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Abbott Calls Seeking Blame for Floods ‘the Word Choice of Losers’

As both the death toll and number of questions about official preparedness increased, the Texas governor invoked football metaphors, saying “every team makes mistakes.”

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Trash Overflows in Philadelphia as City Workers’ Strike Enters Second Week

Pungent odors permeate the City of Brotherly Love as a contract impasse between the city and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees continues.

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Trump Uses Cabinet Meeting to Vent About Epstein, Putin and Powell

The president held forth in public for 104 minutes, using a cabinet meeting to express much that is on his mind.

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Trump and Bondi, Confronted Over Epstein Files, Tell Supporters to Move On

A small but influential cohort of the president’s far-right political coalition spared him their ire but turned with a vengeance on the attorney general and the top officials at the F.B.I.

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U.S. Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans in El Salvador for American Prisoners

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the U.S. envoy to Venezuela were both working on different deals and ended up at cross purposes.

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Antigovernment Protests Erupt Across Kenya, Killing Dozens

Simmering anger against President William Ruto’s government has boiled over into clashes between protesters and the police, who have deployed live rounds, tear gas and water cannons.

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The Supreme Court Cleared the Way for Mass Federal Firings

Also, Trump accused Putin of duplicity. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

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Should New York City Ditch Its Party Primaries in Favor of Open Races?

A panel created by Mayor Eric Adams wants to consider using an “open primary” system for elections in New York City. Here’s how the plan would work.

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Mayor and Police Chiefs Let Corruption Fester at N.Y.P.D., Suits Charge

The lawsuits, by four former police officers, claim that a culture of cronyism ruled the department. James Essig, who was chief of detectives, said that promotions were sold for $15,000.

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What Is a Trade Deal? Trump Takes an Expansive View.

The president is deploying the word “deal” liberally, using the term to describe all kinds of trade arrangements, some very limited or one-sided.

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The Bayeux Tapestry, a British Masterpiece, Returns to England After 900 Years

The embroidered work, depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, is a loan from France. For the first time, it will be on exhibit in London.

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For Israel, It Pays to Be a Winner

Diplomatic breakthroughs in the Middle East are the result of military victories.

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Supreme Court Clears Way for Trump Administration’s Mass Firings of Federal Workers

The Trump administration had asked the justices to block a lower court’s ruling that paused the largest phase of the president’s efforts to downsize the government.

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Richard Greenberg, Playwright Whose ‘Take Me Out’ Won a Tony, Dies at 67

More than 30 of his plays were produced on Broadway and off. Many of them dealt with the manners and mores of New York’s upper middle class.

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Colorado Judge Fines MyPillow Founder’s Lawyers for Error-Filled Court Filing

The judge said the lawyers had not explained how such errors could have been filed “absent the use of generative artificial intelligence or gross carelessness by counsel.”

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Will Be Sentenced in October

The music mogul was convicted last week on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, each carrying a maximum of 10 years in prison.

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Two Found, Two Missing: An Agonizing Search After the Texas Floods

Four friends, all 21, planned to spend the weekend in the Hill Country. Then the rains came.

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Why the Texas Floods Were So Deadly

Scientists say a hotter planet is driving more intense storms. But experts say the U.S. is also not doing enough to adapt to increasingly intense floods.

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Musk’s Third Party Starts With a Good Idea

Is there a way to elect an independent bloc of senators?

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California Rejects Trump Demand to Remove Trans Athletes From Women’s Sports

The Trump administration signaled that it would pursue enforcement actions against the state and previously threatened to cut federal education funds.

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‘Superman’ Review: It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane, It’s a Reboot!

Beginning again with Man of Steel, this time in the hands of James Gunn.

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Royal Family Welcomes President Macron to U.K. for State Visit With Pomp and Pizazz

President Emmanuel Macron is on a state visit to Britain, the first of a French leader since 2008. His hosts are drenching him in pomp, pizazz and protocol.

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10 Charged With Attempted Murder in Officer Shooting at ICE Detention Center

One police officer was wounded after at least two people shot at officers outside an immigration detention center in Texas, according to a criminal complaint in federal court.

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I.C.C. Seeks Arrests of Taliban Leaders Over Persecution of Women

The arrest warrants, for Afghanistan’s leader and its top justice official, say the restrictions on women and girls are evidence of crimes against humanity.

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State Dept. Is Investigating Messages Impersonating Rubio, Official Says

A person or people imitating the secretary of state used artificial intelligence to send text and voice messages to foreign diplomats and U.S. officials, the department said in a cable to employees.

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Liberal Fund-Raising Drive Seeks $250 Million to Aid Pushback Against Trump

Donors hope to raise huge sums of money to help those fighting what they see as a drift toward authoritarianism, but without attracting unwanted White House attention.

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Wildfires Burn in Spain and France After Blistering Heat Wave

A blaze in southern France forced the closure of the Marseille airport, and weather agencies issued warnings for other parts of Europe where temperatures were expected to climb this week.

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How Insularity Defined the Last Stages of Biden’s Career

The effort by Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s inner circle to limit access to him helps explain why it took him more than three weeks to drop his re-election bid after his disastrous debate performance.

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Ivar Giaever, Nobel Winner in Quantum Physics, Dies at 96

A former “D” student from Norway, he made his mark at G.E.’s Research Lab in the U.S., in part by confirming a pivotal theory about superconductivity.

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‘Playing the Man’: Global Diplomacy in the Trump Era Is All About Flattery

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel handed a letter to President Trump nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize. But it’s not clear whether stroking the president’s ego has long-lasting effects.

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