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Trump Heads to the Middle East With a Single Goal: Deals, Deals, Deals

President Trump has always viewed the presidency as a worldwide hunt for deals. And there is no better place for that than the Gulf, where a few men wield absolute authority over vast wealth.

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Josh Hawley: Don’t Cut Medicaid

Republicans should embrace their working class voters.

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Trump Wants Saudi Arabia to Invest $1 Trillion in the U.S.

President Trump goes to the Gulf kingdom this week seeking $1 trillion worth of investments in the United States — a sum equivalent to the entire Saudi gross domestic product for a year.

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As Trump Administration Cuts Child Care Funding, Republicans Want More Parents at Home

As the Trump administration shrinks federal child care programs, Republicans are backing policies they hope will allow more parents to scale back at work.

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Kennedy Is Right About the Chemicals in Our Food

A handshake deal with the food industry will never be enough.

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Why Has the Closet Taken on a New Allure?

Long a place of hiding and shame, it’s now being reconsidered in queer culture — and beyond.

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Ozempic Comes for the Group Dinner

As the use of GLP-1s soars in popularity, diners are wrestling with new restaurant etiquette dilemmas — and adjusting accordingly.

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How 40 Manhattan Businesses Are Adapting to Congestion Pricing

An informal survey along Bleecker Street surfaced complaints about higher delivery costs, but most businesses are making do, even if they do not like it.

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Kurdish P.K.K. Says It Will End Conflict with Turkish State

The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., said on Monday that it would lay down its arms, a decision that could reverberate across neighboring countries.

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U.S. and China Hail Progress, but Does That Mean There’s a Trade Deal?

Both countries promised to say more on Monday about what talks over the weekend achieved. Until then, investors and businesses are guessing.

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China Courts Lula and Latin America After Trump’s Tariff Shock

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil is visiting Beijing this week, and China’s Xi Jinping will also meet top officials from other Latin American and Caribbean nations to emphasize their ties.

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Republicans Propose Paring Medicaid Coverage but Steer Clear of Deeper Cuts

The proposal, which is to be considered this week by a key House panel, omits some of the furthest-reaching reductions to the health program but would leave millions without coverage or facing higher costs.

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Pope Leo XIV May Be a Stern Teacher for American Catholics

Political partisanship is likely to become an even more untenable position for American Catholics than it already is.

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Serbia Is Showing America What’s Possible

Serbian protesters are bravely combating a powerful autocratic government.

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Can More Military Spending Revive an Economy? This British Town Hopes So.

Britain is spending billions of pounds more on defense, but wants the money to go beyond nuclear submarines to improve local jobs and prosperity. Barrow-in-Furness may be the model.

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Asia Stocks Rise on Hope for Lower Tariffs After U.S.-China Talks

Investors were optimistic after American officials touted progress in trade negotiations over the weekend, though details had yet to be released.

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Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One

The plan raises substantial ethical issues, given the immense value of the lavishly appointed plane and that Mr. Trump intends to take ownership of it after he leaves office.

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Trump Plan Would Tie Some Drug Prices to What Peer Nations Pay

The president announced an executive order aimed at lowering U.S. drug costs, revisiting an idea that was blocked in court during his first term.

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Rodrigo Duterte Is Expected to Again Become Mayor of Davao City

Former President Rodrigo Duterte, who faces international court charges of crimes against humanity, remains very popular at home.

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‘Viva Papa Leo!’ At U.S. Masses, Dawn of Homegrown Pope Brings an Air of Electricity.

In Chicago, New Orleans and beyond, elated worshipers and priests celebrated their immediate sense of connection with Pope Leo.

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Johnny Rodriguez, Country Music Star, Dies at 73

He was best known for the 1970s hits “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind” and “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico,” and as the first popular Mexican American country artist.

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Why Patients Are Being Forced to Switch to a 2nd-Choice Obesity Drug

CVS Caremark decided to stop offering Zepbound in favor of Wegovy for weight loss. It’s the latest example of limits imposed by insurance that disrupt treatments for patients.

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Families of Sept. 11 Victims Urge Lutnick to Help Extradite Saudi National

The letter comes as the commerce secretary plans to accompany President Trump to Saudi Arabia this week as part of a weeklong trip to the Middle East.

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White South Africans Granted Refugee Status by Trump Leave for U.S.

Dozens of Afrikaners who claim discrimination in their home country left Johannesburg on Sunday. Their departure for the U.S. came as the Trump administration was halting virtually all refugee admissions.

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Hamas Says It Will Release Its Last American Hostage

The announcement, which did not say when the hostage, Edan Alexander, would be set free, came as President Trump planned to visit the region.

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Milwaukee Apartment Building Fire Kills at Least 4

Four other people were critically injured, and 30 others were rescued after the fire broke out on Sunday morning, the authorities said.

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California Bus Crash Leaves at Least 1 Dead and 32 Injured

The bus crashed into a disabled S.U.V. on a highway in Los Angeles County around 5 a.m. Sunday, officials said.

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Pope’s Family History Offers a Glimpse Into the American Creole Journey

The revelation that Leo XIV has roots among New Orleans Creoles has stirred curiosity and joy about the first pope from the United States.

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Flights Could Be Disrupted Across U.S., Transportation Secretary Warns

After a series of problems at Newark Liberty International Airport, the secretary, Sean Duffy, said that he would meet with airline leaders to plan a scaling back of Newark flights.

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Heavy Rain and Flooding Threaten the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic

Forecasters warn of flash flooding from Florida to Virginia amid a slow-moving system that is expected to bring heavy rainfall through Wednesday.

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