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Helicopter Crashes in Los Angeles County, Killing 3

The authorities did not immediately confirm who was operating the helicopter or how many people were aboard. One person was taken to a hospital, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

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House Directs Trump to Halt War With Iran or Secure Congress’s Approval

It was the fifth time that a chamber of the Republican-controlled Congress has voted to rein in President Trump’s war powers as discontent with the conflict grows among voters.

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Trump, the Supreme Court and the Postal Service: A History of Mail Voting

The mail system took on new prominence during the Civil War by enabling soldiers to vote from afar. On Monday, the Supreme Court blocked President Trump’s effort to give it a new role in elections.

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Pentagon Inspector General Details U.S. Losses and Challenges in Iran War

Helicopters for evacuating casualties were pulled from four countries, and hundreds of military facilities were destroyed, according to a new report.

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Mark Zuckerberg Takes Aim at Anthropic in Debate Over A.I. Slowdown

On social media, Meta’s chief executive appeared to jab at Anthropic by saying that leading A.I. labs should be focused on safety rather than improving their own technology.

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Trump Plans Blitz of $138 Million and Counting to Save Midterm Republicans

His powerful super PAC is suddenly spending heavily on some races, after drawing fire from some Republicans that the group might not throw its weight behind the party’s candidates.

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Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort

As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent.

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Scrutiny of Jury May Complicate Future of Lindsay Clancy Case

The intense public focus on the jurors whose deadlock led to a mistrial could complicate any attempt to retry the case, and to seat jurors in other high-profile cases.

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Trump Defended A.I. Data Centers on Truth Social, and Commenters Clapped Back

The president’s posts about artificial intelligence on the social media platform he founded were met with an unusual volume of criticism.

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Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs

The package would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel.

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Trump Threatens to Cancel Kennedy Center Renovation

Also, the world is furious over rising prices. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

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Stopping the A.I. Threat Cannot Wait for Guardrails

China and the United States must work to repair the damage A.I. has done now, not look to future developments.

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A T. Rex Walked Here: Teacher Finds Rare Footprints in North Dakota

Kent Hups, a high school science teacher in Colorado, discovered a 23-foot trackway of fossilized dinosaur footprints, which offer a glimpse of how the apex predator moved 66 million years ago.

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House Kills Bid to Impeach Trump as Democrats Split

Dozens of Democrats declined to register a position on articles of impeachment by one of their own members, Representative Al Green, that cited President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

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Has A.I. Become Death, Destroyer of Worlds?

This isn’t the first time great scientific minds have warned of humanity’s destruction.

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Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders Demand Tighter Controls on A.I.

At an event in Washington, partisanship took a back seat as elected officials, religious leaders, parents and artists called for reining in artificial intelligence.

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How Electric Cars Took Hold in Australia

Rising oil prices helped push E.V. sales ahead of gas cars for the first time, even in a country that loves long road trips.

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Pennsylvania Officials Report Fourth Measles Death, as Outbreak Grows

This year has become the deadliest year for measles in the United States in decades.

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Senate Votes to Block Crypto Bill in Major Blow to the Industry

The landmark legislation, known as the Clarity Act, stalled in the Senate as Democrats raised concerns about President Trump’s personal investments in crypto.

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Poverty Rate Was Stable Before Trump’s Safety Net Cuts Gained Force

Median household income rose to a record $87,460 in 2025, according to annual Census Bureau data on the financial well-being of Americans.

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Patel Suggests F.B.I. Agents May Be Sent to the Polls

Federal law prohibits armed federal officers or military personnel from being deployed to polling stations.

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Bessent Defends Faltering Bond Market Intervention

Testifying before Congress, the Treasury secretary said that he supported giving Americans $5,000 dividends if Republicans win in November.

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Half of Voters Dislike Socialism Amid Progressive Wins, New Poll Finds

Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor and democratic socialist, was viewed more favorably than Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a fellow high-profile member of the movement.

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Independent Budget Office Estimates Iran War Has Cost $38 Billion

The Congressional Budget Office said its analysis had been limited by the fact that the Defense Department did not respond to requests for information on the costs of the conflict.

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A.I. Is Unpopular With Voters, a New York Times/Siena Poll Finds

As fears grow about the threat of artificial intelligence, neither party has claimed an advantage on the technology, a New York Times/Siena poll found. But voters are united in opposition to data centers.

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With Emmys Haul, Apple Joins the Big Leagues of TV

The tech giant took home the most trophies this year, breaking the chokehold HBO and Netflix have had on the awards for more than two decades.

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Supreme Court Stands Up to Trump on Mail Voting and a Few Key Issues

The justices take their time and pick their spots, but they have rejected presidential initiatives on tariffs, citizenship, the National Guard — and now the coming election.

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The 3 Emmy Awards Our Readers Would Have Changed

Thousands of people selected their television favorites of the season. Here’s how they voted.

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Trump’s Name Must Stay Off Kennedy Center, Judge Rules

A federal judge told center officials at a hearing that he would not approve a plan to inscribe President Trump’s name on the building.

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Prosecutors Will Not Seek Death Penalty for Nick Reiner

Mr. Reiner, who has had a history of serious mental illness, is accused of fatally stabbing his parents last year.

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