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Oval Office Showdown

A venomous public spat made it clear that President Trump regards Ukraine as an obstacle.

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Volodymyr Zelensky and President Trump in the Oval Office yesterday.

The New American Gun Store: Grips, Grenade Launchers and Ramen Noodles

A new crop of retailers is profiting more from limited-edition accessories that sell out in minutes, and promoting lifestyle gear to women, minority gun owners and the L.G.B.T.Q. community.

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Solomon Lehnerd’s shop, Rooftop Defense, profits almost entirely from what has become the new frontier of American gun stores: accessories.

Musk and Republican Lawmakers Pressure Judges with Impeachment Threats

Democrats say the calls to remove judges who block Trump administration initiatives amount to intimidation. Some senior Republicans were also skeptical of the effort.

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Representative Eli Crane outside the Capitol this week. “If these partisan judges want to be politicians, they should resign and run for office,” he said in calling for a judge’s impeachment.

The Democratic Party Reconsiders a Huge, Vulnerable Database of Voter Information

The party’s storehouse of everything it knows about American voters required an extraordinary intervention to keep it running, people involved said. A meltdown could have crippled its campaigns nationwide.

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A failure of the Democratic Party’s vast database of voter information would have left the Harris campaign effectively blind, unaware of which doors to knock on and which phones to call.

Kurdish Insurgent Group Declares Cease-Fire in Conflict With Turkey

The group, the P.K.K., made its declaration days after its long-imprisoned leader urged the movement to disarm and disband.

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Syrian Kurds gathered on Thursday after Turkey’s jailed Kurdish militant leader, Abdullah Ocalan, called on his group, the P.K.K., to lay down its arms.

Democrats See Political Opening in G.O.P. Budget as Republicans Eye Medicaid Cuts

Democrats are rerunning the playbook that won them control of Congress in 2018, focusing on the cost of the G.O.P.’s tax cut plan for ordinary Americans, particularly when it comes to health care.

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A town hall this month in Bakersfield, Calif., where nearly two-thirds of people in the district rely on Medicaid. The program covers more than 70 million people nationwide.

Black Leaders on Why They’ve Turned Against Eric Adams

The mayor is losing support from a crucial cohort whose members say he is damaging the political prospects of other Black officials.

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Mayor Eric Adams has said that Black elected leaders who have called for his resignation or dismissal deserve God’s mercy.

JD Vance, Positioning Himself as Trump’s Attack Dog, Berates Zelensky at Oval Office

The remarkable scene of a vice president injecting himself into a tense diplomatic discussion suggested that JD Vance does not want to be relegated to the B-team of the Trump administration.

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Vice President JD Vance and President Trump had a contentious meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in the Oval Office on Friday.

In Showdown With Zelensky, Trump Takes Offense on Putin’s Behalf

Never in the past few decades at least has an American president engaged in such an angry, scathing attack on a visiting foreign leader in the Oval Office.

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The Oval Office meeting on Friday degenerated into a virtual shouting match between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.

Trump Says He Will Posthumously Pardon the Baseball Star Pete Rose

President Trump also repeated his call for Rose, who was banned from the sport for gambling, to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.

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Pete Rose at bat at Shea Stadium in 1985. Despite being one of the baseball’s most famed players, his gambling led to a lifetime ban and kept him out of the Hall of Fame.

Trump Berates Zelensky in Fiery Exchange at the White House

President Trump and Vice President JD Vance castigated President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine for not being grateful enough for U.S. aid. “You’re gambling with World War III,” Trump told Zelensky.

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The conversation between President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine grew heated in the Oval Office on Friday.

F.B.I. Returns Materials Taken From Mar-a-Lago to Trump

Among the items taken from the president’s Florida residence were files that investigators said contained classified material and formed the central evidence in one of the criminal cases against him.

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Aides carrying boxes of materials onto Air Force One on Friday before President Trump departed Joint Base Andrews in Maryland to spend the weekend at Mar-a-Lago, his Florida club and estate.

Beloved Pink House on Massachusetts Coast to Be Demolished

Gov. Maura Healey, lamenting the decision, called the house “a special part of the history, culture and fabric” of the coastal region north of Boston.

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Gov. Maura Healey had intervened to try and save the house last fall, hours before it was to be demolished.

A Day of American Infamy

A dreadful moment for Ukraine, for the free world, for the legacy of an America that once stood for the principles of the Atlantic Charter.

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The People’s Union USA’s ‘Economic Blackout’ Organizer Served Jail Time on Sex Charge

John Schwarz, who organized a viral shopping boycott, was previously registered as a sex offender after pleading guilty to “disseminating voyeuristic material.”

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The People’s Union USA, led by John Schwarz, has encouraged people in the United States to participate in an “economic blackout” on Friday.

Zelensky, Seeking a Diplomatic Victory With Trump, Leaves With a Debacle

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had hoped to secure U.S. support in any cease-fire talks with Russia. Instead, his curdled relationship with President Trump was revealed in the Oval Office.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, President Trump and Vice President JD Vance at the White House on Friday.

He Stole $400,000 in Diamonds and Swapped Them for Look-Alikes

Manashe Sezanayev, who owned a store in Manhattan’s diamond district, pleaded guilty Thursday to stealing diamonds owned by other merchants and replacing them with cheaper, lab-grown stones.

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Manashe Sezanayev was indicted in Manhattan criminal court in July on charges of grand larceny, scheming to defraud and criminally possessing a forged instrument.

Migrants Deported to Panama Jungle Camp Face Uncertain Future

More than 100 asylum seekers from around the world sent to Panama from the United States have no sense how long they will be held or where they might eventually be sent.

Officers from Panama’s border police guard the San Vicente migrant camp on Tuesday. More than 100 migrants deported from the United States are being held at the facility.

Trump and Vance Scolded Ukraine’s Leader

Also, measles cases are surging in West Texas. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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President Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s leader, in the Oval Office today.

Minnesota’s Red-Tape-Cutting Experiment

Last year, the state passed a law to tackle a major barrier to cleaner energy: the long bureaucratic delays to get basic permits.

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A solar field near the Sherburne County Generating Station in Becker, Minn., last summer.
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