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The New York Times – Friday, June 23, 2023

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Biden Seeks to Bolster Ties With Modi While Soft-Pedaling Differences

President Biden hosted Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India at the White House on Thursday.

At the White House, the president emphasized common ground with India’s prime minister and announced joint initiatives without making progress in enlisting help against Russian aggression.

Deep in the Atlantic, a ‘Catastrophic Implosion’ and Five Lives Lost

Rear Adm. John Mauger, the First Coast Guard District commander, gave an update on the search efforts for five people aboard a missing submersible some 900 miles off Cape Cod, Mass.

The vast multinational search for the missing submersible ended after pieces of it were found on the ocean floor, 1,600 feet from the bow of the Titanic.

A North Korean Dissident Defects to the American Right

Yeonmi Park’s account of the horrors of North Korea made her a human rights celebrity. Her new claims that America is on the same path have made her a right-wing media star.

Harsh New Fentanyl Laws Ignite Debate Over How to Combat Overdose Crisis

Critics say a fierce law-and-order approach could undermine public health goals and advances in addiction treatment.

The New York Times – Thursday, June 22, 2023

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F.T.C. Sues Amazon for Tricking Users Into Subscribing to Prime

The lawsuit is the latest signal that the F.T.C. is applying close scrutiny to Amazon’s economy-spanning business.

The lawsuit is the first time that the Federal Trade Commission under its chair, Lina Khan, has taken Amazon to court.

Is the Inflation Battle Won? Not Yet.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that grocery inflation has slowed in recent months, with the price of eggs dropping by about half since January.

Inflation has come down from its 2022 heights, but economists are worried about its stubbornness.

How It Feels to Have Your Life Changed By Affirmative Action

Black and Hispanic college graduates, whose lives were directly shaped by race-conscious college admissions, have complicated thoughts about the expected Supreme Court decision.

Why Is Narendra Modi So Popular? Tune In to Find Out.

The Indian leader, who visits Washington this week, has softened his image at home with an old-fashioned radio show, which feeds a vast social media apparatus.

The New York Times – Wednesday, June 21, 2023

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Judge in Trump Documents Case Sets Tentative Trial Date as Soon as August

The judge, Aileen M. Cannon, set an aggressive schedule for moving the case forward, though the proceedings are likely to be delayed by pretrial clashes.

Hunter Biden Reaches Deal to Plead Guilty to Misdemeanor Tax Charges

Under an agreement with the Justice Department, the president’s son agreed to probation for filing his taxes late, and he can avoid a charge that he lied about his drug use when he bought a gun.

‘They Expected Me to Die on My Own’: Life as a Ukrainian P.O.W.

While in Russian custody, Maksym Kushnir said he was left on a bed to die, with his jaw shattered and gangrene spreading across his tongue.

Ukrainian captives released in prisoner exchanges say that beatings were common, and that they suffered from woefully inadequate health care and food.

Judge Strikes Down Arkansas Law Banning Gender Transition Care for Minors

Dylan Brandt, a transgender teenager who is a plaintiff in the case, outside the federal courthouse in Little Rock, Ark., in 2021.

The case had been closely watched as an important test of whether bans on transition care for minors, enacted by more than a dozen states, could withstand challenges.

The New York Times – Tuesday, June 20, 2023

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Greek Coast Guard Under Scrutiny for Response to Migrant Mass Drowning

Survivors of the shipwreck last week board a bus in Greece. Possibly more than 700 men, women and children drowned, one of the country’s worst maritime disasters.

Contradictions in the Coast Guard’s account cast new doubts over how the Greeks handled one of the worst maritime disasters in the country’s history.

G.O.P. Targets Researchers Who Study Disinformation Ahead of 2024 Election

The House Judiciary Committee chairman, Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, has accused organizations that research disinformation of censoring conservative speech online.

A legal campaign against universities and think tanks seeks to undermine the fight against false claims about elections, vaccines and other hot political topics.

Trump Real Estate Deal in Oman Underscores Ethics Concerns

Details of the former president’s agreement to work with a Saudi firm to develop a hotel and golf complex overlooking the Gulf of Oman highlight the ways his business and political roles intersect.

Blinken Meets Xi as China and the U.S. Try to Rein in Tensions

U.S. diplomats visited Beijing to try to ensure that competition “does not veer into conflict.” The talks pave the way for a possible Biden-Xi meeting.

The New York Times – Monday, June 19, 2023

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Biden Administration Engages in Long-Shot Attempt for Saudi-Israel Deal

President Biden arriving in Saudi Arabia for a visit that included meetings with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman last year. A normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel could reap benefits for leaders of both countries — and Mr. Biden.

The president and his aides are pressing an aggressive diplomatic effort as Riyadh makes significant demands in exchange for normalization, including a nuclear deal and a robust U.S. security pact.

A Year After Dobbs, Advocates Push in the States for a Right to Birth Control

So far, the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization has not spawned widespread attacks on birth control.

After Justice Clarence Thomas cast doubt on the Supreme Court decision that established a right to contraception, reproductive rights advocates are pressing for new protections at the state level.

Lionel Messi, Saudi Arabia and the Deal That Paid Off for Both Sides

A contract between Messi and Saudi Arabia’s tourism authority offers a glimpse at the details of their multimillion-dollar relationship.

Addicts Went in for Treatment. Instead They Were Enslaved.

Families in Indonesia thought they were sending their sons to a rehab facility run by a powerful local official. Those who stayed there say it was a brutal human slavery operation.

The New York Times – Sunday, June 18, 2023

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Why It Seems Everything We Knew About the Global Economy Is No Longer True

Factory workers at a Chinese company in Mexico. Communist-led China turned out to be the global economic system’s biggest beneficiary.

While the world’s eyes were on the pandemic, the war in Ukraine and China, the paths to prosperity and shared interests have grown murkier.

Russia, Learning From Costly Mistakes, Shifts Battlefield Tactics

Russian conscripts training in October near Rostov-on-Don, Russia.

Moscow’s forces remain uneven. But while bracing for a counteroffensive, they have improved discipline, coordination and air support, foreshadowing a changing war.

What’s Behind the Widening Divide Between New York City and Its Suburbs?

Tension between the city and its surrounding areas over issues like crime, immigration and congestion pricing has grown since the pandemic.

‘The Fires Here Are Unstoppable’

The first foreign firefighters to reach Quebec amid Canada’s worst wildfire season on record said that some of the blazes were 100 times bigger than any they had ever seen.

The New York Times – Saturday, June 17, 2023

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Minneapolis Police Used Illegal, Abusive Practices for Years, Justice Dept. Finds

George Floyd Square in Minneapolis on Friday. The federal review was touched off by the murder of Mr. Floyd, a Black man, by a Minneapolis officer in 2020.

The city said it would try to negotiate a court-enforced consent decree with the federal government that would require an overhaul of its police force.

Hundreds Dead, 9 Arrested, and Many Questions in Migrant Wreck

Greek authorities blamed smugglers for a disaster that may have been one of the worst of its kind. Critics say tougher policies are increasing the risks.

Jury Convicts Man in Killing of 11 in Pittsburgh Synagogue

The massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in October 2018 is considered to be the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history.

Jurors will next hear arguments about whether the defendant, Robert Bowers, should be sentenced to death.

The Business of Being Chris Christie

Mr. Christie left the governor’s office in New Jersey and set out to, as he put it, “make money.” He successfully traded on his political profile — and on his ties to the man he now wants to defeat.

The New York Times – Friday, June 16, 2023

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Supreme Court Upholds Native American Adoption Law

Nita Battise, a member of the Alabama-Coushatta tribe, celebrated the ruling on the steps of the Supreme Court on Thursday.

At issue in the case was whether a law aimed at keeping Native American adoptees within tribes is constitutional.

The Radical Strategy Behind Trump’s Promise to ‘Go After’ Biden

“I will totally obliterate the Deep State,” Donald Trump said on Tuesday evening at an event at his club in Bedminster, N.J., hours after his arraignment on federal charges.

Conservatives with close ties to Donald J. Trump are laying out a “paradigm-shifting” legal rationale to erase the Justice Department’s independence from the president.

Retaking Villages Leaves Ukrainian Troops Exposed and Diving for Cover

The Ukrainian counteroffensive has enjoyed some early successes, but with every step forward, the soldiers are increasingly exposed to Russian firepower.

At the Heart of the Documents Case: Trump’s Attachment to His Boxes

The former president has long stowed papers and odds and ends in cartons that he liked to keep close. His aides have called it the “beautiful mind” material.

The New York Times – Thursday, June 15, 2023

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Fed Leaves Rates Steady but Forecasts More Moves

Central bankers have raised rates at the fastest pace since the 1980s, but now they’re taking time to survey how the changes are working.

Judge in Trump Documents Case Has Scant Criminal Trial Experience

Judge Aileen M. Cannon, 42, has been on the bench since November 2020, when President Donald J. Trump gave her a lifetime appointment shortly after he lost re-election.

Judge Aileen M. Cannon, under scrutiny for past rulings favoring the former president, has presided over only a few criminal cases that went to trial.

They Are Trump’s Aides and Lawyers. Now They Could Be Trial Witnesses.

The former president is surrounded by people who have provided testimony and evidence to federal investigators. He’s not supposed to discuss the case with any of them.

The U.S. Is Paying Billions to Russia’s Nuclear Agency. Here’s Why.

Nuclear power companies rely on cheap enriched uranium made in Russia. That geopolitical dilemma is intensifying as climate change underscores the need for emissions-free energy.

The New York Times – Wednesday, June 14, 2023

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Trump Is Arraigned on Documents and Obstruction Charges

“I did everything right and they indicted me,” former President Donald J. Trump said in a speech after his arraignment on Tuesday.

Donald J. Trump, now twice indicted since leaving the White House, surrendered to federal authorities in Miami and pleaded not guilty, striking a defiant tone afterward.

N.Y. Police Chief’s Exit Is Latest in Exodus From Adams Administration

Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday suggested that the handful of high-level departures represented a small fraction of the city’s work force.

New York City’s top officials overseeing crime, housing and homelessness have stepped down. Critics say the mayor’s management style is part of the problem.

Southern Baptists Move to Purge Churches With Female Pastors

Some conservatives in the evangelical denomination fear a liberal drift, and are set to vote on a strict ban against women in church leadership. Two churches are appealing their expulsions.

Cormac McCarthy, Novelist of a Darker America, Is Dead at 89

“All the Pretty Horses,” “The Road” and “No Country for Old Men” were among his acclaimed books that explore a bleak world of violence and outsiders.