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Taiwan Detains a Chinese-Crewed Ship After Undersea Cable Severed

The Coast Guard said it was investigating how the cable was severed and said it could not rule out the possibility of sabotage.

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Facing Trump’s Hostility, Ukraine Weighs Its Options. But They Are Few.

There is a broad reckoning in Ukraine: Washington can no longer be relied upon as a supporter. But Kyiv still has agency on the battlefield and can seek increased support from Europe.

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A Showdown on Ukraine, and a Judge Says DOGE Might Be Unconstitutional

Plus, Roberta Flack remembered.

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Ahmed al-Shara: The Evolution of Syria’s New Leader

Ahmed al-Shara’s unlikely path from membership in Al Qaeda to head of state has raised questions about how he intends to govern Syria.

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Tesla Moves One Step Closer to Self-Driving Cars in China

The development marked a breakthrough for Tesla’s chief executive, Elon Musk, in a country where his company has faced increasingly tough competition.

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Taiwan Watches Trump Undercut Ukraine, Hoping It Won’t Be Next

As President Trump turns toward Russia, Taiwan grapples with its reliance on U.S. support in the face of conflict with China.

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James Carville: The Best Thing Democrats Can Do in This Moment

There’s nothing Democrats can legitimately do to stop Trump, so we need a tactical pause in our fight to plan for the future.

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A Theory of Media That Explains 15 Years of Politics

Martin Gurri discusses how social media and the internet have fundamentally changed the public’s relationship to institutions and power.

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Emil Bove, Justice Dept.’s No. 2, Targets NY Office Where He Rose as a Prosecutor

The forceful approach that Emil Bove III has taken toward the Southern District of New York underscores his own fraught relationship with the office that gave him the expertise to do so.

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Trust Was Once an American Superpower

Undermining one of our country’s greatest and least-appreciated assets.

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Bill Burr Is About to Hit Broadway. Broadway Better Duck.

The acerbic comic sounds like a Mamet character, and thanks to Nathan Lane, he’s making his Broadway debut as one in “Glengarry Glen Ross.”

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Miriam Miller Steps Into the Spotlight as the Swan Queen at City Ballet

Miriam Miller, newly promoted to principal at New York City Ballet, is set to make her debut in “Swan Lake.”

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Government Workers Who Have Lost Their Jobs Worry About Their Housing

The abrupt firings have left federal workers and contractors throughout the country in flux, with many distressed over how they will pay the mortgage or rent.

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1,200 Acres of Powder for Around $100: Skiing Vermont’s Bolton Valley

Brought back from the brink by devoted skiers and a new generation of a skiing family, Bolton Valley has cultivated a niche among Eastern ski areas as an affordable downhill and backcountry resort.

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Facing Early-Onset Alzheimer’s, She Fought to Expand Assisted Suicide in Quebec

Sandra Demontigny, 45, pushed Quebec to become one of the few places in the world to allow people to choose a medically assisted death sometimes years in advance.

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Why Do Women Live Longer Than Men?

By understanding the reasons, scientists hope to help both sexes age better.

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How a Demographic ‘Doom Loop’ Helped Germany’s Far Right

Understanding the Alternative for Germany’s success in Sunday’s elections.

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4 Workers Killed in Highway Bridge Collapse in South Korea

Six others were injured when part of a highway construction site broke apart on Tuesday morning, officials said.

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Raymond Santana of ‘Central Park Five’ Will Run for Office in New York

Raymond Santana was wrongly imprisoned. Now, he wants to join Yusef Salaam, also wrongfully accused in the rape of a Central Park jogger, on the City Council.

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Is Andrew Cuomo on the Verge of Announcing a Run for Mayor?

The former governor, who resigned in disgrace, has not officially entered the race for New York City mayor. But he has spent months laying the groundwork.

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Late Night Laughs at DOGE’s Work Force Demand

“It’s like the government is being run by BuzzFeed,” Jimmy Kimmel said on Monday about Elon Musk’s work-tracking request to federal employees.

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America and Russia Are on the Same Side Now

The U.S. is embracing European far-right parties in sympathy with Moscow — the opposite of how Washington dealt with Europe’s Communist parties in the Cold War.

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Syria Begins National Dialogue but Without Kurdish-Led Militia

Although the conference was called to chart the country’s future, the Kurdish-led militia that controls much of Syria’s northeast was not invited.

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How a Demographic ‘Doom Loop’ Helped Germany’s Far Right

Understanding the Alternative for Germany’s success in Sunday’s elections.

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Acting I.R.S. Commissioner Doug O’Donnell to Announce Retirement

The official, Doug O’Donnell, a 40-year veteran of the I.R.S., was elevated last month, after the last commissioner stepped down at the beginning of President Trump’s term.

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Al Trautwig, a Mainstay in the TV Booth at Madison Square Garden, Dies at 68

The Long Island native covered 16 Olympics, and had cameos in the movie “Cool Runnings” and the TV show “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”

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Earth Safe From Asteroid 2024 YR4, NASA Says

The odds that the space rock, 2024 YR4, will smash into our planet in 2032 have dropped to nearly zero, leading astronomers to conclude that we are no longer in danger.

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Trump’s New Deputy F.B.I. Director Has It Out for the ‘Scumbag Commie Libs’

Dan Bongino is in a place to turn wild notions from the right-wing internet into pretexts for federal investigations.

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After Public Clash Over Tolls, Hochul Tries to Persuade Trump Privately

Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York said that she and President Trump discussed congestion pricing, which Mr. Trump has moved to kill, in an unscheduled meeting on Friday.

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In Huntington Beach, Politics on a Plaque

MAGA references on a library plaque have divided the Southern California surf town and thrust it into the national spotlight.

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