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Trump Says House Republicans Should Vote to Release Epstein Files by Ashley Ahn

Border Patrol Fans Out Across Charlotte, N.C., Arresting 81 People on First Day by Eduardo Medina and Sonia A. Rao

Homeland Security Missions Falter Amid Focus on Deportations by Nicholas Nehamas, Michael H. Keller, Alexandra Berzon, Hamed Aleaziz and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

U.S. Airport Restrictions to End Monday by Karoun Demirjian

White House Scraps Cash Payments for Delayed or Canceled Flights by Christine Chung

How Fraudsters Use Cryptocurrency A.T.M.s to Target Victims by Cameron Fozi, Chloe Rosenberg and Reeno Hashimoto

25 Movies, Many Stars, 0 Hits: Hollywood Falls to New Lows by Brooks Barnes

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Federal Agencies Return to Work After Longest Shutdown in History by Eileen Sullivan

U.S. Strike Kills 4 on Boat Trump Says Was Smuggling Drugs by Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt

Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels by Charlie Savage and Julian E. Barnes

Swalwell Denies Allegations of Fraud and Says Trump is Targeting Him by John Yoon

Will People Trust Voting by Phone? Alaska Is Going to Find Out by Nick Corasaniti

An Escape From India’s Air Pollution for Those Who Can Afford It by Alex Travelli

Blue Origin Lands Booster After Rocket Launch and Matches SpaceX’s Feat by Kenneth Chang

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Government Reopens as Trump Signs Bill to End Nation’s Longest Shutdown by Catie Edmondson and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

What Newly Released Emails Tell Us About Epstein and Trump by Steve Eder and Nicholas Confessore

Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants by Jason DeParle

The Penny Dies at 232 by Victor Mather

William Rataczak, Co-Pilot of Flight Hijacked by D.B. Cooper, Dies at 86 by Michael S. Rosenwald

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Newsom in the Spotlight at the Climate Conference That Trump Decided to Skip by Somini Sengupta

A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics by Somini Sengupta and Brad Plumer

Trump Administration Plans to Send Border Patrol to Charlotte and New Orleans by Dana Goldstein and Hamed Aleaziz

Aircraft Carrier Moves Into the Caribbean as U.S. Confronts Venezuela by Eric Schmitt

Senator Criticizes Rubio for Paying $7.5 Million to Equatorial Guinea to Take Deportees by Edward Wong

House Returns After Long Recess to Take Up Bill to End Shutdown by Michael Gold

Who Didn’t Suffer During the Shutdown? People Flying Private by Christine Chung

Israel Arrests 4 After Jewish Extremist Attack in Occupied West Bank by Aaron Boxerman

The Volunteer Buglers Giving 24-Note Salutes by Danny Freedman

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Senate Passes Bill to Reopen Government Amid Democratic Rift by Catie Edmondson

Shutdown Deal Revives Democratic Infighting by Michael Gold

Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches by Devlin Barrett

Trump Pardons the Husband of a Republican Congressional Ally by Kenneth P. Vogel

Trump Pardons Giuliani and Others Involved in Effort to Overturn 2020 Election by Alan Feuer and Glenn Thrush

Felon Freed by Trump Is Sentenced Again, This Time to 27 Months by Santul Nerkar, Michael S. Schmidt and Olivia Bensimon

How Canada Lost Decades of Progress in Fighting Measles by Vjosa Isai

M.L.B. Limits Bets on Individual Pitches After Gambling Charges by Jenny Vrentas

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Senate Moves Toward Ending Shutdown After Democratic Defectors Relent by Catie Edmondson and Michael Gold

Airport Disruptions May Get Worse This Week by Niraj Chokshi

How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy by Jesse Drucker

Two Top BBC Leaders Quit Over Editing of Trump Documentary by Stephen Castle

As Aquifers Dry Up, Tehran Rations Water and Calls for Rain Prayers by Sanam Mahoozi and Erika Solomon

Stinking, Spongy, Dark, Huge: A Spider Web Unlike Any Seen Before by Adeel Hassan

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Judge Orders Trump Administration to Fully Fund Food Stamps This Month by Tony Romm

Down to $1.18: How Families Are Coping With SNAP Cuts by Eric Adelson, Mary Beth Gahan, Lourdes Medrano, Christina Morales, Sonia A. Rao, Dan Simmons and Kevin Williams

The U.S. Is Skipping This Year’s Climate Summit. For Many, That’s OK by Lisa Friedman

Trump Officials Accused of Bullying Tactics to Kill a Climate Measure by Lisa Friedman, Max Bearak and Jeanna Smialek

Musk Wins $1 Trillion Pay Package, Creating Split Screen on Wealth in America by Rebecca F. Elliott, Jack Ewing and Reid J. Epstein

Egypt’s Grand Museum Is Finally Open. Now, ‘We Need Our Stuff Back’ by Erika Solomon and Rania Khaled

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Key Justices Cast a Skeptical Eye on Trump’s Tariffs by Ann E. Marimow

Trump Officials to Cut Air Traffic at 40 Major Airports if Shutdown Continues by Karoun Demirjian

Federal Judge Imposes Restrictions on ICE Facility at Center of Illinois Protests by Mitch Smith

Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street by Annie Correal and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

Global Warming Made Hurricane Melissa More Damaging, Researchers Say by Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

‘The Whole Place Is Blown Apart’: 90% of Jamaican Town’s Homes Destroyed by Frances Robles

You Don’t Need to Swipe Right. A.I. Is Transforming Dating Apps by Eli Tan

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Plus, a race to save artifacts from the ocean. 

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7 Takeaways From a Stunning New York City Mayoral Election by Nicholas Fandos and Jeffery C. Mays

The Democrats Just Took a Big Step Toward Getting Their Groove Back by Lisa Lerer

Shutdown Becomes Longest in History, as Trump Officials Threaten Pain Could Worsen by Luke Broadwater

UPS Cargo Plane Crashes in Louisville, Killing at Least 7 by Rylee Kirk, Alexandra E. Petri, Billy Witz and John Yoon

What to Know About the Legal Scandal in Israel Over Accusations of Abuse by Isabel Kershner

A Storm Hit Alaska. Now, a Native Community Is Racing to Save Its History by Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

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Dick Cheney, Powerful Vice President and Washington Insider, Dies at 84 by Robert D. McFadden

Trump’s Power Faces Pressure Test in Court and at Ballot Box by Erica L. Green

Donors to Trump’s Ballroom Are Asked Why They Chose to Remain Incognito by Kenneth P. Vogel

An Altercation With ICE Prompts a Police Chief to Push Back by Jack Healy

Target Shooting Could Be Causing Brain Injuries. We Measured the Danger. by Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Dave Philipps and Jeremy White

In Mexico, Killer Whales Take Down Great White Sharks by Alexa Robles-Gil

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