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No party in France got an absolute majority in the snap legislative elections. Here’s what to know about what comes next.

France Is Not Used to Coalition Governments. Does It Have a Choice?www.nytimes.com No party got an absolute majority in the National Assembly. Here are some of the ways the country could escape political gridlock. None are easy.

James Patterson, Stephen King, Sarah Jessica Parker, Marlon James and other literary luminaries share their best books of the 21st century. See their picks. nyti.ms/3VNZtmA

Tropical Storm Beryl formed over Texas Monday morning, and it had sustained wind speeds of 70 miles per hour, according to the National Hurricane Center. Track the storm's damaging winds and rainfall near your area.

Tropical Storm Beryl Trackerwww.nytimes.com See the likely path, rainfall and wind arrival times for Beryl.

Breaking News: A Parkinson’s expert visited the White House eight times in eight months from last summer through this spring, according to official visitor logs. The administration has said that President Biden has no signs of the disease.

Parkinson’s Expert Visited the White House Eight Times in Eight Monthswww.nytimes.com The White House has said that President Biden has no signs of the disease and that there has been no reason to update the most recent testing, conducted in February.

A heat wave that broke records in Palm Springs and Las Vegas — where temperatures reached 120 degrees — over the weekend, continued on Monday in much of the Western U.S. Forecasters said the extreme heat would likely persist for several more days.

Heat Wave in Western U.S. Sets Records, While Another Roasts the Eastwww.nytimes.com Temperature records have been shattered from California and Nevada to North Carolina in the last few days, and relief is still days away, forecasters say.

Tropical Storm Beryl battered Houston and its suburbs on Monday morning, flooding streets and knocking out power for more than two million customers in Texas. At least one person was killed. Here’s the latest on the storm.

Beryl Live Updates: Wind and Rain Pound Houston as Storm Moves Northwww.nytimes.com After making landfall on the Texas coast as a Category 1 hurricane, Beryl knocked out power to more than two million customers.

Breaking News: President Biden said in a letter to congressional Democrats that he is "firmly committed to staying in the race," rebuffing calls to drop out.

Live Election Updates: Biden Tells Congress He Is ‘Firmly Committed’ to Staying in Racewww.nytimes.com President Biden sent a letter to congressional Democrats a day after some high-ranking House members privately told colleagues that he should end his campaign.

Breaking News: Hurricane Beryl made landfall near Matagorda, Texas, before dawn on Monday as a Category 1 storm. Officials warned of the potential for significant inland flooding.

Hurricane Beryl Makes Landfall in Texas as a Category 1 Stormwww.nytimes.com The storm’s center continued to track toward Houston, bringing heavy rain and potential flooding.

The Philadelphia radio station WURD has parted ways with a host who interviewed President Biden on Wednesday using questions provided to her by the Biden campaign, after the station said the interview violated its journalistic independence.

Radio Host Who Was Fed Questions by Biden Campaign Leaves Philadelphia Stationwww.nytimes.com WURD said that the interview with President Biden was not up to its standards and that the host, Andrea Lawful-Sanders, had resigned in a mutual decision.

News Analysis: The resilience that President Biden has built over a half century in politics is colliding with a new reality, where he is not being held up as a fighter who overcomes obstacles but is accused by his critics of putting his own ego ahead of the country.

Resilience Has Fueled Biden’s Career. But So Has Defiance.www.nytimes.com The resilience that President Biden sold as a trademark of his political brand for half a century now looks to some like blind resistance in the face of a rising tide.

Breaking News: At least four senior House Democrats told colleagues privately on Sunday that it was time for President Biden to end his campaign, three people briefed on the talks said.

Live Election Updates: Senior Democrats Privately Look for Biden to Withdraw as He Campaigns in Pennsylvaniawww.nytimes.com

Donald Trump and his closest allies are preparing for his potential return to the White House. Here are some of his plans for a second term, including an expansion of the president’s authority over every part of the federal government.

If Trump Winswww.nytimes.com Donald Trump and his closest allies are planning a radical reshaping of American government. Here are some of the policy stakes if he regains power in 2025.

Fifty years ago, her father’s friend was taken at gunpoint on Long Island. Then he went on with his life — and that’s the part that haunts her.

The Kidnapping I Can’t Escapewww.nytimes.com Fifty years ago, my father’s friend was taken at gunpoint on Long Island. Then he went on with his life — and that’s the part that haunts me.

The kidnapping that “Long Island Compromise” begins with was inspired by the Jack Teich kidnapping in 1974. Read our review of Taffy Brodesser-Aknerhere’s novel here.

When a Father Gets Kidnapped, His Family Pays the Pricewww.nytimes.com “Long Island Compromise,” the new novel by the author of “Fleishman Is in Trouble,” fictionalizes a true story.

“It feels like living in a furnace.” Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, has endured days of temperatures above 100 Fahrenheit, made worse by power cuts and high humidity. It's a brutal reminder of the deadly toll of climate change in a part of the world especially vulnerable to its effects.

Pakistan Withers Under Deadly Heat and Fears the Coming Rainswww.nytimes.com Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, endured days of temperatures above 100 Fahrenheit, made worse by power cuts and high humidity.

France was awaiting the results of a runoff parliamentary election on Sunday that drew high voter turnout and was likely to bring major change to the nation’s political landscape while weakening the centrist President Emmanuel Macron. Follow live updates.

Live Updates: France Votes in Election That Could Bring Far Right Closer to Powerwww.nytimes.com The far-right National Rally drew the most support in the first round of voting. In Sunday’s final round, it hopes to win a majority in the powerful lower house of Parliament.

The Texas coast was bracing on Sunday for a Category 1 hurricane to hit sometime Monday morning, after the storm, Beryl, tore through the Caribbean. Follow live updates.

Beryl Live Updates: Texas Coast Under Hurricane Warnings as Storm Nearsnyti.ms Currently a tropical storm after smashing through the Caribbean, Beryl is forecast to make landfall as a hurricane early Monday.

President Biden will continue his re-election effort on Sunday with two campaign stops in Pennsylvania, a key swing state. Follow live updates.

Live Election Updates: Biden Hits the Trail as Concern Among Democrats Growswww.nytimes.com

Donald Trump’s increasingly theatrical process of choosing a running mate has fostered a new crop of rising stars inside the Republican party.

In Choosing a V.P., Trump Is Elevating the Next Generation of Republicanswww.nytimes.com The process of choosing a running mate has created a new roster of rising Republicans with the potential to lead the ticket in 2028.

In its latest Gaza cease-fire proposal, Hamas wants assurances that Israel won’t restart the war after some hostages come home, according to two senior officials from countries involved in the negotiations. Israeli negotiators immediately rejected that demand, the officials said.

Hamas’s Cease-Fire Proposal Includes a Familiar Sticking Pointnyti.ms Hamas wants assurances that Israel won’t restart the war after some hostages come home. Israel says it needs the option.

A strike by the staff of the nation’s largest teachers’ union over issues including overtime pay has prompted President Biden to cancel a speech on Sunday in Philadelphia.

Biden Cancels Speech to Teachers After Union’s Staff Strikeswww.nytimes.com Employees of the National Education Association picketed the site of the group’s annual convention after a walkout over issues including overtime pay.

News Analysis: When Donald Trump was found guilty of 34 felonies, the U.S. was confronted with a historical novelty: a felon who once held the highest office in the land. Will the label actually tarnish Trump, as it has so many people over the centuries?

A Mark of Shame for 900 Years. Until Now?www.nytimes.com “Felon” carries an ancient stigma — one that falls on millions of Americans today. Trump might well redefine it.

A federal judge on Saturday postponed a few deadlines in Donald Trump’s classified documents case to allow prosecutors time to respond to his request for a broader pause in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling this week on executive immunity.

Judge Delays Some Deadlines in Trump Classified Documents Casenyti.ms The postponement was likely to cause only minor delays to the case, which has already slowed to a crawl with Judge Aileen Cannon’s previous decisions.

Seventh and eighth graders in Malvern, Pennsylvania, impersonating their teachers posted disparaging, lewd, racist and homophobic videos on TikTok. The incident is the first known mass attack of its kind by middle schoolers on their teachers in the U.S.

Students Target Teachers in Group TikTok Attack, Shaking Their Schoolnyti.ms Seventh and eighth graders in Malvern, Pa., impersonating their teachers posted disparaging, lewd, racist and homophobic videos in the first known mass attack of its kind in the U.S.

Masoud Pezeshkian, the reformist candidate who advocated moderate policies at home and improved relations with the West, won the presidential runoff in Iran against a hard-line rival, according to results released by the interior ministry on Saturday. nyti.ms/3xMgPZc

In a crash course in global statecraft, Keir Starmer, Britain’s first Labour prime minister in 14 years, will fly to Washington this coming week to attend a NATO summit. A week after that, he will play host to 50 European leaders at a security meeting at Blenheim Palace.

Britain’s New Leader Is About to Get a Crash Course in Statecraftnyti.ms Prime Minister Keir Starmer will travel to a NATO summit this coming week, where he will represent a rare point of centrist stability among unsettled allies.

News Analysis: After last week’s devastating debate performance, President Biden’s prime-time interview with ABC News was an exercise in not just damage control but reality control.

Crisis? What Crisis? Biden Rejects Democratic Pessimism.nyti.ms After last week’s devastating debate performance, the president’s prime-time interview with ABC News was an exercise in not just damage control but reality control.

Two teenagers drowned while swimming off Coney Island in Brooklyn as a thunderstorm rolled into the area Friday evening, the second such fatal episode at a New York City beach in less than a month.

Two Teenagers Drown Off Brooklyn Beachwww.nytimes.com The girls, ages 17 and 18, went into the water near the Coney Island boardwalk as thunderstorms rolled in. It was the second pair of drownings off city beaches in two weeks.

Breaking News: The reformist Masoud Pezeshkian won Iran’s presidential runoff election, reflecting discontent with hard-line policies. The special election was held after former President Ebrahim Raisi was killed in a helicopter crash in May.

Reformist Candidate Wins Iran’s Presidential Electionwww.nytimes.com Masoud Pezeshkian defeated an ultraconservative former nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, in a runoff.

President Biden, in a prime-time interview with ABC News on Friday, dismissed concerns about his age, his mental acuity and polls showing him losing his re-election bid, vowing to drop out only if “the Lord Almighty” told him to. www.nytimes.com/2024/07/05/u...