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Trump Says U.S. Military Has ‘Never Fought to Win’ Since World War II

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Erica L. Green
As he signed an order recognizing the Defense Department as the “Department of War,” President Trump said that the country “could have won every war, but we really chose to be very politically correct.”

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“The Department of War sends a signal,” President Trump said on Friday. The change, he added, was a “much more appropriate name, especially in light of where the world is right now.”

How Trump’s Blunt-Force Diplomacy Is Pushing His Rivals Together

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Luke Broadwater and David E. Sanger
Some of President Trump’s pressure tactics appear to have backfired, sending would-be allies into the embrace of China.

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“Looks like we’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China,” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday morning, as he posted a photo of the three nations’ leaders meeting in China.

New Summer Camp Safety Laws Follow Texas’ Tragic Floods

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Ruth Graham
The families of “Heaven’s 27,” the children and counselors lost at Camp Mystic, pressed the Legislature to toughen flood rules over the objections of some Hill Country camp operators.

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Gov. Greg Abbott discussing the new law, which includes a requirement for youth camps to move existing cabins away from dangerous floodplains.

Off-Duty Pilot Who Tried to Shut Off Engines Expresses Regret in Court

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Michael Levenson
The former Alaska Airlines pilot had consumed psychedelic mushrooms two days before the flight. Judges approved plea agreements in his case on Friday.

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Joseph D. Emerson, an off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot, was sitting in an extra seat in the cockpit during a flight on Oct. 22, 2023, when he tried to cut fuel to the engines, the authorities said.

Abrego Garcia Now Facing Shifting Threats of Deportation

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Hamed Aleaziz and Alan Feuer
A court had ruled that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia could not be sent back to his homeland, but now the administration sees a loophole. On Friday, Mr. Abrego Garcia’s lawyers were told that he would be sent to the small African nation of Eswatini.

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Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Baltimore last month.

Federal Report on Drinking Is Withdrawn

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Roni Caryn Rabin
The upcoming U.S. Dietary Guidelines will instead be influenced by a competing study, favored by industry, which found that moderate alcohol consumption was healthy.

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The report that has been sidelined is one of several that have upended a long-dominant narrative about alcohol that suggested that moderate drinking was not harmful and might even have health benefits.

How Giorgio Armani Conquered Hollywood

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Jacob Bernstein
Armani amassed a cavalcade of celebrity spokespeople. Many came through a former journalist named Wanda McDaniel.

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Giorgio Armani and Samuel L. Jackson met through Wanda McDaniel, who helped Mr. Armani pioneer a new way of collaborating with celebrities.
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