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G.O.P. Toils to Find Votes for Policy Bill as Senate Prepares to Debate

New official estimates showed the bill would swell deficits while slashing health programs and insurance coverage, posing potential problems as the legislation moved forward in the Senate.

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Europe Heat Wave Drives Record-High Temperatures, Prompting Health Alerts

Extreme heat has gripped Europe with record-high temperatures, health alerts and wildfires, from France and Spain to Greece.

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G.O.P. Bill Has $1.1 Trillion in Health Cuts and 11.8 Million Losing Care, C.B.O. Says

Analysis from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office found that Republicans’ new version of the legislation would make far deeper cuts and lead to more people becoming uninsured than previous proposals.

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Appeals Court to Consider Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act in Mass Deportations

The case before one of the most conservative courts in the country is likely to be the first to reach the Supreme Court.

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Why Was the Italian Football Championship Played in Toledo?

Amateur football players from Ancona and Florence drew a crowd in Ohio on Saturday.

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A Public Lands Sell-Off Is Struck From the G.O.P. Policy Bill

Senator Mike Lee, Republican of Utah, said he would withdraw his proposal after it faced intense intraparty opposition.

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A Decade of Marriage Equality

Readers explain what Obergefell meant to them.

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Israel’s Military Appears Poised to Expand into Gaza City Amid Cease-Fire Calls

President Trump urged Israel and Hamas to “make the deal,” but it was unclear if any significant progress has been made toward an agreement.

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Conquering Soccer and Arming Warlords

The Emirati vice president is best known as the owner of a top English soccer team. Behind the scenes, he has been described as the “handler” guiding his country’s secret foreign wars.

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Anna Wintour Steps Down as Editor in Chief of Vogue

There will never again be a Vogue editor like Anna Wintour. That’s probably a good thing.

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Trump Wants One of His Lawyers to Be One of His Judges

A reckless nomination puts the Senate to the test.

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For South Koreans,‘Squid Game’ Was More Than Just Entertainment

The Netflix hit has left a lasting legacy as a major cultural export, but also one that exposed some unsettling aspects of Korean society.

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How the G.O.P. Bill Saves Money: Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork

Instead of directly reducing benefits for the poor, Republicans are making them harder to get and to keep.

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Refugees Worry: Is Nicaragua Running Assassination Operations in Costa Rica?

After a Nicaraguan human rights activist who had fled to Costa Rica was killed, concern has grown that the Ortega government may be targeting its enemies abroad.

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Baseball in the Everlasting Light of Fairbanks, Alaska

For more than a century, baseball teams in Fairbanks have played at midnight on the summer solstice, illuminated only by the sun.

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After War With Israel and U.S., Iran Rests on a Knife Edge

The Islamic Republic limps on after the 12-day conflict. Where will the nation go from here?

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Catholic Bishops Oppose Trump’s Immigration Efforts

Leading prelates are expressing outrage at the drive toward mass deportation.

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Greenland Gets a Little Easier to Visit as United Starts Nonstop Flights

United Airlines has started a seasonal, nonstop flight from Newark to the capital of the Arctic island that President Trump wants to acquire.

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She Thought Lady Gaga Bought Her Art. Then Things Got Strange.

The artist Emma Webster was excited when it appeared the pop star wanted to buy one of her artworks. But it was an impostor and she has asked the F.B.I. for help.

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The Beatboxing, Dancing Nuns Expanding the Flock in Brazil

The Catholic Church’s effort to win young followers relies in part on influencers, D.J.s and two Brazilian nuns with plenty of rhythm.

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The Story Behind Brazil’s Viral Beatboxing Nuns

These nuns in Brazil went viral for beatboxing. Now, they’re using their newfound fame to draw attention to the Catholic church and to their congregation’s mission. Jack Nicas, the Brazil bureau chief for The New York Times, goes behind the scenes as the nuns record their first music video.

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In 1975, Gay Moms Rarely Got Custody. So She Took Her Child Underground.

Facing a court system that often saw gay parents as unfit, Georgette DuBois stole her daughter, Kara, from her estranged husband. She called it a miracle, but it didn’t feel like one to Kara.

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How Social Media Videos Fueled Zohran Mamdani’s Success

The son of a filmmaker is running a visually rich campaign for mayor of New York City — and has inspired voters to make their own videos on his behalf.

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How Zohran Mamdani Brought New Voters to the Polls

Mr. Mamdani, the likely winner of the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City, drew tens of thousands of new voters to the polls. Here’s how.

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Trump Cuts Threaten L.G.B.T.Q. Senior Centers: ‘This Is About People’

The funding cuts, aimed at programs that deal with diversity and gender, pose a danger to organizations in New York City that are also losing corporate sponsors.

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NYC Pride March Arrives Amid Growing National Backlash

As millions gather on Sunday for America’s largest Pride parade, the L.G.B.T.Q. community is increasingly concerned about the pushback against transgender people.

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America Can’t Do to North Korea What It Just Did to Iran

The Trump administration should embrace a North Korea strategy that aims to contain escalation, not keep a white-knuckled grip on a failed policy.

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How Europe Got Tough on Migration

The European Union has not gone as far as President Trump in cracking down on immigration, but its shift is already profound.

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Senate Takes Up Trump’s Policy Bill, as G.O.P. Scrounges for Votes to Pass It

Republican leaders barely scaled a key procedural hurdle to bring up the bill, but Democrats delayed its consideration and it was unclear whether the G.O.P. had the votes to pass it.

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Musk Wades Back Into Politics, Slamming Trump’s Domestic Policy Bill

Weeks after ending his war of words with President Trump, Elon Musk called the president’s bill “utterly insane and destructive.”

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