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NY Times – Politics

President Trump attended a dignified transfer for the soldiers as Americans were growing increasingly critical of the war. [...]

House Republicans have tied their entire legislative agenda to President Trump’s voting restriction measure, as he has demanded. [...]

The calendar order could be hugely important to the 2028 presidential primary race. Democratic insiders will try to sketch out a schedule this week, and rival states are sniping at one another. [...]

Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent much of a meeting with China’s foreign minister discussing the summit, but did not bring up President Trump’s claims of election interference by China. [...]

The president said punishing 50 percent tariffs would begin by Aug. 19, a significant escalation of the trade war between Canada and the U.S. that he started over a year ago. [...]

Saudi Arabia has diverted huge amounts of oil to the Red Sea since the Iran war began, but now the Iranian-backed Houthi militants say that they intend to block that route. [...]





