| Trump Cancels Kamala Harris’s Secret Service Protection
- The Secret Service usually protects a former vice president for six months after they leave office, but President Joseph R. Biden Jr. had extended Ms. Harris’s protection beyond that.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:56:40 +0000
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| Texas House Advances Anti-Abortion Bill
- Legislation aimed at curtailing mail-order abortions in Texas cleared a decisive hurdle, part of a broader push by abortion opponents to limit the procedure even in states where it is legal.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:52:06 +0000
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| Israel Resumes Daytime Operations in Gaza City, Signaling Buildup to Assault
- The Israeli military ended a policy of pausing operations during the day that was intended to allow more aid in, calling Gaza City a “dangerous combat zone.”
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:45:05 +0000
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| Weapons to Start Flowing to Ukraine Under European Deal With Trump
- A package of U.S. cruise missiles is among the first shipments of purchases by NATO allies to be sent to the embattled country.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:36:36 +0000
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| U.K. Court Overturns Ruling on Hotel at Center of Asylum Seeker Debate
- The decision was a temporary reprieve for the government but will intensify a political battle over how Britain should house tens of thousands of asylum seekers.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 13:35:51 +0000
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| Emil Bove Continued to Work at Trump’s Justice Dept, Even After Judicial Confirmation
- The code of conduct for federal judges does not appear to apply to Mr. Bove, who has yet to be sworn in. But his continued presence at the department has raised eyebrows.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:56:47 +0000
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| Tran Trong Duyet, John McCain’s Captor at the ‘Hanoi Hilton,’ Dies at 93
- Mr. Duyet endorsed Mr. McCain’s presidential bid in 2008 after insisting no Americans were tortured under his watch in the Vietnam War.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:50:28 +0000
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| PCE Inflation Stayed Stable in July, Keeping Fed on Track to Lower Interest Rates
- The latest economic data keeps the central bank on track to lower interest rates at its next meeting in September.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:44:16 +0000
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| De Minimis Tariff Exemption Has Ended. How Will It Affect Shoppers?
- The end of the “de minimis” exemption — which allowed packages less than $800 to enter the U.S. tariff-free — is leading to confusion.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:27:43 +0000
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| What We Know About the Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting
- The attack on a back-to-school Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church killed two children and injured 18 others. Investigators said the shooter’s writings and videos reflected violent obsessions.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 12:07:53 +0000
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| Ukraine’s Donetsk Faces Water Crisis Under Russian Occupation
- The Russian authorities have seized on the crisis in Donetsk to argue that taking over the rest of the region from Ukraine would allow Moscow to restore the water supply.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:50:58 +0000
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| Living with Katrina
- The storm made landfall 20 years ago today. What’s happened since then?
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:11:18 +0000
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| Trump’s ‘Maximalist’ Plan for the Presidency, and a Major Loophole Closes for U.S. Shoppers
- Plus, your Friday news quiz.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 10:00:14 +0000
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| When Mailing a Letter to the U.S. Becomes a Global Headache
- A driver’s license renewal, a box of specialty candy, even early Christmas presents — all are caught up in the confusion caused by a new Trump administration customs rule.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:33:38 +0000
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| This Summer, a Hostile Reception for Many Israelis Abroad
- Against the backdrop of the devastating war and hunger crisis in Gaza, Israeli travelers have been harassed and accosted in Europe, sometimes just for speaking Hebrew.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:05:25 +0000
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| How the Future of the Fed Came to Rest on Lisa Cook
- President Trump’s effort to oust the Federal Reserve governor has kicked off a landmark legal battle, one that will have far-reaching consequences for the institution’s independence.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:03:42 +0000
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| How School Shootings Make Children Think About Death
- We drag around our brokenness in the same container as our holiness.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:03:35 +0000
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| 2 Weeks, 1,000 Arrests: How a Surge of Feds Changed D.C. Policing
- Crime has fallen since federal agents started policing the streets of Washington in large numbers. Court records show that they have been involved in about a third of arrests that resulted in prosecution, many of them for minor offenses.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:02:28 +0000
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| 20 Years After Katrina, New Orleans Is ‘at a Tipping Point’
- The city has taken pride in its ability to endure. But many residents, fed up with dysfunction and soaring costs, want it to strive for more.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:02:25 +0000
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| As Bolsonaro Heads to Trial, Brazil Faces a Dilemma: How to Prosecute a President?
- Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president, is heading to trial. But his path there has stirred concern that the judiciary has overstepped its bounds.
Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:02:19 +0000
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