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Chinese Companies Set Their Sights on Brazil

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Par :Meaghan Tobin
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Confronted with tariffs and scrutiny in the United States and Europe, Chinese consumer brands are betting that they can become household names in Latin America’s biggest economy.

© Ng Han Guan/Associated Press

Meituan, a Chinese delivery giant, said it would spend $1 billion to set up operations in Brazil.
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ICE Imposes New Rules on Congressional Visits

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Par :Michael Gold
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The policy says that ICE field offices are not subject to a federal law that allows members of Congress to make unannounced oversight visits to immigration facilities that “detain or otherwise house aliens.”

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Four Democratic representatives were denied access on Wednesday to an immigration processing facility in suburban Chicago where they believed immigrants were being held for days without access to lawyers.
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French Lawmaker Says He Was Denied Entry Into the United States

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Par :Ségolène Le Stradic
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Pouria Amirshahi, a leftist member of Parliament, hopes that the decision will be reversed so that he can travel to meet lawmakers to understand life under President Trump.

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Pouria Amirshahi, a member of the Green party, in the National Assembly in Paris in February.
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Juneteenth Goes Uncelebrated at White House as Trump Complains About ‘Too Many’ Holidays

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Par :Aishvarya Kavi
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President Trump made no statement about the federal holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States, other than saying there were too many like it. Lesser occasions routinely garner official proclamations.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

“I’m not tracking his signature on a proclamation today,” Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said of the president on Thursday.
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Man Is Charged With Trying to Kidnap Memphis Mayor, Police Say

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Par :Aishvarya Kavi
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The 25-year-old man told the police that he had gone to the home of Mayor Paul Young to confront him about crime. The police later found a stun gun, rope and duct tape in the man’s car, they said.

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Mayor Paul Young of Memphis last year. He was targeted at his home on Sunday by a man who intended to confront him, the police said.
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U.S. Spy Agencies Assess Iran Remains Undecided on Building a Bomb

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Par :Julian E. Barnes
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U.S. intelligence officials said Iran was likely to pivot toward producing a nuclear weapon if the U.S. attacked a main uranium enrichment site, or if Israel killed its supreme leader.

© Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times

A missile on display in Tehran in February. American spy agencies believe that it could take several months, and up to a year, for Iran to make a nuclear weapon.
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Police Investigate Threats to Mamdani in Mayoral Race’s Final Days

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Par :Benjamin Oreskes
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Voice mail messages promising violence against Zohran Mamdani, a progressive Democrat, came as attacks on politicians, judges and other government officials have skyrocketed.

© Scott Heins for The New York Times

“I get threats on my life, on the people that I love,” Zohran Mamdani said on Wednesday. “I try not to talk about it.”
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How the Supreme Court’s Transgender Ruling Reveals a Shift

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Par :Adam Liptak · Alexandra Ostasiewicz · David Jouppi and Jon Hazell
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In its biggest ruling of the term, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Tennessee law that prohibits some medical treatments for transgender youths, shielding similar laws in more than 20 other states. Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The New York Times, describes the three factions of justices in the 6-to-3 decision.
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Bear Whose Head Was Stuck for Two Years Is Freed

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Par :Victor Mather
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An unwelcome plastic collar was removed from around the neck of a 2-year-old bear.

© Michigan Department of Natural Resources, via Associated Press

From left, Angela Kujawa, Sherry Raifsnider and Miranda VanCleave of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources helping the black bear.
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Europe to Hold Talks With Iran on Friday

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Par :Steven Erlanger · Jim Tankersley and Jeanna Smialek
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The continent’s most important leaders are divided over Israel’s conduct and filled with fears about a spiraling regional conflict.

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Kaja Kallas, the European Union foreign policy chief. Foreign ministers from several European countries are expected to meet on Friday with Iranian representatives over the escalating war between Israel and Iran.
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TikTok Hits Cannes, Where a U.S. Ban Seems a Distant Dream

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Par :Sapna Maheshwari
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TikTok executives hosted happy hours and played pickleball with influencers on the French Riviera this week, even as a U.S. ban loomed over the company.

© Andrea Mantovani for The New York Times

An evening event at TikTok Garden in the Carlton Hotel, where guests gathered for music and networking as part of the Cannes Lions Festival.
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‘Little Lobbyists’ Urge Senators to Oppose Trump’s Bill Cutting Medicaid

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Par :Megan Mineiro and Margot Sanger-Katz
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Children with disabilities and their parents who rely on the health insurance program took to Capitol Hill this week to warn that the proposed reductions could be ‘devastating.’

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Members of the Little Lobbyists walk through the halls before meetings with senators in the Russell Senate Office Building in Washington on Tuesday.
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Fed’s Interest-Rate Approach Keeps It on Collision Course With Trump

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Par :Colby Smith and Tony Romm
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The central bank signals little urgency to cut interest rates despite demands from President Trump for lower borrowing costs.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump on Wednesday unleashed another barrage of insults again Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, shortly before the central bank issued its latest interest rate decision.
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Zero Interest Rates Are Back in Europe

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Par :Eshe Nelson
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The Swiss National Bank lowered rates to zero after consumer prices fell last month. Other European central banks are grappling with uncertainty caused by President Trump’s tariffs.
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Texas Might Ban Hemp

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Par :J. David Goodman
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Gov. Greg Abbott must decide this week whether to sign or veto a bill to ban hemp-derived intoxicants, part of a national debate over the fast-growing industry.

© Antranik Tavitian for The New York Times

T.H.C.-infused drinks, like those made at the 8th Wonder Brewery in Houston, are the kind of intoxicants that Gov. Greg Abbott could ban if he signs anti-hemp legislation on his desk.
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‘SVU’ Star Mariska Hargitay on Her Mother Jayne Mansfield

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Par :Melena Ryzik
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In a new documentary made by the “Law & Order: SVU” star, she examines her own clouded origins and the mother she barely knew: Jayne Mansfield.

© Kobe Wagstaff for The New York Times

Unraveling family mysteries for her documentary left Mariska Hargitay at peace: “It’s like a miracle to me to feel this way. I never thought I could.”
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Record Debt Limit Increase Would Break Republican Precedent

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Par :Alan Rappeport
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A proposed $5 trillion debt limit increase could make it hard for Republicans to maintain their fiscal hawk credibility.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

“Don’t have the Republicans own this monstrous debt,” Senator Rand Paul, Republican from Kentucky, warned this week.
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This Oregon Native Went to Kyiv as a Volunteer. He Died in a Russian Attack.

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Par :Kim Barker
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Fred Grandy was upset by the United States’ reversal in its support for Ukraine, his family said. This week, he was among the 28 people killed in a drone and missile assault.

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Fred Grady in California in an undated photo. He went to Ukraine to volunteer with a charity after the United States’ support for the country changed under President Trump.
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A Legal Gamble

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Par :Adam B. Kushner
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We explain the Supreme Court’s ruling on medical treatments for transgender kids.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

Outside the Supreme Court.
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Student Who Filmed Himself Raping at Least 10 Women Is Given Life Sentence

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Par :Lizzie Dearden and Vivian Wang
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Zou Zhenhao, 28, is considered by the police in London to be “one of the most prolific predators” they have encountered. Investigators say there are probably many more victims.

© Metropolitan Police, via Reuters

A photo made available by the London police of an apartment used by Zou Zhenhao, who attacked women in Britain and China. He would lure victims back to his homes and then drug and rape them.
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