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Trump’s National Guard Troops Are Questioning Their Mission in L.A.

Thousands of National Guard members have served in the L.A. region since last month. Six soldiers spoke in interviews about low morale over the deployment.

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Scandal-Ridden Fyre Festival Is Sold for $245,000 on eBay

Billy McFarland, who served nearly four years in prison for fraud, said in April that he would put the beleaguered brand that he founded up for sale.

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Can Trump Fire Powell? He Likely Lacks Case to Remove Fed Chair, Experts Say.

The Trump administration is toying with removing Jerome H. Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve, accusing him of mismanaging a multibillion-dollar update to its Washington headquarters.

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Trump’s New Strategy on Epstein Fallout: Blame the Democrats

President Trump said the outrage among his supporters over the Epstein case was just the latest “scam” cooked up by Democrats.

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Ceratosaur Fossil Auctioned for $30.5 Million by Sotheby’s

The price paid for the juvenile specimen of the 150-million-year old predatory dinosaur is the third-highest on record.

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Judge Chastises U.S. Over Secrecy in Moving to Drop Charges Against MS-13 Leader

The judge on Long Island chided the Trump administration over its effort to “avoid public scrutiny.”

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Senate Democrats Rail at ‘Sloppy, Rushed’ State Dept. Firings

Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the changes were needed and called the outrage overblown.

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Documenting L.A.’s Surge in Immigration Arrests

Jennifer Medina, a political reporter at The New York Times who is based in Los Angeles, speaks with a witness who recorded an immigration raid near a Home Depot.

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Eswatini Says It Will Repatriate Migrants Deported by the Trump Administration

The Trump administration sent five deportees to Eswatini, an African kingdom, saying that their own countries would not take them. But Eswatini says it will send them home.

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Louisiana Police Chiefs Accused of Fabricating Robberies in Immigrant Visa Scheme

Prosecutors said the chiefs and other officials exploited a program that offers immigrant victims of violent crime a pathway to residency and citizenship.

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Congress Was Supposed to Vote on 3 Crypto Bills This Week

The crypto industry was headed for a landmark moment in the House with three bills that it helped push going to a vote. But a coalition of ultraconservative House Republicans staged a mutiny.

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The Epstein Story Is Both Conspiracy Theory and Genuine Scandal

More than a client list, MAGA is looking for meaning.

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Henry Raymont, First to Report Bay of Pigs Invasion, Dies at 98

On assignment for U.P.I. in Cuba, he learned of the U.S.- backed effort to overthrow Fidel Castro and was imprisoned. He later worked for The New York Times.

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Carney Moves to Reduce Canada’s Chinese Steel Imports in Response to Trump’s Tariffs

Canada’s steel industry fears that Chinese steel facing steep tariffs in the United States will be sent north and overwhelm the Canadian market.

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Public Views of the Fed Chair Are Polarized as Trump Mulls His Firing

Few Americans have confidence in the chairman, Jerome Powell, to do the right thing on the economy, though attitudes are deeply partisan.

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Mamdani, Be a Convener, Not a Commentator

Mamdani is pulled between his supporters and his critics on the phrase “globalize the intifada.”

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The Chaotic Early Days Inside Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center

Several immigrant detainees described high tension and anxiety at the remote, hastily constructed facility over a lack of information, recreation and access to medication.

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Republican Tax Bill Is a Losing Deal for Gamblers

The law is creating backlash from the gambling industry and bettors who could owe taxes even if they break even.

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Norwegian Olympic Skier, Audun Groenvold, Dies After Lightning Strike

Audun Groenvold, 49, won a bronze medal at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

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How Republicans Supersized Silicon Valley’s Favorite Tax Break

Tucked into the huge set of tax cuts that Republicans passed into law this month was the expansion of an unusually valuable tax break for start-up investors.

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Steve Benson, Provocative Editorial Cartoonist, Dies at 71

He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1993, and was a finalist four times while at The Arizona Republic. Some of his work rankled his own Mormon community.

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Nicknames, Notes and a Waddle: How Colorado Fought a Bank Robbery Surge

Colorado led the country in bank robberies, per capita, for three years starting in 2021. Law enforcement officials found innovative ways to crack the crime wave.

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Trump Has Penned Letter To Fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell

The president waved a copy of a draft letter firing Jerome H. Powell at a meeting in the Oval Office with House Republicans. It remains to be seen whether he follows through with his threat.

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Rum, Fisheries and a Sculpture Garden: The Quiet Winners in Trump’s Big Bill

The president’s marquee policy legislation is best known for slashing taxes and cutting social safety net programs. But the sweeping measure also included many little-noticed goodies and add-ons.

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Is This Restaurant the Only Thing Democrats and Republicans Agree On?

In polarized Washington, Ama is drawing leaders from both camps with an anti-additive menu and a vow to bar all manner of toxicity.

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Ex-Commissioner Sues, Saying Adams Ran N.Y.P.D. as a Criminal Enterprise

Thomas G. Donlon, who served only weeks, said in a lawsuit that New York’s mayor and top department officials had manipulated the system for personal and political gain.

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For Trump, Domestic Adversaries Are Not Just Wrong, They Are ‘Evil’

The president’s vilification of political opponents and journalists seeds the ground for threats of prosecution, imprisonment and deportation unlike any modern president has made.

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Nvidia C.E.O. Treads Carefully in Beijing

Jensen Huang, the chipmaker’s chief executive, is trying to balance his company’s interests as the United States and China compete for supremacy in artificial intelligence.

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Goldman Sachs Sets Series of Records on Tariff Swings

Goldman and other investment banks are feeding off a Trump boom.

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Israel Strikes in Syria’s Capital, Targeting Government and Military Buildings

Israel warned Syria’s government that it was monitoring the actions of its military forces against the country’s Druse minority.

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