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After Biden and Connolly, Some Democrats Wonder: Should Age and Term Limits Exist?

After Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis and Representative Gerry Connolly’s death, some in the party want more elected officials, as one Democrat put it, to seek an earlier “escape hatch from politics.”

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Is There Really a Chronic Disease Epidemic? It’s Complicated.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wants to return the nation to a time when he believes Americans were healthier. Not so fast, many researchers say.

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All the Actions the Trump Administration Has Taken Against Harvard

The pressure campaign to try to force the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university to fall in line with President Trump’s agenda has sprawled beyond just one singular task force or agency.

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Pope Leo’s Doctoral Dissertation: Thoughts on Power and Authority

“There is no room in Augustine’s concept of authority for one who is self-seeking and in search of power over others,” he wrote in the 167-page text.

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4 Summer Books We’re Looking Forward To

Gilbert Cruz, the editor of The New York Times Book Review, previews four books we’re anticipating this summer.

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The Enduring Appeal of the American Drive-In

Has anything really changed at drive-in theaters across the country? A photographer based in Bozeman, Mont., visited a few to find out.

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Deepfake Laws Bring Prosecution and Penalties, but Also Pushback

Dozens of A.I.-related regulations enacted in the past two years now lead to fines, incarceration and legal challenges from the likes of Elon Musk.

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Jeff Goldblum Says Jeff Goldblum is ‘Not a Performance’

In a wide-ranging interview on Popcast, the actor and musician insisted that the immutable Jeff Goldblum persona is “not a performance” — it’s his lifeblood.

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Alberta Separatism Push Roils Canada

The country is just emerging from a period of political turmoil with a new prime minister in place. But now Alberta, a conservative Western province, is planning a referendum to break away.

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New Novels to Read This Summer

Taylor Jenkins Reid heads to space, Megan Abbott climbs a pyramid (scheme) and Gary Shteyngart channels a 10-year-old. Plus queer vampires, a professor in hell and an actress’s revenge.

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Roof of 14th-Century Drum Tower Partially Collapses in China

The Drum Tower in Fengyang County, which dates to the 14th century, is one of many historical sites that have been renovated as cultural tourism has boomed.

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White Afrikaners Are Trump’s Kind of Oppressed Minority

The race-baiting grift is alive and well in South Africa.

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Pope Leo Brings More than Linguistic Gifts. He Has Cultural Fluency.

Pope Leo’s fluency in English, Spanish and Italian will help him govern the global church — and the Vatican.

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Trump’s Apple Threat Complicates India’s Tariff Negotiations

Apple and India have invested years and billions of dollars in teaming up against China. India sees it as a strength. To President Trump, it looks like leverage.

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Bill Would Give Newborns $1,000 in ‘Trump Accounts’

The money would be invested on children’s behalf in the financial markets for them to use once they had grown up.

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Two Israeli Embassy Staffers Shot and Killed Outside Event in Washington, Officials Say

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said that the shooting occurred near an event held at the Capital Jewish Museum.

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Trump Casts Himself as a Protector of Persecuted White People

President Trump publicly dressed down the president of South Africa based on a fringe conspiracy theory, providing a vivid distillation of his views on race.

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Trump Claimed a Video Showed ‘Burial Sites’ of White Farmers. It Didn’t.

During a meeting with South Africa’s president, President Trump played the video as evidence of racial persecution. A Times analysis found he misrepresented the contents of the video.

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Jim Irsay, Longtime Owner of the Indianapolis Colts, Dies at 65

He took over the business from his father in 1997 and turned the team into one of the best in the league, with a Super Bowl win during the 2006 season.

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Inspector Let Recruits Who Failed Psychological Exam Join the N.Y.P.D.

Terrell Anderson, the former head of a unit charged with assessing candidates, has been transferred. He has been praised as an innovative officer.

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End of Federal Oversight Plan for Minneapolis Police Draws Criticism Over Timing

The Trump administration announced the withdrawal of the plan just days before the five-year anniversary of George Floyd’s killing.

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U.S. Fights to Keep Mahmoud Khalil From Holding His Month-Old Child

A judge ordered the Trump administration to let Mr. Khalil meet with his wife and infant son before a hearing on his immigration case. It was unclear whether they would be separated by plexiglass.

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Warning Sirens Were Silent Ahead of Deadly Tornado in St. Louis, City Says

Mayor Cara Spencer placed the city’s emergency manager on administrative leave pending an investigation into the failure to warn residents.

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Inside the Oval Office Meeting With South Africa’s President

John Eligon, Johannesburg bureau chief, recounts what he witnessed in the Oval Office when President Trump confronted the visiting President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa with an elaborate presentation attempting to falsely prove a “genocide” against white Afrikaners.

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Inside Trump Officials’ Debate Over Abrego Garcia’s Deportation

A Maryland man’s deportation to El Salvador set off a fierce debate among officials in three cabinet agencies, despite agreement there had been a mistake.

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Craig Steinley, VP of Appraisal Institute, Voted Out After Harassment Claims

Calls for Craig Steinley to step down from the Appraisal Institute began immediately after The New York Times revealed claims of improper touching from multiple women.

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Trump’s Federal Cuts Threaten Natural Disaster Support Americans Rely On

President Trump’s efforts to downsize the government threaten essential functions that Americans have come to rely on before, during and after natural disasters.

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What Could Happen As Federal Oversight of Police Departments Ends

The Justice Department ended efforts to push for reform in Minneapolis, Louisville and several other cities. But does federal involvement make a difference in policing?

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Trump Clashed With South Africa’s President

Also, the Justice Department ended oversight of local police in several cities. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

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Trump Says the U.S. Is Close to Brokering a Congo-Rwanda Peace Deal

After decades of conflict between two African countries, President Trump and an adviser said the two sides, with U.S. help, had created an agreement that was now being finalized.

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