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Republicans Concede They Need a Pivot on Immigration Ahead of Midterms

In public comments and private meetings at a House G.O.P. retreat, top officials allowed that President Trump’s immigration crackdown had hurt the party and that they needed a course correction on the issue.

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V.A. Begins Drive to Put Homeless Veterans Into Guardianship

A joint effort with the Justice Department creates new authority to compel veterans into institutional or involuntary care.

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U.S. Seeks Extradition of Maduro Ally Alex Saab From Venezuela

The indicted tycoon Alex Saab is being detained in Venezuela on a U.S. request. His case tests President Trump’s sway over the country’s new rulers.

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A Planned Parenthood Clinic, in a Pinch, Turns to Botox

The move is designed to keep the doors of the clinic open, and is a reflection of the increasingly blurred lines between the beauty industry and health care.

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Angelika Saleh, the Angelika of Angelika Film Center, Dies at 90

After making the journey from prewar Germany to Madison Avenue opulence, she gave her name to one of New York’s most influential indie cinemas.

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Hawaii Storm Bringing Flooding, Fierce Winds and Even Snow

The storm, called a kona low, is expected to churn slowly across the islands all week.

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17 Democratic States Sue Over Trump Demand Colleges Provide Race Data

The Trump administration wants colleges and universities to share information about the race and gender of applicants to make sure they’re not using racial preferences in admissions.

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At Least 2 Killed as Tornadoes Hit Illinois and Indiana

At least two people were killed and several were injured in the severe storm on Tuesday that heavily damaged areas of Illinois and Indiana.

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Thune Is in a Vise as Trump and the Far Right Demand a Fight on SAVE America Act

The majority leader is getting pounded for not pushing hard enough, but he says the votes just aren’t there to circumvent the filibuster.

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Slavery Photos of Renty Get a ‘Final Resting Place,’ Ending a Fight With Harvard

The images of a father known as Renty and his daughter Delia will be honored today in a ceremony by their new steward, a museum in South Carolina.

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Trump Administration to Announce New Trade Investigations

The investigations into unfair trade practices will likely lead to tariffs on foreign countries, as the administration works to replace the import taxes struck down by the Supreme Court.

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Minecraft’s Uncensored Library Adds a United States Wing

The Uncensored Library, a digital project that chronicles attacks on journalistic liberty, is adding a U.S. wing alongside those dedicated to Russia, Saudi Arabia and others.

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The Documentary Filmmaker Styling Her Peers for the Oscars

Rachel Beth Anderson knows firsthand that her fellow documentarians can rarely afford to dress for awards shows. So she started a concierge service designed to help them.

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What’s Better Than One Top Oscar Nominee? How About Two?

Warner Bros. is behind both “One Battle After Another” and “Sinners.” The studio has worked hard to not favor one over the other.

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U.S. Inflation Stayed Subdued Before Onset of Iran War

While February’s Consumer Price Index report shows only modest price pressures, inflationary risks are rising once again as the conflict in the Middle East drags on.

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Trump Documents Missing in Epstein Files Highlight DOJ’s Missteps

In late July, an F.B.I. agent asked colleagues to get started on a sensitive task relating to Jeffrey Epstein, listing the names of 14 prominent men, with President Trump at the top.

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U.S. at Fault in Strike on School in Iran, Preliminary Inquiry Says

Outdated targeting data may have resulted in a mistaken missile strike, according to the ongoing military investigation, which undercuts President Trump’s assertion that Iran could be to blame.

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Trump Is the Anti-Trump

There is an alternate universe in which the president is the popular, successful figure of his imagination.

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Who Should Control the Legacy of This Master Photographer?

A settlement is reached in the case of Mike Disfarmer, who renounced his family. Decades later they sued to take back his life’s work. When heirs battle the people who built their legacies, the art may be at stake.

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Ukraine Says It Hit Key Russian Electronics Plant; Russia Reports Deaths

The attack highlighted how Ukraine remains capable of hitting high-value targets inside Russia.

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A Trump-Xi Summit Nears, but China Doesn’t Know What Trump Wants

Trump’s agenda for the high-stakes meeting remains unclear to Beijing, Chinese analysts say, while American executives say they haven’t been invited along.

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U.S. Gas Prices Jump for 11th Straight Day, and Oil Pushes Higher

Drivers are paying an average of 20 percent more at the pump since the strikes on Iran began. The global oil price was up and stocks in Asia rose.

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Why Did the UK Police Repeatedly Decline to Investigate Claims About Epstein and Prince Andrew?

The police in London interviewed Virginia Giuffre three times over her allegations about Jeffrey Epstein, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Ghislaine Maxwell, but never began a criminal investigation.

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Iranians Feel the War Is ‘Closing In,’ and Bondi Is Said to Move Because of Threats

Plus, iPads in kindergarten.

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How Trump’s War With Iran Changed the World in a Week

The conflict is reshaping travel patterns, energy dependencies, living costs, trade routes and diplomatic alliances.

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China’s Military Has Quietly Cut Flying Near Taiwan. But Why?

For years, China has flown military jets near Taiwan almost daily. Then they suddenly stopped, leaving analysts to wonder why.

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Why Voters Might Finally Blame Trump for Rising Costs

Trump’s Iran war will affect more than just gas prices.

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They Don’t Want Their Company’s Surveillance Tool Used by ICE

Thomson Reuters, best known for its media outlet and legal research tools, provides an investigative tool to immigration enforcers. Its Minnesota employees want that to stop.

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Slowly, Slowly, ‘Darwin’s Finches of the Snail World’ Return From Near Extinction

Partula snails all but vanished from Polynesia after the arrival of a carnivorous foreign snail. But a global alliance of zoos has worked to bring them back.

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Carolyn Bessette Was Living the Dream. Then She Met John.

The fairy tale was 1990s New York.

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