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How Trump’s Policy Agenda Runs Through One Federal Court, in Texas

For years, conservative litigants flocked to Judge Reed O’Connor’s district. Now, North Texas has become a favorite destination of the Justice Department.

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How Marlon James Confronted ‘the Story I Was Not Allowed to Live’

With “The Disappearers,” the Booker Prize-winning author has written his most personal novel yet.

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Is the U.S. Open More Valuable to New York Than the Knicks?

It’s complicated. But the answer is: Maybe.

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New York Is Relying on Office Conversions to Address Its Housing Crisis

A New York Times analysis shows that the pace of office-to-residential conversions like the former Pfizer building, where two steel columns buckled in July, has quickened sharply.

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China Says 261 Foreigners From 23 Countries Are Missing in Tibet Flood

The disclosure offered one of the clearest pictures yet of the disaster on the Chinese side of the border, where authorities have released few details.

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Women Don’t Quit. We Should.

Women are eager disciples of the “Never give up” dogma. But if we treat persevering and quitting as opposites, we lose.

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Trump’s Venezuelan Oil Deal Relies on a Powerful and Divisive Partner

The administration will work with a private Venezuelan oil company that has close ties to the country’s government.

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Man Finds His Father’s Wedding Ring Decades After It Was Lost

Using a metal detector, Jeff Arnett honored a request from his father, who lost his band while washing his car more than 40 years ago.

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Israeli Settlers Attack Palestinians, Drawing Sharp Rebukes

The ferocity of Saturday’s assault prompted condemnations from Benjamin Netanyahu and other officials.

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‘A New Form of U.S. Colonialism’: Venezuelans Bristle at U.S. Oil Takeover

A deal giving the U.S. majority control of vast Venezuelan reserves strikes at the heart of national identity.

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India’s Gen Z Cockroach Movement Was a Joke — Until It Wasn’t

Inside India’s viral political movement.

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Warsh, After Talking Tough on Inflation, Faces a ‘No-Win Situation’ on Rates

Kevin M. Warsh, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, must soon decide whether to raise interest rates if inflation does not ease, even if it draws President Trump’s ire.

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Nepal Rescuers Bore Through Tunnels to Try to Reach 900 Workers Missing After Floods

Footage released by the Nepal Army showed teams pulling people out of the tunnels caked in mud. But each passing day dims hopes for those trapped inside.

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Milo Yiannopoulos, Right-Wing Agitator, Deported Home to U.K.

Mr. Yiannopoulos, an early supporter of President Trump and vocal supporter of mass deportations, was himself sent back to his home country, part of a long fall from right-wing grace.

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El-Sayed Apologizes for March Comment About Michigan Synagogue Attack

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, faced criticism from Jewish Democrats after remarking, “hurt people hurt people.”

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An ICE Shooting, an Extradition Showdown and the Federal Case That Stalled

Federal prosecutors planned to charge an immigration agent arrested in connection with a shooting in Minneapolis. Then the agent walked free.

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Relative of Afghans Who Helped U.S. Military Is Deported to Africa

The Trump administration has deported thousands of immigrants to countries where they have no ties. Dozens were on the latest flight, to the Central African Republic.

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How Trump’s Deportation Agenda Spreads Overseas

Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs explains how so-called third-country deportations are sending immigrants to countries across the globe.

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One Democrat to Face Three Republicans for Alaska Governor

The second-place finisher in a primary where the top four advance to the November ballot said he would drop out of the race so voters could coalesce behind a single Democratic candidate.

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Dolly Parton Was So Fake She Was Real

Dolly Parton was utterly real about her unrealness. She played with the over-the-top details.

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27 Killed Near Kyiv as Russian Drone Blitz Exposes Air Defense Gap

The strike, on a warehouse near Ukraine’s capital, came after days of attacks that strained air defenses and struck fear in civilians.

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Goodbye, Harry and Meghan. Turns Out We Didn’t Need Actual Royals.

With their departure, can America please shake off its obsession with royalty?

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Democrats Have an Identity Politics Problem. Just Not the One You Think.

Instead of rallying around their candidates, Democrats are falling out among themselves.

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Sílvia Orriols’s Movement Used to Fight Fascism. Now Catalan Nationalism Fights Globalism.

Sílvia Orriols is transforming Catalan nationalism.

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Nepali City Struggles to Handle the Many Bodies on Its Riverbanks

The remains of hundreds of people have washed downstream after devastating floods.

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Catastrophic Flood Exposes the Risks of Nepal’s Hydropower Bet

The loss of power-generating capacity has raised questions about an ambitious expansion of renewable energy in one of the world’s most hazard-prone mountain regions.

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Fast Forward

How do we balance our desire for modern conveniences with our nostalgia for the uncomplicated felicity of our pre-internet past?

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Ina Garten Says You Can Either Get on Her Train or Get Out of the Way

At 78, the cookbook author and Food Network host knows what she likes, knows what she wants and isn’t stopping anytime soon.

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‘Immense’ Devastation as Nepal Continues Search for 2,400 Missing in Floods

As rescue efforts entered their fourth day, the scale of destruction came into focus, signaling a daunting recovery for the vulnerable nation.

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As Deadly Flash Flooding Batters Nepal, Some Fear ‘the Entire Himalayas Are Melting’

A glacier unleashed a deadly flood earlier this week. For local trekking guides and climbers, the mountains were already changing.

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