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Man Pleads Guilty to Trying to Assassinate Justice Kavanaugh

Nicholas J. Roske, 29, of California, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. He was arrested near the justice’s home in 2022, with a pistol, a knife and other weapons.

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Justice Brett Kavanaugh at a joint meeting of Congress in March.
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Belgian Prince Seeks Pension Benefits

A court case by the Belgian king’s younger brother argued that he was entitled to a state pension to keep his wife and adult children financially safe.

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Prince Laurent of Belgium at a parade in Brussels in July.
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Trump’s Tariffs Are Already Reducing Car Imports and Idling Factories

A few carmakers have closed factories, laid off workers or shifted production in response to the auto tariffs that took effect last week.

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A Land Rover dealership in Houston. The British automaker will suspend exports to the United States this month after a 25 percent tariff on cars went into effect last week.
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Texas Deportation Case Could Shed More Light on Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act

A case involving a Venezuelan migrant, Daniel Zacarias Matos, could explore the question of whether President Trump has used the Alien Enemies Act in a lawful manner.

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The Supreme Court ruled on Monday night that the Trump administration could continue to deport migrants using a wartime powers act.
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A New Push to Open the Doors on Childhood Sexual Abuse

A man abused as a child at a Missouri Christian camp agreed to remain silent, and took his own life. His sister is pushing several states to ban such nondisclosure agreements.

The childhood desk of Trey Carlock inside his family home in Dallas. Mr. Carlock died by suicide after he was sexually abused at a summer camp.
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Two Chinese Citizens Captured in Ukraine While Fighting for Russia, Zelensky Says

The Ukrainian president did not suggest that they had been sent by Beijing’s military, but he pointed to their presence as further evidence that Moscow was not truly interested in peace.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine addressing a news conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.
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Case in Texas Could Shed More Light on Invocation of Alien Enemies Act

A case involving a Venezuelan migrant, Daniel Zacarias Matos, could explore the question of whether President Trump has used the Alien Enemies Act in a lawful manner.

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The Supreme Court ruled on Monday night that the Trump administration could continue to deport migrants using a wartime powers act.
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How a Diversity Champion Became an Anti-D.E.I. Warrior

Not long before he became Virginia’s governor, Glenn Youngkin helped lead, and spoke approvingly of, efforts to improve racial and gender diversity at his private equity firm.

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As the co-chief executive of the Carlyle Group, Glenn Youngkin worked to address disparities in the financial sector. As governor of Virginia, he has embraced President Trump’s hostility to D.E.I. initiatives.
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What U.S.-Iran Talks Could Mean for Tehran’s Nuclear Ambitions

Expected talks between Iran and the United States would be a late, and perhaps last, opportunity to control Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and avoid war.

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A poster in Tehran in November of Iranian scientists. President Trump said that the United States would hold talks with Iran on Saturday in an effort to rein in the country’s nuclear program.
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Some Israelis Favor Attacking Iran, Expressing Skepticism About Talks

Many Israelis were surprised when President Trump announced that the United States would engage in “direct” negotiations with Tehran in an effort to rein in its nuclear program.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and President Trump in the Oval Office on Monday.
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Dominican Republic Nightclub Roof Collapse: At Least 15 Killed

Heavy machinery and drones were part of a large search and rescue operation at the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo, the capital.

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A photo released by Dominican emergency services showing emergency responders outside the Jet Set Nightclub, right, in Santo Domingo, whose roof caved in early Tuesday.
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The Global Sell-Off

We explore the stock market panic over tariffs.

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The New York Stock Exchange.
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Is Trump Having a Liz Truss Moment?

Ms. Truss, Britain’s prime minister for 44 days, was forced out after her radical policies caused a market meltdown. But there are some key differences with President Trump.

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Liz Truss after her resignation speech in October 2022. She was forced out of office by her own Conservative Party in little more than six weeks, the shortest tenure for a prime minister in British history.
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Stock Market Chaos Over Tariffs Could Take Toll on Economy

A big hit to portfolios would be felt acutely by higher-income Americans, whose spending has recently been the biggest driver of the economy.

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Wall Street’s sell-off reflects investor fears that President Trump’s tariffs will lead to higher prices, slower growth and possibly a global recession.
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Bloomberg Pumps Cash Into the Long-Term Legal Fight Against Trump

The billionaire’s gun control group plans to spend $10 million to help elect Democratic attorneys general, who are on the front lines of legal clashes with the president.

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Everytown for Gun Safety, the gun control group headed by Michael R. Bloomberg, will back Democratic candidates for attorney general in 10 battleground states this year and in 2026.
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Tech C.E.O.s Spent Millions Courting Trump. It Has Yet to Pay Off.

With inauguration donations and Mar-a-Lago visits, leaders of the biggest tech companies sought favor with the president in an attempt to steer regulation and tariffs, to little avail.

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Tech leaders including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk attended President Trump’s inauguration in January.
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They Work All Day and Go Home to Shelters

Thousands of working people in New York City now live in shelters, unable to afford apartments despite holding down jobs that pay them $50,000 or more.

About a third of families living in New York City’s homeless shelters, not including migrants, include at least one working adult.
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Prince Harry’s Court Case Over Security in the UK, Explained

Harry arrived at London’s Court of Appeal on Tuesday for the start of a two-day hearing in his case over his police protection in Britain.

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Prince Harry being greeted by security at the Royal Courts of Justice in London on Tuesday. Three Court of Appeal judges will hear arguments by Harry’s lawyers that the decision to withdraw his police protection in the UK violated official policy.
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Leaders Flex Muscles Against International Criminal Court

The leaders of Israel, Hungary and the United States have moved to neutralize the judiciary both at home and abroad.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Prime Minister Viktor Orban of Hungary in Budapest last week.
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U.S. and Iran Will Hold Nuclear Talks on Saturday

President Trump pulled out of the last Iran nuclear accord in 2018, and negotiators from the two nations have not met face-to-face since. Now he faces the challenge of dismantling the Iranian program.

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President Trump announced the talks during a visit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to the White House on Monday.
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