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The Supreme Court’s decision to take up the former president’s long-shot claim that he is immune from prosecution brought into clearer focus the potential for him to evade multiple trials this year. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/oAgMdn7

The forces of change in Republican politics caught up to the longtime Senate leader, but he won’t be exiting the stage just yet. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/wPxcvF2

In an ordinary case, the justices’ decision to hear arguments in April might seem a sober compromise. But the electoral calendar and Donald J. Trump’s hope for delays prompt questions. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/9lwN2zF

The latest temporary spending measure buys Congress a week to finalize details of a deal on half of government spending, and another three weeks to negotiate and pass the other half. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/hC2wIu9

In a wide-ranging argument, the justices wrestled with the mechanics of gun triggers and the larger implications of the ban both for bump stock owners and the public. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/8p1Y4Zj

Republicans, many of whom have said they support access to the treatment, argued that it should be left to states to ensure its legality after an Alabama court ruled that frozen embryos were children. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/eVmgKB7

The urgency underscores the bind for the party, which has long maintained that life begins at conception but must now reconcile that stance with broad support for I.V.F. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/AItFke5

Recents events suggest that the U.S. military will face challenges in the Middle East for years to come, even as it tries to shift priorities. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/LgjzAw4

The spending stalemate that has brought the government to the brink of a shutdown is being fueled by G.O.P. demands to add conservative spending mandates opposed by President Biden and Democrats. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/9JQYqXS

The two men are disputing how the call, which urged New Hampshire Democrats not to vote in the primary, came to be. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/uWaJwlD

Professor Raffaella Sadun’s departure from the task force is a setback for a group set up to propose ways for Harvard to address antisemitism on campus. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/79KEeH5

Alexander Smirnov, the former informant, pleaded not guilty to charges that he lied to the F.B.I. about President Biden and his son Hunter accepting bribes. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ua6hC3O

The group’s chief executive wrote in an email to staff on Sunday that it would now focus on House and Senate races. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Ksd2STj

Nex Benedict, a 16-year-old student, died one day after an altercation with classmates in a school bathroom in Oklahoma, renewing scrutiny over the state’s strict gender policies. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/of695hq

Prosecutors said the man was upset that word about his sexual relationship with the victim, Dime Doe, was circulating in a South Carolina town. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/syna8gR

He used his speech to focus on a general-election contest between him and President Biden, not once mentioning his main Republican rival, Nikki Haley. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/lT95e2q

The Iran-backed group, which has been targeting global shipping routes, has proved especially difficult for the United States and its allies to restrain. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ezNvUwK

During the Democratic primary earlier this month, nearly all ballots had been counted by 10:45 p.m. Eastern time. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/JSoqYh9

The Alabama Supreme Court ruling highlighted divisions in the Republican Party between staunch abortion opponents who say life begins at conception and those who want to protect reproductive services like I.V.F. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/lDpwM3u

The lawyers presented an affidavit describing cellphone records they will likely use to try to prove the prosecutors lied about when they began a romantic relationship. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/273Wdox

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The public university, the largest employer in the Tucson area, says it’s facing a $177 million shortfall. Critics worry that lower-tier workers and Arizona students will be hit hardest by efforts to cut back. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Z5CubEH

She dismissed speculation about her motives behind staying in the race, and has encouraged supporters to stick with her until the end, whenever that may be. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/vDM2dNO

Eric Hovde, a wealthy businessman, is the most prominent Republican to enter the race after two members of Congress declined to run. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/BxPW0Lv

The men, who were described as experienced fishermen, set out for a boating trip on Saturday from Venice, Fla., and did not return home, the authorities said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/eM0vOC9

Nicholas Jordan, 25, who was enrolled at the school, was arrested on murder charges in Colorado Springs. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/XgJ6LeP

His winding social media post on Monday contained no reference to Vladimir V. Putin, the Russian president, who has been widely condemned after the death of one of his most vocal critics, Aleksei A. Navalny. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/hgyG1Qk

In some districts, teachers are taking more sick days since the pandemic. A shortage of substitutes can make matters worse. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/JT93A54

President Biden may owe his place in the top third to his predecessor: Mr. Biden’s signature accomplishment, according to the historians, was evicting Donald J. Trump from the Oval Office. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Me8usVS

Representative Michael R. Turner, who drew criticism last week after releasing a cryptic statement about a new threat, said he wanted to avoid “an international crisis.” from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/948YFMq

Fearful of antagonizing the former president, congressional Republicans downplayed the remarks, instead lauding the former president’s record and criticizing President Biden. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/L8vDBMR

Nikki Haley has long criticized her former boss over what she has described as his love of dictators and authoritarian leaders. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/wX9hnOs

The police said they had issued an arrest warrant for Miles Harford, who had been the funeral director of a Littleton, Colo., funeral home. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ugwCMWi

As a $60.1 billion military aid bill languishes in the House, a spokeswoman pointed to Avdiivka’s fate as “the cost of congressional inaction.” from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/Os8ES41

“Putin did this. The same Putin who Donald Trump praises and defends,” Nikki Haley said. Mr. Trump has so far kept silent since reports that Aleksei A. Navalny died. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/arNwnyW

The woman bypassed a Transportation Security Administration check and boarded an American Airlines flight in Nashville, officials said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/yxe6EKa

The Haley campaign made the request for a security detail after an increase in threats as she takes on Donald J. Trump. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/9TeF5ty

The Bureau of Prisons routinely subjects prisoners to conditions that put them at heightened risk of self-harm, drug overdoses, accidents and violence, the inspector general said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/i0GdyQo

“I have a feeling it’s going to be mayhem, chaos and pandemonium,” the man, Thomas J. Method, said in the video while traveling to Washington, D.C., according to prosecutors. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/l5DAXdI

A congressman’s cryptic statement about the development set Washington abuzz about what the intelligence was and infuriated White House officials. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/V4fkhX9

The president, who is facing mounting criticism over U.S. support for Israel, used an authority that exempts people from deportation if their homeland is in crisis. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/wXl7xUm

Two armed people were detained, the police said. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/OGljDUW

The victory of Tom Suozzi, a Democrat, in a special election in New York chipped away at the already thin Republican hold over the House. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/3kjpb7n

The president cited the former president’s comments in seeking to increase pressure on Speaker Mike Johnson to allow a floor vote on a $95 billion package of security aid for Ukraine and Israel approved by the Senate. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/okf8Exu

Ms. Haley has traveled throughout the state trying to cut into former President Donald J. Trump’s lead. But even with a friendly audience, her uphill battle to win votes remained clear. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/yJTGzHn

U.S. spy agencies concluded that no hostile power was responsible for the mysterious ailments, a finding some whistle-blowers have challenged. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/ouGh2DC

A search warrant provided new details of the shooting at Lakewood Church, which is led by the televangelist Joel Osteen and is one of the nation’s largest congregations. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/7IZxFkh

Allies and White House officials defended the president after the release of a report that cleared him of criminal wrongdoing in a classified documents case but raised new concerns about his age. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/oBQKvdD

Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, suggested there was nothing the former president could say that would shake Mr. Rubio’s support. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/qoJWRlC

Two superficially similar special counsel investigations came to contrasting ends — criminal charges in one case, and closure in the other — because the facts significantly diverged. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/kjLe47B

Both Donald J. Trump and President Biden are elderly men. But voters are much less likely to worry that Mr. Trump is too old to serve. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/iW2oyFj

Democrats accused Mr. Kennedy of illegally coordinating with a super PAC to get him onto the ballot in several states that could be critical to President Biden. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/wiacR0P

President Biden, at 81, is the oldest president in the nation’s history and former President Donald J. Trump is not far behind, at 77. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/qBIm65E

The special counsel, Robert K. Hur, put President Biden’s age and memory in the spotlight during an investigation into his handling of classified documents. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/0FNHWLK

Forecasters say the president’s clean-energy incentives will be more effective than they had originally expected, in part because of new federal regulations. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/wEeX8vl

Democrats say the state’s economy is getting better, while Republicans argue it’s getting worse. Which message resonates more could decide the pivotal battleground state this fall. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/p2umeai

The former South Carolina governor, who was outvoted by “None of These Candidates” after Donald Trump declined to participate in the primary, criticized the state of the Republican Party. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/FaH0kC5

President Biden blamed Republicans’ fear of their 2024 front-runner, Donald Trump, for thwarting the legislation. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/5tCSWNd

A leading figure in the field of Black studies in the 1970s, he identified work by Black filmmakers as worthy of serious intellectual attention. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/k0RtPKB

Jennifer Crumbley was convicted on four counts of involuntary manslaughter, one for each student her son killed in Michigan’s deadliest school shooting. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/PUR8by1

The former director, Tonya Rachelle Voris, 53, was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to giving the supplement to more than a dozen children without their parents’ consent. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/0HA96Gi

Comedy’s crankiest star usually breaks social norms. This time, he ran afoul of voting legislation passed in Georgia in 2021. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/drEqoTg

President Biden visited the Vdara Hotel in Las Vegas, where the culinary workers’ union agreed to a contract over the weekend. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/BWZbMil

The latest crisis involving a 737 Max jet is once again prompting scrutiny of the Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight of Boeing. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/0DNJd6V

Flanked by Republican governors, Gov. Greg Abbott said that Texas would expand the immigration enforcement efforts at the center of a legal confrontation with the federal government. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/aTADzOt

After months of talks, a small group of Republicans and Democrats produced the text of a plan to clamp down on migration, but it faces an uphill path to enactment. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/xrLKC9k

More than 100 inches have fallen in Anchorage, where roofs have collapsed under the weight and many more are at risk. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/cpm5BEo

Former President Donald J. Trump suggested to Fox News that China was orchestrating illegal immigration and that Latin American governments were picking criminals to send to the United States. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/sGCk5Im

The airstrikes, meant to deter attacks on ships in the Red Sea, came one day after the United States struck at other Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/kXnrpAL

A conservative convoy gathered on the Texas border to support the state’s defiant stance on immigration. Despite worries over potential violence, the event was peaceful. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/5B1R4VD

Plan for an early night — polls close at 7 p.m. Eastern, and the results will most likely be available not long after. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/uQzqrip

The move comes as the Senate is racing to finalize and vote on a broader national security bill that would also include new border policies and funding for the war in Ukraine. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/1F5rcYQ

General Timothy D. Haugh is taking over the spy agency and U.S. Cyber Command as the organizations look to deter Russia and other countries from expanding influence activities. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/5hlVXSy

But the prosecutor, Fani T. Willis, said there wasn’t a relationship with Nathan Wade before she hired him and argued that it should not disqualify her. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/l0S567U

The state’s latest powerful storm has downed trees and flooded some roads, but has not yet caused the scale of disruption seen last winter. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/PYkcoeT

Jennifer Crumbley is accused of involuntary manslaughter for failing to stop her son’s 2021 rampage at Oxford High. from NYT > U.S. News https://ift.tt/8UR6QgA