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From Allies and Advisers, Pressure Grows on Biden to Allow Attacks on Russia

President Biden is weighing fears of escalation with a nuclear-armed adversary as he considers whether to let Ukraine shoot American weapons into Russia.

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Heavy smoke from a strike on industrial buildings in Kharkiv, Ukraine, earlier this month. President Biden is under increasing pressure to allow Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied arms to attack Russian territory.

The U.S. Seeks to Ramp Up Arms Production for Ukraine. Will It Be Enough?

A plant still under construction in Mesquite, Texas, will soon turn out 30,000 artillery shells each month, roughly doubling current U.S. output.

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Our reporter spent time with families who live on both sides of the Ukrainian-Russian border. This is what life is like for them.

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Jury Begins Sifting Evidence as It Weighs Trump’s Fate in Criminal Case

Justice Juan Merchan explained the 34 charges of falsifying business records that Donald Trump faces before jurors went behind closed doors to deliberate.

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A spectacle of skirmishes and insults wore on outside the courthouse as deliberations started in the Trump trial.

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Hong Kong Convicts Democracy Activists in Largest National Security Trial

As part of China’s crackdown on dissent, a court convicted 14 pro-democracy activists, who now face prison time along with dozens of others.

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Several people hold up a poster featuring close-up photos of several people and the words, “Don’t let them disappear.”

These are the people now facing what for some could be a lifetime in prison.

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Alito Refuses Calls for Recusal Over Display of Provocative Flags

“My wife is fond of flying flags,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote to lawmakers demanding he step down from two cases related to the Jan. 6 attack. “I am not.”

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Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wearing a black robe and sitting for a portrait.

Interviews and records offered a glimpse into the conflict that led to a “Stop the Steal” symbol at Justice Alito’s home.

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Americans Raced to Get Their Families Out of Gaza. Then the Border Closed.

The closure this month of the Rafah border crossing into Egypt, the only way out for civilians, has thrown an already complicated system into disarray.

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Portrait of a woman wearing a head scarf.

Israel said it had “tactical control” of a sensitive strip of Gaza along its border with Egypt.

 

Home Insurance Is Hurting Consumers. Yet It’s Barely Counted as Inflation.

Skyrocketing premiums are hitting homeowners hard, but they barely factor into common price measures.

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Two houses next to each other, sharing a walkway leading to a backyard.

Welcome Back, Pandas! Two Furry Diplomats Are Headed to D.C. Zoo.

The pandas, Bao Li and Qing Bao, will be flown to the Smithsonian National Zoo from China before the end of the year.

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Perhaps Lost in the Polling: The U.S. Presidential Race Is Still Close

President Biden has mostly held his support among white voters, and three states probably offer his clearest path to victory, Nate Cohn writes.

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President Biden asked what Donald Trump would have done if the Capitol rioters had been Black.

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Smiling supporters in the crowd reacting to President Biden’s speech.

Weinstein May Face New Charges as More Accusers Emerge, Prosecutors Say

Harvey Weinstein is already facing a retrial in Manhattan after his 2020 sex crimes conviction was overturned last month by the New York Court of Appeals.

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Harvey Weinstein sits in a wheelchair at a courtroom table as two police officers stand behind.

South Africans Vote in Election That Could End Monopoly of Mandela’s Party

The African National Congress, once the party of Nelson Mandela, could lose its outright majority for the first time after governing for three decades.

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Voters cast ballots at a community center in Soweto, South Africa, on Wednesday, in an election that could cause a seismic shift in the country’s leadership.

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Bette Nash, World’s Longest-Serving Flight Attendant, Dies at 88

A Guinness record-holder, she started flying in 1957, and never stopped. Her regular route from Washington to Boston was nicknamed the Nash Dash.

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She was photographed smiling at the camera in the cabin of an empty jet airliner with blue seats. She had short brown hair and wore bright red lipstick and a blue sleeveless uniform over a white blouse.

Opinion

Jamie Raskin: If Justices Alito and Thomas Won’t Recuse Themselves, There Is a Solution

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Philippe Lazzarini

Israel Must Stop Its Campaign Against UNRWA

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A man in a blue UNRWA vest stands facing a wall.
Gail Collins

Gail Collins

Spoiled Spoiler Alert

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Nicholas Kristof

Nicholas Kristof

Less Marriage, Less Sex, Less Agreement

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Jonathan Alter

Jonathan Alter

Is Trump Starting to Worry About a Conviction?

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Charles M. Blow

Charles M. Blow

How a Group of Rappers Became Trump Evangelists

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Donald Trump smiling on a stage next to two rappers, who are also smiling.
Linda Greenhouse

Linda Greenhouse

Ketanji Brown Jackson Points to a Way Forward for the Court

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Roger Wicker

America’s Military Is Not Prepared for War — or Peace

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