Trump Looks to Avoid Casting Blame in Texas Flood as Democrats Question Cuts

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8 juillet 2025 à 02:12

The White House rebuked critics for raising questions about the administration’s efforts to shrink federal agencies that deal with disaster preparedness and response.

Debris from flash flooding in Kerrville, Texas, on Sunday.

Three Big Questions After the Texas Floods

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Par :Jess Bidgood

8 juillet 2025 à 01:26

The Trump administration and its predecessors will face scrutiny over the disaster that has killed more than 100 people.

Flood damage along the dam that feeds into Ingram, Texas, on Saturday.

A Day Before Trial, Alleged Accomplice of Alexander Brothers Is Cleared

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Par :Debra Kamin

8 juillet 2025 à 01:24

Ohad Fisherman had been charged with sexual battery along with Oren and Alon Alexander stemming from an alleged 2016 assault.

Ohad Fisherman, a Miami broker and friend of the Alexander family, was accused of holding a woman down while Oren and Alon Alexander assaulted her. He had maintained his innocence.

Trump Revives Trade War, Threatening Steep Aug. 1 Tariffs on Allies

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Par :Ana Swanson and Tony Romm

8 juillet 2025 à 00:26

President Trump said Japan and South Korea would face tariffs of 25 percent unless they reached an agreement with the United States. Other countries received notice of higher levies.

President Trump is continuing to impose or threaten tariffs on Japan’s and South Korea’s major exports, including cars, steel and electronics.

Trump Administration Will Try to Deport Abrego Garcia Before His Trial, Justice Dept. Says

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Par :Alan Feuer and Minho Kim

8 juillet 2025 à 00:44

The plan directly contradicted the White House, which last month described as “fake news” reports of plans to re-deport Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.

Protesting outside the Federal District Court in Greenbelt, Md., in April.

Texas Floods Killed at Least 95 People

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Par :Matthew Cullen

8 juillet 2025 à 00:36

Also, Trump revived his tariff threats against close U.S. allies. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

Haiti’s Landmark Oloffson Hotel is Destroyed in an Apparent Arson Fire

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Par :David C. Adams

8 juillet 2025 à 00:36

Haiti’s famed Oloffson Hotel, a cultural landmark and celebrity haven, was incinerated amid rising violence by gangs that control most of the country’s capital.

The Oloffson Hotel, an example of gingerbread house architecture, was constructed in the late 19th century as a private home and played a key role in Graham Greene’s novel “The Comedians.”

N.Y.P.D. Investigates the Death of an 18-Year-Old in a Bronx Precinct

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Par :Chelsia Rose Marcius

8 juillet 2025 à 00:22

Saniyah Cheatham is said to have hanged herself early Saturday after she was arrested in an assault case. Friends said she had been in good spirits a day before.

After Mamdani’s Win, Some Democrats Are Determined to Stop Him

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Par :Jeffery C. Mays and Nicholas Fandos

8 juillet 2025 à 00:14

Though Zohran Mamdani scored a resounding victory in New York City’s Democratic primary, some in his own party are strategizing about how to defeat him in November.

Former Gov. David A. Paterson on Monday criticized Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee in the New York City mayor’s race, and called on his foes to work together to defeat him.

As Renewed U.S. Tariffs Loom, Emerging Economies Turn to One Another

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Par :Ana Ionova

8 juillet 2025 à 00:01

With President Trump preparing to revive tariffs this week, some of the world’s biggest exporters are planning a future less dependent on trade with the United States.

The BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. The group issued a thinly-veiled rebuke of President Trump’s tariff battle.

Here Are Trump’s New Tariff Threats

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Par :Christine Zhang and Tony Romm

7 juillet 2025 à 23:46

President Trump has told 14 countries that they will face tariffs of at least 25 percent on Aug. 1 if they don’t reach agreements by then.

Why Are Protesters in Mexico City Angry at Remote Workers?

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Par :Emiliano Rodríguez Mega · Paulina Villegas and Simon Romero

7 juillet 2025 à 22:49

Top concerns include the displacement of longtime residents as rents and food prices surge. Ire over the influx of well-heeled foreigners has been building for years.

A protester lighting an aerosol can during a march against gentrification in Mexico City on Friday.

Texas Hill Country Is Underwater, and America’s Emergency Lifeline Is Fraying

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Par :MaryAnn Tierney

7 juillet 2025 à 16:11

With each passing day, the federal government is becoming less prepared to face the next big disaster.

It’s Hard to Create a Third Party, Even for Elon Musk

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Par :Reid J. Epstein and Theodore Schleifer

7 juillet 2025 à 22:47

Building a viable new political party to rival the Democrats and Republicans is enormously difficult and expensive. Small wonder it hasn’t been done.

Elon Musk has said the America Party would be a new entity and would have the goal of disrupting the two major parties’ hold on the federal government, but he has been opaque on his plans.

Trump Administration Acknowledges Lack of Evidence for Jeffrey Epstein ‘Client List’

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Par :Devlin Barrett and Matthew Goldstein

7 juillet 2025 à 22:19

After Attorney General Pam Bondi promised big revelations for months, the Justice Department noted a lack of evidence for conspiracy theories, including a “client list” and a jailhouse murder.

Attorney General Pam Bondi released a memo on Monday stating that the department and the F.B.I. had determined “that no further disclosure would be appropriate or warranted.”

New Document Undermines Trump Administration’s Claims About Deported Venezuelans

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Par :Alan Feuer

7 juillet 2025 à 22:16

The document from El Salvador seems to undermine a position that lawyers for the Justice Department and top Trump officials have taken time and again in front of a judge in Washington.

Prison guards at the Terrorism Confinement Center, or CECOT, in El Salvador in March.

Trump and Netanyahu Expected to Discuss Prospects of Gaza Cease-Fire

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Par :Luke Broadwater and Maggie Haberman

7 juillet 2025 à 22:05

The private dinner between the two leaders on Monday marks Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s third visit to Washington this year.

President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in the Oval Office in April. Monday will be Mr. Netanyahu’s third visit to the White House since Mr. Trump took office for a second time in January.

Caltech Settles Case Accusing It of Misleading Students

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Par :Alan Blinder

7 juillet 2025 à 22:03

A student who paid thousands for a tech boot camp said it was “a Caltech program in name only.”

The California Institute of Technology campus in Pasadena.

Texas Flood Victims: What We Know

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Par :Juliet Macur · Chris Hippensteel · Rylee Kirk · Pooja Salhotra · Emily Cochrane and David W. Chen

8 juillet 2025 à 00:01

A beloved teacher, child and adult campers, camp directors and a counselor are among at least 104 people who have died in the flooding in Central Texas.

The flooded Guadalupe River near Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, on Saturday.

Russia Confirms Death of Minister Hours After Kremlin Dismissed Him

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Par :Paul Sonne

7 juillet 2025 à 21:51

Roman V. Starovoyt, the transport minister, had governed the Kursk region before Ukrainian forces occupied part of it in 2024.

Roman Starovoyt, the Russian transport minister, arriving for a meeting at the Kremlin in May.

Valery Gergiev, Shunned in West Over Putin Support, Will Conduct in Italy

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Par :Javier C. Hernández and Elisabetta Povoledo

7 juillet 2025 à 21:22

Valery Gergiev, an ally of Vladimir V. Putin, is set to conduct in Western Europe for the first time since institutions there cut ties over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Valery Gergiev conducting the Munich Philharmonic in 2021. He was fired as the orchestra’s chief conductor after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and has not performed in Western Europe since then.

Iran Carries Out Mass Expulsion of Afghan Refugees

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Par :Nick Cumming-Bruce

7 juillet 2025 à 20:24

About 800,000 people have been deported to Afghanistan, a desperately poor country, under an Iranian campaign that accelerated sharply in June.

Returnees cross the border from Iran into Islam Qala, Afghanistan on Thursday.

Trump Administration Ends Deportation Protections for Hondurans and Nicaraguans

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Par :Hamed Aleaziz

7 juillet 2025 à 19:36

The decision by the Homeland Security Department to end protections for migrants from those countries goes into effect in about two months.

Immigration advocates attending a vigil outside the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Miami in June 2023.

Medical Societies Sue Kennedy and H.H.S. Over Vaccine Advice

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Par :Apoorva Mandavilli

7 juillet 2025 à 18:29

New restrictions on Covid shots run counter to scientific evidence, the groups said.

A pregnant woman receiving a Covid shot in Pennsylvania in 2021.

You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Understand This

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Par :Craig Spencer

7 juillet 2025 à 11:01

The moral argument for global health is the strongest we have.

Man Who Opened Fire on Texas Border Patrol Building Is Fatally Shot

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Par :Christine Hauser

7 juillet 2025 à 20:27

The man opened fire on the building in McAllen, Texas, on Monday. A border patrol employee and two officers were injured, federal officials said.

Investigators at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s McAllen Station in Texas after a gunman opened fire on Monday morning.

Russian Minister Who Had Led Region Later Invaded by Ukraine Is Found Dead

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Par :Paul Sonne

7 juillet 2025 à 18:04

Roman V. Starovoyt, the transport minister, had governed Russia’s western Kursk region before Ukrainian forces invaded in 2024 and occupied part of the territory.

Roman Starovoyt, the Russian transport minister, arriving at a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow in May.

Tesla Stock Dives as Elon Musk Plans New Political Party

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Par :Jack Ewing

7 juillet 2025 à 17:23

Mr. Musk’s involvement in politics was once seen by investors as a benefit to Tesla. Not anymore.

Tesla shares dropped 7 percent in early trading Monday. President Trump posted on Sunday that the chief executive, Elon Musk, had gone “off the rails.”

Will A.I. Replace New Hires or Middle Managers?

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Par :Noam Scheiber

7 juillet 2025 à 17:20

Amid layoffs at Microsoft and other large tech companies, experts are debating whose jobs are most likely to be spared.

Your Job Interviewer Is Not a Person. It’s A.I.

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Par :Natallie Rocha

7 juillet 2025 à 17:20

You thought artificial intelligence was coming for your job? First, it’s coming for your job interviewer.

Jennifer Dunn, a marketing professional in San Antonio, said she had a job interview with a virtual artificial intelligence recruiter. The conversation “felt hollow,” she said.

Trial Over Free Speech on Campus, and Trump’s Student Crackdown, Begins

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Par :Zach Montague

7 juillet 2025 à 16:28

The case challenges the Trump administration’s targeting of noncitizen student activists for arrest and deportation on First Amendment grounds.

Demonstrators outside Columbia University demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and former Columbia student, in March.

How Harvard’s Ties to China Helped Make It a White House Target

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Par :Stephanie Saul and Steven Rich

7 juillet 2025 à 15:41

Harvard turned to international donors, including China, as one way to help save it from financial troubles. That money is dwindling, but Republicans are questioning the relationship.

Harvard cultivated ties with China as a way to partly help bolster its finances.

How a Show About Truly Terrible People Became the Defining American Sitcom

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Par :M.H. Miller

7 juillet 2025 à 11:02

Over the last 20 years, television has changed, but the malignant narcissists of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” have not.

The cast of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” in May.

Big Tech Wants to Profit From the Loneliness It Helps Cause

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Par :Samantha Rose Hill

7 juillet 2025 à 11:00

Artificial intelligence solutions are being pushed on customers that make them lonelier. That’s all part of the plan.

Where Do Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Negotiations Stand?

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Par :Adam Rasgon · Natan Odenheimer and Aaron Boxerman

7 juillet 2025 à 19:31

Hamas wants a guarantee that negotiations will lead to a permanent end to the Gaza war.

Displaced Palestinians at a tent camp in Gaza City in June.

‘Hallmarks of Institutional Racism’ Found in Police Killing of Kumanjayi Walker

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Par :Victoria Kim

7 juillet 2025 à 15:48

A coroner said that she could not exclude the possibility that an officer’s racist attitudes contributed to the death of Kumanjayi Walker in 2019.

The coroner read her findings before residents in a dusty courtyard lined with gum trees, just a few streets away from the red-walled house belonging to the victim’s grandmother, where he was killed.

New Deadlines, New Letters — Same Tariff Uncertainty

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Par :Andrew Ross Sorkin · Bernhard Warner · Sarah Kessler · Michael J. de la Merced and Danielle Kaye

7 juillet 2025 à 14:01

The Trump administration is keen to strike deals as it dangles an extension to trading partners. But it’s also issuing threats to some of them.

President Trump said “UNITED STATES TARIFF Letters” are set to go out at noon Eastern time today to America’s trading partners.

Your Questions, Answered

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Par :the staff of The Morning

7 juillet 2025 à 13:14

We address your queries about the news.

Trump Threatens Tariffs on Countries Aligned With BRICS Nations

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Par :Matthew Mpoke Bigg

7 juillet 2025 à 13:11

President Trump said nations that support the group’s “Anti-American policies” would face an additional 10 percent tariff. He did not elaborate.

The opening meeting of a summit of BRICS nations, at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday.

What’s at Stake as Netanyahu and Trump Meet in Washington

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Par :Aaron Boxerman

7 juillet 2025 à 12:22

With the fighting in Iran over, President Trump is considering whether to pursue a new nuclear agreement with Tehran. He is also urging a new cease-fire deal to end the fighting in Gaza.

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