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Trump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally

Robert Harshbarger Jr. pleaded guilty in 2013 to health care fraud and distributing a misbranded drug. His wife, Diana Harshbarger, is a member of Congress.

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Representative Diana Harshbarger, Republican of Tennessee, was a corporate officer for American Inhalation Medication Specialists, the company through which her husband distributed a misbranded drug.
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For Trump, Nothing Was Off-Limits During the Shutdown

President Trump pressured Democrats by taking punishing actions no previous administration ever took during a shutdown.

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President Trump and congressional Republicans followed a strategy of ramping up pain and waiting out the Democrats.
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Shutdown Deal Revives Democratic Infighting

The agreement prompted a backlash within the party, not only against the Democratic defectors who supported it, but against Senator Chuck Schumer, the leader who did not.

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Senators Catherine Cortez Masto, Maggie Hassan, Jeanne Shaheen, Angus King and Tim Kaine, who voted with Republicans to end the government shutdown, at the Capitol on Sunday night.
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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Verdict in E. Jean Carroll Case

The president said the assertions behind a judgment that he sexually abused and defamed the writer were “implausible” and “unsubstantiated.”

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The writer E. Jean Carroll, left, won a $5 million civil judgment against President Trump in 2023.
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Could Trim Prison Sentence With Drug Rehab Program

A spokesman for the fallen music mogul, who is serving a four-year sentence for prostitution-related offenses at the Fort Dix prison complex in New Jersey, said he has been accepted to the program.

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Sean Combs will join a drug abuse rehabilitation program at the federal prison complex in New Jersey known as Fort Dix.
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Families of Children Killed in Texas Floods Sue Camp Mystic, Claiming Gross Negligence

Parents of campers and counselors who died in the July 4 Texas floods said the camp leadership did little before mounting “a hopeless ‘rescue’ effort from its self-created disaster.”

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A lawsuit claims that Dick Eastland, executive director of Camp Mystic, and his son Edward, a director, wasted valuable time after a flash flooding warning was issued.
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M.L.B. Limits Bets on Individual Pitches After Gambling Charges

Two Cleveland pitchers were accused of colluding with bettors. The league and its gambling company partners have put a $200 limit on wagers on individual pitches.

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Rob Manfred, baseball’s commissioner, said, “we are always protecting the integrity of our game.”
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2025 Booker Prize Goes to David Szalay’s ‘Flesh’

The rags-to-riches tale had already made fans of Zadie Smith and Dua Lipa. Roddy Doyle, who chaired the judging panel, called the book “singular” and “extraordinary.”

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David Szalay, at right, accepts the Booker Prize trophy for his novel “Flesh” from last year’s winner, Samantha Harvey.
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Chi Ossé Plans to Challenge Jeffries, Despite Mamdani’s Opposition

Chi Ossé, a New York City councilman, has told allies he is preparing to challenge Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic leader of the House.

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Chi Ossé, 27, is ideologically aligned with Zohran Mamdani, but the mayor-elect has discouraged him from challenging Hakeem Jeffries.
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Microbets, Parlays and Prop Bets: A Guide to the M.L.B. Gambling Scandal

Federal prosecutors say two pitchers for the Cleveland Guardians tipped off bettors about what pitches they would throw, setting up rigged “microbets.” M.L.B. moved to limit such bets.

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The ubiquity of gambling apps has made prop bets a profit center for companies.
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Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey to Retire From Congress

Ms. Watson Coleman, 80, the first Black woman to represent New Jersey in Congress, said she would not run for a seventh term in the state’s 12th Congressional District, near Trenton.

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Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman of New Jersey, center, shown with Representative Maxine Waters, right, in 2022, has said she will not seek another term in Congress.
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Canada Lost Its Measles Elimination Status. What Does It Mean for the U.S.?

The disease was once considered eliminated in Canada, but not any more — there have been more than 5,000 cases in the last 12 months as vaccination rates have fallen.

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Signs describing measles symptoms at a health clinic in Taber, Alberta. The province has been a hot spot of Canada’s recent measles outbreak.
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Why the BBC Is Facing Its Gravest Crisis in Decades

The British public service broadcaster apologized on Monday for a misleadingly edited documentary about President Trump. But the scandal had already claimed two of its top executives.

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The British Broadcasting Corporation’s current crisis is less about President Trump, than about the insoluble tensions of a public service broadcaster operating in a divided political and media world.
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The 20-Somethings Who Raised $121 Million to Build Military Drones

Neros, a company founded in 2023 by former teenage drone racers, won a coveted Army contract and is gaining popularity in the defense sector.

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Soren Monroe-Anderson, left, and Olaf Hichwa, the founders of Neros, a drone manufacturer, at the company’s offices in El Segundo, Calif.
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Farewell: ‘I’m Going Quiet’

In one of his final missives as the company’s leader, Mr. Buffett said he would accelerate his plans to disburse his fortune to his children’s foundations.

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Warren E. Buffett announced in May that he would step down at the end of this year and turn Berkshire Hathaway’s leadership over to Gregory Abel.
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Christine Pelosi Will Not Run for Nancy Pelosi’s House Seat

Christine Pelosi, a Democratic activist, announced that she will run instead for a California State Senate seat, ending speculation that she would try to succeed Nancy Pelosi in the U.S. House.

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Christine Pelosi announced on Monday that she will run for a California State Senate seat.
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