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Soybeans Were America’s Biggest Export to China. Now, Sales Are Down to Zero.

China stopped buying soybeans from America in May, placing a retaliatory tariff on the bumper crop after President Trump increased levies on goods from China.

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Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation

The directive suggests department leaders are following orders from the president, a major break from decades of past practice meant to insulate the agency from political interference.

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Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion in Prime Membership Settlement

The settlement is one of the largest in the history of the Federal Trade Commission, which sued Amazon two years ago.

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Sara Jane Moore, Would-Be Assassin of President Ford, Dies at 95

A mother of four on the fringes of radical leftist movements, she fired at the president outside a San Francisco hotel in 1975. She had hoped to spark a revolution, she said.

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Israel Attacks Yemeni Capital

The Israeli military said it was targeting sites linked to the Houthi militia. The airstrikes came a day after the Houthis launched a drone at the Israeli city of Eilat, wounding 20 people.

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Democrats Dig In After White House Threat of Mass Federal Layoffs

Party leaders said the administration’s plan to fire government workers in the event of a shutdown would not prompt them to drop their demands in their spending standoff with the G.O.P.

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Top Economic Leaders Warn Supreme Court to Allow Lisa Cook to Remain at Fed, for Now

In a brief filed with the court, former Fed chairs and U.S. Treasury secretaries cautioned of erosion in public confidence in the Fed’s independence.

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Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer Turns His Camera on History’s Villains

Joshua Oppenheimer’s films show the political value of empathy in our polarized age.

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3 School Districts to Lose $65 Million Over Gender and D.E.I. Policies

The federal Education Department accused New York, Chicago and Fairfax, Va., of discrimination and said it would pull federal funds from their magnet schools.

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Mosquito-Borne Illness Rarely Seen in U.S. Is Suspected on Long Island

Chikungunya, which is endemic in parts of South America, Africa and Asia, may be the cause of a woman’s illness.

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Ryan Walters, Oklahoma Education Chief Who Promoted Bibles in Schools, to Resign

Ryan Walters had drawn criticism from liberals and conservatives alike over his push to place Bibles in classrooms and bring more prayer into public schools.

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Starbucks to Cut Jobs, Close Stores and Take $1 Billion Hit in Revamp Effort

The coffee chain said it would shutter some underperforming U.S. stores and eliminate 900 corporate jobs as part of a plan to build “a better, stronger and more resilient Starbucks.”

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There Are More Robots Working in China Than the Rest of the World Combined

China has embarked on a campaign to use more robots in its factories, transforming its manufacturing industries and becoming the dominant maker.

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Trump Assures Arab Leaders He Won’t Allow Israel to Annex West Bank, Officials Say

After more countries recognized a Palestinian state, President Trump told Mideast and Muslim powers that he would not permit Israel to annex the territory, people familiar with the matter said.

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Sarkozy Found Guilty of Conspiracy to Seek Libyan Money and Sentenced to Prison

Nicolas Sarkozy, former president of France, was sentenced to five years in prison over a plot to fund his election bid with help from the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

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Times Reporters Answer Your Vaccine Questions

We received hundreds of queries about efficacy, safety, cost and access.

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What to Know About the ICE Shooting, and a Rare Climate Pledge from China

Plus, how big was Jimmy Kimmel’s first night back?

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Sarkozy Guilty of Conspiracy to Use Libyan Money for 2007 Campaign

Nicolas Sarkozy, former president of France, was convicted of plotting to finance his election bid with help from the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

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What We Know About the Shooting at a Dallas ICE Facility

One detainee was killed and two others were wounded after a gunman opened fire on Wednesday. The gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

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Son of Mother Killed by Geoffrey West Urges Alabama to Halt Execution

William Berry has urged Alabama officials to stop the execution of Geoffrey West, arguing that it would bring neither justice nor closure.

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The Grand Strategy Behind Trump’s Crackdown on Academia

Ending the “culture of victimhood” on campus.

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We Need to Think Straight About God and Politics

My problem with the conversation about Kirk’s killing is that many people seem to have no coherent idea about the proper relationship between faith and politics.

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‘One Battle After Another’ Review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Rallying Cry

The director, at the height of his powers, delivers a startling, present-day American epic, with Leonardo DiCaprio as a washed-up radical and doting dad.

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How One Man Is Working to Solve Los Angeles’s Homelessness Problem on His Own

For years, John Alle complained to Los Angeles officials about homelessness. Now, fed up, he’s trying to make a dent in the problem on his own.

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Our Best Fall Baking Recipes

It’s Bake Time! Celebrate the launch of our baking newsletter (and start of the season) with these crowd-pleasing recipes.

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What Declines in Reading and Math Mean for the U.S. Work Force

U.S. employers and colleges are contending with more young people who are behind academically. Some are trying to make up where schools have failed.

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Kashmir’s Apple Harvest Rots After Landslide Blocks Road

The Himalayan region supplies most of India’s apples. But when heavy rains left a major highway blocked for weeks, farmers couldn’t get them to markets.

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Kimmel Says There’s Plenty of Room in the ‘Bad Ratings’ Club

The late night host pointed to President Trump’s approval level after he said on social media to “let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad ratings.”

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10 (More) Questions With Andrew Cuomo

Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who is running for mayor of New York City as an independent, visited The New York Times for an interview.

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As Mamdani Rises, South Asians Emerge as a Political Force in New York

Zohran Mamdani’s upstart campaign for mayor of New York City is inspiring the growing South Asian community to be more active in politics.

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