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Amid War, Iran’s Soccer Leader Works to Get His Team to the World Cup

Mehdi Taj said his federation has been dealing with FIFA, not the United States, in trying to obtain visas for Iran to play in the tournament that begins next week.

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Sherrill Says Immigration Officials Won’t Let Her Visit Detention Center

The governor said the Department of Homeland Security’s actions at Delaney Hall raise “serious questions.”

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We Interrupt This Knicks Victory for a Political Ad Starring Mamdani

Mayor Zohran Mamdani lent his political star power to an unusual TV ad promoting three Democrats running for House seats in New York City.

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Pace Gallery Cuts 50 Artists and 50 Staff Amid Art Market Challenges

A challenging art market is forcing even an established player to contract.

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Flesh-Eating Pest Confirmed in U.S. Cattle

The New World screwworm was found in a calf in South Texas, the Agriculture Department said, the first case in the country since the 1960s.

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Why Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Has to Fight for Her Job

Ms. Bass, a Democrat, has had a roller-coaster first term. She now faces the first runoff since 2005 for an incumbent mayor in the city.

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Massie, 3 Other House Republicans Broke From Trump on Iran War Powers Vote

Four Republicans from different ideological factions crossed party lines to vote with Democrats in favor of reining in the president’s power to wage war unilaterally.

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Republicans Begin to Test the Limits of Trump’s Power by Flexing Their Own

The president’s unilateral and retributive style of governing is starting to hit a wall in both chambers of Congress.

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Louisiana ICE Facility Mistreated Immigrants, Federal Investigators Say

A report by the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog described officers putting one man in a chokehold and stabbing another with a pen.

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In Alabama Ruling, Supreme Court Signals Limited Role for Federal Courts in Redistricting Fights

In an emergency ruling on Tuesday night, the court’s conservative majority gave a first glimpse into congressional district battles under a weakened Voting Rights Act.

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The House Votes to End the Iran War

Also, the N.B.A. finals tips off. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

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SpaceX IPO to Be Largest Ever at $135 Share Price

The $135 share price means Elon Musk’s rocket maker is poised to exceed the 2019 initial public offering of Saudi Aramco in both valuation and money raised.

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E.U. Steps Up Ocean Monitoring as Trump Administration Backs Away

Days after the U.S. said it would kill a network of ocean monitors, European officials pledged to invest more in their version, calling it a “necessity.”

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‘I Love It’: Trump Is Still in Favor of $1.8 Billion Payout Fund

Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said on Tuesday that the administration was “not moving forward with the fund, period,” after the plan drew bipartisan backlash.

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House Advances New Sanctions on Russia and Aid to Ukraine

After G.O.P. leaders blocked additional aid to Ukraine, six Republicans and an Independent joined Democrats to force the measure to the floor against the wishes of the speaker.

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Park Service Awards No-Bid Contract to Cover Bridge Statues in Gold

Originally estimated to cost $2.4 million, the government will now spend $5 million to restore the bronzes in time for Independence Day.

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Musk and Trump Slashed Aid. Now We Lack Tools to Tackle Ebola.

The fecklessness of Washington leaders contrasts with the courage of doctors, nurses and aid workers in places like Congo.

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G.O.P. Revives Immigration Bill, Weighing Ban on Trump’s Fund

Several Republicans suggested they would insist on adding a measure to bar the president from creating a fund to pay people who claim to be victims of government persecution.

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New Intelligence Chief’s Expertise: Pursuing Trump’s Enemies

Tulsi Gabbard’s replacement as the director of national intelligence has no known national security experience.

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Bessent Calls Clash With Bill Pulte a ‘Locker Room’ Fight

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he had an argument with the housing finance director last year but now supports his appointment as acting director of national intelligence.

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Four Immigrant Workers Burned to Death in Italy

The immigrants had been working as fruit pickers in southern Italy, the authorities said, apparently as part of a system of criminal labor trafficking.

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In Apparent Reversal, Mullin Says Abrego Garcia Could Be Deported to Costa Rica

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia has long said he would willingly go to Costa Rica. His lawyers sent the new homeland security secretary’s comments to the judge handling his deportation case.

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The Narrow Path to a Democratic Senate Runs Through Very Red States

Democrats cheer there is a way, even as new worries emerge over whether Graham Platner can flip a Maine seat. Republicans remain confident they will prevail in Texas, Iowa and Alaska.

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An Uncertain Path for Americans Exposed to Ebola

Despite long-established procedures for bringing Americans home for monitoring and treatment, the Trump administration has not said that it will allow those at risk of Ebola back into the country.

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Trump Administration Fights Court Order to Refund Some Tariffs

The administration has started to repay some of the money, but has signaled it may make it harder for certain businesses to claim the full amount they are owed.

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Mullin Says ICE Training Going Back to ‘Regular Standards’

The immigration agency had apparently cut training requirements as a part of its enforcement push over the past year.

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See the Clashes Between ICE and Protesters in New Jersey

Demonstrations outside the Delaney Hall immigrant detention center have at times turned violent, with the authorities deploying tear gas and wielding batons as protesters resisted calls to disperse.

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Six Questions Out of Tuesday’s Big Primaries in California, Iowa and Elsewhere

Who will run California? Can Democrats win Iowa? Here’s what happened, and what might be next.

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Trump Administration Turns to a New Rationale to Justify Old Tariffs

The administration has settled on a more legally and politically durable way to impose tariffs, but some say the focus on forced labor is merely a pretext for protectionism.

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Songwriter David Baerwald Shares an Unspeakable Family Secret in ‘The Fire Agent’

In “The Fire Agent,” the musician David Baerwald bases his debut novel on the shadowy life of his German-Jewish grandfather: an aristocrat, a soldier, a Buddhist and a spy.

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