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Vehicle Crashes Into Security Gate Outside the White House

The Secret Service said the driver was arrested and there was no longer a threat. President Trump was in the White House at the time, the agency said.

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A man drove his vehicle into a barricade outside the White House on Tuesday. Police closed the street and said there was no longer a threat.
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The Louvre’s Attraction Is Its History. That’s Also Its Weakness.

The brazen robbery on Sunday has put a spotlight on security protocols in the sprawling museum, which have been tested over the years by break-ins and thefts.

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Thieves broke in through a window and stole eight crown jewels from the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery on Sunday.
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In Trump’s Washington, Hate Is Not a Deal Breaker

Paul Ingrassia’s nomination illustrated how much antisemitic and hateful rhetoric has been explained away or rewarded by Republicans in power.

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Paul Ingrassia at the White House earlier this year.
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What to Know About Trump’s Plan for a Triumphal Arch in Washington

President Trump has proposed construction of an arch in the style of the Arc de Triomphe in Washington in the lead-up to the nation’s 250th anniversary.

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President Trump held a model of the proposed “Independence Arch” on Wednesday in the White House.
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Alina Habba Told to Release Videos in Assault Case Against Democrat

A federal judge overseeing a case against Representative LaMonica McIver of New Jersey ordered prosecutors to release all relevant footage from a migrant detention facility.

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Representative LaMonica McIver was charged with assaulting two federal agents outside a federal immigration facility in Newark.
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Paris Tour Guide Saw Stolen Louvre Jewels Just Before Heist

Jewelry swiped from the museum played a prominent part in a private guide’s tours of Paris. Now what?

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Anya Firestone leading a 2023 tour in the Apollo Gallery at the Louvre Museum, where eight 19th-century baubles were stolen on Sunday in a seven-minute heist that took place in broad daylight.
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U.S. Marshal and Mexican Immigrant Are Shot During L.A. Traffic Stop

Officials said immigration officers had fired shots after the man rammed a law enforcement vehicle. The immigrant and a deputy marshal were wounded in the shooting.

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Law enforcement at the scene on Tuesday where a federal agent and a man sought by the authorities were injured by gunfire in Los Angeles.
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Stephanie Johnson, Burlesque Dancer With Stories to Tell, Dies at 81

Her memories of her days as Tanqueray in the gritty New York of the 1960s and ’70s found a new audience in recent years and made her a social media star.

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Stephanie Johnson in 2022. When she was a stripper known as Tanqueray, she said in 2019, “I was the only Black girl making white girl money.”
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A Nepali Town Mourns a Native Son Who Died a Hamas Captive

The family of Bipin Joshi, a student, had campaigned internationally for his release and had held out hope until the end that after two years in Gaza, he would return alive.

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Family members mourn Bipin Joshi, a Nepali student who died while being held hostage in Gaza, during his funeral in his hometown on Tuesday.
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