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G.O.P. Blocks Bid to Halt Trump’s Attacks in the Caribbean Sea
Republicans in the Senate blocked a measure that would terminate the president’s legally disputed campaign targeting alleged drug runners.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesPope Leo Urges U.S. Bishops to Support Immigrants as Trump Escalates Deportations
The pope conveyed the message as President Trump escalated his deportation campaign, including in Chicago, the pope’s hometown.
New York Times Top StoriesKey Moments From the Final New Jersey Governor’s Debate
Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican nominee, and Representative Mikie Sherrill, the Democrat, described starkly different visions for the state in their debate Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesQatar Pushes U.S.-Venezuela Diplomacy as Trump Focuses on Military Action
The Pentagon has deployed 10,000 U.S. troops to the region, most of them to bases in Puerto Rico, a senior military official said.
New York Times Top StoriesTexts from Jay Jones, Democratic Attorney General Candidate, Roil Virginia Governor’s Race
In the messages, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, Jay Jones, discusses the hypothetical killing of a Republican lawmaker.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Ignited California’s Most Destructive Fires
California wildfires have become particularly devastating in recent decades, but their origins vary.
New York Times Top StoriesShe Found a Link Between Air Pollution and Infertility
Shruthi Mahalingaiah, a Harvard researcher, investigated the fertility risks women face from air pollution. But her grant was canceled.
New York Times Top StoriesHas Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.
For a new series, Times journalists are speaking with scientists whose research has ended as a result of policy changes by the Trump administration.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani Rides Slow Bus to ‘Fast and Free’ Buses Event
Zohran Mamdani, the leading candidate in the race to be New York City’s next mayor, held a campaign event on a bus that crawled across Midtown Manhattan to highlight a signature proposal.
New York Times Top StoriesComey’s Two Legal Challenges to His Indictment, Explained
A lawyer for the former F.B.I. director said he would accuse the Justice Department of malicious and selective prosecution and contend that a U.S. attorney was illegally appointed.
New York Times Top StoriesCalifornia Will Ban Certain Ultraprocessed Foods in Schools
A new state law creates the first legal definition of the foods, and may prompt changes in other states.
New York Times Top StoriesTexas’ Blue-State Deployments Shred Relations Between Governors
State leaders have prided themselves on finding bipartisan consensus, but President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops from Texas to Illinois has ripped the veneer off that image.
New York Times Top StoriesColombia’s President Says Boat Bombed by U.S. Was Carrying Colombians
The Trump administration has said that it is attacking boats and killing their occupants because they are smuggling drugs from Venezuela to the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesComey Pleaded Not Guilty
Also, National Guard troops assembled near Chicago and Portland. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesJohn Chell, Top N.Y.P.D. Chief and Adams Ally, Retires
John Chell, New York City’s top uniformed police officer, is leaving as Mayor Eric Adams’s term is soon to expire and uncertainty looms at the Police Department.
New York Times Top StoriesLast of 10 Escapees From New Orleans Jail Is Captured in Atlanta
Derrick Groves, a convicted murderer who escaped with nine other inmates in May, was taken into custody after a brief standoff with the police.
New York Times Top StoriesStephen Miller Cited ‘Plenary Authority,’ Then Paused. Conspiracies Started Flying.
Online skeptics wondered if Mr. Miller had caught himself saying something he did not mean to. CNN says there was a technical glitch.
New York Times Top StoriesDolly Parton Addresses Health Fears After Sister’s Plea for Prayers
In a video post on social media, the country music superstar, who is 79, played down the recent health challenges that prompted her to delay her Las Vegas residency.
New York Times Top StoriesICE May Not Be a Secret Police, but They Sure Look Like One
Authoritarian creep reaches a new phase.
New York Times Top StoriesKristi Noem Attacks Zach Bryan’s New Lyrics About ICE
After the homeland security secretary called the lyrics “disrespectful,” Bryan, a country music star, said they had been “misconstrued.”
New York Times Top StoriesJB Pritzker Has Had it With Democrats Who Won’t Stand Up to Trump
The Illinois governor, a potential presidential candidate, is fighting the presence of National Guard troops and the activities of ICE agents in Chicago.
New York Times Top StoriesInside the Capitol, A Heated Spat Over the Shutdown and Epstein
A pair of Democratic senators confronted the Republican speaker of the House over his refusal to swear in a colleague during the shutdown.
New York Times Top StoriesManchester Synagogue Attacker Pledged Allegiance to ISIS, Police Say
Jihad al-Shamie, who attacked a Manchester synagogue on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, called the emergency services during the attack to claim responsibility.
New York Times Top StoriesThese Democrats Could Hold the Key to Ending the Shutdown
As the federal closure slides into a second week, Republicans are working to peel off five more Democratic senators to join them in voting to reopen the government.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Zohran Mamdani Came to Embrace the Palestinian Cause
As Mr. Mamdani seeks to reassure New York City he is open to compromise, his views on Israel and Palestinians have been the biggest exception.
New York Times Top StoriesBefore Trump Ordered In Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’
Oregon officials say the atmosphere outside an ICE building that has drawn daily demonstrations since June has grown worse since the president’s threats.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration
Separately, in the administration’s first 200 days, only two of 98 Senate-confirmed appointees to the most senior jobs in government were Black.
New York Times Top StoriesGisèle Pelicot Returns to Court to Confront Assailant in Rape Case
Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband and others were convicted in one of France’s most notorious cases. She returned to court to denounce a man who challenged the verdict.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Harvard ‘Die-in’ That Set Off a Debate Over Protest and Punishment
An Israeli American student said he was assaulted during a protest. Two years later, Republicans continue to raise the episode in their campaign to force schools to punish the student protesters.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Civil Society Can Do to Beat Trumpism
People and institutions of civil society must coordinate against him.