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Trump Says Vandals Sabotaged the Reflecting Pool. Internal Documents Raise Doubts.
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6/23/2026 1:13 PM
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| The documents do not indicate that the peeling blue coating and algae blooms were caused intentionally. |
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Photos Behind Kennedy Center Tarps Show No Sign of Trump’s Name
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6/23/2026 7:30 AM
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| Images circulated by an activist group reveal bare marble where President Trump’s name once resided. The Kennedy Center previously told a federal judge it had been removed. |
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Protesters Accused of Antifa Ties Sentenced to Up to 100 Years in ICE Attack
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6/23/2026 1:01 PM
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| The penalties, issued in an attack where a police officer was shot, dwarfed those given to Jan. 6 rioters and appeared to signal that at least some courts will deal aggressively with ICE protesters. |
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Senate Votes to Direct End to Iran War, Rebuking Trump on War Powers
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6/23/2026 1:06 PM
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| A few Republicans joined Democrats in favor of a measure instructing President Trump to halt military operations against Iran or seek congressional authorization. |
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As Chinese Tech Pulls Ahead, U.S. Fears It Will Become Dependent
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6/23/2026 1:15 PM
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| Chinese firms have some of the world’s most advanced technology. But U.S. officials say relying on it could come with a downside. |
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China Takes Supercomputer Crown From U.S. For First Time Since 2017
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6/23/2026 2:02 AM
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| A supercomputer in Shenzhen was declared the world’s fastest. It uses only standard microprocessors and not the special-purpose chips called graphics processing units. |
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Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene Say They Are Done With the G.O.P.
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6/23/2026 12:46 PM
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Open Story
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| Their split with the Republican Party represents an expansion of a feud with President Trump that could further complicate the party’s midterm prospects. |
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Searching for Clues in Jeffrey Epstein’s Boyhood
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6/23/2026 1:24 PM
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Open Story
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| “Jeff” grew up in an insular world, kept company with a few brainy boys and fixated on girls. Was a monster hiding in plain sight? |
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Supreme Court Bars Rastafarian Man From Suing Prison Guards for Shaving His Dreadlocks
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6/23/2026 11:18 AM
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| Damon Landor, a Rastafarian, tried to sue Louisiana prison officials for violating his religious rights. |
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Supreme Court Rejects Lawsuit Claiming Cisco Systems Helped China Target Falun Gong
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6/23/2026 10:02 AM
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| The court’s decision could have broader implications for whether companies can be held liable for aiding in international human rights abuses. |
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Supreme Court Sides With Exxon in Lawsuit Over Assets Seized by Cuba
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6/23/2026 12:28 PM
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| The Trump administration backed Exxon Mobil’s effort to be compensated for oil and gas assets confiscated by the Cuban government in 1960. |
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Britain Is Still Deep in the Shadow of Brexit
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6/23/2026 9:33 AM
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| Ten years after a slim majority voted to leave the European Union, the economic and political effects of that decision continue to disrupt the United Kingdom. |
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Brexit Has Cost the UK Growth, Analysts Say, in the Decade Since the Vote
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6/23/2026 5:42 AM
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| Citing lower trade and investment, analysts broadly agree that Britain’s economy is smaller than it would have been if the country had stayed in the E.U. |
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The Extraordinary Embezzlement Case That Rocked Scottish Politics
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6/23/2026 9:18 AM
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| Peter Murrell, the husband of the former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon, was sentenced on Tuesday after he admitted to buying a bizarre range of items with the Scottish National Party’s money. |
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How Trump Turned America’s Refugee Program Into a Pathway for White People
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6/23/2026 12:31 PM
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| President Trump has created an exception to his refugee ban for white South Africans, reshaping a program intended for people fleeing persecution and disaster. |
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A Look Inside the Welcome Bags Planned for White South African Refugees
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6/23/2026 12:38 PM
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| The United States is putting together bags with a children’s book on so-called reverse racism, and with a document that defends the country’s founding on the basis of slavery. |
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Meta Has Created a Prediction Markets App
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6/23/2026 11:11 AM
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| The experimental app, internally called “Arena,” would be independent of Facebook and Instagram. It could compete for attention with Polymarket and Kalshi, the biggest prediction markets. |
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Markets Recoil in Global Sell-Off Driven by Tech Stocks
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6/23/2026 1:14 PM
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| Chipmakers led the way down in South Korea, where the main index plunged 10.5 percent. The Nasdaq in the U.S. was down 2.2 percent at Tuesday’s open. |
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SpaceX Stock Price Is Slumping After Its Blockbuster IPO
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6/23/2026 1:15 PM
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| On Tuesday, SpaceX briefly fell below $150 a share, which was where the stock began trading when the company listed publicly just over a week ago. |
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Looking Back on the U.S.A.’s Many Founders, 250 Years In
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6/22/2026 4:54 PM
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| In the past 50 years, the way we tell the story of the Revolution has become dramatically more complex. Can it still inspire us all? |
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Europe Is Sweltering in an Extreme Heat Wave. Here’s the Latest.
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6/23/2026 11:59 AM
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| France’s average temperature on Tuesday was its hottest ever, the country’s weather agency said. Several countries are under top-level heat warnings. |
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40 People Drown in France Amid Scorching Temperatures
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6/23/2026 7:29 AM
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| Most of the victims were young people swimming in unsupervised areas, officials said. |
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Europe’s Heat Has Scientists Asking: How Much Hotter Can It Get?
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6/23/2026 9:17 AM
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| Records are being broken for the second time in a month, leading scientists to probe the upper limits of what the warming climate can dish out. |
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Social Security Is Running Out of Money, Fast
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6/23/2026 9:58 AM
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Open Story
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| To save the program, we need to eliminate the payroll tax cap. |
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Is This the Year Florida Turns Blue?
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6/23/2026 2:00 AM
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Open Story
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| David Jolly must persuade voters who have been increasingly hostile to Democrats that he’s a different kind of Democrat. |
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Ebola Symptoms in Current Outbreak May Be Milder Than in Previous Ones
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6/23/2026 8:31 AM
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| That is good news for patients, but officials fear it will make controlling the spread of the disease harder. |