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Trump Says He Will Start Talks With China on TikTok Deal

President Trump has declined to enforce a statutory ban of the popular social media app while his administration negotiates a deal for an American company to acquire it.

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President Donald Trump speaks with the media on board Air Force One Friday evening.
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As the World Warms, Extreme Rain Is Becoming Even More Extreme

Even in places, like Central Texas, with a long history of floods, human-caused warming is creating the conditions for more frequent and severe deluges.

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A person overlooks flooding at the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, on Saturday.
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How Many Dates Should You Go On Before You Start Talking About Money?

Couples tend to dance around discussing how much they earn or owe early in a relationship. But experts agree that talking about money sooner is better than later.

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Kooshan Dunn, left, and his husband, Aaron Dunn, didn’t have conversations about money until two to three years into their relationship.
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Israeli Ministers to Meet on Next Steps Toward Gaza Truce

Israel is poised to decide whether to proceed with talks after Hamas said it had responded positively to the latest cease-fire proposal.

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A man inspecting damage after an Israeli strike in central Gaza on Friday. The war has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and reduced much of the territory to rubble.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson Makes Herself Heard, Prompting a Rebuke

In solo dissents this term, the justice accused the conservative majority of lawless bias. On the term’s last day, Justice Amy Coney Barrett fired back.

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson has emerged as a forceful critic of her conservative colleagues and, lately, their approach to the Trump agenda.
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Iran Looks to BRICS for Allies, Testing a New World Order

The alliance of emerging economies hopes to offer a counterweight to the United States and other Western powers. But military strikes on Iran are testing its unity.

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Valiasr Square in Tehran last month. Analysts expect Iran to use the BRICS summit as an opportunity to shore up more explicit support from the group.
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Virginia Has Become a Hotbed for Immigration Arrests

Lawyers and advocates have theories as to why immigration arrests have accelerated in Virginia at a rate more than that of almost any other state.

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Immigration agents take a man from El Salvador into custody in Herndon, Va., in January.
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Antarctica Faces Tense Future as U.S. Science Budget Shrinks

The continent is dedicated to research and cooperation, but proposed funding cuts in the Trump administration and actions by other world powers may alter the environment.

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The National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station in Antarctica.
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The Cost of Victory: Israel Overpowered Its Foes, but Deepened Its Isolation

It is more secure from threats than at any time since its founding. But the war in Gaza, and attacks on Iran and Lebanon, have undercut Israel’s standing among the world’s democracies.

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Demonstrators outside the headquarters of the governing Likud party in June in Tel Aviv demanding the return of hostages held in Gaza.
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Under Trump’s Crackdown, a New Crop of Immigrant Rights Groups Rises

The latest networks of volunteers are hyperlocal and focused on responding to federal actions. As the crackdown becomes more intense, so could confrontations.

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Angy Valencia, at the lectern, and other organizers from Siembra NC spoke to parishioners about their rights at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church in Greensboro, N.C.
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Combs’s Racketeering Acquittal Was a Rare Misfire for a Powerful Law

The Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act has been an effective cudgel in a variety of criminal cases. Some defense lawyers say prosecutors use it unfairly.

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Since the #MeToo movement, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act has been used to prosecute high-profile men for sexual abuse.
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Trump Signs Signature Policy Bill at Independence Day Event

President Trump triumphantly highlighted tax cuts in the legislation while downplaying cuts to Medicaid and other assistance for poor Americans.

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President Trump signing his large domestic policy bill into law during a ceremony on Friday afternoon at the White House, a day after the House narrowly passed it.
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Superhero Movies Dominated the Box Office, but Not the Top 100 List

The notable exceptions — “The Dark Knight” and “Black Panther” — stood out among the many sequels and spinoffs.

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Chadwick Boseman in “Black Panther,” one of two superhero movies to make the recent New York Times list of the 100 best films of the 21st century.
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Violence at Synagogue and Restaurant Unnerves Jews in Melbourne

Local leaders denounced the episodes, which both took place on Friday evening: arson at a synagogue and a disturbance at an Israeli eatery.

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Rabbi Dovid Gutnick walking past fire damage to the exterior of the East Melbourne Synagogue on Saturday.
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Mother of 2 Rescued Campers in Texas Relays Their Story

Serena Hanor Aldrich said her daughters were trapped by floodwaters for a couple of hours at Camp Mystic, where as many as 25 girls are missing. She criticized camp officials.

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Serena Hanor Aldrich, a mother of two children who were rescued from floodwaters while at Camp Mystic, on Friday.
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China Has Paid a High Price for Its Dominance in Rare Earths

Dust and groundwater contaminated with heavy metals and radioactive chemicals pose a health threat that the authorities have been trying to address for years.

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The artificial lake of sludge is contaminated with lead, cadmium and other heavy metals, including traces of radioactive thorium, according to technical papers by Chinese scholars.
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China’s Rare Earth Origin Story, Explained

Low environmental standards helped China become the world’s low-cost producer of rare earths, but Beijing was also focused on helping the industry.

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The Bayan Obo mine produces rare earth metals and iron ore in Inner Mongolia, China. It is pictured here in July 2011.
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Mamdani Once Claimed to Be Asian and African American. Should It Matter?

Zohran Mamdani’s responses on a 2009 college application were criticized by his mayoral rivals. The blowback was dismissed by his supporters as a politically motivated attack.

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Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, said that he had identified his race as Asian and Black in college applications.
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States Brace for Added Burdens of Trump’s Tax and Spending Law

With the president’s domestic policy law signed, states will have to administer many of the cuts and decide how much they can spend to keep their citizens insured and fed.

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The Arizona House of Representatives in Phoenix during budget negotiations last month. Gov. Katie Hobbs of Arizona called the federal budget bill “devastating” for her state.
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Court Rejects Effort to Keep Migrants From Being Sent to South Sudan

After the Supreme Court ruled that the deportations could move forward, a last-ditch attempt to block them with a new lawsuit faltered.

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Camp Lemonnier, the U.S. military base in Djibouti, last year. The eight men the government hopes to deport to South Sudan have been held at the base for several weeks.
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Oasis Starts Its World Tour With Cardiff Concert

Liam and Noel Gallagher put aside their brotherly rivalry to play the first date of their band’s long-awaited comeback tour in Cardiff, Wales.

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Oasis fans in Cardiff, Wales, on Friday. Anticipation for the band’s first reunion show has been building in the city.
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