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London Man Admits to Wave of Sexual Assaults Over 3 Years
Xu Chao, 33, could face a “lengthy” prison sentence, the judge said. Most of his victims have not been identified.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesConservatives Use Minneapolis Shooting in Anti-Transgender Campaigns
Activists are pointing to the attacker’s gender identity to falsely portray all transgender people as prone to mental illness and violence.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Asserts Expansive Power to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook
Lawyers for the administration told a court it should be “highly deferential” to the president when it comes to firing a Federal Reserve governor “for cause.”
New York Times Top StoriesIowa’s Joni Ernst Will Not Seek Re-election, Putting a Competitive Senate Seat in Play
Democrats still face an uphill fight to win in Iowa and retake the majority in the closely divided Senate.
New York Times Top StoriesGrand Juries in D.C. Reject Prosecutors’ Efforts to Level Harsh Charges Against Residents
The extraordinary pushback in at least three separate cases comes as President Trump has flooded the streets with National Guard troops and federal agents.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Budget Logs It Tried to Hide, White House Wrests More Control Over Spending
Deep within obscure footnotes, the Trump administration is claiming more of Congress’s constitutional power of the purse by threatening to block funding.
New York Times Top StoriesGov. Greg Abbott Signs Gerrymandered Texas Map
After a bruising political fight, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a new congressional map. But the Republican-led Legislature, newly emboldened, has not stopped there.
New York Times Top StoriesDefying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid
The White House notified Congress that it plans to use a legally untested maneuver to circumvent lawmakers and claw back more money for foreign aid programs.
New York Times Top StoriesAlabama Man Once Barred From Office Is Elected Mayor
Patrick Braxton won the first mayoral election in a half century in the small town of Newbern, five years after its leaders put up roadblocks to his assuming office.
New York Times Top StoriesInternational Student Enrollments Stay Steady at Columbia and Princeton
But Black student enrollment is lower at the two universities after years of turmoil in elite higher education.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael Military Says It Recovered Body of Ilan Weiss, Oct. 7 Victim, From Gaza
Ilan Weiss, who was killed in the Hamas-led attack, and the remains of another person, who was not identified, were found as the government looks set to expand a military offensive.
New York Times Top StoriesNow on Sale: Trumpworld Trolling, With a Familiar-Looking Hat
What Gavin Newsom is up to in his “Patriot Shop.”
New York Times Top StoriesHe Paved the Way for CNN, Fox News and the Internet. He’s Not Sure We’re Better Off.
John Malone helped create the modern media industry over the last half century. In a new memoir, “Born to Be Wired,” he looks back on what he has wrought.
New York Times Top StoriesBritain Bars Israeli Government From a Leading Arms Trade Fair
The British government said it was acting in response to Israel’s escalating military operation in Gaza. Israel condemned the decision.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Cancels Kamala Harris’s Secret Service Protection
The Secret Service usually protects a former vice president for six months after they leave office, but President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had extended Ms. Harris’s protection beyond that.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael Resumes Daytime Operations in Gaza City, Signaling Buildup to Assault
The Israeli military ended a policy of pausing operations during the day that was intended to allow more aid in, calling Gaza City a “dangerous combat zone.”
New York Times Top StoriesWeapons to Start Flowing to Ukraine Under European Deal With Trump
A package of U.S. cruise missiles is among the first shipments of purchases by NATO allies to be sent to the embattled country.
New York Times Top StoriesU.K. Court Overturns Ruling on Hotel at Center of Asylum Seeker Debate
The decision was a temporary reprieve for the government but will intensify a political battle over how Britain should house tens of thousands of asylum seekers.
New York Times Top StoriesLos Angeles Wildfires Left the City With a Toxic Mess
Urban wildfires are becoming public health emergencies.
New York Times Top StoriesEmil Bove Continued to Work at Trump’s Justice Dept, Even After Judicial Confirmation
The code of conduct for federal judges does not appear to apply to Mr. Bove, who has yet to be sworn in. But his continued presence at the department has raised eyebrows.
New York Times Top Stories‘The Queen of Versailles’ Puts Her Life in the Hands of a ‘Wicked’ Diva
A 2012 documentary asked if Jacqueline Siegel was a benefactor or victim of American greed. A new musical starring Kristin Chenoweth raises doubts.
New York Times Top StoriesTran Trong Duyet, John McCain’s Captor at the ‘Hanoi Hilton,’ Dies at 93
Mr. Duyet endorsed Mr. McCain’s presidential bid in 2008 after insisting no Americans were tortured under his watch in the Vietnam War.
New York Times Top StoriesPCE Inflation Stayed Stable in July, Keeping Fed on Track to Lower Interest Rates
The latest economic data keeps the central bank on track to lower interest rates at its next meeting in September.
New York Times Top StoriesLiving with Katrina
The storm made landfall 20 years ago today. What’s happened since then?
New York Times Top StoriesUkraine’s Donetsk Faces Water Crisis Under Russian Occupation
The Russian authorities have seized on the crisis in Donetsk to argue that taking over the rest of the region from Ukraine would allow Moscow to restore the water supply.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s ‘Maximalist’ Plan for the Presidency, and a Major Loophole Closes for U.S. Shoppers
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New York Times Top StoriesThe C.D.C.’s Vaccine Chief on Why Quitting Was His Only Option
There is a growing sense of despair inside the public health agency, which is reeling after mass layoffs.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Summer, a Hostile Reception for Many Israelis Abroad
Against the backdrop of the devastating war and hunger crisis in Gaza, Israeli travelers have been harassed and accosted in Europe, sometimes just for speaking Hebrew.
New York Times Top StoriesHow the Future of the Fed Came to Rest on Lisa Cook
President Trump’s effort to oust the Federal Reserve governor has kicked off a landmark legal battle, one that will have far-reaching consequences for the institution’s independence.
New York Times Top StoriesHow School Shootings Make Children Think About Death
We drag around our brokenness in the same container as our holiness.