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Drones over Europe raise concerns about Russian activities
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7/2/2026 1:30 AM
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| A new study, backed up by analysts and political leaders, says frequent drone flights over NATO military assets mark a Russian campaign to probe defenses and gather information. |
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A Quiet Surge in ICE Arrests, and Trump’s First Flight on Plane Given by Qatar
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7/2/2026 3:00 AM
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| Plus, the fight over “Y.M.C.A.” |
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Republican Senate Candidates Start Their Own Super PACs to Gain Cash Advantage
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7/2/2026 2:01 AM
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| Most of the party’s top candidates are starting their own super PACs instead of relying on a powerful group run by Washington leaders. The move allows them to seize control of their financial destinies. |
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Republicans’ Home-Field Edge for Senate Seems Just Enough for Now
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7/1/2026 7:01 AM
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| Democratic candidates are generally popular, Times/Siena polling finds, but retaking the Senate remains a big challenge. |
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Ocasio-Cortez Endorses Abdul El-Sayed in Crucial Michigan Senate Race
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7/2/2026 4:00 AM
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| The endorsement is the first in a contested Senate primary by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this year, in a state that Democrats believe they must hold this fall to win a Senate majority. |
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Mass Mournings,6 Days and 2 Countries: Iran Prepares to Bury Supreme Leader
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7/2/2026 1:56 AM
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| Long-delayed funeral ceremonies for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, killed during U.S.-Israeli strikes at the war’s outset, are set to begin Friday. For the regime, it is a critical moment to demonstrate that it has endured. |
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U.S. Says Iran May Swap Ideology For Investment. History Shows Otherwise
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7/2/2026 1:50 AM
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| Senior U.S. officials have said Iran would be richly rewarded for changing its stance on the United States. Iran’s leaders have rejected such a bargain in the past. |
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U.S. Resumes Dollar Transfers to Iraq After Monthslong Suspension
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7/1/2026 9:01 PM
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| The Trump administration had halted the shipments to Iraq as part of its efforts to pressure the Baghdad government to distance itself from Iran. |
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The Not-So-Simple Logistics Behind Taylor Swift’s N.Y.C. Bash
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7/2/2026 2:00 AM
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| The pop star is poised to host a wedding celebration at Madison Square Garden. The logistics in Midtown Manhattan over the July 4 weekend are complex. |
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Swifties Delight in Taylor’s Wedding Day
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7/2/2026 2:00 AM
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| Fans see, in the pop star, reflections of their own lives: hope, heartbreak and now, finally, happiness. |
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Immigrant Arrests Surge to 10,000 in 5 Days as ICE Clamps Down
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7/1/2026 10:31 PM
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| The agency has doubled its daily arrest numbers without the fanfare of last year’s large urban operations, sowing fear in immigrant communities. |
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A.I. Is Reshaping the Economy. Good Luck Measuring How.
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7/2/2026 2:03 AM
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| Some data suggest artificial intelligence is already causing job losses. Other sources show the opposite. Why is it so hard to figure out what’s going on? |
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Can Companies Embrace A.I. Without Layoffs? This One Says It Is Trying to.
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7/1/2026 9:01 PM
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| The German software giant SAP says it is betting that employees can reinvent jobs instead of eliminating them. Experts are divided on whether it will work. |
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Crypto Brought Trump a Huge Windfall, Even as Many Investors Lost Big
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7/1/2026 1:39 PM
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| President Trump and his family reaped vast financial rewards from a memecoin that generated losses for hundreds of thousands of investors. |
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Does Trump Worry About Conflicts of Interest? ‘I Found Out That Nobody Cared.’
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7/1/2026 4:56 PM
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| American presidents have generally tried to avoid appearing to profit from the office. President Trump has chosen a different path. |
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The Key Ways Trump’s Financial Interests Intersect With Government Policy
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7/1/2026 4:01 PM
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| President Trump’s business holdings, which garnered him more than $2 billion last year, create potential conflicts of interest surpassing any predecessor. |
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Trump Remakes Washington, D.C., Into a Maze of Fences and Guard Members
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7/1/2026 10:26 AM
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| President Trump seems to have turned swaths of the city into either a construction zone or an armed camp as he seeks to prove that he alone can improve it. |
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Boston Is Drinking Like It’s 1776. The Founding Fathers Would Be Proud.
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7/2/2026 2:01 AM
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| A summer of celebratory drinking is underway in the birthplace of the American Revolution. But however tipsy the tourists get, the founders probably had them beat. |
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What America’s 250th Means to Mamdani
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7/1/2026 5:43 PM
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| Mayor Zohran Mamdani has not actively pushed New York City’s role in the nation’s anniversary celebrations, in part because of the complexities he sees in the country’s past and present. |
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Scientists React to the Lab-Made, Yet Lifelike, SpudCell
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7/2/2026 2:03 AM
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| This cell-like structure can grow, feed, divide and compete. Researchers ponder what it means for the future of synthetic biology and our definition of “life.” |
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The Transgender Sports Decision Was About Something Deeper Than Law
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7/2/2026 2:04 AM
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| It’s never just a game. |
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Plans for Unrealized ‘Trump Castle’ Surface 40 Years Later
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7/2/2026 2:00 AM
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| The 800-foot-tall residential development was designed by the architects Philip Johnson and John Burgee, but scrapped before construction. An archivist saved the rough draft. |