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The Bombing of Iran May Teach an Unwelcome Lesson on Nuclear Weapons

Will America’s pre-emptive strike discourage other countries from pursuing a weapon — or just the opposite?

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A poster depicting Iranian scientists creating the country’s first hypersonic ballistic missile, on a street in Tehran last year.
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Intel Report on Iran Upends Victory Lap Trump Was Hoping for at NATO

President Trump had been eager to celebrate the U.S. strikes on Iran, but a new report indicates the attack set back Iran’s nuclear program by only a few months.

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Honor guards rolling up a red carpet in front of the presidential limo after President Trump arrived at Huis ten Bosch, a royal palace in The Hague, on Tuesday.
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The Yellow Sea Dispute Between China and South Korea

China has installed large steel cages and a former oil drilling rig in the Yellow Sea, raising concerns in South Korea that they could be used for military purposes.

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Korean military veterans protested near the Chinese Embassy in Seoul in April, calling on Beijing to remove the steel structures it installed in shared waters in the Yellow Sea.
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Mick Ralphs, of Mott the Hoople and Bad Company, Dies at 81

A guitarist and songwriter, he ditched glam rock at its peak and scored with meatier stadium-rock anthems like “Can’t Get Enough” and “Feel Like Making Love.”

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Mick Ralphs performing with the British band Bad Company in 1974.
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Pride Flags Slashed at Atlanta L.G.B.T.Q. Landmark, Four Arrested

A group of male youths traveled to Atlanta before dawn and tore flags at a rainbow crosswalk, the police said. Two of them remain at large as the authorities consider hate crime charges.

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The intersection of Piedmont Avenue and 10th Street in Atlanta, known for its rainbow-painted crosswalks and significance to the city’s L.G.B.T.Q. community.
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JB Pritzker to Seek Third Term as Illinois Governor

Mr. Pritzker, a Democrat and billionaire hotel heir, has emerged as a vocal critic of President Trump and a possible presidential contender.

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Gov. JB Pritzker, 60, has become a vocal critic of President Trump.
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House Conservatives Warn They Can’t Back Senate Bill to Enact Trump’s Agenda

Both President Trump and Senate Republican leaders are pressing for the House to accept their version of the sprawling domestic policy bill, but some right-wing holdouts are opposed to key pieces.

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Representative Chip Roy, Republican of Texas, said he would not vote for the Senate’s current version of the domestic policy bill.
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Toronto Sees Record Temperatures as Extreme Heat Settles Over Canada

Sweltering temperatures not seen in Toronto in nearly a decade have prompted health alerts, pool closures and warnings to students to expect “uncomfortable conditions.”

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Beaches in Toronto were packed on Monday as the city endured high temperatures.
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Women in Menopause Don’t Care

The “We Do Not Care” club, founded by influencer Melani Sanders, celebrates women who have stopped trying to please everyone.

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Melani Sanders often uses a highlighter to mark the submissions she reads out loud from her “we do not care” lists. It helps combat her perimenopause-induced brain fog, she said — that is, when she remembers where she put the marker in the first place.
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Blake Farenthold, 63, Congressman Who Quit in Harassment Case, Dies

A Texas Republican, he gave up his seat after news broke that public funds had been used to settle the case, made by his former communications director.

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Blake Farenthold in 2015. He was sued the year before by his former communications director, Lauren Greene, for harassment.
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Anthony Weiner Hopes Voters Have Forgiven or Forgotten

Mr. Weiner returned from a prison term to launch an unlikely campaign for the City Council. Outside a polling place on Tuesday, it was hot, mostly friendly and a little awkward.

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Anthony Weiner, after serving a prison sentence for sharing explicit photos with a minor, is running for City Council in Manhattan.
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Strike Set Back Iran’s Nuclear Program by Only a Few Months, U.S. Report Says

Preliminary classified findings indicate that the attack sealed off the entrances to two facilities but did not collapse their underground buildings.

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Reporters photographing a display for “Midnight Hammer,” the name of the American operation to bomb Iran’s nuclear sites, during a news conference on Sunday.
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Cassidy, in Break With RFK Jr., Calls for Vaccine Meeting Delay

The Senate health committee chairman said new members of a key advisory panel who were appointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “lack experience.”

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Senator Bill Cassidy, a physician and a strong proponent of vaccines, voted reluctantly to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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How B-2 Bombers Can Fly to Iran and Back

The U.S. crews involved in attacking the nuclear site at Fordo probably trained for years. But dropping 30,000-pound bombs was almost certainly a new experience.

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A B-2 bomber landing at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri on Sunday.
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Man Struck by Lightning and Killed on His Honeymoon in Florida

Just before Jake Rosencranz, 29, was struck while standing in ankle-deep water in New Smyrna Beach, two people were struck at a golf course nearby.

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The man struck by lighting was visiting the beach community with his wife. Powerful thunderstorms are common in the state of Florida, and people are urged to seek shelter.
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House Democrats Elect Robert Garcia for Top Oversight Post

Robert Garcia, a second-term congressman and former mayor of Long Beach, Calif., prevailed over a more experienced member to take on the high-profile job on one of the House’s most contentious panels.

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Representative Robert Garcia at the Democratic National Convention last August.
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Trump Heads to NATO as Allies Face Pressure Over Defense Spending

President Trump is expected to talk about spending commitments from the alliance’s members, while NATO’s secretary general has been eager to avoid diplomatic blowups.

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President Trump has been pushing NATO allies in Europe to increase their military spending and decrease their reliance on U.S. protection.
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Here Are 5 Key City Council Races to Watch in the N.Y.C. Primary

In two bitterly contested races in Brooklyn, Democratic candidates have clashed over Gaza, while in Manhattan Anthony Weiner is trying to return to the Council.

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Shahana Hanif, a City Council member in Brooklyn, has been challenged in part over her outspoken criticism of Israel.
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