation.

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Where ​South Korea’s Likely New President​ Lee Jae-myung Stands on Trump and North Korea

Facing a complex set of thorny challenges at home and abroad, Lee Jae-myung says he will deal with them with “pragmatism.”

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Ukraine Says It Struck Crimea Bridge

It would be the third time Ukraine had struck the bridge. The claim comes two days after one of the country’s most ambitious operations of the war, deep inside Russia.

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Ukraine’s Drone Strike on Russia Aims to Change Putin’s Calculus

Kyiv’s attack on the country’s bomber fleet appeared designed to show Russia’s leader that continuing the war carries big risks for Moscow.

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American Antisemitism

We explore a resurgence of violence against Jews in the U.S.

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Late Night Mines Laughs From Trump’s Biden Replacement Theory

“You’re saying that the Joe Biden who doesn’t even know where he is, is actually an incredibly advanced cloned robot? How much ketamine are you on?” Jon Stewart asked.

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Israeli Soldiers Open Fire Near Aid Site, and Coffee’s Link to Healthy Aging

Plus, The Times’s summer book picks.

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Macron and Meloni Meet, Searching for Unity in a World of Conflict

President Emmanuel Macron of France and Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni of Italy have regularly sniped, but they are meeting in Rome in pursuit of common goals.

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Trump’s Foreign Policy, Explained

The foreign policy scholar Emma Ashford explains what President Trump is really doing in the Middle East and Ukraine.

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Judges in Trump Deportation Cases Face Evasion and Delays From U.S. Officials

Administration officials have either violated orders or used an array of obfuscations and delays to prevent federal judges from deciding whether violations took place.

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A (Partial) Defense of Elon Musk

His life and conduct is similar in many ways to another complicated figure, Cecil Rhodes.

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As the Trump Administration Slashes Federal Spending, Scientists Consider Leaving the U.S.

As the United States cuts budgets and restricts immigration, China and Europe are offering researchers money and stability.

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The Siren Song of Chatbots

Talking to a chatbot may have some benefits — if it doesn’t lead to a full-blown addiction.

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The Vertiginous Novelty of America’s Debt Pile

The problem isn’t only the trillions owed. It’s that no modern country has become this indebted absent a crisis.

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In the Age of the Algorithm, Roots Music Is Rising

Streaming services are helping revive America’s most old-fashioned, undigital genre.

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Michael Boren Built an Airstrip on Protected Land. Now He Might Lead the Forest Service.

Michael Boren, nominated by President Trump, is accused of threatening trail workers with a helicopter, building an airstrip without a permit and putting a cabin on federal property.

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Geert Wilders Withdraws Party from Dutch Governing Coalition

Geert Wilders said the decision was made because the four-party coalition had not made progress in cracking down on immigration.

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At Least 27 Killed After Israeli Soldiers Open Fire Near Gaza Aid Site

The Israeli military said its troops began shooting after people strayed from a designated route toward a food distribution site. It was the latest deadly incident involving a contentious new aid system.

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10 Questions With Andrew Cuomo

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, the front-runner in the New York City mayor’s race, visited The New York Times for an interview.

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If Andrew Cuomo Has a Regret, It’s Resigning as Governor

Mr. Cuomo told The New York Times in a wide-ranging interview that none of the sexual harassment allegations against him had merit.

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Weinstein’s 2nd Sex Crimes Trial in New York Shifts to Closing Arguments

Facing new charges after an earlier conviction was overturned, the former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is charged with attacking three women in Manhattan.

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Anorexia in Middle Age and Beyond

A growing number of older women are seeking treatment for eating disorders. Many have struggled without help for decades.

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Young South Korean voters are disenchanted with their election choices.

Some of the same young people who demonstrated after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law said they were disappointed by their choices in Tuesday’s election.

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Poland Just Sent an Ominous Signal to the World

Populism is resilient and sticky, and liberalism has yet to find a reliable formula to defeat it.

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What We Can Learn About Xi’s Rule by Studying His Father’s Life

Xi Zhongxun was purged by the Communist Party he served and went on to help reform Chinese politics. His son is the most authoritarian leader since Mao.

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