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A Day Before Trial, Alleged Accomplice of Alexander Brothers Is Cleared

Ohad Fisherman had been charged with sexual battery along with Oren and Alon Alexander stemming from an alleged 2016 assault.

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Ohad Fisherman, a Miami broker and friend of the Alexander family, was accused of holding a woman down while Oren and Alon Alexander assaulted her. He had maintained his innocence.
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Texas Floods Killed at Least 95 People

Also, Trump revived his tariff threats against close U.S. allies. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

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A rescue team in Kerrville, Texas.
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Trump Revives Trade War, Threatening Steep Aug. 1 Tariffs on Allies

President Trump said Japan and South Korea would face tariffs of 25 percent unless they reached an agreement with the United States. Other countries received notice of higher levies.

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President Trump is continuing to impose or threaten tariffs on Japan’s and South Korea’s major exports, including cars, steel and electronics.
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After Mamdani’s Win, Some Democrats Are Determined to Stop Him

Though Zohran Mamdani scored a resounding victory in New York City’s Democratic primary, some in his own party are strategizing about how to defeat him in November.

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Former Gov. David A. Paterson on Monday criticized Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in the New York City mayor’s race, and called on his foes to work together to defeat him.
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It’s Hard to Create a Third Party, Even for Elon Musk

Building a viable new political party to rival the Democrats and Republicans is enormously difficult and expensive. Small wonder it hasn’t been done.

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Elon Musk has said the America Party would be a new entity and would have the goal of disrupting the two major parties’ hold on the federal government, but he has been opaque on his plans.
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As Renewed U.S. Tariffs Loom, Emerging Economies Turn to One Another

With President Trump preparing to revive tariffs this week, some of the world’s biggest exporters are planning a future less dependent on trade with the United States.

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The BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. The group issued a thinly-veiled rebuke of President Trump’s tariff battle.
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Haiti’s Landmark Oloffson Hotel is Destroyed in an Apparent Arson Fire

Haiti’s famed Oloffson Hotel, a cultural landmark and celebrity haven, was incinerated amid rising violence by gangs that control most of the country’s capital.

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The Oloffson Hotel, an example of gingerbread house architecture, was constructed in the late 19th century as a private home and played a key role in Graham Greene’s novel “The Comedians.”
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Why Are Protesters in Mexico City Angry at Remote Workers?

Top concerns include the displacement of longtime residents as rents and food prices surge. Ire over the influx of well-heeled foreigners has been building for years.

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A protester lighting an aerosol can during a march against gentrification in Mexico City on Friday.
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Trump Administration Acknowledges Lack of Evidence for Jeffrey Epstein ‘Client List’

After Attorney General Pam Bondi promised big revelations for months, the Justice Department noted a lack of evidence for conspiracy theories, including a “client list” and a jailhouse murder.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi released a memo on Monday stating that the department and the F.B.I. had determined “that no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted.”
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Trump and Netanyahu Expected to Discuss Prospects of Gaza Cease-Fire

The private dinner between the two leaders on Monday marks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s third visit to Washington this year.

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President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in the Oval Office in April. Monday will be Mr. Netanyahu’s third visit to the White House since Mr. Trump took office for a second time in January.
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Russia Confirms Death of Minister Hours After Kremlin Dismissed Him

Roman V. Starovoyt, the transport minister, had governed the Kursk region before Ukrainian forces occupied part of it in 2024.

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Roman Starovoyt, the Russian transport minister, arriving for a meeting at the Kremlin in May.
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Valery Gergiev, Shunned in West Over Putin Support, Will Conduct in Italy

Valery Gergiev, an ally of Vladimir V. Putin, is set to conduct in Western Europe for the first time since institutions there cut ties over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Valery Gergiev conducting the Munich Philharmonic in 2021. He was fired as the orchestra’s chief conductor after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and has not performed in Western Europe since then.
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Iran Carries Out Mass Expulsion of Afghan Refugees

About 800,000 people have been deported to Afghanistan, a desperately poor country, under an Iranian campaign that accelerated sharply in June.

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Returnees cross the border from Iran into Islam Qala, Afghanistan on Thursday.
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Russian Minister Who Had Led Region Later Invaded by Ukraine Is Found Dead

Roman V. Starovoyt, the transport minister, had governed Russia’s western Kursk region before Ukrainian forces invaded in 2024 and occupied part of the territory.

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Roman Starovoyt, the Russian transport minister, arriving at a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow in May.
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Tesla Stock Dives as Elon Musk Plans New Political Party

Mr. Musk’s involvement in politics was once seen by investors as a benefit to Tesla. Not anymore.

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Tesla shares dropped 7 percent in early trading Monday. President Trump posted on Sunday that the chief executive, Elon Musk, had gone “off the rails.”
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Trial Over Free Speech on Campus, and Trump’s Student Crackdown, Begins

The case challenges the Trump administration’s targeting of noncitizen student activists for arrest and deportation on First Amendment grounds.

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Demonstrators outside Columbia University demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and former Columbia student, in March.
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Man Who Opened Fire on Texas Border Patrol Building Is Fatally Shot

The man opened fire on the building in McAllen, Texas, on Monday. A border patrol employee and two officers were injured, federal officials said.

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Investigators at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s McAllen Station in Texas after a gunman opened fire on Monday morning.
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Your Job Interviewer Is Not a Person. It’s A.I.

You thought artificial intelligence was coming for your job? First, it’s coming for your job interviewer.

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Jennifer Dunn, a marketing professional in San Antonio, said she had a job interview with a virtual artificial intelligence recruiter. The conversation “felt hollow,” she said.
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New Deadlines, New Letters — Same Tariff Uncertainty

The Trump administration is keen to strike deals as it dangles an extension to trading partners. But it’s also issuing threats to some of them.

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President Trump said “UNITED STATES TARIFF Letters” are set to go out at noon Eastern time today to America’s trading partners.
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‘Hallmarks of Institutional Racism’ Found in Police Killing of Kumanjayi Walker

A coroner said that she could not exclude the possibility that an officer’s racist attitudes contributed to the death of Kumanjayi Walker in 2019.

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The coroner read her findings before residents in a dusty courtyard lined with gum trees, just a few streets away from the red-walled house belonging to the victim’s grandmother, where he was killed.
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Your Questions, Answered

We address your queries about the news.

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Trump Threatens Tariffs on Countries Aligned With BRICS Nations

President Trump said nations that support the group’s “Anti-American policies” would face an additional 10 percent tariff. He did not elaborate.

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The opening meeting of a summit of BRICS nations, at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday.
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What’s at Stake as Netanyahu and Trump Meet in Washington

With the fighting in Iran over, President Trump is considering whether to pursue a new nuclear agreement with Tehran. He is also urging a new cease-fire deal to end the fighting in Gaza.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel’s Parliament last month. Mr. Netanyahu will meet with President Trump this week in Washington.
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Ukraine Turns to Fishing Nets to Catch Russian Drones

With their dense mesh, the nets can tangle drone propellers. It’s a simple but effective countermeasure that reflects how low-tech means can blunt high-tech weapons in the war.

Nets, erected over the road to protect against armed Russian drones, standing along a highway on the outskirts of the mostly abandoned city of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, in June.
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A Desperate Search for Survivors of the Central Texas Floods Presses Ahead

Officials, emergency crews and volunteers in Central Texas were holding out hope for finding survivors of the flash flooding, as the death toll climbed.

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Volunteers rode on horseback to areas of the Guadalupe River. The horses allow them to reach places that boats and A.T.V.s can’t.
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Supreme Court Insists on Reams of Paper for Case Briefs in Digital Age

The court’s rules require many litigants to submit 40 copies of their briefs, resulting in millions of pages printed each term. Critics call the process outdated and wasteful.

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During the pandemic, the court eased the printing rules, but soon reinstated them.
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