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The popular notions of summer fun and the things we actually feel like doing can sometimes be at odds with each other.
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Democrats’ 2024 Autopsy Is Described as Avoiding the Likeliest Cause of Death

An audit being conducted by the D.N.C. is not looking at Joe Biden’s decision to run or key decisions by Kamala Harris’s team, according to six people briefed on the report.

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A Democratic audit of the 2024 election is said to be focusing less on the Biden and Harris campaign and more on how outside groups supported the effort.
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Why Are More Than 100 People Still Missing in Texas, 2 Weeks After the Floods?

The number of people unaccounted for dropped this week but remains stubbornly high as some searchers lose hope of finding them.

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Members of the military presented an American flag on Friday to firefighters and relatives of Michael Phillips, the chief of the volunteer fire department in Marble Falls, who is among those missing from the floods.
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How a Sequoia Capital Partner’s Mamdani Posts Dragged the Firm Into Politics

Sequoia Capital, which backed Nvidia, Google and Apple when they were start-ups, has long stayed above the fray. But one partner’s post about Zohran Mamdani set off a chain reaction.

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Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia Capital, in Washington in April. This month, he posted inflammatory statements online about the New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
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Scams and a Rent Spike Follow New York City’s New Broker Fee Law

The law mostly shifts fees from tenants to landlords. But since it took effect, some landlords have raised rents, and tenants say some brokers still try to make them pay fees.

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The FARE Act, which took effect on June 11, bars brokers from charging thousands of dollars in fees to renters who did not enlist their help.
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Trump Sues Wall Street Journal for Article on Note to Epstein

The lawsuit argues that The Journal falsely claimed President Trump “authored, drew and signed” a lewd birthday card to Jeffrey Epstein.

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President Trump denied to The Wall Street Journal that he had written the letter it said he had, and called it “a fake thing.”
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Jane Austen’s Best Books

A peerless chronicler of class and romance, the “Pride and Prejudice” author was never prolific. But her work remains remarkably relevant, more than two centuries after her death.

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Trump Administration Requests Release of Epstein Grand Jury Records. What’s Next?

The records are at the center of President Trump’s effort to manage fallout from the Epstein case. But unsealing them is complex and requires a judge to sign off.

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The Justice Department has formally filed two petitions in the Southern District of New York seeking to unseal grand jury records in the Jeffrey Epstein case.
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Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Hits Senior Care Work Force

Nursing homes and home care agencies have lost workers as the Trump administration has moved to end deportation protections for migrants with temporary legal status.

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Staff members serving food to residents of Sinai Residences, a retirement community in Boca Raton, Fla.
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Superman’s Other Secret Weakness? Journalism Ethics.

Writing for The Daily Planet about his heroic alter ego raises thorny issues for Clark Kent. Lois Lane has her conflicts, too.

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David Corenswet as Superman, in the new movie. In the first comic featuring the character, in 1938, Clark Kent actively seeks to keep the hero out of the news.
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Australia v British & Irish Lions: first Test – live

The crowd count us down and Finn Russell boots the test series under way.

Officials for this match:

Referee: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand)

Assistant Referees: Nika Amashukeli (Georgia) & Andrea Piardi (Italy)

Television Match Official (TMO): Richard Kelly (New Zealand)

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© Photograph: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

© Photograph: Chris Hyde/Getty Images

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Tour de France 2025: stage 14 sets blockbuster mountain test in Pyrenees – live

We approach the départ réel, the reality of a heavy day in the saddle dawns. Here we go!

In Pau, the rain is coming down but that’s cooled the temperature down to 19 degrees.

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© Photograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters

© Photograph: Sarah Meyssonnier/Reuters

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Women’s Euro 2025: countdown to France v Germany, plus England news – live

As always, I want to hear from you today! Be sure to message me with any thoughts on the Euro 2025 quarter-finals so far and predictions for tonight’s match.

I think I’ve only just recovered from the drama of Thursday’s clash between Sweden and England. What a match! Here is how England fans reacted to the outcome…

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© Photograph: Molly Darlington/UEFA/Getty Images

© Photograph: Molly Darlington/UEFA/Getty Images

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