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Lachlan Murdoch Secures Control of Fox and News Corp, Ending Succession Fight

Lachlan Murdoch will take control of a new family trust in a deal worth $3.3 billion, ensuring that his father’s media empire will retain its conservative slant.

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Lachlan Murdoch, left, and Rupert Murdoch, center, arriving at court in Reno, Nevada last year. Lachlan has completed an agreement to take control of his family’s sprawling media empire.
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The Supreme Court Decision on ICE and Racial Profiling, Explained

The ruling allowed immigration agents to stop people for reasons that lower courts had deemed likely unconstitutional.

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Civil rights organizations and several U.S. citizens accused federal agents of engaging in “blatant racial profiling” by carrying out “indiscriminate immigration operations” with no individualized basis for suspicion.
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10 Killed and 61 Injured in Mexico After Train Crashes Into Bus

Accidents involving vehicles and trains have been increasing as the Mexican government has pushed to revitalize railroads and build new passenger lines.

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Emergency responders worked at the scene where a bus was hit by a freight train near Mexico City on Monday morning.
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Book Review: ‘Listening to the Law,’ by Amy Coney Barrett

In a studiously bland new book, “Listening to the Law,” the Supreme Court justice describes her legal philosophy and tries to sidestep the court’s recent controversies.

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Supreme Court justices “are referees, not kings, because they decide whether people have played by the rules rather than what the rules should be,” Justice Amy Coney Barrett writes in “Listening to the Law,” her new book about her time on the court.
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Arrested by Federal Agents, Some D.C. Residents Languished in Jail for Days

At least 11 defendants stayed in jail cells longer than the law allows, in what former prosecutors and criminal lawyers see as a violation of their constitutional rights.

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Courts are grappling with an influx of cases since National Guard troops and federal agents fanned out across the streets of Washington.
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Supreme Court Lifts Restrictions on L.A. Immigration Stops

A federal judge had ordered agents not to make indiscriminate stops relying on factors like a person’s ethnicity or that they speak Spanish.

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Aggressive enforcement operations in Los Angeles — including encounters captured on video that appeared to be roundups of random Hispanic people by armed agents — have set off protests and clashes in the area.
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Republican Senators Investigate Palisades Fire Response

Two senators have begun an investigation into whether government officials could have done more to stop the Los Angeles fire. President Trump and other Republicans have blamed Democratic leaders for the disaster.

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In the aftermath of the Palisades fire, homes and businesses lay in ruins in Malibu, Calif., along the Pacific Coast Highway.
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Christoph von Dohnanyi, Conductor With a World of Admirers, Dies at 95

Known for his long tenure at the podium of the acclaimed Cleveland Orchestra, he was sought after as a guest with major symphonies and opera companies.

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Christoph von Dohnanyi leading the New York Philharmonic in 2011. He was esteemed for his meticulous, unfussy interpretations and wide repertory.
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Deportation Fears Are Fueling Money Transfers to Latin America

Money transfers to Guatemala, Honduras and other nations have increased in recent months, totaling billions of dollars. Undocumented migrants in the United States say they are sending money to relatives while they can.

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Julio Fuentes, a 35-year-old undocumented migrant from Guatemala, sent a large chunk of his savings to his bank account in Guatemala this year — fearing both deportation and a new tax on remittances.
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DJI’s Chinese Drones Face U.S. Ban

Farmers, builders and police officers use drones made by DJI, a Chinese company. President Trump and his allies want to stop all imports.

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Businesses across the United States are bracing themselves for a looming ban on drones made by DJI, a Chinese company, which have become indispensable in many sectors.
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Tech Companies Show Off for Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’

Tech companies are displaying A.I., lasers and more as they compete for a piece of President Trump’s ambitious plan for a missile defense shield.

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Will Bruey, the chief executive of Varda Space Industries, at the company’s headquarters in El Segundo, Calif.
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Whistle-Blower Sues Meta Over Claims of WhatsApp Security Flaws

In a lawsuit filed Monday, the former head of security for the messaging app accused the social media company of putting billions of users at risk. Meta pushed back on his claim.

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Attaullah Baig tried to warn Meta’s top leaders, including its chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg, that millions of users were being harmed by the security weaknesses, according to his lawsuit.
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China’s Exports to Africa Are Soaring as Trade to U.S. Plunges

Already this year, China’s trade surplus with Africa is nearly as big as all of 2024, a sign of how President Trump’s tariffs are reshaping the flow of goods.

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Workers at a textile factory in Maseru, Lesotho, in July. President Trump has imposed tariffs on many African countries, including Lesotho.
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Trump Administration, Again, Asks Supreme Court to Let It Block Foreign Aid

The court has been largely receptive to the administration’s claims of executive power.

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In an earlier iteration of the foreign aid case this year, the Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s request to freeze nearly $2 billion while the case continued in the lower courts.
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