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Lawmakers Split After Viewing Video of Boat Strike Survivor Killings

Top military officers showed senior members of Congress video of a Sept. 2 attack on a boat suspected of carrying drugs, and defended the follow-up strike.

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New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights

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Adm. Frank M. Bradley in uniform walking up stairs. — Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

Suspect Arrested in Inquiry Into Pipe Bombs in D.C. Ahead of Jan. 6 Riot

The suspect was described as a 30-year-old man from Prince William County, Va. His arrest could provide an answer to one of the mysteries from the Jan. 6 attack.

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Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg

My colleague and I have been taking a behind-the-scenes look at how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is using his power as health secretary to advance an agenda that has animated him for the past 20 years.

Christina Jewett

We found that Kennedy brought longtime allies into the government, including parents who say their children’s autism was caused by vaccines, despite scientific evidence that there is no link.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg

We spoke with Kennedy, who said it was natural that he would bring in people he trusts to “challenge the orthodoxies” of a broken system.

Christina Jewett

We viewed emails showing how Kennedy reached out to a whistleblower C.D.C. scientist who has said that the agency covered up a link between vaccines and autism, a claim that the agency has denied.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg

When measles emerged in Texas, Kennedy did not sit for a briefing with C.D.C. scientists. Instead, he met with a local doctor promoting alternative remedies.

Christina Jewett

Kennedy also brought a researcher into his department who was fined for practicing medicine without a license and who published discredited work tying vaccines to autism.

Vaccine Panel Again Postpones Vote on Hepatitis B Shot for Newborns

The advisory committee delayed the vote until Friday morning after heated disagreements. It was the third time the vote has been postponed.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, conferring with Hannah Anderson, then one of his top advisers, during a hearing in May. — Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Her Roof Was About to Be Fixed. Then Immigration Agents Showed Up.

The Trump administration’s deportation agenda is reverberating beyond immigrant communities as agents begin fanning out around New Orleans.

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Long Before the National Guard Shooting, Warnings Came About the Suspect

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A truck that features the words “Border Patrol” in green letters stands outside a house, with two people on the roof. — Ryan Murphy/Getty Images

Spain Sees Itself as a Beacon for Immigrants. So Do Many Latin Americans.

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What We Know About Trump’s Immigration Crackdown in U.S. Cities

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In Her 90s, a Painter Finally Confronts Her Nazi Trauma

Cornelia Foss, better known as a confidante to other artists than as an artist herself, has put aside landscape painting for something far more visceral.

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Cornelia Foss, wearing a paint-spattered blue smock, stands at an easel with colorful canvases. — Laila Stevens for The New York Times

As Trump Threatens to Leave North American Deal, Groups Urge Him to ‘Do No Harm’

Hearings in Washington reflected anxiety over the future of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact and whether the president could end up scrapping it.

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Bipartisan House Group Proposes Long-Shot Health Care Plan

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Poll Suggests G.O.P. Will Face More Blame if Obamacare Subsidies Go Away

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Donald Trump squinting and pursing his lips. — Doug Mills/The New York Times

Spain, Ireland and Others Boycott Eurovision Over Israel’s Participation

The Netherlands and Slovenia also said they would not take part in next year’s contest, meant to be its celebratory 70th edition.

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A woman in a black dress sings on a stage, surrounded by lights. — Denis Balibouse/Reuters

Macron Urges Xi to Help End War in Ukraine

As President Emmanuel Macron of France visited China, its leader, Xi Jinping, said his country would play a constructive role in ending the fighting.

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Putin ‘Must Have’ Authorized Poisoning, U.K. Inquiry Finds

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What to Know About Putin’s Trip to India

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Emmanuel Macron and Xi Jinping walking on a red carpet as onlookers watch. — Pool photo by Sarah Meyssonnier

Israel Is Displacing Palestinians in Biggest Settlement Surge in Decades

The Israeli government authorized 22 settlements in May, the largest expansion in decades, and Palestinian families are now being forced from their homes.

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Deadly Attacks in Gaza Test Cease-Fire as Body of Another Captive Is Returned

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Militant Leader Backed by Israel Is Killed in Gaza, Official Says

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A man in a blue shirt and tan pants stands by a thick, twisted tree trunk, looking off to the side. The ground is covered with rocks and dirt under a clear sky. — Daniel Berehulak/The New York Times

A.I. Deal Making Is Getting Faster and Faster

Investors are deciding within minutes whether to shovel millions into start-ups and are taking entrepreneurs weight lifting and rock climbing to land deals.

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Colin Roberts and Vivek Nair face the camera while standing next to each other in a spacious sunlit sitting area. — Poppy Lynch for The New York Times

He Made $42 Million in the N.F.L. At 47, He Became a Police Officer.

Laveranues Coles spent 10 years catching passes at the highest level. He sees his new opportunity to change lives as a privilege.

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