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Trump Says House Republicans Should Vote to Release Epstein Files by Ashley Ahn

Border Patrol Fans Out Across Charlotte, N.C., Arresting 81 People on First Day by Eduardo Medina and Sonia A. Rao

Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations by Nicholas Nehamas, Michael H. Keller, Alexandra Berzon, Hamed Aleaziz and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

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Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Fund Food Stamps This Month by Tony Romm

Down to $1.18: How Families Are Coping With SNAP Cuts by Eric Adelson, Mary Beth Gahan, Lourdes Medrano, Christina Morales, Sonia A. Rao, Dan Simmons and Kevin Williams

The U.S. Is Skipping This Year’s Climate Summit. For Many, That’s OK by Lisa Friedman

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Plus, a race to save artifacts from the ocean. 

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7 Takeaways From a Stunning New York City Mayoral Election by Nicholas Fandos and Jeffery C. Mays

The Democrats Just Took a Big Step Toward Getting Their Groove Back by Lisa Lerer

Shutdown Becomes Longest in History, as Trump Officials Threaten Pain Could Worsen by Luke Broadwater

UPS Cargo Plane Crashes in Louisville, Killing at Least 7 by Rylee Kirk, Alexandra...

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Plus, goodbye to “milk chocolate”?

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Trump Threatens to Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing, Minutes Before Xi Meeting by David E. Sanger

Trump Says China Will Ease Limits on Rare Earths by Katie Rogers, Erica L. Green, Daisuke Wakabayashi and Lily Kuo

Nvidia Is Now Worth $5 Trillion as It Consolidates Power in A.I. Boom by Tripp Mickle

Prosecutors Who Called Jan. 6 Attackers a ‘Mob of Rioters’ Are Punished by Alan ...

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Hurricane Melissa Makes Landfall in Cuba After Lashing Jamaica by Emiliano Rodríguez Mega, Jovan Johnson, Camille Williams and Francesca Regalado

Judge Admonishes Border Patrol Leader for Tactics in Chicago by Julie Bosman

Just Before Trump’s Visit to South Korea, North Test-Fires Missiles by Choe Sang-Hun

U.S. Military Kills 14 More People Accused of Smuggling Drugs on...

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Plus, the longest-ever World Series game. 

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Jamaica Warns Hurricane Melissa Will Bring Catastrophic Winds and Rain by Jovan Johnson, Camille Williams, Judson Jones, Nazaneen Ghaffar, Yan Zhuang and Livia Albeck-Ripka

It’s Unconstitutional, but Trump Keeps Musing About a Third Term by Jess Bidgood

Top Federal Workers’ Union Breaks With Democrats on Shutdown by Chris Cameron

In Florida, Obamacare Price Hikes Pos...

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Food Banks Brace for Overwhelming Demand as SNAP Cutoff Looms by Chris Hippensteel

Donor Who Gave $130 Million to Pay Troops Is Reclusive Heir to Mellon Fortune by Tyler Pager

Where Trump Is Headed in Asia, and What Each Country Wants From Him by Sui-Lee Wee, Choe Sang-Hun, Javier C. Hernández and David Pierson

Putin Says Russia Now Has Nuclear-Powered Missile by Val...

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How the San Francisco Mayor Avoided Trump’s Enforcement Surge by Heather Knight and Kellen Browning

Trump Pardons Founder of the Crypto Exchange Binance by David Yaffe-Bellany and Kenneth P. Vogel

Trump Says He’s Cutting Off Trade Negotiations With Canada by Ana Swanson and Matina Stevis-Gridneff

Democrats Block Federal Worker Pay Bill as Shutdown Drags On by Catie Edmondson

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U.S. Strikes 2nd Boat in Pacific as Antidrug Operation Expands by Eric Schmitt, Charlie Savage and Chris Cameron

Trump Imposes Sanctions on Russian Oil Companies as His Frustration With Putin Mounts by Shawn McCreesh

Federal Agents Plan a Crackdown in the San Francisco Bay Area by Heather Knight, Hamed Aleaziz and Shawn Hubler

Trump Is Wasting No Time in Te...

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