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House Passes $733 Billion Defense Bill Checking Trump’s War Powers

The House passed a provision that would require the president to get Congress’s approval before authorizing military force against Iran.

Government Could Breach Debt Ceiling in September, Mnuchin Warns

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin warned Congress that the government could breach its statutory borrowing limit by September, begging for a debt ceiling increase.

Acosta to Resign as Trump’s Labor Secretary Over Epstein Plea Deal

President Trump said the decision to resign was made by his labor secretary, R. Alexander Acosta.

Reading My Grandfather’s Accounts of World War II, 75 Years Later

My grandfather died well before I was born, but his journal felt like a window into a man I had only heard about in passing.

California Today: How Polluted Is Your Beach? Here Are the 10 Worst

Friday: Monitoring beach pollution shows the effects of wildfires. Also: A lone orange grove and why you should order dessert.

Teenager Pleads Guilty to Abducting Endangered Lemur from California Zoo

Aquinas Kasbar, 19, faces up to a year in prison for stealing Isaac, who Santa Ana Zoo officials say is the oldest ring-tailed lemur in captivity in North America.

The Long History of the U.S. Government Asking Americans Whether They Are Citizens

Some form of the question has been asked by the Census Bureau for decades, as the Trump administration has said. But what was asked of whom, and why, has varied widely.

Why Everyone Wants to Go Back to the Moon

Something of a new lunar race is underway, but the motivations differ from what put men on its surface 50 years ago.

American Commandos Gear Up for New Shadow War With Russia

Even as President Trump courts Russia, Special Operations forces are teaming up with partners on Europe’s eastern flank to counter a mix of subterfuge, cyberattacks and disinformation.

Why Sanders Wanted His Meeting with a Rabbi Kept Secret

Bernie Sanders’s advisers and allies want him to get personal with voters as he struggles in the 2020 race. But that isn’t his style.

22 States Considered Eliminating the ‘Tampon Tax’ This Year. Here’s What Happened.

Menstrual products are subject to sales taxes in 35 states, and lawmakers’ efforts to exempt them have floundered. Now supporters of ‘menstrual equity’ are considering legal action.

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