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Trump Will Discuss Ukraine With European Leaders Ahead of Putin Meeting

Chancellor Friedrich Merz and several allies will host the president for a video call, the latest in a summer-long effort to hold ranks in supporting Ukraine.

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Heavy Rain Causes Flash Flooding in Chattanooga

The mayor of Hamilton County, Tenn., declared a state of emergency as rescue crews pulled people out of submerged cars and homes.

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Trump to Meet Putin at U.S. Military Base in Anchorage

The American and Russian presidents will meet face to face at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska on Friday, according to a White House official.

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Fact-Checking Trump’s False and Misleading Claims About Crime in D.C.

The president cited a number of false and misleading claims about homicides and youth crime in the nation’s capital.

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Human Rights Report Under Trump Blunts Language on Israel and El Salvador

A collection of U.S. reports on human rights offenses trimmed or omitted past language on violations in El Salvador, Hungary, Saudi Arabia, the U.A.E. and Israel, all seen as partners by President Trump.

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Fatal U.S. Steel Plant Explosion Raises Questions of Mill’s Safety History

The mill, which is part of the recent merger between U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel, has faced scrutiny from federal and local regulators.

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Six Convicted in 2017 Fire That Killed 41 Girls in Guatemala Group Home

The girls were locked in a classroom in a government-run group home for at-risk youth. The officials were charged with child abuse, dereliction of duty, manslaughter and other counts.

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Trump Deploys National Guard for Local Crime After Calling Jan. 6 Rioters ‘Very Special’

President Trump said he needed to send in the Guard to secure the nation’s capital. But on Jan. 6, 2021 — the most lawless day in recent Washington history — he had a very different reaction.

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New Video Shows Uvalde School Chief Trying to Negotiate With Gunman

The video, part of a trove of materials that authorities had refused to release, shows the minutes in which a commander tried to talk to a gunman barricaded in a room with dozens of children.

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D.C. Officials Discuss Federal Police Takeover and National Guard Deployment

Mayor Muriel Bowser said city leaders were focused on how to make the most of the additional federal support.

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Cuomo’s Attack on Mamdani’s Apartment Struck a New York Nerve

The attacks in the New York City mayor’s race may have veered into the personal, but they also reflected a larger debate on who should benefit from government regulation of housing costs.

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Former Adams Aide Pleads Guilty in Corruption Investigation

Mohamed Bahi pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud. He is one of several people in Mayor Eric Adams’s orbit who were swept up in investigations.

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What Is Rent Stabilization, and Why Is It an Issue in the NYC Mayor’s Race?

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s push to keep “rich” people out of less-expensive apartments is aimed at his political rival in New York, Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani.

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White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions

The Trump administration is giving museums 120 days to replace “divisive or ideologically driven language with unifying, historically accurate and constructive descriptions.”

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ICE Must Improve Conditions in N.Y.C. Migrant Holding Cells, Judge Rules

The immigration agency must hold fewer detainees and provide them with medical care and regular access to lawyers, Judge Lewis A. Kaplan said.

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Court Ruling Casts Doubt on New York’s Cannabis Licensing Process

A federal appeals court said that it appeared to be unconstitutional for New York to prioritize some of its own residents for licenses to open cannabis businesses.

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Rollout of Trump’s D.C. Crackdown Included Fox News Stars and Charts

Jeanine Pirro had a starring role in promoting the president’s federal takeover on TV, and Will Cain’s charts made a cameo.

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Danielle Spencer, Child Star on ‘What’s Happening!!,’ Is Dead at 60

She played a witty teenager on one of the first American television shows that centered Black teenagers.

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Remains of British Researcher Lost in 1959 Are Discovered Off Antarctica

Dennis “Tink” Bell was 25 years old when he fell into a crevasse on King George Island. Over the decades, a glacier receded, and a scientific team from Poland found his remains this year.

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R.S.V. Season Is Approaching. Here’s How to Protect Yourself.

Doctors recommend that eligible people get vaccinated in late summer or early fall so antibodies can kick in before cases spread.

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A Half-Baked Alaska Summit

The meeting is a bad idea, but there’s an opportunity for Trump to punish Putin’s thievery.

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Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez Are Engaged. All Eyes Are on the Ring.

After years of speculation, the soccer superstar’s engagement is big news, but it’s the enormous diamond perched on Ms. Rodríguez’s finger that has everyone talking.

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Trump’s Pick of E.J. Antoni as BLS Leader Criticized by the Right and the Left

Economists on the left and right criticized E.J. Antoni for misunderstanding the data he would now oversee.

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Russia Is Suspected to Be Behind Breach of Federal Court Filing System

Federal officials are scrambling to assess the damage and address flaws in a sprawling, heavily used computer system long known to have vulnerabilities.

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Elon Musk Threatens Lawsuit Against Apple Over Claims It Favors OpenAI

The billionaire said in posts on X that the consumer tech giant was violating antitrust laws by giving preferential treatment to OpenAI on the App Store.

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Central Park Group Wants Ban on Horse-Drawn Carriages

The Central Park Conservancy, which manages the park, had not taken a public stance on the issue as it became especially politically contentious over the past decade.

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Mexico and Brazil Rebut Trump’s Claims About Violence in Their Cities

President Trump compared crime in Washington to violence in Latin American capitals. Mexico City’s mayor said “many parts of the world would like to have” her city’s safety.

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A.I. Start-Up Perplexity Offers to Buy Google’s Chrome Browser for $34.5 Billion

The tiny start-up hopes to take advantage of an upcoming antitrust ruling against the tech giant.

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Sherrod Brown Plans to Try for a Senate Comeback in Ohio

The former three-term senator is said to be running to get his old job back, delivering a recruitment coup for Democrats facing an uphill battle to win a Senate majority next year.

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South Korea’s Ex-First Lady Kim Keon Hee Is Arrested on Corruption Charges

Kim Keon Hee, accused of accepting Chanel bags and other items as bribes, is the only former first lady in the country to have been put behind bars. Her husband has also been jailed on insurrection charges.

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