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How a U.K. Spy Case Against China Abruptly Fell Apart

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Stephen Castle and Lizzie Dearden
Evidence prepared for a collapsed espionage trial was published by an under-pressure government in Britain, offering a window into Western countries’ struggle to define Beijing as friend or foe.

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The Houses of Parliament in London. Government documents published this week give an insight into how British security officials view the rising threat posed by China.

Trump Backs Off Suggestion to Give Tomahawks to Ukraine, Again Deferring to Putin

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Luke Broadwater
At the White House, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine made the case for why a weapons sale would help end the war. Mr. Trump at first seemed receptive, then expressed reservations.

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“One thing I have to say: We want Tomahawks also,” President Trump said during a meeting on Friday at the White House with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. “We don’t want to be giving away things that we need to protect our country.”

Prosecutor Who Rejected Trump’s Pressure to Charge James Is Fired

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Alan Feuer， Tyler Pager and Devlin Barrett
The dismissal was the latest fallout from attempts by career Justice Department officials to impede the president’s wide-ranging campaign of retribution. The prosecutor’s deputy was also fired.

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President Trump’s handpicked acting U.S. attorney, Lindsey Halligan, secured an indictment against the New York attorney general last week after other prosecutors resisted seeking charges.

Vermont Legislator Resigns Over Racist Republican Texts

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David W. Chen
The G.O.P. officials who participated in a group chat have faced calls to step down. State Senator Samuel Douglass was the group’s only elected member.

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Samuel Douglass, who was elected to the Vermont Senate in 2024 as part of the Republican wave, had responded to a chat about “a very obese Indian woman” by writing, “She just didn’t bathe often.”

A Timeline of George Santos’s Rise and Fall

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Alyce McFadden
The disgraced former congressman was sentenced to prison, years after his credentials and career began to unravel. Then President Trump commuted his sentence.

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George Santos was sentenced on Friday to more than seven years in prison for crimes including wire fraud and identity theft.

George Santos Is Released From Prison, His Lawyer Says, After Trump Commutes His Sentence

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Michael Gold and Grace Ashford
George Santos’s lawyer said the disgraced former congressman was freed from a New Jersey prison around 10 p.m. on Friday. He served less than three months on his fraud conviction.

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George Santos, a former representative from New York, leaves federal court after sentencing in Central Islip, N.Y., in April.

U.S. Empties Migrant Detention Space at Guantánamo

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Carol Rosenberg
A group of 18 detainees had been held at the offshore base for less than a week. They were deported days before a court hearing where lawyers are challenging the holding of migrants there.

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In February, Marines were practicing on each other at the start of the migrant detention operation at Guantánamo Bay.

After Facing Life in Prison, a Legal Trailblazer Steps Into Freedom

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Maia Coleman
James Comer’s case helped end de facto life sentences for young offenders in New Jersey. He had been convicted of felony murder as a teenager, after his companion in a robbery shot a victim.

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Over two decades, James Comer’s case rose to New Jersey’s highest court, opening the door for dozens of inmates to seek sentence reductions.
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