Trump Uses Presidential Pardons as His Latest Show of Strength

The usual rules of politics seem no match for the president’s desire to exploit an unchecked executive power.

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Missouri Supreme Court Temporarily Blocks Abortion Access

The ruling helps undercut a new amendment to the State Constitution that ensures abortion rights.

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Plane Is Diverted After Man Assaults Crew Member, U.S. Says

An American Airlines jet, which was flying from Connecticut to Chicago, returned to Connecticut after a passenger grabbed a flight attendant, threw the person to the ground and spoke incoherently, prosecutors said.

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Thursday Briefing: Aid Chaos Grows in Gaza

Plus, the Met’s new wondrous space.

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Glacier Collapse in the Swiss Alps Destroys Most of a Village

At least one person was missing after a landslide wiped out 90 percent of Blatten, which was home to roughly 300 residents who were evacuated on May 19.

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Fed ‘Well Positioned’ to Wait on Rate Cuts Even as Economic Risks Rise, Minutes Show

Officials at the Federal Reserve have adopted a wait-and-see approach to policy moves amid extreme uncertainty about the economic outlook.

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High-Demand Section of Brooklyn Will Be Redesigned, Adding 4,600 Homes

The plan, approved by the City Council, focuses on boosting residential development and job growth in a 21-block area along Atlantic Avenue in Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant.

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Judge Says Government Should Release Russian Scientist

The judge ordered ICE to release Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, who also faces criminal charges.

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Checks on Migrant Children by Homeland Security Agents Stir Fear

Agents are showing up unannounced to interview minors in what the government calls “wellness checks.” Critics see the visits as part of the immigration crackdown.

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Trump to Nominate Emil Bove to Appeals Court

The president tapped his former defense lawyer to join the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which covers Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

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