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Investigators said a 17-year-old charged with intentionally causing a freight train derailment in Nebraska had recorded the crash, which he then posted on YouTube.

By Amanda Holpuch and Hank Sanders

An anonymous group of junior staff members has modeled its effort on an internal State Department messaging system, hoping to create an outlet for calls for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza.

By Maya C. Miller

She ran to the left as progressive ideas dominated the last competitive Democratic primary. Now, in a tough general election, Republicans are digging up her old stances.

By Reid J. Epstein

The bureau also provided the most comprehensive portrait to date of the gunman, revealing that he had carefully concealed more than two dozen online purchases of weapons and explosives using aliases.

By Glenn Thrush

Flash floods rushed through portions of the park on Sunday. Dollywood was expected to reopen on Monday.

By Derrick Bryson Taylor

The president has proposed overhauling a court that has become increasingly politicized. The effort requires congressional approval, which would be a long shot with a Republican-controlled House and a divided Senate.

By Katie Rogers

Democrats could formally make Kamala Harris their nominee this week, as she narrows her running mate choices and attacks her rivals, Donald Trump and JD Vance, while they hit the trail.

By Kellen Browning and Maggie Astor

Many who fled the fire in California have been anxiously waiting to hear whether their houses are still standing. Others are grappling with news of homes and barns leveled by flames.

By Almendra Lawrence and Eduardo Medina

Critics say the immunity ruling is flawed for reasons similar to those the court gave for overturning Roe, which had established a right to abortion.

By Adam Liptak

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled last month that the Republican-backed law could be enforced. Abortions had been legal in the state up until about 22 weeks.

By Mitch Smith

Native American tribes say the casinos are part of their right to self-determination. But state officials fear they could siphon revenues from the Oregon Lottery.

By David W. Chen and Jordan Gale

Two of the men met through a neo-Nazi online forum and recruited other people to join their scheme, which was rooted in white supremacist ideology, prosecutors said.

By Sara Ruberg

When Donald J. Trump tries to win over a crowd that is not inherently his own, the results can be awkward.

By Shawn McCreesh

Text messages, obtained exclusively by The Times, indicate that some law enforcement officers were aware of Thomas Crooks earlier than previously known. And he was aware of them.

By Haley Willis, Aric Toler, David A. Fahrenthold and Adam Goldman

The one-week total is more than President Biden’s haul in the first quarter of the year. About two-thirds came from first-time donors, according to the vice president’s campaign.

By Maggie Astor

The fire, the largest active blaze in the United States, was 12 percent contained on Sunday afternoon. Fire activity was on the rise, according to officials.

By Isabelle Taft and Kate Selig

The vice president is considering several men who also served as state attorneys general. Those relationships could inform her crucial decision in the days ahead.

By Katie Glueck

Some Asian American leaders are rooting for Kamala Harris to become the first Asian American president. But she is not widely known as Asian American, reflecting the complexity of the identity.

By Amy Qin

With Patriot Party News, Michael Chesebro found a sense of community, and a place where conspiracy theories could become real in the form of the “medbed.”

By Eli Saslow

Timothy Mellon, a reclusive heir to a storied fortune, is spending tens of millions to elect Donald J. Trump. Precisely what he wants in return is one of many curiosities surrounding him.

By Alexandra Berzon and Mike McIntire

A growing cohort of young farmers is experimenting with ways to mitigate the impact of flooding and other extreme weather.

By Jenna Russell

At a rally in Minnesota on Saturday, former President Donald J. Trump once more escalated his attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, painting her as extreme and mocking her demeanor.

By Michael Gold

Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky has shown off his attack dog chops in recent days, offering a message of unity in a state dominated by Republicans — but where Democrats say they’ve seen fresh energy.

By Ann Hinga Klein and Jonathan Weisman

Donald Trump, speaking at a Bitcoin conference, told cryptocurrency holders that he would end the “persecution” of their industry.

By Chris Cameron

In the 12 days since Ohio’s junior senator was tapped as the future of Donald J. Trump’s movement, old comments and a chorus of derision have blunted any sense of invulnerability.

By Jonathan Weisman and Shane Goldmacher

A portion of I-15 near Baker, Calif., fully reopened early on Sunday after a truck carrying lithium batteries caught fire, stopping traffic for hours in sweltering heat.

By Hank Sanders

The billionaire owner of the social media platform X reposted a video that mimics Vice President Kamala Harris’s voice, without disclosing that it had been altered.

By Ken Bensinger

Gov. Tim Walz took jabs at Trump and his vice-presidential pick, JD Vance, at a rally in St. Cloud, Minn., hours before the Republican duo were scheduled to arrive for their own campaign event.

By Jay Senter and Neil Vigdor

Jorge Armando Contreras used his position at a school district in Orange County to fund a luxurious lifestyle, prosecutors said.

By Eduardo Medina

At the event, which her campaign said raised more than $1.4 million, Vice President Kamala Harris deployed a sharpened message against Donald J. Trump and his running mate, JD Vance.

By Nicholas Nehamas