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When Originalism Jumped the Shark

Has the court learned nothing?

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Trump Endorses Mike Lindell, MyPillow Founder, for Minnesota Governor

He is a close ally of President Trump and has been a leading proponent of the election denial movement, which falsely claims that voting machines are often rigged.

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War Risk for Businesses Will Mean Higher Prices No Matter What Happens

Doing business in a more dangerous and unpredictable world will cost more, pushing up the price of everything from food to electronics.

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‘The Odyssey’ Review: Passion in Every Frame

Few directors close the divide between the art film and the blockbuster like Christopher Nolan.

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Elon Musk Funds Vivek Ramaswamy’s Bid for Ohio Governor Despite Their DOGE Clashes

Elon Musk gave $5 million to back Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign for Ohio governor, seemingly moving past tensions around the effort to downsize the federal work force.

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Wildfire Smoke Spreads Across the Northeast as Temperatures Spike

A heat dome is responsible for miserably high temperatures, and it’s also helping to push smoke from wildfires to the east.

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Goldman’s Former Top Lawyer Calls Epstein a ‘Masterful Liar’

Kathryn Ruemmler, the former general counsel of Goldman Sachs, testified on Wednesday in a closed-door congressional hearing investigating Jeffery Epstein.

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He Thought He Had to Break Out of Brooklyn. Instead, He Celebrates It.

As a child, Michael McLeer wanted to be like John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever” and leave the neighborhood. Was it a tragedy that changed his mind?

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Wildfires Rage in Ontario as Smoke Affects Toronto’s Air Quality

Air quality in Canada’s largest city was at times the worst in the world on Wednesday, as wildfires across Ontario sent smoke drifting into New York City and beyond.

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Archaeologists Unearth a 2,400-Year-Old Sanctuary for the Worship of Odysseus

The ruins of a 2,400-year-old complex suggest that, to the Greeks of antiquity, Homer’s protagonist was not just a character in a poem but a figure of genuine devotion.

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House G.O.P. Releases Budget to Unlock $95 Billion for Iran War and SAVE Act

The plan faces a rocky path amid Republican divisions and would pave the way for votes months before the midterm elections to fund a war that polls show is deeply unpopular.

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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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