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Direct cash payments are not imminent, but under the state’s new budget, the money could go toward other reparations-related proposals pending in the Legislature. Read full article

In Virginia, Donald Trump and his supporters reveled in the moment, and mused about a shadowy Democratic plan to shift candidates. Read full article

The ruling by a federal judge is the latest setback for G.O.P.-controlled states that have passed their own laws on immigration. Read full article

The WikiLeaks founder spent years in captivity in London before talks accelerated this spring, allowing him to go home to Australia as a felon, but a free man. Read full article

Fruit may be a staple. It can also be a status symbol prized for flavor, rarity and appearance. Read full article

The WikiLeaks founder spent years in captivity in London before talks accelerated this spring, allowing him to go home to Australia as a felon, but a free man. Read full article

In another sign of Donald J. Trump’s grip on the Republican Party, his team wants the party’s platform to be a succinct pro-Trump document, not an “unnecessarily verbose treatise.” Read full article

Some floated interventions and wondered about how to reach Jill Biden. Others hoped the president would bow out of the race on his own. Many came to terms with the low chances that he will do so. Read full article

Fruit may be a staple. It can also be a status symbol prized for flavor, rarity and appearance. Read full article

If President Biden seriously considered departing the race, the first lady would be the most important figure other than Mr. Biden himself in reaching that decision. Read full article