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The $230 million short-notice project has struggled to overcome rough seas and other problems since it started in May. Read full article

The U.S. Department of Transportation is still studying whether to set minimum standards for cabin temperatures. Read full article

The G.O.P.-run State Legislature was wrong to flout a voter-approved ballot measure calling for fair maps, the court said. A lower court will now hear a challenge to the House map. Read full article

Frustrated prosecutors and alarmed election officials are finding that it’s not always easy to make charges stick for those who interfere with elections, including many of the Capitol rioters. Read full article

A brutal heat wave that has gripped the West for days will shift eastward on the weekend, while much of sweltering Houston still lacks electricity. Read full article

Four Republicans opposed the bid to fine the attorney general $10,000 a day for his refusal to comply with a congressional subpoena for recordings of the president’s interview with a special counsel. Read full article

The campaign is quietly carrying out a head-to-head survey of voters between the vice president and Donald Trump, in a sign of the uncertainty even atop the Democratic Party. Read full article

Close allies of the president are developing a case for why he should end his re-election campaign, though it is not clear that the discussions have reached him. Read full article

The downpour took place exactly a year after a storm caused devastating flooding in some of the same towns. Read full article

The meeting would come after Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has long been aligned with the former president, made unexpected trips to China, Russia and Ukraine. Read full article