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Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play
The longtime Democratic insider has emerged as a behind-the-scenes force in his party’s push to win back Congress. After that, he’ll think about 2028....
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It’s Time for the W.N.B.A. to Pick Sides
The league has an invaluable opportunity right now; it can be a reflection of the world as it could be, not merely as it is....
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Trump Rejects Iran’s Cease-Fire Proposal to Reopen Strait of Hormuz
The president said the deal was not “acceptable” and demurred on whether he would restart military strikes after the midterm elections....
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Why Does Trump Think He Can Act Like a King?
The Supreme Court has had a lot to do with it....
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‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control....
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The Four TV Shows That Heralded America’s Fall
Four TV shows, now acknowledged as the medium’s high point, each cannily predicted the ways in which America would start to crack apart....
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Will the Midterms Bring a Political Realignment?
This week in politics: Midwest realignment and what’s next for conservatives....
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Powerful Nor’easter Bears Down on East Coast
Rain, flooding and damaging winds are in the forecast for much of the coastal Northeast, including New York, Long Island and Boston....
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White House Blocks CNN From Air Force One
CNN won’t be able to join President Trump on a Saturday trip to Tennessee. He had banned CNN and two other news outlets from the White House, but a court order on Thursday restored their access....
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Beaches Are Disappearing in Southern California as El Niño Bears Down
Beachfront homeowners and beachcombers are watching the sand vanish into the ocean as torrid waves strike the coast....
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As Xi Leaves Washington, Divisions Still Simmer Beneath the Surface
President Trump welcomed Xi Jinping of China for a state visit that was heavy on pomp and ceremony. But surprisingly little time was spent on the issues that most divide the two superpowers....
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OpenAI’s A.I. Went Rogue and Meddled With U.S. Government Websites
The company did not learn until recently that its technology had meddled with websites for the Education and Commerce Departments and the Securities and Exchange Commission....
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Supreme Court Once Again Blocks Republican-Backed Voting Map in Missouri
A federal appeals court had sided with Republicans seeking to use redrawn congressional district boundaries to give their party an advantage in the midterms elections....
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Bracing for Midterm Losses, Republicans in Congress Try a Pre-election Pivot
After nearly two years of allowing President Trump to set their agenda, G.O.P. senators are grasping for some quick action on cost-of-living measures they can show voters before November....
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China’s Xi Snubs a Troubled U.N. for Trump, Drowning Out Its Big Week
The U.S.-China summit offered a sharp contrast with the action at the faltering United Nations in a gridlocked New York....
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How OpenAI’s Rogue A.I. Agents Tried to Trick a Robot Detector
A new report by a Bay Area start-up called Parse adds details to an incident that has shocked the A.I. world and led to calls for closer government regulation....
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Charges of A.I. Writing in a Lauded Novel, and a Fight Over the Literary Future
“It Was Either That Or Die,” by the Haitian-Canadian author Thélyson Orélien, was the hit of the French literary season. Now it has been pulled from the shortlist for a prestigious prize....
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Dining With A.I. Moguls, Billionaires and Xi Jinping, Trump Went Off Script
Altman. Musk. Huang. Bezos. They all came to the White House Thursday night, though you might not have seen it on TV....
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Here’s How Trump Is Building a National Citizenship Database to Check Voters
The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to deploy a system that merges personal data from across the government. Questions remain about its reliability and whether states will use it....
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Brain Science Shows Why 18 Is Too Young for the Death Penalty
Our brains don’t finish developing until we’re well into our 20s. That matters when deciding who gets the death penalty....
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Netanyahu Said to Have Been Warned by Emirati Leader About Hamas Attack Before Oct. 7
The warning from the leader of the United Arab Emirates, which lacked specific details about the nature of an attack, never reached the chiefs of Israel’s security establishment, Israeli officials sai...
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‘Hold My Legs’: How Ernie Sisto Shot the Empire State Building Disaster
When a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945, a Times photographer leaned far out to get close up....
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Supreme Court Allows Federal Voter Identification Tool Ahead of Midterms
Critics of the Trump administration system to monitor the citizenship status of voters had raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges....
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Fed Faces Prospect of Another Interest Rate Increase Just Before Midterm Elections
Financial markets are placing nearly 70 percent odds on the Federal Reserve raising interest rates in late October....
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Michael Whatley, the Republican Senate Candidate in North Carolina, Sticks By Trump
Republicans in Senate battlegrounds have started to break with the president. Not Michael Whatley of North Carolina, even as his race seems at risk....
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CNN and CBS Resume White House Coverage After Standoff
Crews from CBS and CNN planned to cover two events on Friday with President Trump and the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping....
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Airline Credit Cards Are Messing Up the Whole Industry
Airline loyalty programs are anticompetitive and hurting consumers....
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How the New York Times Stays Young After 175 Years
A conversation about how The Times stays up to speed with youth culture....
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Alaskans Dismayed, but Not Moved, by Peltola’s Treatment of Her Staff
Voters interviewed in Anchorage and Fairbanks on Thursday said news that Mary Peltola, the Democratic nominee for Senate, had used offensive slurs would not change their vote....
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China’s Truce With Trump Buys It Valuable Time
Easing tensions with Washington gives Beijing room to tackle economic troubles at home while reducing its vulnerability to American pressure....
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Xi Jinping Didn’t Bring a CEO Entourage. What That Says About China-US Relations.
American chief executives turned out in force to see Xi Jinping, while their Chinese counterparts were absent, a sign of how drastically business ties have changed....
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Trump’s Standoff With White House Reporters, and the Rise and Fall of ‘Pervert Glasses’
Plus, the Friday news quiz....
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Pope Leo Signals Support for Journalists Targeted by Trump
Asked about the Trump administration’s restrictions on journalists, Leo told reporters accompanying him on a flight to France that they were “all welcome.”...
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What Does Abdul El-Sayed Believe?
The Senate nominee talks about his view for the future of the Democratic Party....
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Young Democrats Are Putting the Party Back in Politics. It’s Working.
Fun, free events communicate a larger goal: that everyday people should be able to afford a joyful life....
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As Trump Hosts State Dinner Honoring Xi, See the Menu
The White House said that the three-course menu, including sea bass and bok choy, featured American ingredients with a “subtle Chinese influence.”...
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Leo XIV, Trying to Be Everyone’s Pope, Heads to Secular France
After touring Africa, Pope Leo’s four-day visit to France shows how he is seeking to appeal to Roman Catholicism’s original heartlands as well as to the church’s newest strongholds....
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Cambridge Abandons Plans to Fully Investigate Its Hiring of Jason Arday
The professor became a flashpoint in debates over diversity efforts in higher education....
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Flyovers and Pandas Masked Divides in Trump and Xi’s U.S.-China Summit
President Trump pressed his personal brand of diplomacy as President Xi Jinping of China made his first trip to the White House in more than a decade....
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Hurricane Nolo Takes Aim at Hawaii
Though likely to avoid a direct hit, parts of the state could receive nearly three feet of rain, forecasters warned....
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Justice Department Scraps Dozens of School Desegregation Cases
Critics said the changes, mostly in the South, moved the nation “back toward the Jim Crow era.” Justice Department officials said the decrees were outdated....
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Edward Lehner, Who Made Dog Owners Pick ‘It’ Up, Dies at 93
Before the law passed, navigating New York was a harrowing exercise in dog-feces avoidance. As he put it, sometimes “you would come home and have it all over you.”...
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‘America’s Bishop’ Was Beatified. 50,000 Catholics Showed Up.
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who was the country’s most visible Roman Catholic clergyman of the 20th century, is one step closer to sainthood after a ceremony in St. Louis....
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Iran Proposes 7-Day Plan to End War
Under the offer, the Strait of Hormuz would reopen and nuclear talks would be revived....
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Full Guest List for Trump’s State Dinner With Xi
Tech titans including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Sam Altman and Tim Cook were among those invited to the event, hosted by President Trump and Melania Trump....
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About 100 Are Arrested in Protests Against Netanyahu
Large groups gathered in Midtown Manhattan to demonstrate as the Israeli prime minister spoke to the General Assembly....
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Dale Caldwell, New Jersey’s Lt. Governor, Violated Workplace Policies, Report Finds
Lawyers hired by Gov. Mikie Sherrill found Dale Caldwell sought promotion for his girlfriend and made a sexually charged comment to a staff member. Ms. Sherrill has called for his resignation....
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White House Restores Access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
A judge ordered President Trump to reverse his ban on three media outlets, but it took several hours for them to get back in. The White House TV pool remains suspended....
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Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Allow Deportations to Third Countries
A lower federal court on Wednesday imposed restrictions on deporting migrants to countries other than their own....
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Mamdani Accuses Netanyahu of Spreading ‘Baseless Lies’ After U.N. Speech
The Israeli prime minister accused Mayor Zohran Mamdani, an outspoken critic of Israel, of antisemitism. The mayor has become a political foil for the prime minister....
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