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Mother of Slain Soldier Says Trump Was Disrespectful
By MARK LANDLER and YAMICHE ALCINDOR 3:10 AM ET
President Trump said the soldier “knew what he signed up for” during a condolence call, the mother of Sgt. La David T. Johnson said.
That backs the account of a Democratic lawmaker, who first described the exchange between the president and the man’s widow. Mr. Trump has denied saying those words.
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A Delicate Task for Any President Turns Clumsy for Trump
By HELENE COOPER, ALAN BLINDER and THOMAS GIBBONS-NEFF
Every commander in chief has faced challenges when reaching out to relatives of fallen troops. But Mr. Trump’s recent exchange was outside of the usual range of encounters, some families said.
Rep. Frederica Wilson on Trump: ‘That Is Not What You Say to a Grieving Widow’
Trump Accuses Obama of Neglect After Death of Kelly’s Son
Health Care Deal in Doubt as Trump Backs Off Support
By THOMAS KAPLAN and ROBERT PEAR
After initially voicing support, President Trump offered a different take on the plan to restore the insurance subsidies that he canceled. The Republican who helped draft the bipartisan deal predicted that it would pass before the end of the year.
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F.D.A. Approves a New Gene-Altering Treatment for Cancer
By DENISE GRADY
The treatment will be for adults with aggressive non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma when chemotherapy has failed. It re-engineers a patient’s own cells to fight cancer.
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Spanish Government Sets Stage to Take Control of Catalonia
By RAPHAEL MINDER 44 minutes ago
The government in Madrid is preparing emergency measures to halt Catalan secessionism after Catalonia’s leader warned that regional lawmakers could vote to declare independence.
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Losing Its Caliphate, ISIS May Return to Its Guerrilla Roots
By MARGARET COKER, ERIC SCHMITT and RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
With the fall of its de facto capital and its territory shriveled to a handful of outposts, the Islamic State may be reeling but it is not vanquished, experts say.
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From Playground to Killing Ground: An ISIS Legacy
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Inside Raqqa, With the Fighters Who Drove Off ISIS
Struggle Over Kirkuk Puts the U.S. and Iran on the Same Side
Russian Socialite to Challenge Putin in Presidential Race
By NEIL MacFARQUHAR

Ksenia Sobchak, a TV journalist who has long paraded her glamorous life on social media, says she will be the voice of Russians without one.
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Was a Marine’s Rage in an Iraqi Restaurant PTSD, or Hate?
Damien Rodriguez’s family said his actions in a restaurant in Portland, Ore., were provoked by trauma, not hate, and that he needed help, not jail time.
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As a young social psychologist, she played by the rules and won big: an influential study, a viral TED talk, a prestigious job at Harvard. Then, suddenly, the rules changed.
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Europe’s Fastest-Growing Economy Could Be in Trouble

By PETER S. GOODMAN 11:30 PM ET
Much of the growth in Romania is the product of a consumer bonanza, and economists worry that the good times cannot last given a lack of investment.
Home of the ‘Bump Stock’ Says, Don’t Blame Us

By PATRICK McGEE
Residents of Moran, Tex., depend heavily on the company whose products enable high-speed gunfire, and say a ban would be disastrous, and unconstitutional.
Reformers Could Rise in China but Still Be Sidelined

By KEITH BRADSHER 3:19 AM ET
A leadership shuffle in the Communist Party could hint at its commitment to an economic overhaul, but President Xi Jinping’s growing power may hinder that effort.
China’s Economy Grew Steadily, Thanks to Loans and Homes
Jann Wenner and His Biographer Have a Falling Out

By JOE COSCARELLI and SYDNEY EMBER
The Rolling Stone founder seemed to enjoy opening up his life to Joe Hagan. Now that the book is about to come out, they are no longer speaking.
It Was Bear vs. Sound Recorder. The Bear Won.

By JOANNA KLEIN
When scientists salvaged recordings from a remote spot in a national park in Alaska, they heard footsteps, sniffs, a series of crunches, then silence.
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A 100-Car Army of Sound in Los Angeles
A composition by Ryoji Ikeda created a wash of sound — car stereos blaring variations on a note — as part of the Red Bull Music Academy festival.

Rescued From the Nazis, a Trove of Yiddish Artifacts
Hidden in a church basement and forgotten, the recently discovered documents provide sharp new insights into Jewish life and literature.

‘The Walking Dead’ at 100: Still Walking Tall
As the zombie apocalypse drama returns for Season 8, the AMC series is looking to rebound from a stretch of storytelling shenanigans that alienated viewers.
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Congress, End the Health Care Chaos. You Have 9 Million Kids to Protect.

Republicans could wreck the Children’s Health Insurance Program and a compromise to save Obamacare.
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Kristof: ‘Drug Dealers in Lab Coats’
Leonhardt: The Trumpist Case for Janet Yellen
The Supreme Court Justices Need Fact-Checkers
When the Price of Reporting Is a Car Bomb
What’s Really Keeping Pakistan’s Children Out of School?

By NADIA NAVIWALA
Since 2010, the government has more than doubled its education budget. But it has misdiagnosed the problem.
Iraq Will Remain United

For three years, we have battled terrorists and the odds. We will not allow the Kurds to rip our country apart.
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