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Kashmir Is a Wonderland. An Attack Shows It Is Also a Cradle of Despair.

The terrorist massacre of 26 innocent people has magnified the alienation long felt in a region that lives under tight watch and has limited democratic rights.

Locals walking through the debris of a demolished house in Kashmir, on Tuesday. Indian authorities destroyed the building after suspecting that its owners were connected to last week’s terrorist attack in the territory.

Harris Returns to Political Life, Warning of a Constitutional Crisis

Kamala Harris has rarely spoken out after leaving Washington in January. In her first major address since then, she acknowledged Democratic fears and praised leaders who were speaking out.

© Cheriss May for The New York Times

“Everybody’s asking me, ‘Well, what’ve you been thinking about these days?’” Kamala Harris, pictured in 2024, said in a speech in San Francisco on Wednesday.

Senate Rejects Bipartisan Measure to Undo Trump’s Tariffs

Only three Republicans joined Democrats in voting to end the national emergency President Trump declared to impose tariffs on most U.S. trading partners, leaving the measure short of the support needed to pass.

© Tierney L. Cross for The New York Times

Senator Ron Wyden, left, Democrat of Oregon, and Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, at the Capitol earlier this month. “The United States Senate cannot be an idle spectator in the tariff madness,” said Mr. Wyden, one of the measure’s co-sponsors.

Investigating Shrimp Fraud Is an Urgent Matter on the Gulf Coast

With a flood of imported seafood driving the U.S. shrimp industry to the edge of ruin, a consulting company out of Houston is testing truth in menu labeling.

© Bryan Tarnowski for The New York Times

Shrimp on display at Porgy’s, a seafood market and restaurant in New Orleans specializing in Gulf seafood. Local seafood, and especially shrimp, can be frustratingly difficult to find in the U.S., even on the coasts.

At Vietnam War Memorial, Grief, Anger and a Sense of Finally Moving On

Visitors to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the anniversary of the fall of Saigon said they still felt sadness and fury. And some, at last, had a sense of closure.

© Allison Robbert for The New York Times

A National Park Service volunteer, Sam Calabrese, helps a visitor trace a name at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Wednesday, the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon.

El Salvador Is Said to Have Spurned U.S. Request to Return Abrego Garcia

It remained unclear whether the diplomatic effort was a genuine bid by the White House to address the plight of the immigrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador has refused to release a Salvadoran immigrant who the Justice Department has said was wrongly deported.
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