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Trump Had a Billion-Dollar Windfall After Returning to the White House

The release of a mandatory financial disclosure for 2025 shows that the Trump family’s holdings, particularly the president’s crypto businesses, were stunningly lucrative.

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After a Tap Heard in Rubble, U.S. Rescue Teams Begin a Grueling Marathon

Surrounded by the devastation of Venezuela’s earthquakes, emergency specialists from California, Virginia and Florida work with locals to search for survivors.

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What Tom Kean Did and Didn’t Explain About His Absence

Representative Thomas Kean Jr., a New Jersey Republican, has finally reappeared in Congress. Questions remain about his nearly four-month absence from public life, which he said was due to depression.

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Talarico Seizes on Paxton Tabloid Story to Test Corruption Attacks in Texas Senate Race

After a salacious report about Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate in Texas, his Democratic rival, James Talarico, seized on the news — but focused on corruption and affordability.

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Curiosity, Perseverance and Now Promise? NASA May Send a Mars Rover to the Moon.

As part of plans to establish a lunar base, the space agency may send to the moon a spare test version of the rover — as well as a soccer ball.

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Aid Workers in Venezuela Fear Disease Outbreaks After Twin Quakes

Health care workers worry that illnesses like cholera could spread in areas where clean water was already in short supply, and last week’s earthquakes destroyed water systems.

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Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Push to End Birthright Citizenship

Also, a House Republican says depression led to his long absence. Here's the latest at the end of Tuesday.

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Trump Announces Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas

Parties normally hold conventions only in presidential years, but President Trump liked the idea of mobilizing Republicans this fall.

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The Two Mexico Cities Fighting for Claim Over Soccer’s Origin

Mineral del Monte, a small former mining town that became a tourist destination partly because of its Cornish influence, claims that soccer in Mexico started there. Well, so does the nearby city of Pachuca.

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Trump Officials Sideline Machado, Venezuela’s Opposition Leader, Over Earthquake Response

A bid by María Corina Machado, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, to return to earthquake-battered Venezuela has angered U.S. officials focused on recovery and stability.

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What Is the ‘Spirit of Liberty’ Today?

It’s time to update Learned Hand’s great 1944 address.

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Neon Buys ‘Artificial,’ a Film About OpenAI, After Amazon Dropped It

Neon purchased “Artificial,” which focuses on OpenAI’s chief, Sam Altman, after Amazon walked away from it following an investment in the start-up.

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4 Warning Signs for Graham Platner. And 4 for Susan Collins Too.

The Maine race, which both parties see as key to winning control of the Senate, is extremely close, a Times/Portland Press Herald/Siena poll found. Both candidates have reasons for concern.

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Stocks Notch Strongest Quarter Since 2020

The S&P 500 rose almost 15 percent for the three months through June, and many stock analysts remain optimistic that corporate earnings driven by artificial intelligence will keep growing.

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C.I.A. Reorganization Prioritizes Cyberoperations

John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, said that the agency would take “smart risks,” but that people would have oversight of artificial intelligence.

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States Sue Trump Administration Over Medicaid Work Requirements

The lawsuit argues that new federal rules went beyond what Congress enacted and broke from guidance that the federal government previewed to states.

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What the Supreme Court Decisions About Trump’s Firings Mean

Our chief legal affairs correspondent, Adam Liptak, explains how two Supreme Court rulings on the firings of independent regulators first expand the power of the president, and then carve out an exception.

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Supreme Court Allows States to Bar Transgender Athletes From Girls’ Sports

The court’s decision involving laws from West Virginia and Idaho has implications for 25 other states with similar restrictions on transgender female athletes joining women’s sports teams.

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Court Halts Pentagon Rule Requiring Escorts for Journalists

A federal judge temporarily blocked a new rule that restricted reporters’ access to the Pentagon, in a lawsuit brought by The New York Times.

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House G.O.P. Revolt Blocks Pentagon Bill

Ultraconservative lawmakers refused to back a critical procedural measure as they pressed for action on voting legislation championed by President Trump.

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What to Know About Flights to Venezuela After Devastating Earthquakes

Six days after powerful back-to-back earthquakes, air travel in and out of the country remains severely restricted.

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Supreme Court to Weigh Constitutional Protection for AR-15 Rifles

Two cases to be heard in the fall challenge legality of state and local bans on the weapons, which are popular with gun owners and have been used in mass shootings.

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Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Other Old Internet Brands, Is Going Public

Bending Spoons, an Italian company that buys aging internet companies, is going public this week at a potential value of $19 billion.

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Comcast, NBCUniversal Split Drives Deal-Making Speculation

Almost as soon as the two companies announced a split, analysts rushed to consider potential merger and acquisition targets for each.

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Record-Breaking Heat Wave Expected to Hit New York City Ahead of July 4 Weekend

Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed an executive order that aims to protect workers who must toil outside. Temperatures this week could exceed 100 degrees.

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Supreme Court Upholds Birthright Citizenship, Blocking a Key Trump Policy

The justices blocked President Trump’s executive order that banned birthright citizenship for the children of undocumented immigrants and some temporary foreign visitors.

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What to Know About the Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Order

The decision ends one of the most aggressive parts of Trump’s immigration agenda. But hundreds of other restrictions have taken effect.

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Mamdani and City Council Agree on $126 Billion Budget

A handshake deal, reached right at the statutory budget deadline, will expand programs that offer housing vouchers and discounted transit fares.

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The Supreme Court Just Gave the G.O.P. a New Midterm Edge

The decision, which allows parties to spend more in coordination with candidates, is likely to further expand the power of big money in American politics.

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The Supreme Court Gets Birthright Citizenship Right

The Constitution is clear. People who are born in this country and subject to its laws are citizens.

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