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Trump Shifts Deportation Focus, Pausing Raids on Farms, Hotels and Eateries

The abrupt pivot on an issue at the heart of Mr. Trump’s presidency suggested his broad immigration crackdown was hurting industries and constituencies he does not want to lose.

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A Miscalculation by Iran Led to Israeli Strikes’ Extensive Toll, Officials Say

Interviews with half a dozen senior Iranian officials show that they were not expecting Israel to strike before another round of talks.

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Marines, in a Rare Move, Briefly Detain Man in Los Angeles

The man, who said he was a veteran, was soon released. But the incident calls attention to the operation of troops in a police-like domestic function.

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Trump Was Already a Crypto Czar in 2024

Financial disclosures for 2024 filed by the president on Friday show that digital coins had already become one of his family’s most successful ventures.

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U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel Say Their ‘Partnership’ Is Sealed

The companies said they had entered into an agreement with the U.S. government to alleviate any national security concerns.

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Judge Signals Openness to Granting Bail to Returned Deportee

Denying the Justice Department’s request to detain the deportee would be a significant rebuke of the Trump administration, which has repeatedly cast him as a dangerous criminal.

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Trump’s Deployment of Troops to L.A. Protests Is a Do-Over of 2020

President Trump was talked out of deploying the military to crush the George Floyd protests in 2020. He always regretted it.

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Kennedy’s New Vaccine Advisers Helped Lawyers Raise Doubts About Their Safety

Three of the health secretary’s picks to replace fired members of an influential panel that sets U.S. vaccine policies have filed statements in court flagging concerns about vaccines.

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In a Anxious Moment for the Nation, Historians Say This One Is Different

The country has become a cauldron of anger and unease as it enters a weekend promised to be marked by protests and a military parade.

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Judge Blocks ICE Plans for Rikers Island Office Indefinitely

The decision is a blow to Mayor Eric Adams, who sought to help the Trump administration expand its immigration crackdown.

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Fact-Checking Trump’s Claims About the L.A. Immigration Protests

The president claimed, without giving evidence, that the protesters were “paid” agitators, that the Los Angeles police asked for the National Guard, and that swaths of the city were under gang control.

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Death Toll Rises to 11 in San Antonio Flooding

Several people were missing on Friday as search efforts continued a day after flash flooding overwhelmed the area.

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Dara Birnbaum, Video Artist Who Showed the Power of Mass Media, Dies at 78

As early as the 1970s, she demonstrated that mass media was fair game as artistic material, and that its power could be turned against itself.

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Foday Musa Suso, 75, Dies; Ambitious Ambassador for West African Music

A master of the kora who worked with Herbie Hancock and Philip Glass, his career was powered as much by experimentation as by reverence for tradition.

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National Parks Are Told to Delete Content That ‘Disparages Americans’

Internal documents reviewed by The New York Times say that “negative” information at parks and other national site must be removed or covered by Sept. 17.

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Prison Reform Left Women Behind. Then Prosecutors Stepped In.

California passed the nation’s first prosecutor-initiated resentencing law in 2018. Few women benefited from these laws, until now.

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Iran Retaliated Against Israel With a Barrage of missiles

Also, Washington prepares for a major military parade. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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Harris Yulin, Actor Who Perpetually Played the Bad Guy, Dies at 87

As an award-winning actor and director, he appeared in scores of stage plays, movies and TV shows over six decades, most often as unsavory characters.

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Much of Iran’s Nuclear Program Remains, at Least for Now

The first phase of the attack did not hit the most likely repository of Iran’s near-bomb-grade nuclear fuel.

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Mexico’s President Calls Image of Flag in Protests a ‘Provocation’

On Friday, President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico broadly criticized images of disturbances on U.S. streets that featured the Mexican flag as a “provocation.”

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Bloomberg Gives $5 Million to Super PAC Supporting Andrew Cuomo

The contribution by Michael R. Bloomberg is the largest to a super PAC in the New York City mayor’s race this year and follows his endorsement of Andrew M. Cuomo for mayor.

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Karen Read Trial: Jury Begins Deliberations

The Boston-area woman was accused of killing her police officer boyfriend in 2022.

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What’s the Deal? Nippon’s Bid for U.S. Steel Becomes a Merger Mystery.

President Trump’s foray into the takeover could reshape the future of foreign investment in the United States.

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Andrew Cuomo for Mayor? Bill de Blasio Has Thoughts, None of Them Good.

In a candid interview, former Mayor Bill de Blasio strenuously argued that former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo should not be elected to lead New York City: “He is a vindictive person,” Mr. de Blasio said.

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What We Know About ‘No Kings’ Protests Ahead of Trump’s Military Parade on Saturday

Organizers have planned demonstrations in cities and towns across the country on the same day as President Trump’s parade in Washington to celebrate the Army.

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10 Questions With Bill de Blasio About Andrew Cuomo’s Run for Mayor

Former Mayor Bill de Blasio said in a searing interview that his political nemesis, Andrew M. Cuomo, should not be mayor of New York City.

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Lives Lost in India Crash: Expectant Grandparents, a Boy Selling Tea

At the hospital in Ahmedabad, family members were giving DNA samples, waiting for official confirmation of their loss in the Air India disaster, and remembering their loved ones.

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A Billionaire Island Where Bezos and Kushner Live Is Fighting Over Sewage

Indian Creek Village, the “Billionaire Bunker” near Miami, couldn’t get approval to discharge its waste into a neighboring town’s sewer lines. So the village quietly persuaded state lawmakers to come to the rescue.

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Shock and Grief in U.K. After Air India Plane Crash: ‘I Didn’t Really Believe It’

The fatal flight was bound for England, where family and friends of the 241 victims on board, including 52 British nationals, were left searching for answers.

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Trump Talks Big on Global Diplomacy, but His Goals Are in Tatters

The president said he would bring a quick end to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and get China to bend on trade and Iran on its nuclear program. Instead, conflict is escalating.

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