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In Major Leak Hunt, Pentagon Gives Polygraph Tests to Joint Staff Members

About 50 people were tested, an unparalleled inquiry that came after news reports about the war in Iran and the U.S. military’s diminished stocks of munitions.

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Trump Frees a Philadelphia Union Boss and a Convicted Gun Seller

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An aerial view of the Pentagon. — Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Judge Orders Trump Officials to Divulge Names of Those Who Set Up $1.8 Billion Fund

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President Plans to Use Qatari Jet for Another Flight Despite Security Concerns

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Judge Declares a Mistrial in Lindsay Clancy’s Triple-Murder Case

Jurors in Massachusetts failed to reach a consensus on whether Ms. Clancy was criminally responsible for the deaths of her young children in 2023.

In Complex Cases, Consensus Can Be Hard to Reach

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What Happens in the Case Now?

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Supreme Court Sides With Republicans in TV Ad Fight

The court cleared the way for parties to pay the same low ad rates as candidates, a move that could undercut a Democratic advantage in the midterms.

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National Republican groups had filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court asking the justices to step in and clear the way for them to get the lower TV ad rates. — Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Judge Once Again Blocks Mail-In Ballot Rules

The ruling arrived before the Supreme Court could decide whether to intervene but appeared certain to set off yet another round of appeals.

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Appeals Court Maintains Block on Federal Voter Identification Tool

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Postal Service Internal Watchdog Opens Inquiry After Whistle-Blower’s Complaint

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Homeland Security Dept. Asks for Inquiries Into Voting Machines

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North Carolina Adds New Restrictions to Vote-by-Mail Program

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Iran Is More Confident After Six Months of War With the U.S.

Intelligence reports have assessed that Iran now has a far better understanding of its capabilities and the limits of U.S. power.

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A wide frame of large crowds mourning at the Grand Mosalla in Tehran. — Emile Ducke for The New York Times

How the Stars of ‘Practical Magic 2’ Reclaimed Their Power

Nicole Kidman, Joey King, Maisie Williams and Sandra Bullock discussed the unlikely sequel, embracing their witchiness and their hopes for a third film.

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Nicole Kidman, Joey King, Maisie Williams and Sandra Bullock hold on to each other while posing for a photo. — Sela Shiloni for The New York Times

German Far-Right Surges, in Threat to Postwar Taboo on Extremists in Power

Sunday’s vote in the state of Saxony-Anhalt could produce the strongest showing in the history of the Alternative for Germany party.

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Ulrich Siegmund, in a dark suit, speaks to a smiling crowd. Many hold blue heart-shaped signs and posters featuring his portrait and his name. — Ronny Hartmann/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Gloria Steinem Stayed Positive, Even as the Manosphere Took Hold

The feminist icon thought many women would continue her legacy. But at an unsteady time for feminism, how will the movement carry on?

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‘It Was Insulting’: When Steinem Implied Young Women Backed Sanders to Chase Men

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Gloria Steinem sits in a red chair, as more than a dozen women sit around her. — Nina Westervelt for The New York Times

6-Week-Old Infant Died From Measles, Pennsylvania Coroner Says

The ruling casts doubt on statements from the federal health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who speculated that the case may have been “fabricated.”

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Kennedy Hires Covid Vaccine Skeptic to Look at Dubious Claims of Military Deaths

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Apoorva Mandavilli, Alexandra Ostasiewicz, June Kim, Luke Piotrowski and Chris Whitworth

C.D.C. Says No Deaths This Year From Measles, Despite Pennsylvania Cases

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Ben Shelton in Action at the U.S. Open After Williams Sisters Are Eliminated

Earlier, Frances Tiafoe, Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka advanced to the fourth round.

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Another Heart Drug Fails, Shocking Cardiologists

Doctors were hopeful the drug, which was being tested in a large clinical trial by Novartis, was going to be a powerful new tool to fight heart disease.

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A computer illustration showing a large ball of a lipoprotein in blue-purple with a protein chain squiggle encircling it. — Juan Gaertner/Science Source

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Lindsay Clancy in court, seen from behind and to the side, with her head bowed and her face hidden behind her hand and hair. — Greg Derr/Pool, via Reuters

Jessica Grose

I Understand Why a Jury Could Not Convict Lindsay Clancy

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Hans Kundnani

Something Alarming Is About to Happen in Germany

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Ruins of buildings in gaza are silhouetted against a giant setting sun

Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib

For Gaza to Recover, Hamas Must Be Expelled

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Michael S. Roth

Parents Will Cry; Students Will Check One Another Out

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