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Today — 2 September 2025NYT | Top Stories

Crime Festers in Republican States While Their Troops Patrol Washington

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By: David W. Chen
1 September 2025 at 17:03
Republican governors who have mustered National Guard troops for deployment in blue-state cities may re-examine their deployments if federal intervention significantly brings crime down.

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National Guard troops patrolling around the Washington Monument.

Crime Crackdown in D.C. Shows Trump Administration’s Uneasy Relationship With Guns

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By: Glenn Thrush
1 September 2025 at 21:36
If President Trump’s actions were intended to drive a law-and-order wedge between Democratic big-city leaders and their constituents, it has also exposed a division in his own coalition.

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National Guard troops around the National Mall in Washington. President Trump declared a crime emergency in the capital in August.

Sophie Cunningham Avenged Caitlin Clark. Now Sponsors (and the Right) Love Her.

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By: Tania Ganguli
1 September 2025 at 17:00
The W.N.B.A.’s Sophie Cunningham is riding her viral moment to endorsements and brand deals. But she doesn’t want to talk politics.

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Sophie Cunningham of the Indiana Fever at a game last month. Her on-court actions in defense of her teammate Caitlin Clark in June attracted national attention.

Exxon and California Spar in Dueling Lawsuits Over Plastics

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By: Karen Zraick
1 September 2025 at 23:39
The oil giant accused the state’s attorney general and four nonprofit groups of defamation after they sued over recycling claims.

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An Exxon Mobil’s chemical recycling unit in Baytown, Texas.
Yesterday — 1 September 2025NYT | Top Stories

Russia Suspected of Jamming GPS for E.U. Leader’s Plane, Officials Say

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By: Amelia Nierenberg
1 September 2025 at 22:28
The Bulgarian authorities believe that Russia disrupted navigation signals that would have been used by a plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen, European officials said.

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Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Union’s executive arm, in Lithuania on Monday. She has been touring E.U. member states near Russia.

California’s High Potency Cannabis is Fueling a ‘Cali Weed’ Trend in the UK

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By: Lizzie Dearden
2 September 2025 at 00:50
Potent California-grown marijuana is so popular in the U.K. that large quantities are being illegally smuggled on passenger flights, officials say.

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Police officers patrolling Hyde Park in London on 4/20, marijuana’s unofficial holiday each April 20, in 2023. Cannabis remains illegal in Britain.

Trump’s Push to Punish Flag Burning Puts Landmark Free Speech Ruling at Risk

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By: Adam Liptak
1 September 2025 at 17:03
The Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that burning an American flag is speech protected by the First Amendment. President Trump says it should be punished.

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Gregory Johnson displayed a flag he has used in protests, in Venice, Calif., in 2021. Mr. Johnson won a landmark Supreme Court case in 1989 protecting political expression that is now being challenged by President Trump.

Israel’s Push for a Permanent Gaza Deal May Mean a Longer War, Experts Say

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By: Isabel Kershner
2 September 2025 at 01:18
A shift toward pressing for a permanent cease-fire deal, alongside plans for a new offensive in Gaza City, means the fighting is unlikely to end soon.

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An Israeli military strike in northern Gaza, seen from southern Israel on Sunday.

Ukraine War Leads to Global Shortage of TNT for Military and Mining Use

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By: John Ismay
1 September 2025 at 17:00
Mining materials to make cement, gravel and a host of other common products require an explosive that is becoming more expensive and limited in supply.

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An explosion with the power of 43,000 pounds of TNT blasts rock apart at a quarry in Virginia.

Kyiv Links Moscow to Killing of Former Ukrainian Parliament Speaker

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By: Constant Méheut
1 September 2025 at 17:42
Ukraine said it had arrested a suspect in the murder of the politician, who had voiced anti-Russian views. The authorities did not explain how the suspect was tied to Moscow.

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Andriy Parubiy presiding over a session of Ukraine’s Parliament in 2019.

Where You Can Stumble Upon a U.S. Open Match

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By: David Waldstein
1 September 2025 at 15:00
A small part of the New York City tennis tournament is staged, miles away from the main action, at the gleaming Cary Leeds Center for Tennis & Learning in the Bronx.

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For two days each year, dozens of talented young players compete in the U.S. Open junior qualifying event in Crotona Park.

Dan Rather Is Still Chasing the News

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By: Jacques Steinberg
1 September 2025 at 17:03
He’s 93, and 20 years removed from signing off as a CBS anchor. But he’s still tapping out stories. “As Popeye used to say, I am what I am.”

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Dan Rather publishes a newsletter three times a week, and it has more than half a million subscribers.

In the Remains of Canada’s Jasper Wildfire, Clues to Tame Future Blazes

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By: Jesse Winter and Vjosa Isai
1 September 2025 at 17:02
A giant fire last year consumed much of Canada’s Jasper National Park. Canadian scientists leading research into wildfires are using the blaze to learn lessons for the future.

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Recreational vehicles in the fire-affected Jasper National Park last month in Alberta, Canada.

What to Know About the Earthquake in Afghanistan

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By: Amelia Nierenberg， Safiullah Padshah， Elian Peltier and Mike Ives
1 September 2025 at 20:50
Hundreds of people were killed and more than 2,500 were injured, according to the Taliban government, and the death toll was expected to rise.

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A military helicopter in Afghanistan’s Kunar Province on Monday carried people injured in the earthquake.

What to Know About Rudy Giuliani’s Car Crash

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By: Andrés R. Martínez
1 September 2025 at 19:50
Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and lawyer for President Trump, suffered a fractured vertebra when a vehicle slammed into his car on Saturday.

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Rudolph W. Giuliani was in a car accident on Saturday.

Lula Faced Down Trump. Now Comes His Biggest Challenge.

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By: Andre Pagliarini
1 September 2025 at 13:00
For President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, the stakes ahead of next year’s election could not be higher.

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil in August.

Anti-Immigrant Protests Attended by Neo-Nazis in Australia Worry Leaders

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By: Yan Zhuang
1 September 2025 at 12:44
The government condemned the demonstrations, which drew tens of thousands of people. Some of the events included speakers tied to neo-Nazi groups.

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Demonstrators at an anti-immigration rally in Sydney on Sunday.

Afghanistan Earthquake Leaves More Than 800 Dead

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By: Elian Peltier， Safiullah Padshah and Zia ur-Rehman
1 September 2025 at 23:31
The quake, near the border with Pakistan, injured more than 2,500 people in mountainous areas that rescue workers took hours to reach.

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Preparing to evacuate injured victims in Mazar Dara on Monday.
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