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Inside the Radical Zionist Group Linked to an N.Y.C. Assassination Plot

The Jewish Defense League had long been largely inactive. But an arrest in a plan to kill a Palestinian activist shed light on an apparent resurgence of far-right Zionism, inspired by the J.D.L.

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51 Percent of Americans Think Trump’s Military Action in Iran Has Not Been Worthwhile

A survey from Ipsos and Reuters, released on Tuesday, found few Americans — 24 percent — think the war in Iran has been worth the costs and benefits.

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Maryland Governor and State Democrats Fail in Redistricting Effort

State Democrats butted heads over a gerrymandering plan that could have eliminated the state’s lone Republican seat in the U.S. House.

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How Peter Magyar Defeated Viktor Orban, a Former Ally, In Hungary’s Election

For years, Peter Magyar was a loyal ally of Viktor Orban, the far-right Hungarian leader. Then he changed sides — and defeated his former boss in a landslide victory on Sunday. Does he represent real change?

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The $40 Half Chicken That Ruffled Brooklyn

A New York City councilman’s Instagram post is just the latest entry in a fierce debate about the price of dining out.

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Camp Mystic Hearing in Texas Weighs Reopening After Deadly Flooding

Testimony at a hearing this week has focused on what camp leaders knew and did as floodwaters rose in July, killing at least 116 people.

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Trump Administration Accuses Biden DOJ of Unfairly Prosecuting Anti-Abortion Activists

The report is part of the president’s effort to claim anti-conservative and anti-Christian biases in federal law enforcement, even as he pushes to wield the legal system against his political enemies.

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Appeals Court Ends Contempt Inquiry Into Trump Administration’s Deportation Flights

A federal judge’s nearly yearlong effort to investigate whether the Trump administration had violated his order had become a point of contention in the president’s battles with the courts.

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Amazon Buys Globalstar for $10.8 Billion, Movingto Expand Its Satellite Internet Service

The e-commerce giant is buying Globalstar, a satellite communications company, as it aims to expand its own satellite internet service to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink.

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I Feel So Sorry for My A.I. Sunglasses

Plenty of people hate Mark Zuckerberg’s superintelligent, supercharged spectacles. I was ready to hate them, too.

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Bessent Questions the Cause of Climate Change and Its Economic Toll

The Treasury secretary said it is “difficult to deconstruct” the reasons for global warming, which he described as a belief of the “elite.”

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Texas A&M Picks an Insider for President After Months of Conflict

Debates over how to teach about gender, sexuality and other topics have shaken the school, and lead to the ouster of the previous president at the College Station campus last summer.

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House Republicans Step Up Scrutiny of ActBlue Over Foreign Donations

Three Republican-led committees, responding to a New York Times report this month, accused the Democratic fund-raising organization of withholding documents from a subpoena request.

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Virginia Governor Ends Tax Breaks for Confederate Groups

The new law signed by Gov. Abigail Spanberger is the culmination of a long, Democrat-led push to distance Virginia from its Confederate past.

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Have Mental Health Concerns Influenced Your Choice to Have Children?

If you are on the fence, or have already made a decision, we want to hear about it.

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How Stephen Miller Is Adjusting Trump’s Immigration Agenda

After the chaos and death that ensued during the deportation raids in Minneapolis, Stephen Miller, the architect of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign, is changing course on immigration. Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs explains how the administration’s strategy is shifting.

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3 Years After a Landmark Law, Some Pregnant Workers Still Don’t Get Basic Accommodations

Companies have denied requests from women asking to sit during work or take extra breaks, leading some of them to develop health complications or take unpaid leave.

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Saved From Closure by Nonprofit

The Venetoulis Institute of Local Journalism, which operates The Baltimore Banner, has bought The Post-Gazette. The newspaper was set to shut down next month.

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Ricky Cobb Has Built a Mini-Empire Through ’70s Nostalgia

Ricky Cobb has built a big online following with his irreverent postings about the absurdities of the 1970s.

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Kevin Warsh, Trump’s Pick for Fed Chair, Discloses Vast Wealth Ahead of Confirmation Hearing

Kevin M. Warsh vowed to divest a substantial amount of his more than $100 million in assets as he faces a complicated path to becoming the next chair of the Federal Reserve.

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What Does an American Orchestra Need in a Conductor?

At a challenging time for American orchestras, the question of what a community wants from a music director has become more urgent.

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Middle East War Will Slow Global Economic Growth, I.M.F. Warns

The conflict could also fuel another bout of inflation, according to the International Monetary Fund.

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State of U.S. Blockade Is Unclear as Some Ships Transit Strait of Hormuz

Ship-tracking data showed that several vessels, including some that had been docked at Iranian ports, had moved through the strait as the U.S. military began its blockade.

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Will Viktor Orban’s Legacy Live On in Brussels, Even Without Him?

Viktor Orban, Hungary’s newly ousted prime minister, helped to finance a Brussels think tank that pushes his populist vision. It will outlast him, at least for a while.

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Olivia Troye, Ex-Pence Aide, Runs for the House as a Democrat

After spending most of her Washington career as a Republican, she joins a crowded field of Democrats running in a Virginia district that doesn’t exist yet.

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The Pope and the President

The two most powerful Americans in the world are clashing.

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Oil Prices Slip and Stocks Gain as Investors Eye Possible Path to Peace

Investors saw a possible path to peace, with the United States and Iran trading proposals for Iran to suspend nuclear activity.

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Two Resignations in Congress, and the Pope’s Back-and-Forth With Trump

Plus, the rise of big bagel.

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In Rare Direct Talks, Israeli and Lebanese Officials Seek Way Forward

The talks, set for Tuesday in Washington, were not expected to produce an immediate breakthrough in the war between Hezbollah and Israel.

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Los Angeles Schools Strike Narrowly Averted In Last-Minute Deal

The strike would have shut down classes on Tuesday for hundreds of thousands of students in the nation’s second-largest school district.

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