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Trump Holds Off on Major War Escalation Against Iran as Advisers Raise Concerns
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7/25/2026 4:49 PM
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| Among the worries is that expanded hostilities could dangerously drain the diminished stockpile of air defense munitions in the Middle East. |
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Inside the Rushed Effort to Get Trump His New Air Force One
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7/25/2026 12:06 PM
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| A New York Times investigation found that President Trump’s push to speed delivery of the aircraft led to ballooning costs and trade-offs in safety features. |
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Military Families Express Outrage After Pentagon Lowers Number of U.S. Troop Deaths in Iran War
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7/25/2026 11:34 AM
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| The change in the number to 14 from 18 this week has prompted scrutiny over the Defense Department’s accounting and reporting practices. |
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Hundreds of Thousands Flee Fires in France and Spain as Help Pours In
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7/25/2026 3:55 PM
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| Nearly 300,000 have been told to evacuate or take shelter as major fires edged closer to Madrid and Bordeaux. |
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Conditions for European Wildfires Created by Summer of Extremes
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7/25/2026 11:29 AM
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| The wildfires are scorching parts of France and Spain that had already faced unusually hot and dry summers. |
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Wildfire Smoke Chokes Skies in Spain and France
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7/25/2026 3:32 PM
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| Hundreds of thousands of people, residents as well as vacationers, were forced to evacuate or told to remain indoors. |
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Car Plows Into People Near a Pride Event in Berlin, Killing at Least One
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7/25/2026 4:20 PM
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| The police said a hunt for suspects was underway after the episode, which also injured at least 14 people, some seriously. |
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Troy Jackson Picked to Replace Platner as Democratic Nominee in Maine Senate Race
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7/25/2026 1:39 PM
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| Mr. Jackson, a progressive former State Senate president, clinched the nomination at a hastily arranged state party convention. |
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After Democratic Shake-Up, Susan Collins Holds Enormous Cash Edge in Maine
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7/25/2026 12:03 PM
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| Republicans are pouring huge sums behind the Maine senator through a web of billionaire-funded super PACs. Troy Jackson, picked as the new Democratic nominee, has a lot of catching up to do. |
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Silicon Valley Splits Over Closing the Borders to Chinese A.I.
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7/25/2026 1:07 PM
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| Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing with the rest of the tech industry over whether “open-source” models from China should be freely available or restricted. |
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Sally the Robot Was Coming to a New York School. Then the Plug Was Pulled.
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7/25/2026 1:36 PM
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| Students helped design the A.I.-powered creation as a young female with dark hair and an upbeat personality. Then came the outrage. |
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Blockbuster I.P.O.s Are Creating New Millionaires. Philanthropies Want a Cut.
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7/25/2026 5:00 AM
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| As start-ups like Anthropic and OpenAI prepare to go public, nonprofits are hoping for a secondary giving windfall from the new tech ultrawealthy. |
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Karl-Anthony Towns Knows the Knicks’ Win Was Bigger Than Basketball
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7/25/2026 3:27 AM
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| New York’s star center on playing for his mom, Patrick Ewing, generations of emotional fans — and himself. |
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Why Vance Still Trumps Rubio
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7/25/2026 6:19 AM
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| There’s no evidence that the president regards his vice president more skeptically because of his initial opposition to the war. |
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Nolan’s Zero-Eros ‘Odyssey’
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7/25/2026 8:08 AM
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| Homer’s Odysseus was hardly a man of remorse and shame. |