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Trump Justifies $2 Billion Made as President With Inaccurate Claims

President Trump has wrongly attributed the $2 billion windfall he gained during his second term to a hot stock market and claimed that he was the only president to donate his salary.

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Platner’s Rise and Fall Revives Old Questions About ‘Bernie Bros’ and Women

The collapse of Graham Platner’s Senate bid in Maine after a rape allegation renewed attention to a movement built by Senator Bernie Sanders that some say is too forgiving of male misconduct.

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Whistle-Blowers Accuse Kennedy Center of Contracting Flaws Under Trump

Documents submitted to Congress detailed concerns about competitive bidding processes and a White House order to tear up new bathroom tile because of its color.

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Whistle-Blowers Accuse Kennedy Center of Contracting Flaws Under Trump

Documents submitted to Congress detailed concerns about competitive bidding processes and a White House order to tear up new bathroom tile because of its color.

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How Marco Rubio is Running Venezuela From Afar

The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and its government. His grip on the country is a vivid manifestation of American power in the Trump era.

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Non-Disclosure: In Roswell, New U.F.O. Docs Are a Declassified Bummer

Roswell’s annual U.F.O. festival was supposed to be full of triumphant “told you so’s” after the Trump administration declassified its alien files. Instead, apparently, the coverup continues.

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Kansans Will Vote on an Elected Supreme Court. The Target: Abortion.

Frustrated by the appointed court’s support of abortion rights, which has been affirmed resoundingly by voters, Republicans are pushing an Aug. 4 referendum to elect Kansas justices.

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Israel Struck an Iranian Steel Facility. Was It a Valid Military Target?

During the war, Israel attacked Iran’s steel plants, saying they provided forces with revenue and the means to make weapons, but it also hurt the civilian economy.

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Developer of Troubled Midtown High-Rise Had Tried to Avoid the Spotlight

Nathan Berman has shied away from the showy ways necessary to succeed in New York real estate. Now, his largest project is in limbo.

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Randolph Mantooth, Who Played John Gage in ‘Emergency!,’ Dies at 80

His portrayal of the firefighter and paramedic in the 1970s television hit helped expand the American public’s familiarity with emergency medicine.

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Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media

The Justice Department is seeking to compel testimony from reporters who wrote about the new Air Force One. The Times called the move a “brazen act.”

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‘They Don’t Need People’: The Workers Left Behind by China’s Robot Drive

For out-of-work factory workers in Kunshan, a region made rich by electronics manufacturing, a park is the only place to go.

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U.S. Employers Told to Dismiss Thousands of Immigrant Workers

Shifting deadlines are confusing businesses as the end of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians and others looms, making them ineligible to live and work in the United States.

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Trump Tried to Block Canada’s New Bridge to Detroit. It’s Opening Anyway.

A deal ended the Trump administration’s blocking of a new bridge that will ease congestion at the busiest trade corridor between the United States and Canada.

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D.S.A. Members Blast Mamdani Adviser for Elevating Graham Platner

A letter circulated by Democratic Socialists of America members asked that candidates sever ties with Morris Katz, a consultant for Mr. Platner and Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

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Historian Kerri K. Greenidge and Her Book ‘The Grimkes’ Come Under Fire

Kerri K. Greenidge appeared to lose her professorship at Tufts University after scholars began scrutinizing her 2022 book, “The Grimkes,” which is no longer listed on its publisher’s website.

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Buckling Manhattan High Rise Becomes Focus of Criminal Investigation

The inquiry, being conducted by the New York City Department of Investigation and the Manhattan district attorney’s office, was in an early stage, and its focus was unclear.

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New York Times Accuses Federal Employment Agency of Retaliation

A May lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims the newspaper discriminated against a white male employee who did not get a promotion.

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Charlie Cunningham, Mountain Bike Innovator, Dies at 77

In the late 1970s, he built what is considered the first off-road bicycle with a frame that was aluminum rather than steel, one of his many inventions.

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What China’s Successful Rocket Launch Means for the Future of the Space Race

A space neophyte not long ago, China is now the United State’s main competitor for supremacy throughout the solar system.

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F.C.C. Approves Test of Space Mirror to Light Night Sky Despite Outcry

A start-up company has permission to try its plan to bounce solar rays onto the dark side of Earth, turning night to day for a three-mile-wide patch.

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Witnesses to ICE Killing Dispute the Official Account

Also, a major housing bill could become law without Trump’s signature. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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Flooding in Missouri Prompts State of Emergency and at Least 100 Rescues

Gov. Mike Kehoe declared a state of emergency after up to a foot of rain fell overnight in the southeastern part of the state. More storms are in the forecast.

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Graham Platner Files Paperwork to Withdraw From Maine Senate Race

The move paved the way for Democrats to choose a new nominee to challenge Senator Susan Collins in a race both parties see as key to the control of the Senate.

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Apple Sues OpenAI, Accusing It of Stealing Company Secrets

The two companies struck a deal in 2024 to offer A.I. services on Apple devices, but their partnership has soured.

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Strait of Hormuz Will Soon Be Declared Open to All Traffic, U.S. Officials Say

The officials said that Iranian negotiators blamed the recent ship attacks on rogue military units.

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Mexico to File Criminal Complaints in U.S. Over Immigrant Deaths

The nation’s president vowed to go “beyond diplomatic notes” after a U.S. immigration agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican man, in Texas this week.

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How Florida’s Dream of Ever-Lower Taxes Flew Too Close to the Sun

Gov. Ron DeSantis pushed for a proposal to slash property taxes. But after some local Republican officials protested, he backpedaled, sort of.

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Maine Democrats Eyeing Late July Convention to Pick Platner Replacement

With plans still being finalized, officials are discussing a convention some time during the weekend of July 25-26 and are weighing options for choosing delegates.

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ICE Killing in Houston Puts Focus on Surge in Immigration Arrests

The shooting death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo occurred as immigration enforcement has ramped up across the country, with thousands being arrested daily.

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