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Donor List Suggests Scale of Trump’s Pay-for-Access Operation

A new disclosure shows how corporations and individuals, including many in the crypto business, wrote big checks while seeking favor from the president.

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After a Lag, Consumers Begin to Feel the Pinch of Tariffs

There are growing signs that President Trump’s levies are filtering through to consumer prices, as companies exhaust options for keeping them stable.

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Ken Marino and David Wain Are Rocking Out With Their Dad Jam Band

The members of Middle Aged Dad Jam Band are known for making people laugh. But they take their music seriously.

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Trade Fueled Inequality. Can Trump’s Tariffs Reduce It?

The president has pitched his trade policies at workers who feel left behind by globalization. But that doesn’t mean trade barriers will revive factories and close income gaps.

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Iran Is Holding at Least 4 US Citizens, Rights Groups and Families Say

Two were seized after Israel and the United States attacked Iranian targets in June, and two others have been held since 2024.

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Mike Huckabee, Israel’s Passionate Defender as Gaza War Drives Allies Away

Mr. Huckabee, a Baptist minister, is the first evangelical to serve as American ambassador to Israel. Christian conservatives and the Netanyahu government are pleased.

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Leaving the City for the Farm Is a Hard Row to Hoe. But They Did It.

We spoke with several Sullivan County farmers about the urban lives they left behind, and what it means to tend the land in the 21st century.

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An American Team Went to Combat Haiti’s Gangs, Then Lost Two of Its Own

A Haitian American Navy veteran and his police officer cousin who were working in Haiti with Studebaker, an American military contractor, are missing and presumed dead.

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A Day at Two San Francisco Malls, One That Died and One That Thrived

The downtown mall was long considered a thriving retail anchor, while the suburban-style one was an afterthought. They had a surprising role reversal.

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No Pets Left Behind: How a Dog’s Hurricane Rescue Changed Florida Law

A state trooper went to the aid of a bull terrier who had been abandoned as Hurricane Milton approached. Now the dog, named Trooper, is thriving, and his story inspired stricter animal protections.

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Saving Hawaii’s History From the Ashes, One Object at a Time

Two years after deadly wildfires hit Lahaina, archaeologists, conservators and congregants have taken on a “CSI” challenge: saving thousands of cultural artifacts from landmarks and sacred sites.

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Triangles, Crescents, Slivers: Can Odd-Shaped Lots Help Ease the Housing Crisis?

As needs escalate, more U.S. cities and states are making it easier to build on irregular and long-overlooked lots.

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India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, Officials Say

President Trump said last week that he would punish India if it did not cut off Russian oil imports, but he did not specify what the penalty might be.

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Her Dispensary Was Set to Open. Then New York Got in the Way.

State cannabis regulators suddenly changed a rule governing how close dispensaries can be to schools, upending dozens of owners’ plans.

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Judges Keep Restrictions on Los Angeles Immigration Arrests

An appellate panel upheld a finding that federal agents appeared to rely exclusively on race and other factors, such as speaking Spanish, in making arrests.

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A Bid to Undo a Colonial-Era Wrong Touches a People’s Old Wounds

An Oxford museum’s collection of objects taken from the Naga people includes human remains. What to do with them now is not a simple matter.

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Flaco Jiménez, 86, Grammy-Winning Master of the Tex-Mex Accordion, Dies

Fusing traditional Tejano sounds with blues, rock and country, he recorded with Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and Ry Cooder.

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Jeannie Seely, Who Pushed Boundaries and Broke Hearts at the Grand Ole Opry, Dies at 85

She blazed a trail for women in country music with the candor of her songs and her bold fashion sense. She was also the first woman to host a segment on the Opry.

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Contractor Arrested in Connection With Death of Alabama 3-Year-Old in Hot Car

The child, who was in foster care, died on July 22 after being left in a vehicle. A contractor for the state’s Human Resources Department was charged with a felony on Friday.

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Appeals Court Allows Trump Order That Ends Union Protections for Federal Workers

A famously liberal circuit court ruled in President Trump’s favor, authorizing a component of his sweeping effort to assert more control over the federal bureaucracy.

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Senate Passes Its First Spending Bills, but Battles Lie Ahead

Overwhelming bipartisan passage of $506 billion in federal funding masked a bigger fight ahead over funding the rest of the government before a Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.

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Army Pilots Might Have Struggled to See Passenger Jet Before D.C. Crash

Light pollution from Washington, and even the passenger jet’s dim lights, might have contributed to difficulties spotting American Airlines Flight 5342 before the two aircraft collided on Jan. 29, Army experts said.

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After D.C. Plane Crash, Air Traffic Controllers Were Not Tested for Alcohol

The F.A.A. has since been training on-call specialists to be snappier about administering alcohol and drug tests after a serious incident, an official said.

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Trump’s Damaging Decision to Fire the B.L.S. Commissioner

The way the Bureau of Labor Statistics produces data is widely trusted. Firing the commissioner is damaging to that trust.

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Trump Fires BLS Commissioner, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged’

Economists said ousting the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics could undermine confidence in government economic data.

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Why Is California So Chilly This Summer?

It’s been so cold in San Francisco, painters on the Golden Gate Bridge had to break out heaters.

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4 Dead in Anaconda, Montana, Bar Shooting; Police Search for Gunman

The police in Anaconda, Mont., identified the suspect and warned that he was believed to be armed.

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Newsom Wants to Gerrymander California. Schwarzenegger May Disagree.

As governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger championed the state’s nonpartisan redistricting system. Now, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to pause it to help Democrats.

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Michael Cardozo, 84, New York City’s Longest-Serving Chief Lawyer, Dies

As the city’s corporation counsel under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, he defended stop-and-frisk policing and a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants.

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After a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Fired the Agency’s Leader

Also, radioactive wasp nests were found in South Carolina. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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