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Israel’s Seizure of Gaza Border Zone Strains Ties With Egypt

Israel defied warnings from Cairo and took control of a buffer zone on the border between Gaza and Egypt. The reaction from Egypt has been muted.

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Three soldiers stand in front of a military vehicle on a churned-up patch of bare earth. The remnants of a building are in the background. — Avishag Shaar-Yashuv for The New York Times

Benjamin Netanyahu’s Far-Right Partners Reject Cease-Fire Compromise

Two coalition members threatened to topple Israel’s government if the prime minister accepted a truce deal that stopped short of Hamas’s total destruction.

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Biden Expected to Sign Order Letting Him Seal Mexico Border

The move, expected on Tuesday, would allow President Biden to temporarily seal the border and suspend longtime protections for asylum seekers.

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Electric Cars Are Suddenly Becoming Affordable in the U.S.

More efficient manufacturing, falling battery costs and intense competition are lowering sticker prices to within striking distance of gasoline cars.

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Three electric vehicles parked at a dealership. There are several yellow school buses in the background. — Tristan Spinski for The New York Times

Car deals vanished during the pandemic. They’re coming back.

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Analysis

Voters in Mexico Cement the Governing Party’s Dominance

The leftist Morena party exceeded expectations, potentially giving President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum and her allies the power to enact systemic change.

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A smiling woman on a stage waving as photographers take pictures of her. — Cesar Rodriguez for The New York Times

Mexico joined a list of Latin American nations that have elected female leaders.

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The Great Read

The Man Who Couldn’t Stop Going to College

Benjamin Bolger has spent his whole life amassing academic degrees. What can we learn from him?

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Bolger family, Arnold Gold/The New Haven Register, via AP

Jacob Zuma Gets Revenge on South African Party That Shunned Him

A new party led by the ex-president helped ensure that the African National Congress lost control of government for the first time since the end of apartheid.

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Jacob Zuma with a slight smile on his face as he is surrounded by people and journalists with cameras in a crowded room. — Phill Magakoe/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Family Turns Out to Support Hunter Biden as Gun Trial Begins

President Biden’s son is on trial in Wilmington, Del., on three charges that he lied about his drug use on a federal firearms application in 2018.

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Hunter Biden, wearing a dark jacket and tie, walking front of dark vehicles. — Al Drago for The New York Times

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Fauci Grilled by Lawmakers on Masks, Vaccine Mandates and Lab Leak Theory

Dr. Anthony Fauci testified before a House panel investigating Covid’s origins. The panel found emails suggesting that his aides were skirting public records laws.

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Washington Post Newsroom Reels From Its Editor’s Sudden Exit

Sally Buzbee, who has been editor of The Washington Post since 2021, chafed at a major reorganization by the newspaper’s chief executive.

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Sally Buzbee photographed wearing a black blazer. — Celeste Sloman for the Washington Post

Robert Menendez, on Trial, Files to Run for Re-election as Independent

The move enables the New Jersey senator to continue to raise and spend campaign contributions on lawyers hired to defend him in his federal bribery trial.

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Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey, in a dark suit and blue tie, testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in January. — Haiyun Jiang /The New York Times

On PoliticsNewsletter

This year’s political landscape is consumed with trials and powerful family entanglements.

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Intense Heat in Delhi Leaves Water in Short Supply

As officials have been forced to ration water in the region, the crisis has hit nearly everyone. But the challenges are particularly severe for the poor.

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A person with a green hose sprays water into a white bucket. Three people hold containers near the hose. — Saumya Khandelwal for The New York Times

The results of India’s general election will be announced on Tuesday. Here’s what to know.

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People With Criminal Records React to Trump Verdict: ‘Now You Understand’

Americans who have also been convicted of felonies had mixed feelings over hearing an entire country discuss the ramifications of having a rap sheet.

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Donald J. Trump outside Trump Tower in Manhattan on Thursday. — Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

Former President Trump most likely won’t go on trial in Georgia this year. Here’s why.

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Donald Trump and the R.N.C. collected a combined $141 million in May, campaign officials said.

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A Mazda, a Gift Bag of $120,000 and a Dismissed Juror

A stranger dropped off cash at a juror’s house and offered more if she voted to acquit defendants charged with defrauding federal food programs.

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A sign points to a Feeding Our Future charity office behind two glass doors. — Shari L. Gross/Star Tribune, via Associated Press

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Research Finds Significant Racial Disparities in Medicaid Re-enrollment

Among those who could not complete the renewal process, Black and Hispanic Americans were twice as likely as white people to lose their coverage, a study found.

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The findings from the study are some of the first comprehensive data on race gathered after a pandemic-era policy that allowed Medicaid recipients to keep their coverage without regular eligibility checks ended last year. — Isadora Kosofsky for The New York Times

Opinion

Michelle Goldberg

Trump’s Whining About a Weaponized Justice System Is a Projection

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Alina Chan

The Pandemic Probably Started in a Lab. Here’s Why.

Illustration by Mike McQuade. Source photographs by Getty Images.

Paul Krugman

Should Biden Downplay His Own Success?

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Ioan Grillo

Mexico’s New President Has a Daunting Job: Stop the Blood Bath

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Gail Collins and Bret Stephens

Time Flies When You’re Being Convicted

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Margaret Renkl

I Reread a Book That Changed My Life, but I’d Changed, Too

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A young woman lies on the shore of a lake with mountains in the background. A pair of eyeglasses is lying beside her head and she is holding a book above her face to read it. — Brian Chorski/Connected Archives x Kintzing

Jeff Goodell

The Heat Wave Scenario That Keeps Climate Scientists Up at Night

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Anton Jäger

My Country Shows What Europe Has Become

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Letters From Our Readers

Donald Trump as Felon: The Fallout

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Dena Ibrahim

First They Came for Sudan’s Future. Now They’re Destroying Its Past.

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Rick Bright

There’s a Third Human Bird Flu Case. Many Others Are Going Undetected.

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Katherine Miller

After the Verdict, Both Campaigns Brace for Its Impact

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Norman Eisen and Nancy Gertner

Should Trump Be Sentenced to Prison? Two Opposing Views.

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B.D. McClay

Give Yourself Permission to Not Have Sex

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Sarah Isgur

Hunter Biden Should Take a Plea Deal. Quickly.

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David French

Civil Liberties Make for Strange Bedfellows

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The EveningNewsletter

President Biden Plans Asylum Restrictions for Migrants

Israel’s prime minister tries to keep his cabinet from unraveling, Mexico elects its first woman president and more news.

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Brexit Champion Says He’ll Run for Parliament, Jolting U.K. Election

Nigel Farage, an anti-immigration campaigner and Trump ally, reversed a pledge not to run. His Reform U.K. party hopes to take seats from Conservatives.

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During Defense of Trump, Congressman’s 6-Year-Old Steals the Spotlight

As Representative John Rose castigated Donald Trump’s conviction, his young son made a series of contorted faces in a moment that circulated widely online.

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When Anti-Fur Protesters Are at the Front Door

The designer Marc Jacobs said he was bullied into renouncing fur — which he claims his brand stopped using in 2018 — after activists targeted his employees.

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Padres Infielder Is Accused of Gambling on Baseball

Major League Baseball is said to be investigating Tucupita Marcano over alleged bets on Pirates games while he was on their injured list last season.

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