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After Michigan Loss, AIPAC Weighs a Second Effort to Defeat El-Sayed

The pro-Israel organization spent $32 million in an unsuccessful effort to defeat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. It might try again in the general election.

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Mayor Says El-Sayed’s Win Shows He Is More Than a ‘Mini-Mamdani’

Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York said that Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s close victory in the Michigan Senate primary put “working-class Americans back at the heart of our politics.”

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Fauci Faces Contempt Vote. Here Are the Legal Issues Involved.

Dr. Fauci invoked his Constitutional right under the Fifth Amendment in refusing to answer questions from a Senate committee. Republicans say he is ineligible for that protection.

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C.I.A. Sets Up Secret Cuba Task Force as Trump Pressures Havana

The task force will allow the spy agency to quickly direct more financial, human and technical resources at the island, with the goal of creating fissures among the Cuban political elite.

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Helicopter Carrying Trump Flies Near Passenger Jet in Washington Airspace

Marine One, the helicopter that ferries the president, came within less than a mile of an Envoy Air flight on Tuesday, raising new concerns about air traffic control in the congested area.

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Star Scholar Jason Arday Resigns From Cambridge

Jason Arday was hired by the University of Cambridge in 2023 as the youngest Black professor in its history. Doubt has since been cast on his academic qualifications and claims about his life.

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Michigan Democrats Pick El-Sayed

Also, the Senate confirms a new C.D.C. director. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

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Trump-Backed Michigan Candidate Loses Primary to Rival Who Suspended His Campaign

Without running a single ad or filing a campaign finance report, Tom Smith, who had suspended his bid, soundly defeated Amir Hassan, a Navy veteran backed by President Trump.

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Bunny Dolls and Disturbing Allegations: Max Miller’s Strange CNN Interview

In a 23-minute appearance with the anchor Jake Tapper, the Ohio Republican made an unusual effort to rebut a multitude of allegations that have threatened his re-election bid.

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Scandal Leaves North Carolina G.O.P. With No Candidate and Little Time

Representative Chuck Edwards’s decision to drop his re-election bid amid sexual harassment charges came as a Democratic farmer, Jamie Ager, was already making inroads.

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Trump Said Qatari Jet Was Destined for His Library. That May Change.

A White House official says no final decision has been made about which plane will go on display at the Trump presidential library. That leaves the fate of the Qatari jet unclear.

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Death Renews Scrutiny of Delaney Hall. Here’s What to Know.

The death of a Salvadoran immigrant at the federal detention center in Newark has raised questions about the conditions there.

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El-Sayed Got a Big Win for the Left. Can It Win Like This Nationally?

The new activist left is built on a coalition that may be too narrow to thrive in Democratic primaries in other areas, particularly the South.

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U.S. Cuts Ties With Organ Donor Group After Reports of Abuses

The federal government is ending its contract with a Kentucky nonprofit that it says pressured medical workers to remove organs from patients who were getting better.

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Cost of Trump’s Namesake Warships Likely to Rise by 50 Percent or More

President Trump’s goal of building a “golden fleet” of 15 battleships could cost $275 billion, according to a government estimate.

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Abdul El-Sayed’s Winning New Political Uniform

Could the black T-shirt and jeans be the next big thing in Washington?

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Always Late? TikTok Thinks You Have A.D.H.D.

We’ve reached peak self-diagnosis culture.

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Butterflies Take Flight in Face of Climate Change and Extreme Weather

In 32 of the countries included in a recent study, at least a quarter of the native butterfly species had moved to new areas.

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Why Congress Wants a Closer U.S.-Israel Defense Partnership

A proposal making its way through Congress would integrate the U.S. and Israeli defense and intelligence apparatuses more tightly. Some worry that it is a bad idea.

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Abdul El-Sayed Thinks Progressives Have a Way to Win. I Hope He’s Right.

Abdul El-Sayed is quick, magnetic, overflowing with infectious confidence. But he also has a blind spot endemic to his movement.

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A Four-Ton SpaceX Rocket Stage Hit the Moon, but No One Saw It

Although amateur and professional astronomers pointed their telescopes at the impact site, there were no obvious signs of a collision — at least not yet.

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Blanche Defends Pirro but Says Trump Can Fire Her at Any Time

The head of the Justice Department praised the U.S. attorney in Washington after her tense meeting with the president.

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Windy Weather Could Worsen Pacific Northwest Fires

Forecasters expect winds to pick up in eastern Washington and Oregon on Friday and Saturday, but not to be as strong as last weekend’s were.

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Iran Says It Is Nearing Final Agreement With Oman on Strait of Hormuz

The agreement on an acceptable route for ships to pass through the strait would effectively ratify Tehran’s control over the crucial waterway.

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ICE Threatens Sheriffs In Chicago and Minneapolis With Prosecution Over Access to Inmates

In a new tactic, federal immigration officials recently started saying they would criminally charge the elected county sheriffs in Minneapolis and Chicago.

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El-Sayed Won a High-Stakes Michigan Primary. Now Comes the Hard Part.

Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate candidacy poses a critical test of Democrats’ ascendant progressive wing: Can an insurgent candidate, with unabashedly liberal positions, win a general election in a moderate state?

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It’s the Summer of Soundwalking. He Is Your Sherpa.

“We may be hearing but not listening,” Jacek Smolicki said, showing a reporter how sound travels through tree roots in Central Park and amplifying the scraping of aquatic snails.

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‘One Night Only’ Review: A 12-Hour Sexual Reprieve

This dystopian rom-com follows Allie (Monica Barbaro) and Owen (Callum Turner), on their parallel hunts for passion.

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Perez Hilton Is Hospitalized After Appearing to Harm Himself on Livestream

Law enforcement and emergency workers responded to Mr. Hilton’s house after he appeared to hurt himself on a TikTok stream Tuesday.

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Climate Change Comes to Sesame Street

An episode this week focuses on the dangerous effects of warming, without mentioning climate change.

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