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The pope conveyed the message as President Trump escalated his deportation campaign, including in Chicago, the pope’s hometown. Read full article

Republicans in the Senate blocked a measure that would terminate the president’s legally disputed campaign targeting alleged drug runners. Read full article

In the messages, the Democratic candidate for attorney general, Jay Jones, discusses the hypothetical killing of a Republican lawmaker. Read full article

California wildfires have become particularly devastating in recent decades, but their origins vary. Read full article

Derrick Groves, a convicted murderer who escaped with nine other inmates in May, was taken into custody after a brief standoff with the police. Read full article

The president’s comments and a note from Marco Rubio hinted that the two-year-long conflict may be about to pause, if not end. Read full article

The judge found that ICE had violated a 2022 consent agreement and demanded agents have probable cause for their arrests. Read full article

State leaders have prided themselves on finding bipartisan consensus, but President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops from Texas to Illinois has ripped the veneer off that image. Read full article

A lawyer for the former F.B.I. director said he would accuse the Justice Department of malicious and selective prosecution and contend that a U.S. attorney was illegally appointed. Read full article

Even in his 80s, Pete Cleveland, a fixture of rock climbing in the Midwest, went climbing every week and trekked for at least a mile a day, his son said. Read full article