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Israel’s Strike on Iran: A Limited Attack but a Potentially Big Signal

Israel hit a strategic city with carefully measured force, but made the point that it could strike at a center of Iran’s nuclear program.

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Muted Reactions to Israeli Strikes on Iran Hint at De-Escalation

Israel had vowed retaliation for Iran’s attack last weekend, but the strikes reported overnight were limited, and Iran downplayed them.

A blast damaged a military base in Iraq used by an Iran-backed group. Iraqi security forces called it an air attack.

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Top Chinese Swimmers Tested Positive for a Banned Drug, Then Won Olympic Gold

Several of the athletes won medals at the 2021 Games and are favorites for this year’s Paris Olympics. The case has prompted accusations of a cover-up.

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Three swimmers are seen racing in different lanes from an underwater view. — Manan Vatsyayana/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Senate Passes Two-Year Extension of Surveillance Law Just After It Expired

The law lapsed only briefly after a late-night deal that allowed votes on privacy advocates’ proposed changes, all of which were defeated.

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A rare bipartisan coalition allowed an Israel and Ukraine aid bill to clear a hurdle in the House, setting up votes today.

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Liberal Democrats urged a “no” vote on Israel aid in an effort to pressure President Biden on Gaza.

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Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, holding papers and standing next to an American flag. — Pete Marovich for The New York Times

Final Members of Trump Jury Chosen as Trial Races Ahead

Just after the last selections of alternate jurors were made, a man set himself on fire outside the courthouse. But the case was not delayed.

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Read five takeaways from the fourth day of Donald Trump’s criminal trial.

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A man died after setting fire to himself near the courthouse. Friends said he was a caring person overtaken by paranoia.

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Press outlets’ reporting on the details of jurors was met with polarized reactions.

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VW Workers in Tennessee Vote to Join Union, a Labor Milestone

The Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga is set to become the first unionized auto factory in the South not owned by one of Detroit’s Big Three.

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In a crowded room, men in T-shirts, some that read “Stand Up UAW,” cheer and hold up their hands. — George Walker IV/Associated Press

Do Tanks Have a Place in 21st-Century Warfare?

Drone combat in Ukraine is threatening to reshape how tanks — long a powerful symbol of American military might — are thought about and used.

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An American-made tank in motion on a field. — Marcin Bielecki/EPA, via Shutterstock

Faculty Group Says It Has ‘Lost Confidence’ in Columbia’s President

The statement came after the school’s president, Nemat Shafik, called in the police to arrest some 100 students on campus protesting the war in Gaza.

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U.S.C. Cut the Valedictorian’s Speech. Now, the Celebrities Are Out, Too.

The director Jon M. Chu and the tennis star Billie Jean King were set to be among the featured guests at the school’s graduation.

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A Turbocharged Croissant Delights (and Disturbs) Paris

Stéphane Louvard married one of his signature croissants with a chocolate chip cookie to come up with the “crookie.” Reactions have been intense.

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A display of crookies at Maison Louvard with a description and eat-in and takeaway prices. — Thomas Samson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Myanmar’s Rebels See the Tide Turning Their Way

Resistance fighters are handing Myanmar’s army defeat after defeat this year, for the first time raising the possibility that the military junta could be at risk of collapse.

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Since the junta in Myanmar staged its coup in 2021, much of the country has turned against the military.
Adam Ferguson for The New York Times
A new generation has joined rebels who have opposed military dictatorship for decades.
Adam Ferguson for The New York Times
“We want liberation from the Myanmar Army,” said Ma Suu Kyi, a rebel soldier. “I am willing to sacrifice myself for that.”
Adam Ferguson for The New York Times
Myanmar’s military damaged a church in Karenni State, the home of Suu Kyi’s militia and the site of some of the most intense fighting.
Adam Ferguson for The New York Times
The insurgents have hundreds of armed groups across the country. If they push into the nation’s heartland, they could overtake the military.
Adam Ferguson for The New York Times
The young people who grew up during a period of openness chafe at how the junta has once again closed off the country.
Adam Ferguson for The New York Times

Maps explain what’s happening in Myanmar’s civil war.

A Times reporter embedded with one of the rebel groups on the front lines in Karenni State.

This G.O.P. Senate Candidate Says He Grew Up on a Family Farm. Not Exactly.

David McCormick has often spoken about his modest upbringing on a farm in Pennsylvania. A close look at his past tells a different story.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. landed on the Michigan ballot, raising the prospect he may upend the presidential race.

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Campaign updates: An Arizona lawmaker who was accused of forging voters’ names resigned from Turning Point Action.

ALBUM REVIEW

On ‘The Tortured Poets Department,’ Taylor Swift Could Use an Editor

Over 16 songs (and a second LP), the pop superstar litigates her recent romances. But the themes, and familiar sonic backdrops, generate diminishing returns.

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Read a brief guide to who’s who on Taylor Swift’s new album.

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A black-and-white close-up of a woman with light hair tilting her head and bringing one hand to her face. — Beth Garrabrant

Opinion

Jamelle Bouie

Southern Republican Governors Are Suddenly Afraid

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Nicholas Kristof

What Happened to the Joe Biden I Knew?

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A photo of a man waving to a woman amid destroyed buildings. — Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Lydia Polgreen

Columbia, Free Speech and the Coddling of the American Right

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Jonathan Alter

Inside the Courtroom, Trump Is Trapped With His Past

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Zhenya Oliinyk

‘I Don’t Think the Abyss Is Worth Looking Into Anymore’

David Brooks

The Courage to Follow the Evidence on Transgender Care

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Matter of Opinion

Thomas Friedman on Iran, Israel and Preventing a ‘Forever War’

Ross Douthat

Is the Internet the Enemy of Progress?

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Peter Coy

What Would the Economy Look Like Under a Second Trump Term?

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Jacob Dreyer

Xi Thinks China Can Slow Climate Change. What if He’s Right?

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Letters From Our Readers

Campus Turmoil: The Gaza Protests at Columbia

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Michelle Goldberg

Republicans Wanted a Crackdown on Israel’s Critics. Columbia Obliged.

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Frank Bruni

The Unsolvable Mysteries of Donald and Melania’s Marriage

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Norman L. Eisen

What Jail Time Could Look Like if Trump Is Found Guilty

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Michelle Cottle

A Biden Victory in November Turns on This State

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Stephanie Cooke

The Fantasy of Reviving Nuclear Energy

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On Soccer With Rory SmithNewsletter

Why Don’t More People Resent Manchester City?

Out of the Champions League but on top of the Premier League, Manchester City shows that it takes more than trophies to make a villain, our columnist writes.

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Scientists Fault Federal Response to Bird Flu Outbreaks on Dairy Farms

Testing for H5N1 infection has been limited, and the outbreak was never confined. But asymptomatic cows in North Carolina may require a reassessment.

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‘It’s Clearly Bleak’: Stocks Notch Longest Losing Streak in Months

A rally at the start of the year has given way to worries on Wall Street about economics and geopolitics.

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A Vicious Dog Attack Upends an Elite Westchester Farm

At a farm tied to Blue Hill at Stone Barns, two dogs killed a poodle and seriously injured its owner. Now the dogs face a possible death sentence.

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Daniel Dennett, Widely Read and Fiercely Debated Philosopher, Dies at 82

Espousing his ideas in best sellers, he insisted that religion was an illusion, free will was a fantasy and evolution could only be explained by natural selection.

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Culture and Lifestyle

A singular train track, with one short train, cuts through a lush deep forest. — Martin Zetina/Associated Press

The Maya Train Will Get You to Yucatán’s Best Spots. But Not Yet.

The train is supposed to whisk passengers through colonial cities, archaeological sites, resorts and tropical forests. That’s not what this writer found.

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