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The stars helped establish the People’s Fund of Maui, which will give direct payments of $1,200 a month to residents displaced by the wildfires. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/WEb5N4y

The former vice president’s time in the spotlight at the debate did not lift his position in the polls, where he continues to languish in the low-single digits. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/T2IsVK1

A retired man said he has been driving his pet steer Howdy Doody around in a customized Ford Crown Victoria for seven years without a problem. Then the police in Norfolk, Neb., stopped him. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/KWtgIqf

The brief statement came from the attending physician of Congress, who said he had reached the conclusion after consulting with the top Republican’s doctors and didn’t say he had examined the senator. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/PwmvE6r

The longtime Republican leader froze up during a news conference on Wednesday in Kentucky. The second such episode in recent weeks, it stirred speculation about his future in the Senate. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/CTrxd0Y

President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act allows Medicare to negotiate some drug prices, a change that the pharmaceutical industry and Republicans have opposed for decades. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/PVkodtE

But some conservatives are dismissive, saying the House could continue investigating the president and his family even if funding for the government lapses at the end of September. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/WePVINo

The law, which sought to block local rules like those requiring water breaks, was part of a push by Republican state leaders to exert control over Democratic-led cities. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/2RvMENC

The episode, which took place in the Republican leader’s home state of Kentucky, intensified questions about his future in the Senate. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/slaoufH

Harrison William Prescott Floyd, who once led a group called Black Voices for Trump, was held longer at an Atlanta jail after turning himself in, apparently because he showed up to his booking without a lawyer. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/BnE0Lqm

Meagan Wolfe, the Wisconsin Elections Commission administrator since 2018, has been demonized by former President Donald J. Trump’s allies in the battleground state. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/TEoSnlW

In Washington, the special counsel is pursuing a streamlined approach and has gotten an early trial date. In Georgia, a more comprehensive indictment faces slower going. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/VuXp1rw

Nearly 60 percent of Lahaina students haven’t enrolled in classes after the deadly fire, and families are yearning to rebuild their school network for educational and emotional support. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/4nwCXMy

The small island city in the Big Bend region of Florida is used to hurricanes, but “this one feels different.” from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Kgk7EdT

The wildfires in Southwestern Louisiana are among the worst in the state’s history and have burned more than 60,000 acres. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/M2pYeDJ

“To the American people’s chagrin, we will have to leave the rapping to the real Slim Shady,” Mr. Ramaswamy’s spokesman said after the campaign received a cease-and-desist letter. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/PaVQD6c

The state’s top prosecutor, Rob Bonta, has filed suit against a school district’s new requirement that parents be notified when their child wants to use a different name or pronoun. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/fOC9PwL

The military will soon change how it purchases the kind of autonomous devices that the Ukrainian military has used against Russia, officials said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/SbJxokr

Capt. Terryson Jackson of Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue, who was aboard the aircraft, was killed, as was a resident of the building, in Pompano Beach, the authorities said. Four others were injured. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/uaKbMwz

For Republicans in 2008, he briefly became a symbol of Middle America when he questioned the presidential candidate Barack Obama in an impromptu televised encounter. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/hURrzwT

Judge Tanya S. Chutkan rejected efforts by the former president’s legal team to postpone the trial until 2026. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/XeJsGEM

A conversation with Dashka Slater, who wrote recently about the fallout from a racist, student-run social media account at Albany High School. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/uG5wd3g

Hospitalizations are still low but are on the rise in recent weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ctReH24

Proceedings before federal judges in Washington and Atlanta could begin to address some of the many complexities and scheduling challenges in the cases against the former president. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/hiQKm9V

Xuming Li, a chemistry student, was arrested after a condominium resident in Tampa, Fla., set up a camera to investigate the source of a chemical smell. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/d5tukI0

The sheriff’s office identified the three victims and the gunman who fatally shot himself in the attack, which authorities are investigating as a hate crime. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/HW9ksqB

An Air Force program shows how the Pentagon is starting to embrace the potential of a rapidly emerging technology, with far-reaching implications for war-fighting tactics, military culture and the defense industry. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/LyVcJ8R

At the March on Washington, where thousands gathered on Saturday to renew the call for equality, participants reflected on Martin Luther King’s historic speech and its themes in the present. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/7kv9ciq

The shooting occurred at a Dollar General store near Edward Waters College in Jacksonville. The mayor said the gunman was among the dead. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/7eUQJDM

With millions in donations and a powerful bully pulpit, Mr. Barker became one of the most prominent allies of the animal rights movement in Hollywood. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/6B2lpQy

An Arizona woman said she was kidnapped by a fake Uber driver. The authorities found her after she slipped a note to a customer at a gas station. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/5ChwZ4j

Nearly 45 million people in the South were under an excessive heat warning — the most severe category for heat conditions — and another 39 million people were under a heat advisory. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/W8rTB09

Muhammad Masood, 31, had been working at a research clinic in Minnesota when he told government informants that he wanted to fight for the terrorist organization. He was arrested in 2020. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/JxWXbwe

Texas was the largest state to pass a law banning transition care for transgender minors. The law is set to go into effect next week. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/rX5Esge

On an island where Christianity and Buddhism are also prominent, many are finding strength in traditional Hawaiian spirituality and culture. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/4PyLYkC

The question of Ramzi bin al-Shibh’s sanity has shadowed the case since he first appeared at the Guantánamo court in 2008. A new medical panel report says he has a mental illness making him incompetent for trial. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/fQGaol2

Early dismissals and school closures reflected the need to make schools more prepared for a hotter world. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/so84ZDH

Republican rivals spent more time talking about abortion than any other single issue during the first debate, exposing divisions around a federal ban. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/FKJ5BQN

The schools in left-leaning Tulsa have been at the center of a campaign by Ryan Walters, Oklahoma’s Republican superintendent. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/cpmDo0H

The former South Carolina governor — the only woman in the Republican field — stood out for her responses on abortion, foreign policy and Donald Trump’s indictments. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/dNLtXa1

A booking photo normally reflects gravity, bewilderment or even surprise. That is not the case with some of the former president’s co-defendants. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/uKn87E0

His decision to sit out the debate and instead do a pretaped interview with the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson was a tactical one. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/sq3uaDk

The Fox News moderators used the song to frame their first few questions about President Biden’s economic policies. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/CjJDoTy

Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, Fox News mainstays, will preside over the first Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/fclaAVS

The candidates will not make opening statements, but will have 45 seconds for closing statements. They will have one minute to answer a question, and 30 seconds for follow-ups. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/6ZosIjf

Through stump speeches and statements on the campaign trail, the Republican presidential contenders have hinted at what they might say on the debate stage. Here’s a look at their possible lines. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/qfo035Y

Deborah A. Gist hopes to stop a state takeover of the district, which is majority Black and Hispanic. Ryan Walters, the state superintendent, is a fiery conservative. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/dEgUr6I

Donald J. Trump has berated Joseph R. Biden Jr. for his son’s overseas deal making, despite plenty of overseas deal making by the Trump family. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Xb5lxfP

Investigators believe that a gas leak led to the explosion that killed Robert Matthew Farley, 61, in Moorseville, N.C. His son was not home at the time. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/GvQr95m

More than 850 readers sent us their questions for the Republican candidates. Donald Trump was a hot topic, but not the only: “I don’t want to ask about the past,” one said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/HyRlDhI

Fox News, which is hosting the event, will allow aides only for the candidates on the stage. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/fVDE5FC

Defense lawyers had said they needed years to wade through 11 million pages of evidence, but the Justice Department, which is seeking to go to trial in January, said they were exaggerating the burden. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/59MV6ph

Businesses fear that efforts to look tough on Beijing, which have the potential to be more expansive than moves by the federal government, could have unintended consequences. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/TjpoaSZ

Tennessee’s Republican governor called a special session to address public safety in the wake of a school shooting, but his own party is set to thwart his key measure. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/RqwLYG7

Laura Ann Carleton was described as “fearless” by her daughter, who said her mother died “defending something that was so important to her.” from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Zfou8bR

There were no initial reports of significant damage or injuries from the 5.1-magnitude earthquake, one of several emergencies officials had to juggle. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/u69VZaF

The storm, which was the second to form in a matter of hours on Sunday, is expected to bring heavy rain to Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/mqtckYC

The policy will affect more than 5,000 students who attend Catholic schools in the Diocese of Worcester in Massachusetts. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/heVmICT

The rain is picking up in the United States, Monday should be calmer, and other things to know about the tropical storm. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/kL0Rnev

The racketeering case against Young Thug has been marked by a plodding pace, an avalanche of pretrial defense motions and pressure on lower-level defendants to plead guilty. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/1punEay

In interviews and polling, many Republican voters believe President Biden is so weak that picking the most electable candidate to beat him no longer matters. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/OeQPaAj

Mr. DeSantis, the Republican governor and presidential candidate, leaned heavily on his Ivy League schooling before using it as fodder in the culture wars. Here are key findings from a Times examination. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/iEQKyBk

The strong desire of Mr. Trump’s advisers to see him debate Mr. Biden in the event of a rematch could lead to a clash with the Republican National Committee. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/kFiZ0h6

Ed Rodriguez is on a mission to convince his neighbors that they need trees to help combat summer heat — and to make the world a better place. It’s not always so easy. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ZR1I0Ls

Throughout the desert resort city in California, anxiety set in as the storm approached. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Hv3xB2R

An examination of confidential correspondence and interviews with those close to Mr. Biden and lawyers involved in the case show how the deal ultimately fell apart amid schisms and withering external pressures. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/2NKBRvb

Although the Republican front-runner was absent at a conservative conference where other candidates were in attendance, he was still top of mind. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/jC8LzYV

People who lost their homes in last week’s fire increasingly are being housed in hotels a few miles away. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/UCSBvw4

The state’s flagship school will no longer teach world languages or creative writing — a sign, its president says, of the future at many public universities. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/3hxLkC9

The most recent tropical cyclone to make landfall in Southern California capsized boats, cut power and phone service and destroyed homes along the coast. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/yCPndQU

Appeals by the former president’s supporters to change the state’s rules on pardons, and to investigate or even impeach the prosecutor in the case, will likely go nowhere, at least for now. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/tcYPrIi

Pascale Cecile Veronique Ferrier, 55, of Quebec admitted to mailing letters containing the lethal substance to Mr. Trump and eight Texas law enforcement officials in 2020. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/3KXfrzF

Recent polls conducted before the Georgia indictment showed that most believed that the prosecutions of the former president were warranted. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/hav9ASs

The White House needs to persuade two historic adversaries to find common ground. But then the administration faces a potentially more daunting challenge: getting 67 senators to go along with it. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/G8zlKUZ

The anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act happened to coincide with a significant decrease in the inflation rate, but the law was really about priorities like clean energy, drug prices and corporate taxes. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/sW0BS2Y

Donald Trump’s PACs have spent millions of dollars on a small army of lawyers to defend him in four separate federal and state criminal cases. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/dJ4Lkju

The local sheriff has said that even high-profile defendants would be treated like everyone else should they surrender at the county jail. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/8uw0Kt3

She collaborated with two professors at Gallaudet University on the first ASL dictionary, laying the groundwork for a flourishing in Deaf identity over the last 50 years. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/tiwuloz

“We recognize the importance of open courtroom proceedings in the state of Georgia,” a lawyer for the state broadcasters said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/wMigNUT

Judge Scott McAfee, who was randomly assigned the case, is the newest Fulton County Superior Court judge, appointed this year by Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia, a Republican. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/iqLHsQy

Legal repercussions have arrived for the leaders of the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential contest, in what could serve as a warning to those who meddle in future elections. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/8UWntvM

A jury ruled in favor of a Texas woman who said her ex-boyfriend had psychologically and sexually abused her by sharing intimate images of her online without her consent. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/NjGcR0t

The main utility serving Hawaii did not pre-emptively shut off power before high winds reached Maui, and power lines fell in the windstorm. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/VSjLW9i

A document that Reuters cited as its source disappeared and the news organization walked back its reporting. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/oGM8mnS

The administration argued that the laws, enacted by Florida and Texas to prevent removal of posts amid conservative complaints about censorship by tech platforms, violated the First Amendment. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/xy5BYeW

In its first guidance since the Supreme Court decision, the administration says many recruitment programs are still allowed, but other questions are left unanswered. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/sPCilXI

A panel of federal judges will soon decide whether Alabama Republicans complied with a court mandate to create a map that gives Black voters more power. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Mm4kwDO

The Georgia case offers a vivid reminder of the extraordinary lengths Mr. Trump and his allies went to in the Southern state to reverse the election. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Jrt0ayf

Firefighters who rushed to contain the Maui wildfire found that hydrants were running dry, forcing crews to embark instead on a perilous rescue mission. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/TaABg0c

Larry Snelling, selected with input from residents, will be responsible for carrying out reforms as the city grapples with violent crime. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/SiZ0Dcl

A sweeping series of plantation closures in Hawaii allowed highly flammable nonnative grasses to spread on idled lands, providing the fuel for huge blazes. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/COtoPQA

Three homes in the western borough of Plum were destroyed by the huge blast, and about a dozen others were damaged, county officials said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/gwxsWpD

The fight, which seemed to be largely divided along racial lines, garnered a large social media response. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/VkdDbCu

Despite polling in the mid-single digits, the biotech mogul projected outsize confidence at the Iowa State Fair. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/4EfWjxX

Despite polling in the mid-single digits, the biotech mogul projected outsize confidence at the Iowa State Fair. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/n8Uy7Zm

The former president made his presence known when his private plane flew almost directly above the fairgrounds on Saturday. He spent the day needling his leading rival, Gov. Ron DeSantis. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/4XMCVH9

Hawaii has long endured battles for resources among developers, tourists, Natives and workers. Now, many who lost homes and jobs wonder if there will be a place for them in Lahaina. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/WFtOcqs

Mr. Biden, 53, has acknowledged a decades-long addiction to alcohol and crack cocaine. His foreign business dealings have led to questions about President Biden’s influence. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/HGXmWaO

The attorney general said he decided to elevate David C. Weiss after the prosecutor informed him the investigation had “reached the stage” where the powers of a special counsel were necessary to continue. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/bDqKZrJ

He earned the support of both of Delaware’s Democratic senators when then-President Trump, now a critic, nominated him in late 2017. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/v45EQMq

Candidates, including Donald J. Trump, cast doubt on the newly-named special counsel’s independence. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/kydMxD9

Special counsel status essentially formalizes a degree of independence the prosecutor already had. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/jPXlida

Hawaii has the nation’s lowest rates for homeowner coverage because it has not suffered many natural disasters. That may change. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/udZSNaQ

The man, who was bitten several times, could be heard in dashboard camera footage pleading with Trooper Parker Surbrook to pull the dog off him. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/hmJHtTE

A federal appeals court had signed off on the agreement, which would shield members of the wealthy Sackler family from opioid-related lawsuits in exchange for $6 billion for victims. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/8EV2yY7

Atypical weather conditions conspiring with a healthy dose of bad luck created ideal circumstances for wildfires to ignite. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Gcrn8O2

Comparing images taken before and after the fire shows extensive damage to the historic town of Lahaina. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/6tqeW3n

The town was once Hawaii’s royal capital, and there were fears that some of its historic buildings had been destroyed by the wildfires. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/6YPG3jF

As schools start, it’s been more paperwork, a culling of reading lists, as well as new regulations about bathrooms. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/mzfLrVH

Ron DeSantis has cut back, reorganized, reset and refocused his presidential campaign. We talked to Republican strategists about what they think he ought to do next. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/9Lwejyi

During a stop in New Mexico, the president highlighted how one of his signature pieces of legislation will benefit blue-collar workers. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/pzW7Gbf

Court records show that a Provo man was facing charges for making death threats against President Biden. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ZEIdqKC

The new limits, aimed at preventing American help to Beijing as it modernizes its military, escalate a conflict pitting the world’s two largest economies against each other. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/P46Mdev

The contest was seen as a test of efforts by Republicans nationwide to curb voters’ use of ballot initiatives. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Wv0XoaB

A rule regulating the firearm kits was a centerpiece of President Biden’s gun control initiative. The Supreme Court has temporarily revived it, but it has been troubled by significant challenges. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/jJCrhLO

Mr. Kerik, a close ally of the pro-Trump lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani, was asked about Mr. Trump’s fund-raising efforts and attempts to investigate fraud in the 2020 election. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/7K0PlFr

The district attorney in Atlanta is expected to take the findings from an election interference investigation to a grand jury, which could issue indictments. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ACOEYnX

Air travel was slowly returning to normal, as thousands of homes and businesses remained without power. The powerful storm system moved on to New England, bringing heavy rains and floods. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/VzJdWGo