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Congress Clears Housing Bill, Cementing a Rare Bipartisan Feat

A lopsided House vote cleared the measure for President Trump’s signature after a lengthy back and forth and several nearly fatal blows to the legislation.

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Alan Wilson Wins Republican Primary for South Carolina Governor

The runoff was one of the few races this year featuring both candidates endorsed by President Trump. His picks have had mixed results in governor’s contests.

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Services Sold to Boost I.V.F. Odds Backed by Little Evidence, Study Finds

Some patients spend thousands of dollars on these extra ‘add-on’ procedures during fertility treatment.

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New Yorkers Vote in High-Stakes Primaries

Also, the Strait of Hormuz sees a notable uptick in traffic. Here's the latest at the end of Tuesday.

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Trump Is Making Big Claims About the Iran Talks. Iran Keeps Contradicting Him.

President Trump appears to be describing his preferences as fully negotiated deals, in hopes of locking the Iranians in. The question is whether a succession of such disputes will sink the whole venture.

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U.S. Presses Meta to Agree to A.I. Reviews

Federal officials are urging the lone major tech company holdout to allow government safety evaluations, weeks after ordering Anthropic to pull its latest model.

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U.N. Report Says Israeli Killings of Gaza Children Post-Truce Amount to Genocide

Israel’s U.N. mission dismissed the report as a “libelous sham,” and called the investigating commission a “fundamentally flawed mechanism.”

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With Starmer’s Resignation, ‘Hot Podium Guy’ Has Outlasted Five U.K. Prime Ministers

A sound engineer has emerged as an unexpected heartthrob amid Britain’s political tumult.

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N.S.A. Lost Access to Powerful A.I. Model Amid Anthropic Dispute

A recent episode underscored the Trump administration’s increasing reliance on advanced A.I. systems for cybersecurity even as it battles a leading U.S. developer.

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Trump Says Vandals Sabotaged the Reflecting Pool. Internal Documents Raise Doubts.

The documents do not indicate that the peeling blue coating and algae blooms were caused intentionally.

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If You Love America, Cringe for It

Let’s remember who we once were, because it’s what we may yet be again.

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Senate Votes to Direct End to Iran War, Rebuking Trump on War Powers

A few Republicans joined Democrats in favor of a measure instructing President Trump to halt military operations against Iran or seek congressional authorization.

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Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene Say They Are Done With the G.O.P.

Their split with the Republican Party represents an expansion of a feud with President Trump that could further complicate the party’s midterm prospects.

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A Look Inside the Welcome Bags Planned for White South African Refugees

The United States is putting together bags with a children’s book on so-called reverse racism, and with a document that defends the country’s founding on the basis of slavery.

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How Trump Turned America’s Refugee Program Into a Pathway for White People

President Trump has created an exception to his refugee ban for white South Africans, reshaping a program intended for people fleeing persecution and disaster.

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Letter From Conservatives Prompted Inquiry of Civil Rights Group, Lawyers Say

Several right-wing groups sent a letter in September to Stephen Miller, a top aide to President Trump, urging greater scrutiny of the Southern Poverty Law Center.

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Protesters Accused of Antifa Ties Sentenced to Up to 100 Years in ICE Attack

The penalties, issued in an attack where a police officer was shot, dwarfed those given to Jan. 6 rioters and appeared to signal that at least some courts will deal aggressively with ICE protesters.

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Polling Is Limited in New York’s Democratic House Primaries

Few independent surveys were published in Democratic primaries despite prominent candidates and some ideological tests.

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Meta Has Created a Prediction Markets App

The experimental app, internally called “Arena,” would be independent of Facebook and Instagram. It could compete for attention with Polymarket and Kalshi, the biggest prediction markets.

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Supreme Court Sides With Exxon in Lawsuit Over Assets Seized by Cuba

The Trump administration backed Exxon Mobil’s effort to be compensated for oil and gas assets confiscated by the Cuban government in 1960.

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Britain Is Still Deep in the Shadow of Brexit

Ten years after a slim majority voted to leave the European Union, the economic and political effects of that decision continue to disrupt the United Kingdom.

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SpaceX Stock Price Is Slumping After Its Blockbuster IPO

On Tuesday, SpaceX briefly fell below $150 a share, which is where the stock first began trading when the company listed publicly just over a week ago.

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Europe’s Heat Has Scientists Asking: How Much Hotter Can It Get?

Records are being broken for the second time in a month, leading scientists to probe the upper limits of what the warming climate can dish out.

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Searching for Clues in Jeffrey Epstein’s Boyhood

“Jeff” grew up in an insular world, kept company with a few brainy boys and fixated on girls. Was a monster hiding in plain sight?

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Ferraris and Shell Companies: Five Charged in Medicare Fraud Schemes

The Justice Department is taking aim at pricey “skin substitutes,” an overused wound care treatment that cost the government $10 billion in 2024.

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Ebola Symptoms in Current Outbreak May Be Milder Than in Previous Ones

That is good news for patients, but officials fear it will make controlling the spread of the disease harder.

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Teamsters Make a Bid to End Federal Oversight, With Trump’s Backing

Sean M. O’Brien, re-elected to a second term leading the union, has used a relationship with President Trump to end court-ordered corruption monitoring.

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CBS News Hired an Independent Watchdog. What’s He Doing?

With CBS News rocked by controversy, some viewers have turned to the network ombudsman for a public response. So far, they haven’t gotten one.

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The Iran War’s Persistent Threat to Farmers in Poor Countries

A reopening of the Strait of Hormuz would do little to swiftly ease the pain inflicted by higher prices for fertilizer, food and fuel in Ivory Coast.

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Supreme Court Bars Lawsuit After Prison Guards Shaved Inmate’s Dreadlocks

Damon Landor, a Rastafarian, tried to sue Louisiana prison officials for violating his religious rights.

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