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State of the Race: A Close Race Gets Closer

State of the Race: A Close Race Gets Closer

Nate Cohn
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Politics

There’s no sign that a deluge of surveys from Republican-aligned firms is meaningfully affecting the polling averages.


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Climate Disasters Are Shattering the Lives of People Who Live in Mobile Homes

Climate Disasters Are Shattering the Lives of People Who Live in Mobile Homes

Hilary Howard, Christopher Flavelle and Caitlin Ochs
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Politics

Millions of Americans, many poor and vulnerable, live in mobile homes. When catastrophe strikes, they’re often on their own.


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Meteorologists Face Harassment and Death Threats Amid Hurricane Disinformation

Meteorologists Face Harassment and Death Threats Amid Hurricane Disinformation

Kate Selig
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Politics

Weather experts say the spiraling falsehoods, especially claims that the government is creating or controlling storms, have gotten out of hand.


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Attention Kmart Shoppers: It’s Closing Time

Attention Kmart Shoppers: It’s Closing Time

Alexandra E. Petri
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Politics

As the last full-size Kmart in the continental United States prepares to close, shoppers reminisced about the store that once sold everything, everywhere.


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Kash Patel: The Magical Rise of a Self-Described ‘Wizard’ in Trump World

Kash Patel: The Magical Rise of a Self-Described ‘Wizard’ in Trump World

Elizabeth Williamson
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Politics

The MAGA loyalist Mr. Patel aims to run the C.I.A. if Donald Trump wins the presidency. But critics say his swagger masks deep inexperience.


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Killing of Japanese Boy Leaves Chinese Asking: Is This My Country?

Killing of Japanese Boy Leaves Chinese Asking: Is This My Country?

Li Yuan
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Politics

Angry at what they view as China’s state-led xenophobia, taught in schools and prevalent online, some people are taking action, even at personal risk.


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NASA Prepares Europa Clipper Launch to Study an Ocean Moon’s Habitability

NASA Prepares Europa Clipper Launch to Study an Ocean Moon’s Habitability

Kenneth Chang
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Politics

The spacecraft will lift off Monday on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on a nearly six-year journey to Jupiter.


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Formerly Classified Documents Get the Fine Art Treatment

Formerly Classified Documents Get the Fine Art Treatment

Guy Trebay
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Politics

Hundreds of declassified U.S. Army photos are featured in the new book “Fashion Army.”


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How Israel’s Army Uses Palestinians as Human Shields in Gaza

How Israel’s Army Uses Palestinians as Human Shields in Gaza

Natan Odenheimer, Bilal Shbair and Patrick Kingsley
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Politics

Israeli soldiers and Palestinian former detainees say troops have regularly forced captured Gazans to carry out life-threatening tasks, including inside Hamas tunnels.


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A Shift in the World of Science

A Shift in the World of Science

Alan Burdick and Katrina Miller
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Politics

What this year’s Nobels can teach us about science and humanity.


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Can the New York Liberty, the Best in the W.N.B.A, Finally Win It All?

Can the New York Liberty, the Best in the W.N.B.A, Finally Win It All?

David Waldstein
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Politics

The Liberty, an original W.N.B.A. franchise, have been to the finals five times and lost each time. But their fans can’t help believing, again, this year.


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She Was a Key Aide to Eric Adams. Her Ties to China Ran Deep.

She Was a Key Aide to Eric Adams. Her Ties to China Ran Deep.

Jay Root, Bianca Pallaro, Emma G. Fitzsimmons, Michael Forsythe and Karina Tsui
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Politics

Winnie Greco, a top fund-raiser and senior adviser for Mr. Adams, has long had dealings with people and groups connected to China’s communist regime. He kept her close even so.


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Why Is Trump Gaining With Black and Hispanic Voters?

Why Is Trump Gaining With Black and Hispanic Voters?

Nate Cohn
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Politics

Five possible explanations for the increases in support, particularly among young men.


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What Trump’s Hatred Taught Me

What Trump’s Hatred Taught Me

Carlos Lozada
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Politics

When the former president attacks immigrants, this is what I hear.


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Silvio Berlusconi Died. But for Her, the ‘Bunga Bunga’ Scandal Lives On.

Silvio Berlusconi Died. But for Her, the ‘Bunga Bunga’ Scandal Lives On.

Emma Bubola
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Politics

The woman at the center of revelations of bacchanals at the former Italian prime minister’s villa is still fighting a court case, and a negative public image, 14 years later.


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