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Israelis recount worry, fear after night of Iran missile interceptions

By Louisa Loveluck, Heidi Levine and Sufian Taha

Overview

Israel mulls response after U.S.-led alliance fends off barrage

Iran crosses old red lines and sets ‘new equation’ with attack on Israel

By Susannah George

Where drones and missiles struck, and how Israel defended itself

Trump Cases

Trump’s hush money trial strategy: Deny, delay and denigrate

Donald Trump is set to go on trial in New York on Monday, after his legal team tried everything it could think of to delay and criticize the proceedings.

By Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey, Perry Stein and Mark Berman

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Small-time investors in Trump’s Truth Social reckon with stock collapse

By Drew Harwell

Texas county at center of border fight is overwhelmed by migrant deaths

By Arelis R. Hernández, Marina Dias and Daniele Volpe

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Scottie Scheffler holds solo lead in final round

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Sketch in N.Y. apartment turns out to be rare Revolutionary War drawing

The 1777 depiction of Continental Army soldiers and their companions is set to go on display this week at Philadelphia’s Museum of the American Revolution.

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The independent presidential candidate has a bigger audience on TikTok than President Biden or Donald Trump.

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From dining at one of the island’s hottest new restaurants to the calm waters of Cabo Rojo, the Caribbean coast is worth exploring from end to end.

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How Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake has shifted her abortion stance

In 2022, Republican Kari Lake, who was vying to be governor, called abortion the “ultimate sin” and praised a 160-year-old Arizona measure that virtually outlawed abortion as “a great law.” She has now been striking a different tone.

By Maegan Vazquez

Trump endorses a Pennsylvania U.S. Senate candidate he once condemned

By Marianne LeVine

Biden says the 2024 race is binary. Millions don’t see it that way.

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Trump supporters echo pro-Palestinian chant at rally

By Marianne LeVine and Yasmeen Abutaleb

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Analysis

Voters think the nation is going off rails — just not in their state

There is a strange chasm between how voters perceive their own state vs. the nation. That could play out in how they cast ballots in November.

By Paul Kane

Evangelicals are fed up with the House GOP’s Israel aid holdouts

By Abigail Hauslohner

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Carolyn Hax: He left dad’s wife off the list for his City Hall wedding

The letter writer’s wife didn’t make the cut for his son’s City Hall wedding, which only six guests can attend.

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Apple will approve used parts in iPhone repairs, in long-awaited reversal

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Small-time investors in Trump’s Truth Social reckon with stock collapse

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This senator wants an online privacy law. She’s slowed efforts for years.

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Philadelphia becomes fourth city to ban largest ghost gun parts dealer

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Clock ticking, an Arizona abortion clinic copes with confusion and fear

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Ex-U.S. ambassador sentenced to 15 years after decades of spying for Cuba

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Ralph Fiennes kills it in ‘Macbeth’

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