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Trump Officials Ask Military Lawyers to Serve as Immigration Judges
Emails sent out call for volunteers to take six-month assignments hearing asylum and deportation cases.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesNew Congressional Map Clears First Hurdle in Missouri
A legislative committee took a first step to redraw the state’s congressional map in a Republican effort to gain a new seat.
New York Times Top StoriesMelania Trump Has a Warning for Humanity: ‘The Robots Are Here’
The first lady has shown herself to be captivated by the wonders and dangers and opportunities of modern technologies.
New York Times Top StoriesBarneys’ Gene Pressman Remembers Giorgio Armani
Fred Pressman respected no brand as much as the ultimate brand: quality. And that, Giorgio delivered in spades.
New York Times Top StoriesAdams Considers Dropping Out of Race After Secret Meeting in Florida
Mayor Eric Adams of New York City has told confidants that he would consider abandoning his re-election bid, despite his public denials.
New York Times Top StoriesSenators Grilled R.F.K. Jr. On Vaccines
Plus, the life of Giorgio Armani. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesAI Influencers Like Lil’ Miquela and Mia Zelu Are Redefining Fame
Influencers like Lil’ Miquela and Mia Zelu have millions of followers and generate serious income, despite being created with artificial intelligence.
New York Times Top StoriesKavanaugh Acknowledges ‘Difficult Job’ of His Lower-Court Colleagues
Speaking at a judicial conference in Memphis, the justice expressed sympathy for the district-court judges whose rulings the Supreme Court has repeatedly paused.
New York Times Top StoriesQuakes on Mars Reveal New Features of the Planet’s Interior
Using data from NASA’s retired InSight lander, two separate teams of researchers found evidence of a sluggish Martian mantle and a solid inner core.
New York Times Top StoriesCollege Board Cancels Tool for Finding Low-Income High Achievers
After the Trump administration criticized the use of what it called “racial proxies,” the group behind the SAT shut down a way for universities to identify promising applicants from disadvantaged communities.
New York Times Top StoriesAppeals Court Says ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ Detention Center Can Stay Open
The court paused a federal judge’s ruling that no additional detainees could be sent to the center, and that much of it had to be dismantled within 60 days.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Armani Look
Few designers really change the way people dress. He did it twice.
New York Times Top StoriesKennedy Sounded Different on Agriculture Than He Did on Vaccines
Unlike his combative exchanges with senators about vaccines, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was conciliatory and accommodating about agriculture interests.
New York Times Top StoriesHarvard Won Its Money Back, but Will It Actually Get It?
A judge ruled that the Trump administration broke the law in canceling billions in federal funds for Harvard. Whether the money is returned matters for the rest of higher education.
New York Times Top StoriesAmerica’s War on Terror Comes to the Caribbean
The Trump administration seems to be betting that Americans are so inured to the war on terrorism that they’ll be indifferent to extrajudicial executions.
New York Times Top StoriesTime Is Running Out for Lebanon to Disarm Hezbollah, U.S. Officials Warn
The United States, Israel and the Gulf Arab states are pressuring Lebanon’s government to act decisively against the group.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Boat Strike, Rubio Says U.S. Will Help Other Nations “Blow Up” Crime Groups
The Trump administration aims to carry out more violent strikes against drug cartels, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said as he met with Ecuador’s president.
New York Times Top StoriesMembers of Congress Grasp for a Stopgap Deal to Avert a Shutdown
Republicans and Democrats agree they will need a temporary measure to fund the government past Sept. 30, but have yet to come to terms on what it should look like.
New York Times Top Stories5 Takeaways From RFK Jr.’s Senate Hearing
During often tense exchanges, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended his positions on Covid vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and autism.
New York Times Top StoriesCan Trump Just Do Whatever He Wants by Declaring Emergencies?
He’s exploiting a diabolical problem in our legal system to expand presidential power.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Claims the Power to Summarily Kill Suspected Drug Smugglers
The move to treat criminals as if they were wartime combatants escalated an administration pattern of using military force for law enforcement tasks at home and abroad.
New York Times Top StoriesJustice Dept. Accuses California Utility of Negligence in Deadly Eaton Fire
Federal prosecutors say the January blaze that swept through Altadena, as well as another fire in 2022, were sparked by faulty equipment.
New York Times Top StoriesJustice Dept. Opens Criminal Inquiry Into Lisa Cook, Elevating Trump’s Claims
The move was instigated by Ed Martin, a Trump loyalist who has said it is legitimate for officials to publicly air criminal investigations into people targeted by the president.
New York Times Top StoriesEpstein’s Victims Won’t Let Trump Push Their Story Aside
Trump’s recalcitrance isn’t enough to shatter his coalition, but it has created at least a few fissures.
New York Times Top StoriesNorthwestern’s President Will Resign After University Faced Republican Pressure
The president, Michael Schill, will step down after months of turbulence, including Trump administration cuts of $790 million to the university’s research funds.
New York Times Top StoriesMan Accused of Killing Israeli Embassy Staffers Pleads Not Guilty
At an arraignment on Thursday, Elias Rodriguez faced federal hate crime and other charges that could result in the death penalty.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Afghanistan Earthquake, Women Tell of Being Shunned by Male Rescuers
A prohibition on contact between unrelated women and men meant many women’s wounds went untended and some were left trapped under rubble after a deadly earthquake, witnesses said.
New York Times Top StoriesOrsted Sues Trump Administration in Fight to Restart Its Blocked Wind Farm
The Danish company behind Revolution Wind, a $6 billion project off Rhode Island, said the federal government had unlawfully halted work on the wind farm.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Imports Rose in July Following Months of Trade Turmoil
Trade rebounded slightly after President Trump’s sweeping global tariffs discouraged foreign countries from doing business with the United States, data released Thursday showed.
New York Times Top StoriesD.C. Sues Trump Administration Over Deployment of National Guard
The city is challenging the federal government’s authority to send troops into the city for what the president has called a “public safety emergency.”