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Jamie Dimon Backs Jerome Powell Over Trump in Fed Fight

The C.E.O. of JPMorgan Chase, who has rarely taken on President Trump during his second term, wades into the argument over the Federal Reserve chair.

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“Playing around with the Fed can often have adverse consequences — the absolute opposite of what you might be hoping for,” Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan bank, said Tuesday.
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Trump Administration Will Limit Medicare Spending on Pricey Bandages

In an about-face, the administration is cracking down on so-called skin substitutes, overused treatments that cost Medicare more than $10 billion last year.

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Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Medicare and Medicaid administrator, in May. The Trump administration has twice delayed Biden-era rules to slash payments for expensive skin bandages.
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Found: A Lost George Washington Battlefield

As a young officer in the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a devastating friendly fire incident. Military veterans are helping archaeologists excavate the location.

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Since 2021, military veterans have been helping archaeologists excavate near Fort Ligonier in western Pennsylvania. From left, James F. Cawley, Mike Strausner and Jeff Brock.
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Netanyahu’s Ultra-Orthodox Allies Threaten His Coalition Government

Some of the prime minister’s political allies have quit over a proposal to make religious students serve in military, and more are threatening to do so.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Parliament on Monday. His government is fracturing because of the debate over whether ultra-Orthodox students must serve in the military.
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Mayor Adams Loses Another Round in Bid to Receive Public Matching Funds

The New York City Campaign Finance Board rejected Mayor Eric Adams’s request for millions of dollars from the city’s generous matching-funds program.

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Mayor Eric Adams lost a recent lawsuit that sought to force the New York City Campaign Finance Board to release matching funds to his campaign.
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Three Aid Workers Were ‘Intentionally Killed’ in Tigray Region of Ethiopia, M.S.F. Says

The aid group accused Ethiopia’s government of failing to properly investigate the slayings, which took place in the Tigray region in 2021. A New York Times investigation found that Ethiopian soldiers were responsible.

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The wreckage of a car that had carried three aid workers who were killed in the Tigray region of Ethiopia in 2021.
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What to Know About the Fallout Around the Epstein Files and the Trump Administration

Here’s what to know about the disturbing facts and unsubstantiated suspicions that make Jeffrey Epstein, a registered sex offender, a politically potent obsession.

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Jack Posobiec and several other conservative influencers were offered a preview of the Epstein files in February, hours before they were released publicly by Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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21 Questions About the NYC Mayoral Race, Answered

Readers from around the world asked about Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s surprising primary win, its effect on national politics and how The Times covers elections.

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With the contested Democratic primary for mayor decided, New York City voters can expect to be inundated with political ads leading up to the general election in November.
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Mamdani Prepares to Meet With New York City’s Wary Business Leaders

On Tuesday, Zohran Mamdani, a democratic socialist running for mayor, will meet with the who’s who of the corporate world as he prepares for the general election.

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Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor, is meeting with more than 100 business leaders on Tuesday. Some of them are wary of him winning the general election in November.
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China Puts New Restrictions on E.V. Battery Manufacturing Technology

Beijing will now require government licenses for any effort to transfer abroad the technologies crucial for producing inexpensive electric cars.

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CATL, a Chinese company that is the world’s largest producer of electric vehicle batteries, displayed at the Shanghai auto show in April a lithium-ion battery that can be recharged in five minutes.
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Dismissals at Justice Dept. Would Bypass Civil Service and Whistle-Blower Laws

In court filings and dismissal letters, the Justice Department’s political leadership claims sweeping authority to fire career law enforcement officials without cause.

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Justice Department veterans see an overarching pattern in the dismissals — a quickening effort by the Trump administration to ignore and eventually demolish longstanding civil service legal precedents meant to keep politics out of law enforcement work.
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U.K. Secretly Resettled 4,500 Afghans in Britain After Huge Data Exposure

The government said that the personal details of 18,000 Afghans were accidentally revealed in 2022. The previous government had secured a legal order to prevent any reporting on the subject.

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British soldiers in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, in 2020. The disclosure about the data exposure comes at a time when immigration is a sensitive issue in British politics.
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