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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 Justice Department officials said the decrees were outdated.

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France to Send Soldiers to Saudi Arabia to Help Secure Energy Sites

Attacks on Saudi cities on the Red Sea by the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen have added to pressure on global oil supplies.

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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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‘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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Netanyahu, Addressing U.N., Denounces Israel’s Critics as ‘Moral Cowards’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also reserved some of his ire for the mayor of the city hosting him, Zohran Mamdani.

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In Trump’s White House, China’s Dictator Is Welcome. American Media, Less So.

The showdown over President Trump’s partial media ban played out as he welcomed President Xi Jinping, whose government is ranked among the most repressive in the world.

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Dale Caldwell, New Jersey’s Lt. Governor, Violated Workplace Policies, Report Finds

Investigators found that New Jersey’s lieutenant governor, Dale Caldwell, sought a promotion for his girlfriend and made a sexually charged comment to a staff member.

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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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Unused Tents and Uneaten Food: Watchdog Finds ‘Waste’ in Immigration Crackdown

In a report Thursday, the Government Accountability Office said the Trump administration squandered millions of dollars to expand detention.

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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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Bob Pettit, N.B.A. Great for the Hawks, Dies at 93

A prolific scorer and rebounder, in 1958 he delivered one of the most remarkable performances in playoff history.

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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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Florida Charges 20 People with Voter Fraud

Most cases involved noncitizens who registered to vote, attesting that they were U.S. citizens, state officials said.

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Republicans in Red-State Races Are Starting to Break From Trump

Our national political correspondent, Shane Goldmacher, explains how a growing number of Republican candidates in key battleground states are making calculated decisions to distance themselves from President Trump and his policies.

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Trump Hosts China’s Leader for a State Visit

Also, mortgage rates hit 7 percent. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

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In Alaska, Rowdy Members of Congress Are a Tradition

Revelations about the conduct of former Representative Mary Peltola may not faze voters who have long elected abrasive and sometimes violent figures to represent them.

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Massachusetts Is Investigating Gambling Companies’ Use of A.I.

In response to a New York Times report on DraftKings, the state’s gaming commission said it would evaluate how each company deployed the technology.

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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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Weeks Before the Election, Susan Collins’s Ties to a Fund-Raiser Are Under Scrutiny

Scott Reed, a longtime Washington lobbyist who has a close relationship with Senator Susan Collins of Maine, leads a super PAC backing her campaign.

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Federal Council Terminates Review of Arch’s Effects on Historic Sites

Trump’s allies end a legally required step, one of the final hurdles for the project to advance.

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American Bar Association Fights to Keep Power to Vet Law Schools

Losing its accreditation ability would be a blow to the nation’s largest association of lawyers and another example of how the Trump administration is reshaping higher education.

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Netanyahu Attacks Mamdani in Heated U.N. Speech

The Israeli prime minister accused Mayor Zohran Mamdani, an outspoken critic of Israel, of antisemitism. Mr. Mamdani said Mr. Netanyahu was repeating “baseless lies.”

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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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Senate Defeats Bid to Direct Trump to End Iran War or Seek Approval

The vote came as a growing number of Republicans has broken from President Trump on the conflict, reflecting voters’ concerns ahead of midterm elections.

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Abbas Presses Case for Palestinian State in Taped General Assembly Address

The Palestinian leader renewed his call for a two-state solution on Thursday, as he accused Israel of prosecuting “a genocidal war” against Palestinians.

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