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Amid Mounting Democratic Concern, Platner Says His Past Is Being ‘Weaponized’
The presumptive Democratic Senate nominee in Maine said the state would have his back in the face of accusations he has denied.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTrump Says Bill Pulte, His New Intelligence Director, Should Slash Staff
The president suggested that employees who worked for previous Democratic presidents were among those who should be fired.
New York Times Top StoriesSpaceX Has $30 Billion Deal to Provide Google With A.I. Computing Power
Elon Musk’s rocket company said Google would pay it $920 million a month, as it prepared for its initial public offering.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Investigating Gender Treatments at Mount Sinai
A grand jury subpoenaed the health system for information about adolescent patients who had received gender-related care, Mount Sinai said on Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesXavier Becerra Advances in California Governor Race
Mr. Becerra was long dismissed in the contest until the abrupt departure of Eric Swalwell created a surprise path for an experienced Democrat.
New York Times Top StoriesIran’s Soccer Team Allowed Into U.S. for World Cup, but Many Staff Denied
After months of doubts over their participation, Iran’s players have received visas for the United States just days before the World Cup begins.
New York Times Top StoriesIran Fired Attack Drones Toward Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Official Says
The latest violence between the United States and Iran threatened a cease-fire and risked further stoking tensions in the region.
New York Times Top StoriesANWR Oil Draws Few Bids, Despite Trump’s Push for ‘Liquid Gold’
An auction to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge ended with just 10 percent of the available land claimed for oil development.
New York Times Top StoriesPamela Hicks, Lady-in-Waiting to Elizabeth II of Britain, Dies at 97
The queen’s third cousin, she was a bridesmaid at the royal wedding in 1947, and witnessed firsthand pivotal moments in British history.
New York Times Top StoriesJustice Dept. Promises to Drop Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund
It was the department’s clearest statement to date that it was pulling back from a plan to use taxpayer money to make payments to people who claimed to have been politically persecuted.
New York Times Top StoriesAmid Graham Platner Controversy, Where Does the Maine Senate Race Go Next?
New revelations about Graham Platner have left Democrats anxious.
New York Times Top StoriesPentagon Cuts 180 Religious Identities From Military Personnel Records
The new policy, which the Pentagon framed as a largely administrative action, leaves just 31 religious categories to choose from, 22 of which are Christian.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Strikes Down a Slate of Trump’s Immigration Policies
Also, job growth is looking healthier. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
New York Times Top StoriesAnthony Head, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ and ‘Ted Lasso’ Actor, Dies at 72
The British actor was a mainstay of influential television shows who first found fame as a Nescafe pitchman.
New York Times Top StoriesA Sherpa Survived 6 Days Alone on Everest. His Family Says He Was Abandoned.
Dawa Sherpa, 57, was found alive on Thursday, nearly a week after he was last seen on the mountain. His wife says more could have been done to find him sooner.
New York Times Top StoriesFirst U.S. Screwworm Case Since 1960s Prompts Texas Emergency Response
After a screwworm infestation was confirmed in a South Texas calf, officials launched an aggressive effort to prevent the parasite from spreading in the nation’s largest cattle-producing state.
New York Times Top StoriesNewark Mayor to Scale Back Police Presence at Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center
The mayor, Ras Baraka, said the city would not spend taxpayers’ money to safeguard Delaney Hall, an immigration detention center in Newark run by a private prison company.
New York Times Top StoriesStocks Slide as Investors See Rates Rising After Strong Jobs Data
The S&P 500 fell more than 2 percent on Friday, on course for its worst one-day drop of the year and ending nine weeks of gains.
New York Times Top Stories‘Out of Control’: When Troopers and Protesters Clash, Questions Follow
Gov. Mikie Sherrill had hoped that replacing federal agents with the state police would bring peace. It didn’t work out that way.
New York Times Top StoriesGraham Platner Controversy Deepens Democratic Unease Before Maine Senate Primary
The party’s politicians, officials and strategists wrestled with how to respond to new reporting about Graham Platner, with worries rising about his vulnerabilities in a general election.
New York Times Top StoriesA Question Swirling Around Putin’s Big Conference: Could the War End?
At the St. Petersburg economic forum, business and political elites said Russia faced a choice of halting the conflict or sacrificing more. Vladimir Putin seemed to signal more war.
New York Times Top StoriesDriven From Lenapehoking, They Hope to Return to New York
The Lenape were forced out of their ancestral lands centuries ago. Now in Oklahoma, their descendants feel the pull of homeland in the east.
New York Times Top StoriesBefore French Open Finals, They’ll Serve Up a Dance
The choreographer Benjamin Millepied had an unusual brief: To create two short works for the championship matches at Roland Garros.
New York Times Top Stories’60 Minutes’ Stars Will Stay After Pelley’s Firing Because They Don’t Want Show to ‘Die’
Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim said on Friday in an email to their colleagues that they had reached the decision after a period of frustration.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Job Market Pushes Past Shocks and Strains
Unemployment is steady and companies are hiring, but wage growth is not keeping up with higher prices.
New York Times Top StoriesMan Who Schemed With Au Pair to Kill His Wife Is Sentenced to Life
Brendan Banfield of Herndon, Va., was found guilty of murdering his wife and another man, who was lured in through a fetish website. The plan involved his lover, who is now serving 10 years in prison.
New York Times Top StoriesCentral Ohio Becomes Hub for Tech and Manufacturing
Tech titans and Silicon Valley transplants changed the Columbus area, but not everyone is thrilled about the rapid transformation.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Keeps Immunity from I.R.S. Audits, Even as $1.8 Billion Fund Falls Away
Even as they rebelled against a $1.8 billion fund for President Trump’s allies, Republicans looked the other way as his administration granted him potentially lucrative tax protections.
New York Times Top StoriesChuck Schumer Privately Backs Haley Stevens in Michigan Democratic Senate Primary
Chuck Schumer, the Democratic minority leader, has remained officially neutral on the race, but in conservations with donors, he has been clear about which candidate he supports.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy the SpaceX IPO Will Affect Your 401(k), Like It or Not
Elon Musk’s rocket company, on the cusp of the largest initial public offering ever, will soon end up in index funds after rule changes by Nasdaq and other index providers.