Michael McKee, Fervent Advocate for Tenants’ Rights, Dies at 85

A broken window transformed him into a professional organizer and lobbyist to regulate rents and restrain landlords in New York.

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With Adams out of the race, police unions are declining to endorse another candidate.

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Shutdown Makes Air Travel System ‘Less Safe,’ Air Traffic Controllers Say

Controllers have urged air passengers to contact their representatives to end the shutdown. The transportation secretary also warned of consequences for travel, though he said the system remained safe.

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What Zohran Mamdani Learned as an Africana Studies Major at Bowdoin

The mayoral candidate has said his education was formative. But critics say that his degree exemplifies how colleges steep students in leftist dogma.

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Mike Johnson Dismisses Trump Third Term Talk — But Applauds the ‘Trolling’

The speaker said he did not see a path to amending the Constitution to allow the president to seek a third term, but that it was fun to pretend he could to inflame Democrats.

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Father Admits to Killing 4 Children Found in Car Trunk, Sheriff Says

The victims, who ranged in age from 6 to 18, had been dead for a long time when sheriff’s deputies in Zebulon, N.C., found them on Monday night, the authorities said.

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Midair Fork Attack Forces International Flight to Divert to Boston

A 28-year-old man stabbed two teenagers during a flight from Chicago to Frankfurt, according to federal prosecutors.

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G.O.P. Senators Urge Vance to Cancel Plan to Increase Beef Imports

In a closed-door meeting with the vice president, Republicans vented about a White House plan for Argentine beef they said would hurt ranchers in their states.

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Trump Administration Reinstalls Confederate Statue in Washington

The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general who worked closely with slave-owning Native American tribes, is the only monument of its kind in the nation’s capital.

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Official’s Access to F.B.I. Files in Charlie Kirk Case Drew Pushback

An inquiry by Joe Kent, who leads the National Counterterrorism Center, is said to have alarmed Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director.

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