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All New York Suffers in a Heat Wave. It’s Worse in Jamaica, Queens.
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7/2/2026 11:30 AM
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| “Heat-vulnerable” parts of the city have few trees, little shade and limited access to air-conditioning. And the risk of death is also higher. |
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See How Europe’s Heat Waves Melted the Alps’ Glaciers
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7/2/2026 1:13 PM
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| The snowfall from last winter disappeared a month sooner than usual, after two early hot spells. Huge volumes of exposed ice are now starting to vanish. |
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F.B.I. Assigns Scores of Analysts to Examine Election Records in Georgia
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7/2/2026 4:54 PM
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| The expansion of an investigation into Fulton County’s election office reflects President Trump’s desire to prove his baseless claims that the 2020 election in Georgia was rigged. |
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Texas Governor Appoints Former Hard Right Critic to Key Post
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7/2/2026 4:55 PM
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| Gov. Greg Abbott appointed a firebrand former opponent, Don Huffines, to be state comptroller, underscoring a G.O.P. push for unity ahead of the midterms. |
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Tucker Carlson, Who Broke With Trump, Plans to ‘Help Build a Third Party’
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7/2/2026 8:39 AM
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| The influential conservative commentator’s relationship with the president and the G.O.P. fractured over the war with Iran. Now, he says he is charting a new course. |
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David Hearn, Olympian Canoeist, Is Indicted After Arrest at Trump’s Reflecting Pool
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7/2/2026 1:51 PM
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| David Hearn, a former canoeist, is accused of vandalizing the algae-challenged pool, which President Trump has said he would repair and beautify with fresh sealant. But the algae returned and the paint peeled. |
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Trump-Linked Firm’s Fees for Organizing Freedom 250 Events Remain Secret
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7/2/2026 1:26 PM
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| Event Strategies, Inc., a longtime vendor to President Trump’s campaigns, is organizing the Great American State Fair and the July 4 celebrations. |
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National Parks Can Continue to Remove Signs That Trump Calls ‘Negative’
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7/2/2026 2:20 PM
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| The decision was a win for the Trump administration as it pushes to remove material that the president has called inappropriate or “woke.” |
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Judge Demands Answers About Plans for Trump’s East Potomac Golf Course
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7/2/2026 4:40 PM
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| In a fiery hearing, Judge Ana C. Reyes hammered the government over denials that the president was forging ahead with plans to renovate the course without approval. |
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MAGA Base Stays Quiet After Trump Reports Billions in Personal Gains
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7/2/2026 4:11 PM
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| A new mandatory disclosure revealed that the president has earned $2.2 billion during the first year back in the White House. |
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JD Vance and Melania Trump Also Had Sharp Earnings Increases in 2025
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7/2/2026 1:53 PM
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| But the revenue brought in by the vice president and the first lady paled in comparison to that of President Trump. |
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U.S. Officials Believed Israel Was Plotting to Kill Iranian Negotiators
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7/2/2026 11:53 AM
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| Any Israeli attempt to kill Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister, or Mohammad Ghalibaf, the Parliament speaker, would have derailed peace talks, American officials feared. |
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Less Than 10 Percent of Eligible Children Have Trump Accounts
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7/2/2026 2:46 PM
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| More than six million have been signed up for the investment accounts, which open for contributions July 4, but there are barriers to uptake. |
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Mamdani Is a Taylor Swift Fan. Here Are His Top 12 Songs.
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7/2/2026 3:26 PM
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| Ahead of Taylor Swift’s wedding celebration in Manhattan, Mayor Zohran Mamdani revealed that he is a bigger fan of her music than previously known. |
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How, and Why, We’re Covering Taylor Swift’s (Maybe) Wedding
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7/2/2026 2:02 AM
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| About two dozen reporters and editors from several desks are leading The Times’s coverage of the anticipated festivities in Manhattan this week. |
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A ‘Muslims Only’ Swim Party and the Backlash That Followed
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7/2/2026 1:36 PM
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| A Muslim mother’s plan for an Eid swim party near Dallas drew backlash, then threats that upended her quiet life. |
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With Attacks on Crimea, Ukraine Hopes to Pressure Putin to End the War
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7/2/2026 2:19 PM
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| Escalating drone strikes, fuel shortages and power cuts in the region Russia annexed are among the factors turning up the heat on President Vladimir V. Putin. |
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Even as It Bombards Kyiv, Russia’s Wider Military Campaign Has Largely Stalled
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7/2/2026 7:49 AM
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| Moscow can still inflict serious damage, but its forces are suffering higher casualties than their Ukrainian counterparts, analysts say. |
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Man Rescued 8 Days After Quake, a Ray of Joy in Stricken Venezuela
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7/2/2026 3:34 PM
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| The 44-year-old security guard was pulled alive from a pancaked basement, offering a fleeting moment of hope amid a soaring death toll. |
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An Aerial View of Disaster at a Venezuela Housing Project
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7/2/2026 9:30 AM
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| What one aerial image of a collapsed building tells us about the aftermath of an earthquake in La Guaira, Venezuela. |
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In Tumultuous Term, Chief Justice Roberts Took Charge of Unruly Supreme Court
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7/2/2026 10:05 AM
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| The chief justice faced down the president, forged unlikely coalitions and achieved long-sought goals. |
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Supreme Court Allows Reporter to Be Fined for Failing to Disclose Source
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7/2/2026 2:42 PM
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| Catherine Herridge, a former Fox News reporter, was held in civil contempt by a lower court after she refused to reveal her sources for articles she wrote about a scientist who was investigated by the F.B.I. |
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Black Soldiers In the Revolutionary War: A New England Journey
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7/2/2026 2:26 PM
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| Across New England, a writer traveled down dirt paths and into historic homes to find the forgotten stories of the enslaved men who fought for freedom on two fronts. |
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How to Make a Time Capsule That Will Last 250 Years
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7/2/2026 2:01 AM
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| The America250 time capsule will hold dozens of historical treasures. Avoiding dampness and other dangers requires lots of engineering. |
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Rare Copy of the Declaration of Independence Is Discovered in London
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7/2/2026 4:01 PM
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| A volunteer cataloging naval letters came across a copy of the document, printed 250 years ago in New Hampshire. “It was a thrilling find,” he said. |
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Amy Coney Barrett Is the Lightning Rod
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7/2/2026 2:50 PM
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| The Supreme Court seesaw is swinging hard. |
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Taylor Swift, What Are You Doing?
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7/2/2026 2:42 PM
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| Why am I dreading the Swift-Kelce wedding? |
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Empire State Climbers Accused of Breaking Security Door to Get to Spire
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7/2/2026 4:11 PM
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| Angela Nikolau and Ivan Beerkus, extreme climbers who have illegally scaled buildings around the world, were arrested after getting engaged atop the Manhattan landmark. |