Leaked cables and emails show how the agency’s top officers dismissed internal evidence of Israelis misusing American-made bombs and worked around the clock to rush more out while the Gaza death toll mounted.
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In today’s newsletter: Inside the U.S. weapons pipeline to Israel; teenagers being charged as adults in Louisiana; Texas billionaires with a Christian nationalist agenda; and more from our newsroom. 

Inside the State Department’s Weapons Pipeline to Israel

Leaked cables and emails show how the agency’s top officers dismissed internal evidence of Israelis misusing American-made bombs and worked around the clock to rush more out while the Gaza death toll mounted.

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Portion of 17-year-olds in three Louisiana parishes who have been arrested but aren’t accused of violent crimes, according to an analysis of jail rosters, court records and district attorney data by Verite News and ProPublica. To fight an epidemic of violent crime, the state passed a law that requires all 17-year-olds to be prosecuted as adults, regardless of the offense. But 141 of the 203 17-year-olds arrested in Orleans, Jefferson and East Baton Rouge parishes in the first five months after the law took effect in April were charged with offenses that are not listed in state law as violent crimes.  

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Reporting highlights

 

A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas. That’s Just the Start.

In an investigation published this week with The New York Times Magazine, reporter Ava Kofman explored how Texas oil tycoons Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide. Her reporting showed: 

  • Statehouse Influence: Dunn and Wilks have pushed the Texas statehouse to the far right by funding relentless primary campaigns against other Republicans.
  • Christian Nationalist Beliefs: The Texas statehouse is advancing policies that threaten the separation between church and state.
  • Trump Ties: Dunn is now linked to think tanks that are jockeying to influence a second Trump administration.
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How We Report on Maternal Health — and How to Get in Touch With Our Team

A Law Was Meant to Target Teen Violence. Instead, 17-Year-Olds Are Being Charged as Adults for Lesser Offenses.

Georgia Judge Lifts Six-Week Abortion Ban After Deaths of Two Women Who Couldn’t Access Care

 
 
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