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Facing a court-imposed deadline, thegovernment asked for more time totrack down migrant children separatedfrom their families. PAGE A11

NATIONAL A10-15

Falling Behind on Reunions

The secretary of state, right, is on histhird trip to Pyongyang to hold talks ongetting Kim Jong-un to disarm. PAGE A5

INTERNATIONAL A4-9

Pompeo Visits North Korea

An economy drawing people back intothe labor force added 213,000 jobs inJune. PAGE B1

BUSINESS DAY B1-5

Strong Economy, More JobsDean G. Skelos, the former leader ofNew York’s State Senate, unexpectedlytestified in his own defense during hisretrial on corruption charges. PAGE A16

NEW YORK A16-17, 20

Ex-Senate Leader Takes StandTHIS WEEKEND

In the afterglow of her upsetover Representative JosephCrowley in the New York Demo-cratic primary, Alexandria Oca-sio-Cortez made it clear that hercampaign work was not done.

As she stood atop a table in apacked Bronx billiards hall to de-liver her victory speech, Ms. Oca-sio-Cortez — who by morningwould be one of the most talked-about names in American politics— reeled off a list of other progres-sive candidates she said needed tobe sent to Congress: AyannaPressley in Massachusetts, for ex-ample, or Cori Bush in Missouri.

By morning, Ms. Ocasio-Cortezhad also trumpeted Ms. Bush and

Ms. Pressley to her fast-growingTwitter following. Within theweek, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez had dis-patched her volunteers to canvassfor Cynthia Nixon, Zephyr Teach-out and Julia Salazar, candidatesfor New York governor, attorneygeneral and State Senate.

Ms. Pressley gained 5,000 Twit-ter followers in 24 hours. Morethan 120 volunteers have signedup for Ms. Teachout’s campaignthis week. In the same period, Ms.Salazar has raised more than$20,000.

“All my social media went nuts,my email went nuts, and dona-tions took off exponentially,” said

A Shooting Star Tries to CarryFemale Officeseekers Upward

By VIVIAN WANG

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is trying to leverage her political fame.DAMON WINTER/THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Felicia Baez teaches English asa second language at a shelter inSouth Florida where anywherefrom 30 to 100 migrant children infederal custody live at one time.Most stay about two months, butsome leave after only a few days.

“It’s always like the first day of

school,” Ms. Baez said of the turn-over at the shelter, His House Chil-dren’s Home, in the suburb of Mi-ami Gardens. And the wide rangeof academic ability among her stu-dents — some haven’t been in aclassroom in years, while othersgraduated from high school intheir home countries — meansshe is constantly making adjust-ments.

These are just some of the chal-

lenges of educating the thousandsof migrant children now housed inyouth shelters and family deten-tion centers across the country.

Federal law requires that allchildren on American soil receivea free public education, regardlessof their immigration status. As theTrump administration expandsthe number of people detained atthe border, shelters and detentionfacilities are ramping up their

roles as makeshift schools, teach-ing English and civics classes, of-fering cooking lessons and settingup field trips to art museums.

But according to lawyers andeducators with firsthand knowl-edge of the child detention sys-tem, the education offered insidethe facilities is uneven and, forsome children, starkly inade-quate.

‘Always Like the First Day of School’ for Detained Young MigrantsBy DANA GOLDSTEIN

and MANNY FERNANDEZ

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TORU HANAI/REUTERS

Brazil’s Fernandinho turned a corner kick into his own net, as Belgium moved to the World Cupsemifinals against France, winners over Uruguay. Only European teams remain. Page D1.

Ousted Brazil Leaves Field to Europe

THAM LUANG CAVE, Thai-land — Just reaching 12 boys andtheir soccer coach trapped in acave in northern Thailand re-quired a six-hour undergroundjourney that is grueling andtreacherous even for the most ex-perienced cave divers: swimmingin pitch blackness and vicious cur-rents, squeezing through two-foot-wide passages and climbingover boulders several storieshigh.

One veteran diver, a formerThai Navy SEAL, lost conscious-ness and died early Friday afterplacing spare tanks along theroute. Meanwhile, oxygen is start-ing to run low in the remote cav-

ern where the children have takenrefuge.

Three of those in the cavern arereported by the authorities to beweakening, and despite a round-the-clock pumping operation, thethreat remains that monsoonrains could push water levels intheir precarious refuge evenhigher.

The initial euphoria in Thailandand around the world that all 13people had been found alive hasgiven way four days later to deepanxiety over the challenge of get-ting them out. The option of wait-ing months until seasonal flood-waters recede now seems lesspromising, but the practical prob-lems of ferrying 12 children andone adult safely through a nearlythree-mile maze of perils remaindaunting, all the more so since

none of the children are said to beable to swim, much less use divinggear.

“When we found the boys, wethought that the boys would beable to survive in there for a longtime,” the Thai Navy SEAL com-mander, Rear Adm. ArpakornYookongkaew, told reporters onFriday. “But now, things havechanged. We have limited time.We have to work hard.”

The oxygen level in the boys’cavern is about 15 percent and de-creasing, he said, which is causefor concern: Below 16 percent cancause hypoxia, which in extremecases can be fatal.

So the rescue effort has grownmore urgent. On Thursdayevening, rescuers began runninga hose toward the cavern in hopes

Divers Describe Dangers in a Thai Cave RescueThis article is by Richard C. Pad-

dock, Muktita Suhartono and MikeIves.

Thai military personnel delivered water pumps Friday as rescue plans continued for a soccer team trapped in the Tham Luang Cave.LAUREN DECICCA/GETTY IMAGES

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WASHINGTON — Representa-tive Jim Jordan is facing the kindof slowly percolating scandal thatwould bring down other poli-ticians in other times, as new ac-cusers step forward by the day tosay the wrestling coach turned po-litician was aware of sexual mis-conduct at Ohio State Universitybut did nothing to stop it.

But like the man Mr. Jordandoggedly supports, PresidentTrump, the Ohio Republican hasthe kind of stalwart supporterswho do not lose faith easily, andthey are already defending theconservative powerhouse, sayinghe is the victim of the same “deepstate” conspirators — liberal bu-reaucrats embedded in the gov-ernment — who are trying tobring down the president.

Mr. Jordan, a 54-year-old con-gressman in his sixth term, wasdefiant Friday night on Fox News,in his first extended response tothe emerging charges. He dispar-aged some of the former collegewrestlers who have come forwardto say he knew of allegations thatthe team doctor, Richard H.Strauss, had fondled them. Hesaid he could not explain whyother more friendly wrestlers hadleveled similar charges.

“I never saw, never heard of,never was told about any kind ofabuse,” said Mr. Jordan, whose in-your-face brand of politics hasmade him the choice for speakerof the House by an array of con-servative groups. “If I did I wouldhave dealt with it. A good coachputs the interests of his student-athletes first.”

When the show’s host, BretBaier, read a quotation by a for-mer Ohio State wrestler and Ulti-mate Fighting Championship star,Mark Coleman, that Mr. Jordanwould have to have dementia to

Amid ScandalIn Ohio, HowlsOf ‘Deep State’

By CATIE EDMONDSON

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WASHINGTON — The UnitedStates and China hit each otherwith punishing tariffs on Friday asthe two nations tipped into a long-feared trade war that is only ex-pected to escalate.

President Trump has said thattrade wars are “easy to win.” Now,as he opens a global skirmish withallies and adversaries alike, thequestion is whether he has a planto achieve the results he wants orwhether he is heading into a costlyand futile clash without resolu-tion.

The president appears to be bet-ting that threatening trading part-ners like China, the European Un-ion, Mexico and Canada with tar-iffs will eventually force them tobend to the United States.

His strategy is being buoyed bya strong economy that gives Mr.Trump more latitude to imposetariffs that might otherwise posetoo much risk. Job growth wasstrong in June, according to a newgovernment report, as employersadded 213,000 net new jobs andthe unemployment rate rose asmore people entered the labormarket and began looking forwork. Manufacturing job growthwas particularly robust.

Those numbers are backward-looking, but there is little reason tothink that the initial batch of tar-iffs will knock the entire economyoff course. The $34 billion worth ofChinese goods subject to tariffs,and an equivalent retaliation byChina, is tiny compared with the$20 trillion United States econ-omy. Global stock markets largely

TRADE WAR RISES,AND TRUMP PLANREMAINS A PUZZLE

PATH TO GOALS IS MURKY

Strong Economy SoftensTariffs’ Bite, but Not

for Every Industry

By ANA SWANSONand NEIL IRWIN

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WASHINGTON — Scott Pruittcame to Washington and assem-bled an extraordinary team oflike-minded conservatives — law-yers, energy lobbyists, free-mar-ket Republicans and close alliesfrom his days in Oklahoma. Allwere committed not only to Mr.Pruitt, but also to his stated mis-sion to be a regulation-buster atthe Environmental ProtectionAgency.

In little more than a year, mostof them were gone, chased awayby scandal or disillusionmentover what they viewed as a loss offocus by a boss distracted by thetrappings of power — building anelaborate security team, travelingfirst class, seeking special bene-fits for his family — who thenblamed his own staff for the mis-steps.

Mr. Pruitt’s fall from the E.P.A.is a story of his diminishing rela-tionship with many of his closestloyalists. Instead of focusing onmaking history by reshapingAmerican environmental policy,they found themselves not onlydefending their actions before in-vestigators, but also calling outMr. Pruitt in ways that exposedhim to public scrutiny and ulti-mately led to his downfall.

Among them is SamanthaDravis, Mr. Pruitt’s former toppolicy chief, who resigned in April.During her tenure, Mr. Pruittasked her to help with personalmatters, like reviewing his apart-ment lease. Last week she sat onCapitol Hill being questioned by acongressional panel investigatingwhether Mr. Pruitt had asked her

As Pruitt Fell,Allies in E.P.A.

Were Leaving

A Deregulatory MissionMuddied by Scandals

This article is by Lisa Friedman,Eric Lipton and Coral Davenport.

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Robert S. Mueller III, the special coun-sel, most likely won’t agree to the de-mands, setting up the possibility of asubpoena for the president. PAGE A14

Giuliani Sets Interview Terms

Amy McGrath, a former Marine fighterpilot running for Congress in Kentucky,has been shaped by her mother’s strug-gles and successes. PAGE A10

Her Mother, Her Inspiration

It raises the issue of nationalism, whichthe European Union has avoided —until now. The Interpreter. PAGE A7

Europe’s Question of Borders

Despite advances in gender dynamicsover the last half-century, certain atti-tudes may endure when it comes tomen, women and money. PAGE B1

When She Earns More

Serena Williams, ranked 181, advancedat Wimbledon on a day when two moretop-ranked women lost. PAGE D6

SPORTSSATURDAY D1-6

Top Seeds Fall; No. 181 Endures

A reality show featuring young Britshooking up and breaking up is drawingmillions of British viewers and no smallamount of finger-wagging. PAGE C1

ARTS C1-7

Obsessed With ‘Love Island’

LOOPHOLE The E.P.A., on ScottPruitt’s last day, gave a break to“glider” trucks that lack modernemissions controls. PAGE A12

Bret Stephens PAGE A19

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