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Oil Rises After Weekend of Back-and-Forth Strikes by U.S. and Iran
The renewed hostilities posed fresh risks to ships seeking to navigate the Strait of Hormuz.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesHere's what we know about Lindsey Graham’s death
Senator Lindsey Graham died on Saturday night, a day after returning from Ukraine and four months before he was to face re-election.
New York Times Top StoriesStates Prepare Lawsuit to Block Paramount’s Merger With Warner Bros.
State attorneys general are said to be getting ready to file a lawsuit as soon as this week to halt the $111 billion deal, a potential major obstacle.
New York Times Top StoriesMichael Cohen Helped Convict Trump. Now, He’s Making Nice Again.
A previously unreported encounter last summer set the stage for a rapprochement between the president and his former fixer, who has so far avoided the diatribes and prosecutions that President Trump has directed at other critics.
New York Times Top StoriesGraham’s Death Highlights Congress’s Age Issue
By the standards of the aging Senate, where the average age is more than 65, the South Carolina Republican wasn’t particularly old.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Recalls Last Conversation With Lindsey Graham Before His Death
In an interview on Sunday, President Trump recounted his last conversation with Senator Lindsey Graham, hours before his death. Mr. Graham sounded “perfect,” he said.
New York Times Top StoriesThe City That Never Sleeps Suits Up to Play Late-Night Soccer
A pilot program invites people to play soccer under the lights overnight for the duration of the World Cup. The fields have seen no shortage of action.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Trump Failed to Secure the Strait of Hormuz in His Iran Deal
President Trump signed an agreement that Iran said gave it control of the waterway — and global energy supplies. Now, Iran’s military is violently asserting authority.
New York Times Top StoriesBlanche Stares Down Confirmation Hurdle: Lingering G.O.P. Doubts
Key Republicans on the Judiciary Committee could push for concessions from Todd Blanche, in line to be attorney general, though they did not appear in revolt.
New York Times Top StoriesResidents of Spanish Towns Caught in Fierce Blazes Recount Harrowing Escapes
Many say communication was chaotic and even nonexistent as flames tore through the area, taking 12 lives in one of the deadliest wildfires on record in Spain.
New York Times Top StoriesZelensky Announces Leadership Shuffle as War Turns in Ukraine’s Favor
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine’s prime minister, Yuliia Svyrydenko, would step down amid a broader shake-up in Ukraine’s senior leadership.
New York Times Top StoriesTim Scott and Other South Carolina Leaders Mourn Lindsey Graham
The senator had sometimes struggled to maintain support from his party’s most right-wing voters. But leaders paid tribute to his wit and stalwart support of South Carolina.
New York Times Top StoriesLindsey Graham Was Facing Re-election in November. What Happens Now?
South Carolina law suggests his death triggers an Aug. 11 special Republican primary election, and the state’s governor can appoint a replacement to serve out the rest of his term, through early January.
New York Times Top StoriesCold Plunging
A writer reflects on the healing powers of trying new things.
New York Times Top StoriesTributes Pour In for Senator Lindsey Graham
Mr. Graham’s sudden death on Saturday prompted a wave of tributes for an outsize and often divisive figure in U.S. foreign policy for two decades.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Corruption Stains, From Texas to Maine
Something is wrong if vice is all them and virtue is all you.
New York Times Top StoriesSeneca’s Solution to the Crisis of Attention
Devote your attention to one idea a day.
New York Times Top StoriesFitness Influencers Are Not Making Men More Fit
Manosphere fitness influencers are the wrong model. Health requires looking at life as a whole, not as an exercise in “optimization.”
New York Times Top StoriesHard-Liners in Iran Want to Keep Fighting America
With much of their leadership killed in the war, Iran’s conservatives have sought to fill the void and intensify the fight against the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesInside Herat, Where a Taliban Campaign Targets a Cosmopolitan Outpost
Afghanistan’s leader has exerted full control over a city that once enjoyed looser social norms, even under Taliban rule.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Sought an Iran War Exit. Putin Pushed On in Ukraine. Now Both Are Stuck.
The Iran and Ukraine wars underline the common limits of military force in achieving political ends, but also the differences between a dug-in Russian president and a vacillating American one.
New York Times Top StoriesHow an Election Fight in Arizona Could Affect the Nation’s Midterms
A bitter struggle between Maricopa County’s Republican-dominated Board of Supervisors and a Trump-allied official over control of elections has ramifications far beyond Greater Phoenix.
New York Times Top StoriesHow a Gang of Thieves Pulled Off a Multimillion-Dollar Data Center Heist
The world’s most valuable assets are stored on rows of servers in giant, anonymous buildings. And they can be stolen.
New York Times Top StoriesYounger Voters Are Propelling the Democratic Socialist Surge in New York
Age seemed to be the predominant factor in the Democratic Socialists of America’s primary wins in House races in New York City.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Democratic Socialists Winning Elections Far From New York City
They won Democratic state legislative primaries in Buffalo and Syracuse, showing how the party’s messaging and ground game can work outside New York City.
New York Times Top StoriesSenator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, Dies at 71
Mr. Graham died of a “brief and sudden” illness on Saturday evening, his office said. He served in the Senate for more than two decades.
New York Times Top StoriesThe World Is Cutting Ties With America. It’s Already Costing Us.
When other countries cut ties, Americans pay.
New York Times Top StoriesSerena Williams Is Back. Thank Goodness.
Until Serena Williams announced her return to tennis at 44, I never realized how much I needed her.
New York Times Top StoriesAs India Erases Its Colonial Past, Delhi’s Elite Feel Targeted
India’s government wants to shut down Delhi’s Gymkhana Club, which the prime minister calls a vestige of colonialism. Some members suspect a different motive.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Putin Turned Japan Into a Den of Spies
Operating out of a Tokyo high-rise, a military intelligence unit finds the high-tech equipment that Russia needs to wage war.