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On Trump’s Order, Justice Dept. Seeks to Block Alaska Vote if Republican Loses
The department, in a highly unusual lawsuit, argued that confusion over candidates with similar names could taint the election result.
By Devlin Barrett and Kellen Browning
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Why Legal Experts See the Justice Dept.’s Alaska Election Challenge as Dubious
No obvious legal authority supports a pre-emptive effort to block the certification of Alaska’s Senate election if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses.
By Charlie Savage
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Trump’s Attacks on Voting Raise Fears He Will Try to Challenge Midterm Results
Election officials say they worry the administration could use its own unsubstantiated claims to contest the vote in November.
By Zolan Kanno-Youngs
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Justice Dept. Demands That California Counties Help Identify Noncitizen Voters
Election officials across the state received letters from the agency saying if they fail to comply, they “risk significant federal scrutiny.”
By Laurel Rosenhall and Shawn Hubler
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Iran in ‘Advanced Stages’ of Planning Attacks Against Americans, Officials Say
The U.S. government has ordered diplomats and other federal employees to leave Saudi Arabia. It is also drawing down staff at other missions in the region.
By Edward Wong, Jonathan Swan and Julian E. Barnes
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Netanyahu Has Reinvented Himself. Will Voters Think It’s Enough?
The Oct. 7 attacks marred Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s image as Mr. Security. Ahead of elections, he’s trying to sell Israelis on the new, hawkish version of himself.
By Isabel Kershner
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‘I Have to Go In’: Dad Describes Killing Gunman in Oregon School Shooting
Kaylub Giamanco told Oregon Public Broadcasting that he happened to be driving by the Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend when he saw a gunman preparing to enter the school.
By Michael Levenson
technology
Review of iPhone Duo: A New Chapter That Redefines a Smartphone’s Purpose
The first-generation Apple foldable may feel awkward, but it’s an intriguing step toward merging phones and tablets into one.
By Brian X. Chen and Camille Cohen
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New York Archdiocese Close to Settling Sexual Abuse Claims for Over $800 Million
The Roman Catholic archdiocese might now avoid bankruptcy by reaching a settlement with 1,300 people who said they had been abused by clergy members and lay leaders.
By Maya King and Jeffery C. Mays
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In U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project Emerges
Interviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.
By Anton Troianovski and Eric Lipton
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Lawmakers Plan to Block Trump Nominees Over Ukraine Satellite Network Restrictions
Senators have warned the White House they will withhold confirmation votes until the administration ensures the restoration of communications capabilities used by Ukraine’s military.
By Robert Jimison
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Corey Lewandowski Always Found His Way Back to Trump. Until Now.
The Justice Department has opened an inquiry into Mr. Lewandowski. President Trump has not jumped to his defense.
By Luke Broadwater
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Two Former F.B.I. Officials Charged With False Statements About Biden’s Son
The charges intensified the administration’s efforts to go after the law enforcement and intelligence personnel who cast doubt on unsubstantiated claims that Joseph R. Biden Jr. engaged in corrupt dealings in Ukraine.
By Alan Feuer, Charlie Savage and Zach Montague
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Trump Advisers Give Fees Earned for Aiding Pro-Russian Government to His Library
The donations from James Blair and Chris LaCivita were revealed after the president expressed pique over their consulting work for Republika Srpska.
By Kenneth P. Vogel
business
There May Be More Peril in the U.S. Markets Than Meets the Eye
It’s not impossible to spot the characteristics of a brewing financial crisis. We can look to 2008 for clues.
By Peter Coy
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Judge Denies Medical Release for N.Y.C. Man Shot by ICE
Oscar Belgal, a Dominican immigrant, was shot in the neck on Oct. 8 and detained at a federal prison. His lawyers had said he needed outside medical care.
By Luis Ferré-Sadurní
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Appeals Court Backs Trump on Constitutionality of Detentions
The ruling, from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, sharply curtails the ability of judges to free undocumented immigrants.
By Mattathias Schwartz
opinion
The Meaning of the Republican War Over Ramaswamy’s Vile Ad
The G.O.P. nominee in Ohio has given conservatives space to reckon with the ethical degradation of Trumpism.
By Michelle Goldberg
opinion
What Hundreds of Focus Groups With Trump Voters Revealed
Sarah Longwell has conducted hundreds of focus groups with Trump voters, and many of them are feeling betrayed.
By Ezra Klein, Annie Galvin and Jack McCordick
world
How Defiant Youth Are Testing India’s Idea of Democracy
Four takeaways from India’s protest movement, at a moment when democracies around the world are under pressure.
By Somini Sengupta