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From Allies and Advisers, Pressure Grows on Biden to Allow Attacks on Russia

President Biden is weighing fears of escalation with a nuclear-armed adversary as he considers whether to let Ukraine shoot American weapons into Russia.

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Heavy smoke from a strike on industrial buildings in Kharkiv, Ukraine, earlier this month. President Biden is under increasing pressure to allow Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied arms to attack Russian territory.

The U.S. Seeks to Ramp Up Arms Production for Ukraine. Will It Be Enough?

A plant still under construction in Mesquite, Texas, will soon turn out 30,000 artillery shells each month, roughly doubling current U.S. output.

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A Times correspondent visited families on both sides of the Ukrainian-Russian border. This is what life is like for them.

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Jury Begins Sifting Evidence as It Weighs Trump’s Fate in Criminal Case

After seven weeks, the first criminal trial of an American president moved to a jury of Donald Trump’s peers in the final stage of the landmark trial.

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A Spectacle of Skirmishes and Insults as a Crowd Awaits Word

Even a more sedate day outside the trial of Donald Trump includes confrontation.

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Alito Refuses Calls for Recusal Over Display of Provocative Flags

“My wife is fond of flying flags,” Justice Samuel Alito wrote to lawmakers demanding he step down from two cases related to the Jan. 6 attack. “I am not.”

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Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. wearing a black robe and sitting for a portrait.

Martha-Ann Alito, Justice Alito’s wife, has lived a limited public life since moving to Washington. Until now.

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Gaza Offensive to Last at Least to Year’s End, Israeli Official Says

The assessment, at odds with Benjamin Netanyahu’s assertion that the country is “on the brink of victory,” came as Israel claimed control of a key strip.

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Israeli soldiers walking through a landscape of rutted earth. Smoke rises in the distance.

Americans Raced to Get Their Families Out of Gaza. Then the Border Closed.

The closure this month of the Rafah border crossing into Egypt, the only way out for civilians, has thrown an already complicated system into disarray.

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The Great Read

Sleepless in Seattle as a Hellcat Roars Through the Streets

The modified Dodge Charger roaming Seattle’s downtown by night has infuriated residents. But it seems no one can stop it.

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Car lights trail through the darkness on a street surrounded by mid- and high-rise buildings.

Biden Asks What Trump Would Have Done if Capitol Rioters Were Black

President Biden made an aggressive push to head off Donald Trump’s modest gains among Black voters, condemning him as a racist who lied to Black Americans.

South Africans Vote in Election That Could End Monopoly of Mandela’s Party

The African National Congress, once the party of Nelson Mandela, could lose its outright majority for the first time after governing for three decades.

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Voters cast ballots at a community center in Soweto, South Africa, on Wednesday, in an election that could cause a seismic shift in the country’s leadership.

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Former Intelligence Chief Tapped as Next Dutch Prime Minister

The selection of Dick Schoof came as a relative surprise, after more than six months of negotiations in the Netherlands to form a governing coalition.

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Dick Schoof, in a suit, stands in front of a microphone with a blue backdrop behind him.

Home Insurance Is Hurting Consumers. Yet It’s Barely Counted as Inflation.

Skyrocketing premiums are hitting homeowners hard, but they barely factor into common price measures.

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Two houses next to each other, sharing a walkway leading to a backyard.

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Opinion

Jamie Raskin: If Justices Alito and Thomas Won’t Recuse Themselves, There Is a Solution

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Charles M. Blow

Charles M. Blow

How a Group of Rappers Became Trump Evangelists

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Donald Trump smiling on a stage next to two rappers, who are also smiling.
Gail Collins

Gail Collins

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is Worse Than a Spoiler

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Nicholas Kristof

Nicholas Kristof

Less Marriage, Less Sex, Less Agreement

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Michelle Cottle

Michelle Cottle

Team Biden’s Urgent Pitch to Black Voters in Philadelphia

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Jonathan Alter

Jonathan Alter

Is Trump Starting to Worry About a Conviction?

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The crowd waiting to enter the trial.
Linda Greenhouse

Linda Greenhouse

Ketanji Brown Jackson Points to a Way Forward for the Court

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Roger Wicker

America’s Military Is Not Prepared for War — or Peace

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The EveningNewsletter

Biden Official Hints U.S. May Back Strikes in Russia

South Africans vote in a crucial election, home insurance rates hit consumers hard and more news.

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On PoliticsNewsletter

Into the Unknown

The start of jury deliberation in former President Trump’s criminal trial is a moment of genuine uncertainty.

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New Delhi Sweats Through Its Hottest Recorded Day

For weeks now, temperatures in several states in northern India have been well over 110, and hospitals have been reporting a rise in heatstroke.

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Bette Nash, Longest-Serving Flight Attendant in the World, Dies at 88

A Guinness record-holder, she started flying in 1957, and never stopped. Her regular route from Washington to Boston was nicknamed the Nash Dash.

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Day 4 of the French Open Saw a New Rivalry, Strange Schedules and a Trick Shot

The surprise of the day came when the American Sofia Kenin beat France’s Caroline Garcia, a No. 21 seed, in a relatively easy win.

From The Athletic

Volcano Erupts in Iceland, Spewing Lava 150 Feet Into the Air

Guests staying at the Blue Lagoon spa and surrounding hotels were ordered to evacuate hours before the eruption occurred.

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Harvey Weinstein May Face New Charges as More Accusers Emerge, Prosecutors Say

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Barry Kemp, Who Unearthed Insights About Ancient Egypt, Dies at 84

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Person Is Killed in Running Jet Engine at Amsterdam Airport

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‘Bad Breath Rapist’ Is Captured After Nearly 17 Years on the Run

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From The Athletic

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