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As Trump Cut a Billion-Dollar Mining Deal, His Sons Stand to Profit

An agreement between the U.S. and Kazakhstan has given a group of American investors with ties to the president and the commerce secretary access to one of the world’s largest untapped reserves of tungsten.

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Kazakhstan’s Leader Deepens U.S. Ties, Saying Trump Was ‘Sent by Heaven’

The Central Asian nation is aggressively courting President Trump’s Washington to counterbalance its powerful neighbors, Russia and China.

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Venezuela Government Accused of Politicizing Quake Relief

Critics say the country’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, is trying to exploit the tragedy for her political benefit. Her supporters accuse the opposition of doing the same.

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What Life Is Like in Dahiya Amid a Hezbollah-Israel Truce in Lebanon

Dahiya, a sprawling area and Hezbollah stronghold, is stirring back to life amid a tense truce with Israel. “This war has brought so much loss,” one resident said.

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Colorado’s Primary for Governor Pivots to Trump and Who Will Fight Him

The Democratic primary on Tuesday is likely to decide the next governor, and Senator Michael Bennet, once seen as a shoo-in, is in a dogfight with Attorney General Phil Weiser.

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White House Secretly Swayed Board Meant to Protect Federal Workers From Unfair Firings

Behind the scenes, the Trump White House went to extensive lengths to advance its theory of executive power, potentially giving the president remarkable leeway to install loyalists at nearly every echelon of government.

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How Polymarket Traders Revolted Over One Silly Syllable

How one silly syllable ignited a bitter dispute over the nature of reality on Polymarket.

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What’s the Hottest Spot in New York for Campaigning? The Club.

Zohran Mamdani did it last year. So did Claire Valdez in her recent run for Congress. Some candidates are campaigning after dark to court young voters.

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‘After About 10 Minutes, a Car Pulled Up to the Traffic Light’

Our special series of columns marking Metropolitan Diary’s 50th anniversary continues with more notable contributors sharing their New York City stories.

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The Real A.I. Race Isn’t America vs. China

Washington is starting to follow a similar playbook to Beijing when it comes to artificial intelligence policy.

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A Mayor Is Taking Maternity Leave in Japan. Some Men Are Furious.

Shoko Kawata is the first mayor to take maternity leave in Japan’s history. Her decision has prompted debate about gender discrimination in the work force.

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U.S. Officials Said to Be Frustrated With Machado’s Call for Help

María Corina Machado, the exiled leader of the Venezuelan opposition, hopes to go home. U.S. officials say her wishes to do so come at an inopportune time.

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Julia Letlow, Lifted by Trump, Wins Republican Senate Runoff in Louisiana

If she reaches the Senate, Ms. Letlow would become the first G.O.P. woman to represent Louisiana in the chamber.

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Pro-Transgender Candidate Is Chased From a Trans Rights Event Over Gaza

Scott Wiener, who is running to replace Nancy Pelosi, was surrounded by a small group of protesters shouting invective before a transgender march in San Francisco.

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12 Hours With Venezuelan Doctors Searching for Earthquake Survivors

A medical team set out from the capital to rescue people in the hardest-hit part of the disaster zone, La Guaira. They found silence in the ruins instead.

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A Rush of Volunteers in Venezuela Has Slowed Rescue Efforts

The outpouring of volunteer aid after Venezuela’s earthquakes clogged the only road into the disaster zone, delaying rescue crews.

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Trump Picks Lance Schroyer as New ICE Director

The president said he was nominating Lance Schroyer, who currently serves as an adviser to Markwayne Mullin, the D.H.S. secretary, to lead the high-profile agency.

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Kentucky Declares State of Emergency as Heavy Rain Causes Flooding

Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky said the authorities were investigating reports of fatalities as emergency crews rescued people from flooded homes and vehicles.

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Now It’s Fireworks and a Fence Keeping Tourists From the Reflecting Pool

Chain-link fencing now surrounds the pool in preparation for a Fourth of July celebration. It has not stopped people from gawking.

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Deal With Israel Divides Lebanese, Fueling Protests in Beirut

Supporters welcomed the agreement as a step toward curtailing Iran’s influence within Lebanon, but others took to the streets, calling it a capitulation.

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U.S.-Iran Deal’s Vague Language Comes Back to Haunt Peace Efforts

The deal called for Iran to “make arrangements” for the passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has interpreted that to mean it can designate which routes ships take.

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Why Was Keir Starmer So Disastrously Ineffective?

His great achievement was to restore the Labour Party to government. His lack of conviction made him ineffective once he got there.

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It’s Ugly. It Costs $640,000. Everyone Is Mad About It but Me.

Ferrari’s new E.V. is being panned by critics, but it ought to be celebrated.

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Renewed Strikes Threaten Setback to Shipping Recovery in Persian Gulf

The attacks came after traffic through the Strait of Hormuz had reached the highest levels since the start of the U.S. war in Iran.

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Has the MAGA ‘Sugar Rush’ Finally Run Out?

Three Opinion writers on Trump’s latest face-plant.

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Families Across the U.S. Are Struggling With High Prices

We dug into the data, toured the country and ran surveys to find the biggest financial pressures people feel.

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Trump Is Turning Journalists Into Criminals

The product of journalism enjoys substantial protection under the First Amendment. But what about the process?

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Natural Selection

Sometimes, our preference for certitude, our need to define things with conviction, closes us off from possibility.

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Robby Hoffman Will Always Feel Poor, No Matter How Rich She Gets

The comedian and actor says class and the way she grew up inform everything about the way she lives now.

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Two Earthquakes Hit Venezuela: What to Know About Death Toll, Damage and Rescue Response

Powerful back-to-back quakes in northern Venezuela have set off an agonizing search for survivors. The disaster is the latest test for a country struggling to emerge from a decade-long depression.

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