| Fauci Could Be Held in Contempt of Congress on Thursday
- A Senate panel scheduled a vote after Dr. Anthony Fauci declined to answer questions at a hearing last week. Here are the legal issues involved.
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 01:19:04 +0000
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| Helicopter Carrying Trump Flew Near Passenger Jet in Washington Airspace
- Marine One, the helicopter that ferries the president, came within less than a mile of an Envoy Air flight on Tuesday, raising new concerns about air traffic control in the congested area.
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:35:07 +0000
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| C.I.A. Sets Up Secret Cuba Task Force as Trump Pressures Havana
- The task force will allow the spy agency to quickly direct more financial, human and technical resources at the island, with the goal of creating fissures among the Cuban political elite.
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:30:39 +0000
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| Bessent Declares Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor ‘Dead’
- Despite data to the contrary, the Treasury Secretary made the case that the K-shaped economy no longer exists.
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:17:31 +0000
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| Star Scholar Jason Arday Resigns From Cambridge
- Jason Arday was hired by the University of Cambridge in 2023 as the youngest Black professor in its history. Doubt has since been cast on his academic qualifications and claims about his life.
Thu, 06 Aug 2026 00:08:45 +0000
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| After Michigan Loss, AIPAC Weighs a Second Effort to Defeat El-Sayed
- The pro-Israel organization spent $32 million in an unsuccessful effort to defeat Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary. It might try again in the general election.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 23:48:35 +0000
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| Trump Said Qatari Jet Was Destined for His Library. That May Change.
- A White House official says no final decision has been made about which plane will go on display at the Trump presidential library. That leaves the fate of the Qatari jet unclear.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:58:59 +0000
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| Michigan Democrats Pick El-Sayed
- Also, the Senate confirms a new C.D.C. director. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:55:54 +0000
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| Trump-Backed Michigan Candidate Loses Primary to Rival Who Suspended His Campaign
- Without running a single ad or filing a campaign finance report, Tom Smith, who had suspended his bid, soundly defeated Amir Hassan, a Navy veteran backed by President Trump.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:51:43 +0000
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| Scandal Leaves North Carolina G.O.P. With No Candidate and Little Time
- Representative Chuck Edwards’s decision to drop his re-election bid amid sexual harassment charges came as a Democratic farmer, Jamie Ager, was already making inroads.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:41:33 +0000
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| Abdul El-Sayed Thinks Progressives Have a Way to Win. I Hope He’s Right.
- Abdul El-Sayed is quick, magnetic, overflowing with infectious confidence. But he also has a blind spot endemic to his movement.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:09:45 +0000
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| U.S. Cuts Ties With Organ Donor Group After Reports of Abuses
- The federal government is ending its contract with a Kentucky nonprofit that it says pressured medical workers to remove organs from patients who were getting better.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:57:55 +0000
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| Death Renews Scrutiny of Delaney Hall. Here’s What to Know.
- The death of a Salvadoran immigrant at the federal detention center in Newark has raised questions about the conditions there.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:45:53 +0000
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| Have We Turned Personality Into Diagnosis?
- Why we keep searching for new ways to explain ourselves.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:12:19 +0000
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| Butterflies Take Flight in Face of Climate Change and Extreme Weather
- In 32 of the countries included in a recent study, at least a quarter of the native butterfly species had moved to new areas.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:59:15 +0000
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| Lobga Rangzen, the Tibetan Activist Who Set Himself on Fire in Manhattan
- No one doubted the intensity of Lobga Rangzen’s commitment to a Tibet free of Chinese control. But they were not prepared for what he did next.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:56:38 +0000
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| A Four-Ton SpaceX Rocket Stage Hit the Moon, but No One Saw It
- Amateur and professional astronomers pointed their telescopes at the impact site. Most did not detect anything.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:41:20 +0000
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| Why Congress Wants a Closer U.S.-Israel Defense Partnership
- A proposal making its way through Congress would integrate the U.S. and Israeli defense and intelligence apparatuses more tightly. Some worry that it is a bad idea.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:38:29 +0000
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| Suspected Iran Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect
- Federal and state officials are racing to address an assault on the nation’s water supply that they believe is the work of Iranian hackers.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:00:01 +0000
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| Windy Weather Could Worsen Pacific Northwest Fires
- Forecasters expect winds to pick up in eastern Washington and Oregon on Friday and Saturday, but not to be as strong as last weekend’s were.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:18:36 +0000
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