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Trump Rejected Nearly 6,000 Clemency Applications Amid Hope of Pardon Wave

Expectations were raised for a raft of pardons in connection with the country’s 250th birthday but the president granted fewer than 20 on July 3.

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Tropical Storm Bertha Forms Near the Gulf Coast

Bertha, the second named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, is expected to drop heavy rain in the region this week.

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How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Is Hurting Elder Care

Retirement communities already grappling with labor shortages are being forced to terminate caregivers at a time when more Americans are living longer.

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Mamdani Eyes a McKinsey Partner to Lead Economic Development Team

Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who wanted to use the Economic Development Corporation to pursue economic justice as well as growth, is leaning toward someone likely to placate the business community.

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Will a Sex Scandal Involving Mark Lamb Matter in Arizona GOP House Primary?

The contest in a deeply religious part of the state is a test of the power of a Trump endorsement.

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Trump Says Netanyahu Will Not Be Arrested in the U.S.

New York’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, told The New York Times, he was looking into whether he could arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he comes to New York for the U.N. General Assembly.

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Trump Orders a 50% Tariff on Many Canadian Goods

Also, Britain has a new prime minister. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

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White House Says New Air Force One Will Be Out of Service for a Month for ‘Upgrades’

The White House press secretary said the unspecified “enhancements” would take place this fall. The plane has been under scrutiny over whether it has sufficient defensive capabilities.

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Maine Democrats Are About to Replace an Oysterman With a Lumberjack. It Might Just Work.

For the state’s progressives, Graham Platner was tempting. Troy Jackson is tested.

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Trump to Impose 50% Tariff on Many Canadian Goods

The administration will use an untested legal provision to put significant duties on Canadian exports, reigniting a clash with one of America’s biggest trading partners.

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Trump Attacks National Academies Over Climate Chapter in Judges’ Manual

The president joined Republican officials who slammed the National Academies of Sciences for a chapter about climate science in an educational guide for judges.

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Evacuees of Ontario’s Wildfires Wait and Worry

Flames crept, and then sprinted, toward unsuspecting residents who fled remote parts of northwestern Ontario. Now they want to know why officials weren’t prepared.

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Lindsey Graham’s Sister, Darline Graham, Says She Will Run to Succeed Him

Ms. Graham, who filled her brother’s Senate seat in South Carolina after his death, does not appear to have previous political experience. But she does have President Trump’s endorsement.

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Despite ‘False Positive’ Test, Taylor Farms Is Still Focus of Cyclospora Investigation

The F.D.A. said it was continuing to look into the supplier as a big player in the outbreak.

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Burnham’s Day 1 as Prime Minister: A Homeless Shelter, a Palace and Downing Street

As Andy Burnham became Britain’s seventh leader in a decade on Monday, he tried to show that he will govern differently.

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I’m a Screenwriter. Hollywood Is in Trouble.

A scriptwriter’s lament about Hollywood’s decline

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The Best Genetic Risk Tools Don’t Work Equally for Everyone

Genetic prediction models are poised to revolutionize medicine. But because they have been trained on European DNA, they threaten to widen health care disparities.

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Judge Tosses Justice Department Challenge to Minnesota Immigration Laws

The Trump administration, which flooded Minnesota with immigration agents this year, argued that policies limiting cooperation with ICE were unconstitutional.

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The Sewer Knows What You Ate

During the Covid-19 pandemic, wastewater testing became a virus warning system. Now, scientists are using the approach to understand how communities eat.

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G.O.P. Boxed In on Iran War as Trump Sidelines Congress

Republicans now face a worst-case political scenario of being asked to fund an unpopular war over which they have exercised little oversight.

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Andy Burnham, New UK Prime Minister, Names John Healey As Top Finance Official

As chancellor, John Healey, who quit as defense secretary in the former government, will fill one of the most consequential posts, overseeing fiscal and economic policy.

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This Is Why Our Fresh Produce Keeps Making Us Sick

Cyclospora outbreaks are just a small part of a much larger food safety crisis linked to fresh produce.

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Inside the Deadly U.S. Airstrike on a Shadow Fleet Tanker

Evidence suggests the ship on which three Indian sailors died was not moving when it was struck in the Gulf of Oman, but it had been engaged in risky offshore transfers of oil.

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Judge Temporarily Pauses Paramount-Warner Bros. Deal

The delay is intended to give the court time to consider a lawsuit that argues the $111 billion merger violates antitrust laws.

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Wildfire Smoke Gives Way to Powerful Thunderstorms in the Midwest and Northeast

The Midwest and the Northeast are facing potentially intense thunderstorms Monday and Tuesday.

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El Mayo, Who Founded Sinaloa Cartel, Sentenced to Life in Prison

Ismael Zambada García, better known as El Mayo, used an army of hit men and widespread political corruption to smuggle illegal drugs into the United States.

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To Sell Homer’s ‘Odyssey,’ Book Publishers Get Creative

The market for the epic poem is as crowded as a certain Ithacan palace, and publishers have had to get crafty to attract readers to their editions.

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Trump Administration Sought Phone Records of Times Journalists and Their Relatives

The government is aggressively seeking the confidential sources of Times reporters who wrote about the president’s new Air Force One. The Times has asked a judge to quash the subpoenas.

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Spain Celebrates Both a Soccer Win and a Sense of Wider Success

For many fans, the World Cup victory cemented a belief that something promising — a cultural, economic and sports revival — is happening in the country.

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Man Sets Off Explosive Device Outside 26 Federal Plaza in NYC

The building, 26 Federal Plaza, houses the New York field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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