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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

In Butte County, Calif., some defied evacuation orders so they could protect their property from the fire that has quickly become the state’s largest this year.

By Thomas Fuller

A judge ordered Spencer Gear into custody, citing threats to the district attorney and judge in New York days after Donald Trump’s conviction in his hush-money case.

By Isabella Kwai and Emily Schmall

The “Friends” actress, who has been open about her fertility struggles, recently criticized Mr. Vance’s 2021 comments on social media.

By Neil Vigdor

Mr. Thiel, the Silicon Valley billionaire, is coming around to Donald Trump’s candidacy again after bumps in their relationship. But he thinks his money wouldn’t really help Trump.

By Theodore Schleifer

Hispanic leaders and civil-rights groups are backing the vice president, despite their clashes with the Biden administration on border policy.

By Jazmine Ulloa

Donald Trump, after lamenting that conservative Christians are not “big voters,” urged the religious right to turn out for him “just this time.”

By Michael Gold

Incumbents who had feared President Biden would drag them down to defeat say the electoral environment has improved rapidly since he left the race.

By Catie Edmondson and Carl Hulse

By Simon J. Levien

A former Yale Law School classmate shared with The Times about 90 emails and text messages with Mr. Vance. Here are some of the most revealing moments in their correspondence.

By The New York Times

Andy Beshear, the Democratic governor of a deep-red state, is an intriguing Southern contender to become Kamala Harris’s running mate. He’s already straining to go after JD Vance.

By Nick Corasaniti

His political views differed from a transgender classmate’s, but they forged a bond that lasted a decade — until Mr. Vance seemed to pivot, politically and personally.

By Stephanie Saul

The fire in Northern California has burned more than 350,000 acres. In Oregon, firefighters were working to contain the Durkee fire, which has covered at least 288,000 acres.

By Kate Selig, Alan Blinder and John Yoon

Speaking to religious conservatives in Florida, former President Donald J. Trump accused Vice President Kamala Harris of wanting to use left-wing values to transform the United States.

By Michael Gold

The explanation was the most definitive to date after the bureau’s director had earlier suggested the former president might have been hit by shrapnel, igniting a political storm.

By Adam Goldman

The vice president’s expressions of concern for Palestinian suffering marked a shift in emphasis from the president’s statements as she moved to establish herself as the leader of her party.

By Peter Baker

In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s declaration urging cities to clear homeless camps met its strongest opposition in Los Angeles.

By Michael Corkery and Jill Cowan

The agreement, if approved by a federal judge, could deliver the final hammer blow to the amateur model of college athletics.

By Billy Witz

The improbable arrest of Ismael Zambada García, who for decades had evaded the authorities, at a small airport outside El Paso appears to be a tale of subterfuge and betrayal.

By Alan Feuer, Natalie Kitroeff and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

Peter Strzok, a former F.B.I. agent, and Lisa Page, a former lawyer for the bureau, accused the Trump administration of violating their privacy after it provided explosive texts to the news media.

By Adam Goldman

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investigating whether Boar’s Head meat sliced at deli counters has played a role in an outbreak of listeriosis that has caused two deaths.

By Annie Correal

Donald J. Trump’s running mate said in an interview with Megyn Kelly that Democrats believed they could “replace American children with immigrants.”

By Jazmine Ulloa

Calling to offer their endorsement, the former president and first lady sounded like parents in a Lifetime movie talking to their child at summer camp.

By Rebecca Davis O’Brien

The Park fire in Northern California quickly became the state’s largest and most destructive wildfire this year, not far from where Paradise, Calif., was decimated in 2018.

By Thomas Fuller

The agency charged with protecting presidents and foreign leaders has its largest ever budget, but employees say it is still unable to recruit and retain enough people to carry the load.

By Kate Kelly

The Republican vice-presidential nominee has spoken often about drug-afflicted communities like the one he escaped. But those communities have tempered their expectations for his help.

By Robert Draper

Former President Donald J. Trump also attacked Vice President Kamala Harris as insufficiently supportive of Israel after his meeting with the country’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.

By Michael Gold

Asian officials will press Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken about the former president and about Kamala Harris as he visits the region.

By Edward Wong

The vice president has been critical of past trade deals. But her record suggests she could push for trade measures that address environmental issues.

By Ana Swanson

The Arizona senator, a Navy veteran and former astronaut, has an almost impossibly strong political résumé. But an overlooked asset is his expertise on the Southern border.

By Jonathan Weisman and Jazmine Ulloa

The Margaret A. Muir schooner sank during a storm in 1893. Shipwreck hunters found it near the mouth of a popular Wisconsin harbor.

By Sara Ruberg

One man is being held without bail after a witness saw him push a flaming vehicle down an embankment on Wednesday, the authorities said. The Park fire has burned more than 164,000 acres.

By Heather Knight, Mike Baker, Amanda Holpuch and John Yoon

After years planning to face President Biden, Donald J. Trump and his team will now be campaigning against Kamala Harris. Maggie Haberman, a senior political correspondent for The New York Times, describes how Mr. Trump may try to frame his new opponent.

By Maggie Haberman, Christina Shaman, Mona Lalwani, Noah Throop, James Surdam and Alexandra Ostasiewicz

Lobbyists and lawyers are raising money for Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic presidential nominee, and assessing what her term might look like.

By Kenneth P. Vogel

A review of JD Vance’s writings and interviews reveals the gradual, complicated process behind his conversion from anti-Trump author to pro-Trump senator.

By Michael C. Bender and Chris Cameron

Russia’s defense minister said he needed to talk to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about an alleged Ukrainian operation. What happened next remains murky.

By Eric Schmitt

An absence of medical records or official accounts has stirred confusion, but a Times video and trajectory analysis indicates a bullet, not debris, wounded the former president.

By Malachy Browne, Devon Lum and Alexander Cardia

The former president, who had held back in the days immediately after President Biden left the race, joined the wave of support from Democratic leaders.

By Jazmine Ulloa and Reid J. Epstein

Florida and some other states have put restrictions on voter registration drives, often with stiff fines that are dissuading some civic groups from taking part.

By Michael Wines

By Michael Gold and Chris Cameron

Vice President Kamala Harris launched her account on Thursday with an eight-second video that has since been viewed 5.8 million times.

By Ken Bensinger