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| Here are the week's top stories, and a look ahead. |
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| 1. House Democrats are raising the prospect of impeaching President Trump. |
| Just two days after Robert Mueller, above, testified before Congress, the House Judiciary Committee asked a federal judge to unseal grand jury evidence related to the special counsel. The court filing effectively declares that lawmakers have already started an impeachment investigation into the president. One hundred House members support an impeachment inquiry. Here's who they are. |
| In his seven hours of testimony, Mr. Mueller defended his investigation's conclusions about Moscow's sweeping interference in the 2016 campaign — and he warned lawmakers that Russia was trying to do it again. Here's what we learned from Mr. Mueller's marathon on Capitol Hill. |
| Amid growing warnings about the potential for voting machines and databases to be hacked, states are buying new machines. But some experts say vulnerabilities remain. |
| Have you been keeping up with the headlines? Test your knowledge with our news quiz. And here's the front page of our Sunday paper, the Sunday Review from Opinion and our crossword puzzles. |
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| 2. The safety of Boeing's 737 Max jet was seriously compromised by flawed oversight from the Federal Aviation Administration, a Times investigation found. |
| Regulators came to a troubling realization after the first 737 Max crash killed 189 people: They barely understood the control system that had helped cause it. The certification of the jet was the culmination of a decades-long effort to shift responsibility from regulators to industry. Above, 737 Max jets at Boeing Field in Seattle this week. |
| Coming up this week in business: The Fed is expected to cut interest rates for the first time in a decade, and U.S.-China trade talks resume. Here's what else happened in the business world. |
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| 3. The Supreme Court gave President Trump a victory in his fight for a border wall, at least for now. |
| The administration will be allowed to use $2.5 billion in Pentagon funds to build a border wall while litigation proceeds, the court ruled. Construction had been halted by a lower court after Mr. Trump declared a national emergency to secure funds for the wall. |
| The ruling came on the same day that Mr. Trump signed an agreement with Guatemala that requires migrants who travel north through Guatemala to seek asylum there first. Above, a group of Guatemalan migrants along the border last month. |
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| 4. Unrest continues in Hong Kong. |
| The police fired multiple rounds of tear gas on Saturday, above, as tens of thousands of people protested at the site where a mob attacked demonstrators last Sunday. What started out as a peaceful rally descended into brief clashes at the train station where the attack had taken place. Protesters are out again today. |
| There was also unrest in Moscow, where more than 1,300 people were arrested in election protests. The unauthorized demonstration demanded that independent and opposition candidates be allowed to run for office in local elections. |
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| 5. Kamala Harris told The Times she doesn't want to "restructure society" or promise "beautiful sonnet" policies. So what does she want to do? |
| The senator and presidential candidate has found herself in a potent but unpredictable position: Democratic voters are drawn to her as a messenger, but the content of her message remains a work in progress. |
| And The Times Magazine takes a fresh look at Joe Biden, the putative Democratic front-runner, as he tries to take the United States back to a time before President Trump — though that may not be what voters actually want. |
| Here's what else happened in the 2020 race this week, including the feuds likely to spill over into the second round of debates on Tuesday and Wednesday. |
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| 6. Simmering frustrations over disaster response. A weak economy. Graft scandals. Leaked text messages. |
| We retraced how a powerful coalition of women's and L.G.B.T. activists, musicians, journalists and ordinary citizens toppled Puerto Rico's leaders, culminating this week with the resignation of Gov. Ricardo A. Rosselló. |
| Did the Puerto Rican police go too far during protests? When demonstrations against the governor escalated, officers responded with beatings, shotguns and tear gas, dozens of videos and photos reviewed by Times journalists show. |
| But the political crisis isn't over: With Mr. Rosselló's imminent exit, uncertainty remains over who will take over as the island territory's chief executive this week. |
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Chang W. Lee/The New York Times |
| 7. Should dark-skinned people wear sunscreen? The answer is more complicated than it may seem. |
| The American Academy of Dermatology's official position on sunscreen is that everyone, regardless of skin tone, should wear it, because "anyone can get skin cancer, regardless of age, gender or race." |
| But it turns out that the benefits and risks of wearing sunscreen when you have dark skin can be murky. Our reporter explains. |
| The Times Magazine looked at the history of testing sunscreen, including a recent study on absorption into the bloodstream that has caused concern. |
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| 8. A three-day cruise to the Bahamas for $210? There must be a catch. |
| Budget cruises abound these days. For the price of a one-night stay at a moderately priced hotel, our Frugal Traveler decided to check one out. "For the most part, the ship frees you to sunbathe, read and, of course, party," she writes. "It's a good value and value was the talk of the ship, onboard and off." |
| If you're keen for a destination with fewer people, the wilderness of the Adirondacks may be a good option, best reached via floatplane. |
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Ross MacDonald |
| 9. Every state has an infamous crime — and a book about it. |
| The Book Review rounded up all 50 states and their related true crime novels for an all-thriller dedicated section this weekend. We also asked 13 novelists to tell us about the best murder they ever wrote. |
| On a different literary note, we visited Birchbark Books & Native Arts, owned by the novelist Louise Erdrich, which provides indigenous-language guides, literature and crafts — and the latest best sellers. |
| And if you're looking for something new, here are six new books our editors liked. |
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| 10. And finally, dig into one of our Best Weekend Reads. |
| We look into a secret $6 million settlement after Neil Armstrong's death, review Quentin Tarantino's new movie, "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood," and talk to workers who have found empowerment in an unexpected field: stripping. |
| For more on what to read, watch and listen to, check out the latest small-screen recommendations from Watching; our music critics' latest playlist; and our Metropolitan Diary, which has readers' tales of life in New York City. |
| "The Weekly" is also back Sunday night on FX at 10 p.m. Eastern, when our technology reporter Jack Nicas tries to track down Facebook con artists. |
| Have an easygoing week. |
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