Japanese Serial Killer Is Executed

Takahiro Shiraishi was put to death on Friday, eight years after body parts were found in coolers at his home outside Tokyo. It was Japan’s first execution in years.

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Right-wing Republicans in Congress attack Mamdani with Islamophobic comments.

The responses to Zohran Mamdani’s showing in the New York City mayoral primary were the latest examples of how some G.O.P. lawmakers have grown more overt in using bigoted language and tropes.

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Senate Republicans Reprise Push to Pay for Tax Cuts by Slashing Food Stamps

Party lawmakers have devised a way around an earlier procedural roadblock to their safety-net cuts.

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Friday Briefing

The risks of receiving aid in Gaza.

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The Parents Who Helped Shape Zohran Mamdani’s Politics

Zohran Mamdani’s parents, a filmmaker and a professor, gave him the foundation for his run for mayor of New York. But their own political views may open him up to attacks.

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Canadian Citizen Dies at ICE Detention Center in Florida

The death of Johnny Noviello, 49, came as ICE agents have made sweeping arrests across the United States as part of President Trump’s crackdown on immigration. The cause is under investigation.

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Right-wing Republicans in Congress attack Mamdani with racist comments.

The responses to Zohran Mamdani’s showing in the New York City mayoral primary were the latest examples of how some G.O.P. lawmakers have grown more overt in using bigoted language and tropes.

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House Panel Subpoenas Harvard in Tuition-Pricing Inquiry

The subpoena letter adds yet another front to the battle between the university and Republicans in Washington.

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Says Nuclear Facilities ‘Seriously Damaged’

The assessment came hours after the country’s supreme leader had downplayed the damage the U.S. strikes had caused.

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U.S. Approves $30 Million for Contentious New Gaza Aid Group

The Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been criticized by the United Nations and other aid groups, which say that its system exposes Gazans to danger.

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