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Welcome back. It’s an extremely hot day in London and I have my fan on full power. We’ve photographed how Europeans are dealing with the heat. Also in the news today: Mamdani proves his endorsement power in New York’s primaries; Trump is set to meet with increasingly frustrated GOP senators; and eight people convicted in a Texas immigration center shooting and protest are sentenced to decades in prison, with one getting 100 years. Finally, we show you a small Serbian town famous for its raspberries.
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani celebrates with Democratic congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier and organizer Carmen Rojas during an election night watch party Tuesday, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries
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New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani waded into Democratic House primaries to boost three progressives over establishment-backed candidates. Read more.
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- All three of Mamdani’s candidates won Tuesday, defeating two incumbents and essentially ensuring that two self-described democratic socialists will be elected to Congress in their deep blue districts. The mayor said it was a question of electing “better Democrats” who would “put working people back at the heart of politics.”
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Trump heads to Capitol to speak with GOP senators who have grown increasingly frustrated with him
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President Donald Trump on Wednesday will attend a closed-door Senate GOP luncheon for the first time in more than a year. Read more.
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The president has pressured senators for months to focus on his proof-of-citizenship voting bill even though it doesn’t have the votes to pass. At the same time, he has blocked them from confirming one of his own nominees, asked them to fund parts of his White House ballroom project despite opposition and forced them to defend his Iran war even as they question the strategy and endgame. Still, senators said ahead of the meeting that they hope to focus on unity, not disagreements.
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8 convicted in Texas immigration center shooting and protest are sentenced to decades in prison
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A former U.S. Marine reservist and seven others were sentenced Tuesday to decades in prison over a shooting last year that wounded a police officer during a demonstration outside a detention center near Dallas. Read more.
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Prosecutors called the crime an act of terrorism and said the eight were linked to the leftist militant group antifa. The defendants’ attorneys denied any antifa ties. Benjamin Song, the Marine reservist who was convicted of opening fire during the July 4 demonstration outside the Prairieland Detention Center, was sentenced to 100 years in prison, the maximum punishment. The seven others received prison terms ranging from 30 to 70 years. All but one of the eight defendants sentenced Tuesday were convicted on terrorism charges.
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A raspberry picker placing picked fruit into a basket on a hillside near the town of Arilje, Serbia, Friday. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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The harvest in Arilje, Serbia’s ‘raspberry capital’
Sometimes for breakfast I like fresh raspberries on my yogurt. Interestingly enough, one of the leading global exporters of raspberries is Serbia, somewhere I’ve spent a lot of time. Some of the raspberries make it all the way to American supermarkets. So it was nice to see AP’s team gathering stories and pictures from Arilje, the country’s “raspberry capital.” It reminded me of trips through the region’s breathtaking hills and calming lakes. The images might be a nice refreshing break on a hot day like this.
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