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Breaking News: The parent company of Saks Fifth Avenue, HBC, is said to have agreed to a $2.65 billion deal to buy Neiman Marcus, further consolidating luxury retail.
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Donald Trump is leading President Biden by six percentage points among likely voters and nine points among registered voters, a New York Times/Siena College poll found. The findings show that the debate took yet another toll on the public’s already diminished view of Biden, Nate Cohn writes.
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If President Biden were to drop out of the race, picking a new nominee could give Democrats a jolt of energy — but it could also bring division and a crash-course campaign with no room for error. Here's a look at what the party is weighing following last week's debate.
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For much of the past decade, the average size of a newly built rental apartment in the U.S. was shrinking. But a recent study found that the trend has reversed.
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Donald Trump’s lead in the 2024 presidential race has widened after President Biden’s debate performance last week, a New York Times/Siena College poll showed. Overall, 74% of voters view Biden as too old for the job, an uptick since the debate. nyti.ms/4bpIwVD
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Donald Trump now leads President Biden by six percentage points among likely voters after last week’s debate, a new poll from The New York Times and Siena College showed.
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Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have identified an Israeli air base as a key source of GPS attacks that have disrupted civilian airline navigation in the Middle East.
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Hurricane Beryl was a Category 4 hurricane in the Caribbean Sea Wednesday morning. The storm had sustained wind speeds of 145 miles per hour.
See maps, the hurricane's path and forecast here: nyti.ms/3W79aOp
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News Analysis: In its immunity decision, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority largely embraced Donald Trump’s dark view of tit-for-tat partisan prosecutions while liberals cited the prospect of power unchecked by legal accountability.
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The Conservative Party has dramatically reshaped Britain — for the worse, voters say. Here’s a look at what has changed: nyti.ms/3RTNEKD
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About 13,000 people in Butte County, California, were ordered to evacuate on Tuesday night as a wildfire spread, burning more than 3,000 acres as of Wednesday, officials said. It was not clear how many structures had been damaged or what caused the blaze.
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President Biden will meet with several Democratic governors in a closed-door meeting at the White House on Wednesday as part of a push to reassure his supporters that he can still win the election in November despite his debate performance last week.
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Breaking News: President Biden told a key ally his campaign may be unsalvageable if he can’t convince the public he’s up for the job. The conversation is the first public indication that Biden is seriously considering whether he can recover after the debate. nyti.ms/4cHJgGu
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Wealthy Democratic donors who believe a different nominee would be the party’s best chance to hold the White House are increasingly gritting their teeth in silence about President Biden, fearful that any move against him could backfire.
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The Supreme Court was divided 6 to 3 along partisan lines not only in Monday’s decision on Donald Trump’s immunity and the three cases on agency power, but also in a run of major cases on homelessness, voting rights, guns and public corruption. Here’s what to know.
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Donald Trump has not named a running mate this week, prompting another round of speculation — including within his own team — about when he may announce his pick.
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President Biden's lapses appear to have grown more frequent, more pronounced and, after Thursday’s debate, more worrisome, interviews with current and former White House aides, political advisers, and others who saw Biden in the last few weeks show. nyti.ms/3ROa3sU
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Breaking News: The judge in Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal case delayed his sentencing until Sept. 18 to weigh the significance of a recent immunity ruling.
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As Elon Musk's public persona has become increasingly right wing, Tesla appears to be paying a price in sales. His polarizing statements have alienated some potential customers and may be partly responsible for a recent slump in sales.
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President Biden’s campaign said on Tuesday that it had raised $127 million in June together with the Democratic Party. It's a sign of strength in a month that ended with the first presidential debate casting doubts on the president’s re-election effort.
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Breaking News: The FDA approved a new drug for Alzheimer’s disease that could modestly slow cognitive decline in early stages of the disease, but also carries significant safety risks.
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Millions of people are overdue on their federal student loans, with their accounts delinquent, in default or still on pause, according to the latest data. The reasons borrowers aren’t paying are varied, and court rulings keep upending collection efforts.
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The Juneau Ice Field in Alaska is melting twice as quickly as it did before 2010, a team of scientists said. They called it an “incredibly worrying” sign that land ice in many places could disappear even sooner than previously thought.
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Manhattan prosecutors agreed with Donald Trump’s request to postpone his criminal sentencing. The former president's lawyers want to argue that the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity should void his conviction for covering up hush money to a porn star. nyti.ms/45NDYqS
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Breaking News: Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and a longtime ally of Donald Trump, has been barred from practicing law in New York, a court ruled. nyti.ms/3zp5dMn
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Mario Koran wrote his first news story from a Wisconsin jail 14 years ago. Now he's covering the prison system he served time in as a New York Times Local Investigations fellow. Here's the unlikely story of how he went from jail to journalism.
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Breaking News: Manhattan prosecutors agreed to delay Donald Trump’s criminal sentencing to weigh whether the Supreme Court's decision on presidential immunity should void his felony conviction for covering up hush money paid to a porn star.
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Hurricane Beryl rapidly intensified into to a Category 5 hurricane, breaking records for the earliest point in the season that a storm has grown so big. This quick escalation reflects hot ocean conditions that could bring more dangerous hurricanes.
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At least 50 people were killed and dozens more injured in a stampede during a religious gathering in northern India.
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The arrests of multiple prison officials in Wisconsin last month raised urgent questions about inmate care. A New York Times/Wisconsin Watch examination found that nearly a third of the prison doctors have been censured by a state medical board.
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Israel’s military leadership wants to begin a cease-fire in Gaza even if it keeps Hamas in power for the time being, according to interviews with several current and former security officials.
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The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that Donald Trump is entitled to broad immunity from criminal prosecution for actions that he took while in office. What does the decision mean for the former president, and for the presidency itself? Listen to "The Daily."
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Brooke Shields is the new president of Actors’ Equity Association, the union representing theater actors and stage managers in the U.S. She spoke with us about her crash course as a labor leader. Read the interview. nyti.ms/3XJbfRR
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Key excerpts from the Supreme Court ruling that declared former presidents have immunity for their official actions reveal how the conservative justices view the power of the nation’s leader. Here's what we found.
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Hunter Biden sued Fox News on Sunday, arguing that a mini-series produced by the company broke the law by sharing explicit photos and videos of him without his permission. The imagery was found on a laptop he left at a computer repair shop in Delaware.
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Mathematicians and hobbyists have had a half-century of fun exploring the more than 43 billion billion permutations of Erno Rubik’s puzzle. nyti.ms/4cJ1Wpl
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Breaking News: A judge declared a mistrial in the case against Karen Read, the suburban Boston woman accused of killing her boyfriend, a police officer, after a night out drinking.
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The Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump is partly immune from prosecution on charges that he used his office to try to subvert the 2020 election, returning the case to the lower courts for additional analysis. See how they ruled on other recent cases: nyti.ms/4br8FmM
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Senator Robert Menendez’s sister testified Monday about their family’s practice of storing cash at home, which he said explains some of the roughly $480,000 the FBI seized from his home. “They were afraid of losing what they worked so hard for,” she said.
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Steve Bannon, an ally to Donald Trump, held a rally on Monday before surrendering to serve a four-month sentence for refusing to honor a subpoena from a committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. nyti.ms/3zrSxnV
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The National Portrait Gallery bought the earliest known photograph of an American first lady, a daguerreotype of Dolley Madison likely taken in 1846, for $456,000.
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A camping retreat for men — many of them formerly incarcerated — provides a space where they can speak about their struggles, in a vulnerable way, in front of other men. nyti.ms/45P3k7J
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President Biden’s top campaign official is scheduled to hold a crucial conference call with donors on Monday to try to convince them that Biden can still beat Donald Trump despite last week’s debate debacle.
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The Supreme Court allowed more time for companies to fight regulations, ruling that a six-year statute of limitations for filing lawsuits begins to run when a regulation first affects a company rather than when it is first issued.
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Nine people were killed when a driver crashed his car into pedestrians near a busy intersection in central Seoul on Monday, officials said.
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President Biden’s faltering debate performance last week has many Democrats worried that he will lose the election, prompting questions that get at the party’s structure and ideological rifts within it.
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Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Carriacou Island north of Grenada on Monday morning and was expected to bring dangerous conditions across the Caribbean this week. Here’s what to know.
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Breaking News: The Supreme Court declined to rule on two related cases that curb the power of social media companies to moderate content. Critics had said the laws violated the sites’ First Amendment rights. nyti.ms/4bmkhaR
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Breaking News: The Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump is entitled to some level of immunity from prosecution, a decision that may effectively delay the trial on charges against him of plotting to subvert the 2020 election. nyti.ms/3ztCTsg
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President Biden’s campaign will begin airing a new ad that seeks to recover from his halting debate performance, focusing instead on his energetic appearance at a rally the next day.
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