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Trump’s Election Attacks Enter New Pre-emptive Phase

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By: Zolan Kanno-Youngs
A lawsuit by the Justice Department challenging a potential narrow loss by the GOP Senate incumbent in Alaska reflects a new tactic by the president to try to shape the election results.

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President Trump at a midterm election campaign rally in Guardian Centers in Perry, Ga., on Saturday.
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María Corina Machado on Venezuela’s Future and Her Relationship With the Trump Administration

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By: Julie Turkewitz
Blocked from entering her country, Venezuela’s opposition leader spoke with The Times about her efforts to return and her relationship with the Trump administration.

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María Corina Machado in Panama on Wednesday.
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Latinos Are Now America’s Most Important Swing Voters

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By: Jennifer Medina and Ruth Igielnik
Latinos helped fuel President Trump’s return to the White House. But Democrats have won back the trust of many Hispanic voters over the past two years.

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President Trump made significant inroads with Latino voters in 2024. This year, they appear to be moving back toward Democrats.
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Could Lula Be on the Brink of Defeat in Brazil’s Election?

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By: Ana Ionova
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a leftist, staged a remarkable comeback on Sunday, winning re-election and stopping a right-wing wave.

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during the launch of his re-election campaign in São Paulo in August.
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A New Level of Threat and Fear Risks Pushing the U.S. and Iran Back to Full War

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By: David E. Sanger · Julian E. Barnes · Jonathan Swan · Maggie Haberman · Farnaz Fassihi and Eric Schmitt
With new intelligence and the possibility of all sides seeking pretexts for action, the war in Iran is entering a dangerous phase ahead of elections in the United States and Israel.

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A senior official in Iran took to social media in recent days to say the country was preparing to take on its adversaries with surprise attacks.
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Ukraine’s Feeling of Moral Whiplash at the Hands of Trump

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By: Marc Santora
The United States once declared that Ukraine’s fight was the front line in a global battle for freedom. Now the Trump administration is sending money to Moscow.

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Cars burning in the parking lot after a Russian drone strike on Friday in Dnipro, Ukraine.
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Obama Issues Searing Attacks on Trump, Ramaswamy in Return to Campaign Trail

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By: Tim Balk · Emily Davies · John Yoon and Richard Fausset
The 44th president sharply criticized Mr. Trump, who hit back later in the day. Mr. Obama also assailed Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for governor of Ohio.

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Former President Barack Obama sharply criticized President Trump on Saturday in Ohio.
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Alaska Election Gambit Shows Justice Dept. Has Bowed to Trump’s Demands

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By: Glenn Thrush · Katie Rogers and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
With moves in Alaska and California, the department has stepped up interventions in the midterm elections as the president’s instrument of unmediated executive power.

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President Trump during a campaign rally in support of Senator Dan S. Sullivan in Wasilla, Alaska, this month. Mr. Trump urged the Justice Dept. to intervene in the Senate race.
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She Planned to Protest Trump. She Didn’t Plan on Getting Punched.

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By: Jessica Contrera
Blake Miley yelled “fascist” as President Trump spoke at a midterm campaign rally. The violence that followed “was not right,” she said.

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“I knew there was a really good possibility that this would happen,” Blake Miley said. “But I don’t blame myself. It is not right what they did to me.”
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Why Democrats Could Find It Hard to Win the Senate Despite Their Strong Polls

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By: Lisa Lerer
Democrats are increasingly optimistic about the midterms. But they are being outspent by Republicans. And they are trying to compete in states that favored President Trump by large margins.

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How Vivek Ramaswamy’s Ruthless Ad in Ohio Divided Republicans

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By: Reid J. Epstein and Campbell Robertson
The fallout from Vivek Ramaswamy’s brutal spot targeting his Democratic rival in the Ohio governor’s race showed that even in the Trump era, a political attack can be seen as going too far.

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Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican, is facing a tight race for governor of Ohio against Amy Acton, a Democrat.
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5 Takeaways From Our Investigation of Trump’s Waivers for Polluters

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By: Maxine Joselow and Eric Lipton
Chemical plants and other industrial facilities had been required to curb their toxic emissions. A New York Times investigation shows how they got out of it.

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Three million Americans live within three miles of at least one facility that received a clean-air rule waiver from the Trump administration.
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They Were Accused of Illegal Fishing. They Ended Up in ICE Detention.

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By: Madeleine Ngo and David Ovalle
In states like Florida, officers who hand out fishing citations and inspect produce have been deputized by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, expanding the reach of President Trump’s deportation campaign.

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A canal in Dania Beach, Fla., in September. The canal was the site of an encounter that led Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers to contact federal immigration authorities.
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What to Know About Alaska’s Senate Race

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By: Jess Bidgood
President Trump told the Justice Department to intervene in the race, where polling shows Republicans at risk of losing a seat.

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Dan Sullivan, the incumbent Republican senator in Alaska.
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Iran in ‘Advanced Stages’ of Planning Attacks Against Americans, Officials Say

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By: Edward Wong · Jonathan Swan and Julian E. Barnes
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.

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Security stationed outside the U.S. embassy in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone in March.
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