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Australia to Impose Energy and Water Guardrails on Data Centers Amid A.I. Boom

The country will also seek to protect the rights of creators of work used to train artificial intelligence models, as it aims to impose parameters on the growing industry.

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Trump Pressures ICE to Resume Traffic Stops After Agency Pulls Back

Immigration and Customs Enforcement ordered its officers on Tuesday to halt most vehicle stops across the country after they shot two people over the past week.

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Biden Will Release Memoir Just After the November Midterms

The former president announced that the book, “Promise Me, America,” will come out on Nov. 17, and will cover the tumultuous events of his presidency as well as his re-election bid.

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The Big Questions About Jeffrey Epstein: What The Times Has Learned

Here is what we know about the sexual predator whose secrets spurred an international reckoning over money, power and complicity. Check back for updates.

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What to Know About Todd Blanche’s Order Granting Trump Immunity From I.R.S. Audits

Acting attorney general Todd Blanche’s decision to grant President Trump protection from I.R.S. audits is set to be a central issue in his confirmation hearing on Wednesday.

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California Weather Shift Brings With It a Risk of Unhealthy Heat and Wildfires

Wednesday will bring some of the hottest temperatures of the year, and fire experts are warning of combustible conditions throughout the state.

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U.S. Presses China to Free American Seismologist Accused of Spying

President Trump has urged Xi Jinping to release the scientist, Youlin Chen, the man’s family says. Dr. Chen studied the detection of North Korean nuclear tests.

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Fatal Encounters

We look at shootings by federal immigration agents.

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Oil Prices Tick Higher as U.S. Reinstates Iran Blockade

The United States reinstated its blockade on Iranian ports in the Strait of Hormuz and shipping slowed to a crawl amid the renewed warfare in the critical waterway.

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Trump Flip-Flops on Strait of Hormuz Plan, and U.S. Cyclospora Outbreak Spreads

Plus, Chipotle is coming to Mexico.

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Ukraine Pounds Russian Ships in Its Campaign to Cut Off Crimea

After striking roads and railways, Kyiv is now focusing on sea routes as it tries to disrupt fuel supplies and pressure Russia to end the war.

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For Israel, the U.S.-Iran Hostilities Have Created an Uneasy Limbo

Officials see a return to full-blown war as preferable to an agreement that fails to curb the threats Iran poses to Israel. Meanwhile, they wait.

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For Israel, the U.S.-Iran Hostilities Have Created an Uneasy Limbo

Officials see a return to full-blown war as preferable to an agreement that fails to curb the threats Iran poses to Israel. Meanwhile, they wait.

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Senator Mark Kelly Amasses Nearly $25 Million Campaign War Chest

The Arizona Democrat said he had raised and given away $10 million to fellow members of his party and committees as he mulls a presidential run in 2028.

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The Senate Should Reject Todd Blanche

Republicans should have the decency, patriotism and self-respect to vote against Mr. Blanche.

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Todd Blanche Faces Crucial Hurdle Ahead of Confirmation as Attorney General

Todd Blanche’s nomination is broadly a referendum on President Trump’s vision of the Justice Department as a projection of his power.

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Trump’s Latest Nominee for C.D.C. Director Will Face Senate Panel

Dr. Erica Schwartz supports vaccines and is seen as a mainstream choice to lead an agency that has been a target of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to change federal immunization policies.

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Platner Was Toxic. But Democrats Could Learn From His Politics.

His progressive, populist message was able to occupy a kind of middle ground in the party’s primary electorate.

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A Year After DOGE Cuts, Social Security Is Trying to Stabilize

The agency has been quietly hiring workers again, and its leadership is focused on improving technology to ease workloads left by the departure of about 7,800 staff members.

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Cyclospora Cases Rise Rapidly, With No Source Yet Confirmed

The parasite, which has sickened thousands across the U.S., is notoriously difficult to track. Funding cuts haven’t made the job easier.

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He Has a $25 Million Bounty on His Head, But Is Also a U.S. Partner in Venezuela.

A list of alleged crimes has not prevented Diosdado Cabello, and other Venezuelan officials, from working with a U.S. government that once hounded them.

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Small Tribes Say They Lack the Clout to Secure Federal Recognition

The federal government can confer health care, education, housing and casino rights, but for small bands like many in the Pacific Northwest, recognition takes political muscle they don’t have.

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‘It’s Chaos’: What New York’s Suburbs Can Tell Us About the Mood of the Country

The midterms are looming. We asked people in New York City’s suburbs how they feel about the state of America.

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The American E.V. Has Been Crushed. Will It Take the U.S. Auto Industry With It?

The largest U.S. automakers have backed away from electric vehicles, even as global sales are booming. The decision may make them obsolete.

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When Your First Apartment Is a Lemon

What New York homeowners can do before and after a purchase to avoid or mitigate shoddy construction.

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Should Epstein’s Friends Be Punished? An Elite Harvard Club Is Torn.

At Harvard, students, alumni and professors debate whether a storied campus group should cut ties with one of Jeffrey Epstein’s closest associates, and whether Harvard itself should do the same.

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China’s Chip Champion to Raise Billions in Race for A.I. Control

CXMT, a linchpin in China’s drive to develop homegrown artificial intelligence technology, is aiming to raise nearly $10 billion in a blockbuster public offering in Shanghai.

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Paramedics Help Save Lives in New York. Can They Afford to Live There?

Some of New York City’s emergency medical workers make just $18 an hour. Their boss, Zohran Mamdani, has staked his mayoralty on making New York City more affordable for all.

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Mamdani Will Advance Bronx Bus Lane Project to Improve Transit Speeds

The road redesign to prioritize buses, the first such project in the borough, had been put on hold after the Trump administration objected to a similar plan in Manhattan.

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Late Night Calls Lindsey Graham’s Senate Seat ‘an Inheritance Jackpot’

“A Senate seat? Most people just get a garage full of damp boxes,” Michael Kosta said of Graham’s sister filling the late senator’s seat on “The Daily Show.”

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