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Witness Who Disputed ICE Account of Ruben Ray Martinez Shooting Dies in Car Accident

A passenger in the car with Ruben Ray Martinez wrote that the men were trying to comply with authorities before Mr. Martinez was shot. The passenger, Joshua Orta, died in a car accident on Saturday.

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Rachel Reyes, the mother of Ruben Ray Martinez, holding a photo of her son. Mr. Martinez was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer last year.
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France Summons U.S. Ambassador Over Comments on Activist’s Killing

Charles Kushner, President Trump’s envoy to Paris, was called in after the State Department cited “violent radical leftism” in the beating death of Quentin Deranque, 23.

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Charles Kushner, the U.S. ambassador to France, and his wife, Seryl Kushner, leaving the Élysée Palace in Paris in July.
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Cities May Be ‘Evolutionary Training Grounds’ For Spotted Lanternflies

Living in urban China may have given the insects the traits they needed to thrive in the United States, a new study suggests.

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Spotted lanternflies, native to Shanghai, have spread rapidly throughout the Eastern United States since they were first discovered there in 2014, invading about 20 states and counting.
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Architecture Prize Responds After Tom Pritzker’s Epstein Ties Surface

A Pritzker Prize statement cited the award’s independence after Mr. Pritzker, who directs the foundation behind the award, resigned as chairman of the Hyatt Corporation.

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Tom Pritzker, the director of the foundation that awards the Pritzker Prize, has said he “exercised terrible judgment in maintaining contact with” Jeffrey Epstein and his longtime companion Ghislaine Maxwell.
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The Next Conflict

We’re looking at the potential for a U.S. attack on Iran.

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In Tehran yesterday.
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BAFTAs 2026: The Best and Worst Moments

Alan Cumming forced fishy British snacks onto movie stars. Paddington Bear presented an award. And a racist slur and swearing.

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Jessie Buckley gave the night’s most emotional and twisty speech after winning the BAFTA for best actress.
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What’s Happened Since the Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling

After the Trump administration’s punishing tariffs were invalidated, the president said he would impose new tariffs using a different authority. It’s been a whirlwind.

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The Supreme Court on Friday, in a 6-to-3 ruling, found that the statute that President Trump invoked to bypass Congress did not allow him to unilaterally impose tariffs.
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For Iran’s Rulers, Refusing U.S. Demands Is a Risk Worth Taking

The government in Tehran sees capitulating to Washington’s demands on uranium enrichment and ballistic missiles as riskier to its survival than going to war, analysts say.

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A march in Tehran this month marked the anniversary of the Islamic revolution. Iran is facing an economic crisis and a major buildup of U.S. firepower in the Persian Gulf.
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Judges Grow Angry Over Trump Administration Violating Their Orders

At least 35 times since August, federal judges have ordered the administration to explain why it should not be punished for violating their orders in immigration cases.

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In internal communications, the Justice Department’s leadership in Washington has taken a defiant posture toward federal judges.
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Former F.B.I. Official, Ousted Under Trump, Will Run for Congress in Maryland

David Sundberg, who led the Washington Field Office, is joining a crowded Democratic primary for Steny H. Hoyer’s open House seat.

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David Sundberg said he had decided to run for Congress after becoming dismayed at how President Trump was directing the F.B.I. and the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute his perceived political enemies.
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The Ukrainian Bureaucrat Working to Squeeze Russia’s War Machine

Vladyslav Vlasiuk has spent the past four years pressing Western allies to squeeze the Russian economy through more sanctions. He hopes that 2026 will be the tipping point.

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Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the Ukrainian commissioner for sanctions policy, in Kyiv, in January.
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