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6 Takeaways From Elections in Virginia, New Jersey, New York and Beyond

In Virginia, New Jersey and beyond, Democratic voters powered their candidates to victory and sent a warning sign to President Trump and his Republican Party.

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Abigail Spanberger made fighting President Trump a central theme of her campaign for governor of Virginia.
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Fire at Retirement Home in Bosnia Kills at Least 11

The country’s prime minister called the blaze “a disaster of enormous proportions.” The cause was still to be determined.

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The fire broke out on Tuesday evening and engulfed the top floors of a retirement home in the city of Tuzla, about 75 miles northeast of the Bosnian capital, Sarajevo.
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Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs Face High-Stakes Supreme Court Test

Justices will hear arguments on Wednesday over whether the president acted legally when he used a 1977 emergency statute to unilaterally impose tariffs.

© Maggie Shannon for The New York Times

Container ships in the Port of Los Angeles. In April, President Trump expanded the tariffs on products from Canada, Mexico and China to include goods from more than 100 trading partners.
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As Government Shutdown Stalemate Persists, Frustration Defies Party Lines

The partisan divisions in Washington are as deep as ever, but some voters in both parties have grown weary of the standoff and want it to end.

© Nicole Craine for The New York Times

“To choose between feeding hungry families and my health care — I’m going to feed the family,” said Cyndie Story, a 60-year-old self-employed school nutrition consultation in Zebulon, Ga.
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Trump Is an Albatross

Just Ask Mikie Sherrill, Abigail Spanberger and Zohran Mamdani.

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Mikie Sherrill
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Passage of California’s Prop. 50 Raises Newsom’s Political Profile

The passage of Proposition 50 cemented Gov. Gavin Newsom’s position as President Trump’s chief antagonist and raised his national political profile.

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“What a night for the Democratic Party — a party that is in its ascendancy, a party that’s on its toes, no longer on its heels,” Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Tuesday night.
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Elizabeth Tsurkov Recounts 2 1/2 Years of Captivity

Elizabeth Tsurkov, a citizen of Israel and Russia, recounts a harrowing story of cruelty, survival, U.S. diplomatic pressure and, finally, release from the grip of a group backed by Iran.

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Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli Russian doctoral student at Princeton University, endured two and a half years of captivity in Iraq, held in solitary confinement by a militia backed by Iran.
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Democrats Show Crucial Signs of Life on Election Night, Dealing a Blow to Trump

Victories in New York City, New Jersey, Virginia and elsewhere were decisive, but new political tests loom for a party still rebuilding its brand.

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People celebrated at a watch party for Zohran Mamdani, the democratic socialist who won New York’s mayoral election, Tuesday night in Astoria, Queens.
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What We Know About the UPS Plane Crash in Louisville

Seven people were dead after the cargo plane crashed soon after takeoff. The authorities canceled flights from the airport in Louisville, Ky., and local residents were ordered to remain indoors.

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A plume of smoke rises from the site of a UPS cargo plane crash at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday.
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