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Today — 9 October 2025NYT | Top Stories

Kristi Noem Attacks Zach Bryan’s New Lyrics About ICE

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By: Derrick Bryson Taylor
9 October 2025 at 03:57
After the homeland security secretary called the lyrics “disrespectful,” Bryan, a country music star, said they had been “misconstrued.”

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“Everyone using this now as a weapon is only proving how devastatingly divided we all are,” Zach Bryan wrote on social media on Tuesday.

Katie Porter Goes Viral for ‘Unhappy’ TV Interview in California Governor’s Race

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By: Laurel Rosenhall
9 October 2025 at 09:53
The former Democratic congresswoman, known for her own grilling of executives on Capitol Hill, threatened to abandon an interview after she was asked several follow-up questions.

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Katie Porter, a former congresswoman, went viral on Wednesday after she grew frustrated by a television reporter and threatened to abandon an interview after several follow-up questions.

Posts Calling Luigi Mangione Guilty Did No Harm, Top U.S. Prosecutor Argues

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By: Benjamin Weiser and Hurubie Meko
9 October 2025 at 09:40
A judge had demanded an explanation for why Justice Department officials were publicly expressing views on Luigi Mangione’s guilt in the killing of a health insurance executive.

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Luigi Mangione, center, is accused of killing Brian Thompson in December.

G.O.P. Blocks Bid to Halt Trump’s Attacks in the Caribbean Sea

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By: Robert Jimison
9 October 2025 at 08:17
Republicans in the Senate blocked a measure that would terminate the president’s legally disputed campaign targeting alleged drug runners.

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Air Force and Marine aircraft at the Roosevelt Roads Naval Station in Puerto Rico last month.

Pope Leo Urges U.S. Bishops to Support Immigrants as Trump Escalates Deportations

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By: Elizabeth Dias and Elisabetta Povoledo
9 October 2025 at 08:15
The pope conveyed the message as President Trump escalated his deportation campaign, including in Chicago, the pope’s hometown.

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Pope Leo XIV blessing a child in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sunday. Pope Leo celebrated a special Holy Year Mass for migrants, calling for an embrace of those fleeing poverty, violence and suffering.

Qatar Pushes U.S.-Venezuela Diplomacy as Trump Focuses on Military Action

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By: Edward Wong， Eric Schmitt and Julie Turkewitz
9 October 2025 at 07:53
The Pentagon has deployed 10,000 U.S. troops to the region, most of them to bases in Puerto Rico, a senior military official said.

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The Fort Lauderdale, a Navy amphibious transport ship, off the coast of Puerto Rico this week. Since early September, the U.S. military has carried out at least four lethal strikes on civilian boats.

Texts from Jay Jones, Democratic Attorney General Candidate, Roil Virginia Governor’s Race

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By: Chris Hippensteel
9 October 2025 at 07:25
In the messages, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, Jay Jones, discusses the hypothetical killing of a Republican lawmaker.

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Republicans have called on Jay Jones, the Democratic candidate for Virginia attorney general, to drop out of the race.

Comey’s Two Legal Challenges to His Indictment, Explained

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By: Charlie Savage
9 October 2025 at 06:28
A lawyer for the former F.B.I. director said he would accuse the Justice Department of malicious and selective prosecution and contend that a U.S. attorney was illegally appointed.

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Journalists and a handful of protesters gathered outside James B. Comey’s court appearance Wednesday in Alexandria, Va.

Texas’ Blue-State Deployments Shred Relations Between Governors

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By: J. David Goodman
9 October 2025 at 06:23
State leaders have prided themselves on finding bipartisan consensus, but President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops from Texas to Illinois has ripped the veneer off that image.

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Members of the Texas National Guard at the U.S. Army Reserve Training Center in Elwood, Ill., a far southwest suburb of Chicago, on Tuesday.

Mamdani Rides Slow Bus to ‘Fast and Free’ Buses Event

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By: Michael Gold
9 October 2025 at 06:38
Zohran Mamdani, the leading candidate in the race to be New York City’s next mayor, held a campaign event on a bus that crawled across Midtown Manhattan to highlight a signature proposal.

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The M57 traveled at about 2.3 miles per hour on Wednesday afternoon, far below the citywide average speed of about 8 miles per hour.

Colombia’s President Says Boat Bombed by U.S. Was Carrying Colombians

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By: Julie Turkewitz and Robert Jimison
9 October 2025 at 06:03
The Trump administration has said that it is attacking boats and killing their occupants because they are smuggling drugs from Venezuela to the United States.

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President Gustavo Petro of Colombia at the United Nations General Assembly last month.

John Chell, Top N.Y.P.D. Chief and Adams Ally, Retires

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By: Maria Cramer
9 October 2025 at 05:25
John Chell, New York City’s top uniformed police officer, is leaving as Mayor Eric Adams’s term is soon to expire and uncertainty looms at the Police Department.

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Chief John Chell’s departure comes two weeks after Mayor Eric Adams said he would not seek re-election.

Dolly Parton Addresses Health Fears After Sister’s Plea for Prayers

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By: Neil Vigdor
9 October 2025 at 04:21
In a video post on social media, the country music superstar, who is 79, played down the recent health challenges that prompted her to delay her Las Vegas residency.

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Dolly Parton at Schermerhorn Symphony Center, in Nashville, in March.

Stephen Miller Cited ‘Plenary Authority,’ Then Paused. Conspiracies Started Flying.

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By: Michael M. Grynbaum
9 October 2025 at 05:04
Online skeptics wondered if Mr. Miller had caught himself saying something he did not mean to. CNN says there was a technical glitch.

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Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, before making an appearance on a CNN broadcast from the White House on Monday.

Inside the Capitol, a Heated Spat Over the Shutdown and Epstein

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By: Annie Karni
9 October 2025 at 05:31
A pair of Democratic senators confronted the Republican speaker of the House over his refusal to swear in a colleague during the shutdown.

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Speaker Mike Johnson outside his office at the Capitol on Wednesday.

Manchester Synagogue Attacker Pledged Allegiance to ISIS, Police Say

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By: Lizzie Dearden
9 October 2025 at 02:48
Jihad al-Shamie, who attacked a Manchester synagogue on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, called the emergency services during the attack to claim responsibility.

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Police outside the synagogue in Manchester the day after the attack, last week.

Trump’s Energy Cuts Punished Mostly Blue States. Red States Might Be Next.

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By: Maxine Joselow and Brad Plumer
9 October 2025 at 02:24
As New York and other states tally the damage, a leaked document suggests more Energy Department cuts may be coming.

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Workers at a direct air capture facility under construction in Texas last year.

How Zohran Mamdani Came to Embrace the Palestinian Cause

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By: Nicholas Fandos
9 October 2025 at 10:06
As Mr. Mamdani seeks to reassure New York City he is open to compromise, his views on Israel and Palestinians have been the biggest exception.

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Zohran Mamdani’s opposition to Israel gained national attention in 2023, when he began a hunger strike to protest the country’s treatment of Gaza.

Before Trump Ordered in Troops, Federal Officers Called Portland Protests ‘Low Energy’

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By: Hamed Aleaziz， Adam Goldman and Anna Griffin
9 October 2025 at 08:08
Oregon officials say the atmosphere outside an ICE building that has drawn daily demonstrations since June has grown worse since the president’s threats.

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Protesters outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland, Ore., on Sept. 27. President Trump announced earlier that day that he would send troops to Portland to handle what he described as a “War ravaged” city.

The Harvard ‘Die-in’ That Set Off a Debate Over Protest and Punishment

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By: Stephanie Saul
9 October 2025 at 00:46
An Israeli American student said he was assaulted during a protest. Two years later, Republicans continue to raise the episode in their campaign to force schools to punish the student protesters.

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Elom Tettey-Tamaklo was accused of assaulting a counterprotester at a Harvard demonstration two years ago. The allegations have followed him since.

Gisèle Pelicot Returns to Court to Confront Assailant in Rape Case

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By: Catherine Porter
9 October 2025 at 01:00
Gisèle Pelicot’s ex-husband and others were convicted in one of France’s most notorious cases. She returned to court to denounce a man who challenged the verdict.

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Gisèle Pelicot exiting the courthouse accompanied by her son Florian Pelicot during the appeal trial Nîmes, France, on Wednesday.
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