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Noem Visits Israel Amid Tensions Between Trump and Netanyahu

Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, expressed continued U.S. support for Israel despite recent disagreements.

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Trump’s Comments on Gaza Reflect Israel’s Growing Isolation

For months, Israel’s strongest allies had been reluctant to join a wave of global censure against the war. Now, even the Trump administration appears to be growing impatient.

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What to Read this Summer

We have a list from an editor of the Book Review.

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Russia Intensifies Attacks on Ukraine as U.S. Steps Back

With diplomatic efforts to reach a cease-fire appearing remote, and President Trump apparently abandoning the process, Russia has been escalating its assaults on Ukrainian cities and on the battlefield.

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Tech’s Trump Whisperer, Tim Cook, Goes Quiet as His Influence Fades

Apple’s chief executive has gone from winning President Trump’s praise to drawing his ire, deepening the company’s woes in a very bad year.

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New Trump Club in D.C., Executive Branch, Clashes With Old Guard

In a Washington rived by political differences, four private clubs reflect the sorting of the city’s establishment into separate corners at a turbulent time.

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From the Creator of ‘Succession,’ a Delicious Satire of the Tech Right

Much of the pleasure of “Mountainhead” is the way it reflects our preposterous nightmare world.

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial Draws Long Lines and Limited Seating

Without any livestreaming of the often graphic testimony, securing space inside the federal courtroom has meant long lines and long waits.

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Trump Says Retailers Should ‘Eat the Tariffs.’ Good Luck With That.

Companies can’t deny reality.

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50 Years After Saigon’s Fall, ‘the Wall’ Reflects and Collects a Nation’s Trauma

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a place of unexplainable power, many visitors say. Volunteer guides often speak of it as “Wall magic.”

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King Charles III Visits Canada: What to Know

The British monarch, who is Canada’s official head of state, is coming at a moment when President Trump has threatened the country’s sovereignty.

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NATO Wants a Cordial Summit, but Trump or Zelensky Could Disrupt It

NATO’s leader is looking for little drama and a focus on new spending goals, not disagreements over Ukraine.

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Trump’s Tariffs and Tax Bill May Derail U.S. Battery Industry

Domestic factories that make batteries to store power to meet America’s rising energy demand depend on Chinese components and federal subsidies.

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50 Million Gallons of Sewage Flow Daily From Mexico Into California Beaches

Large amounts of untreated sewage flow daily from Mexico into Imperial Beach, Calif. That has closed beaches and sickened residents.

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Electric Vehicles Died a Century Ago. Could That Happen Again?

Battery-operated vehicles were a mainstay more than a hundred years ago, but only a few still exist — one happens to be in Jay Leno’s garage.

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10 Books Like ‘The Last of Us’ If You Can’t Wait for Next Season

If HBO’s zombie drama has you craving more postapocalyptic action, these books have got you covered.

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How a Tornado-Damaged Town in Arkansas Became a Test Case for Trump’s FEMA

“On-the-ground reality will show that most small communities don’t have a lot of room in the budget,” the mayor of Cave City, Ark., said after a tornado ripped through town in March.

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What’s Trump’s Vision on China, Russia and the World?

President Trump’s recent actions and statements suggest he might want an arrangement where the United States, China and Russia each dominate their sphere of influence.

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What Sonic Detectives Listen for When Rockets Launch

Physicists who record rocket launches and landings, most often by SpaceX, are learning important facts about the acoustics of spaceflight.

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As George Lucas’s ‘Starship’ Museum Nears Landing, He Takes the Controls

The ‘Star Wars’ director parted ways with the museum’s top boss and is clearly calling the shots as his Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles approaches completion.

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I Was Obama’s Budget Director. It’s Time to Worry About the National Debt.

In its current form, the budget legislation moving through Congress would exacerbate the fiscal challenges we face.

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The Powerlifter Who Became a Professor and Changed the Game

Once known as “the world’s strongest woman,” Dr. Todd spent 50 years breaking records — and turning strength into a field of study.

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Bari, Italy, Transformed Its Identity. Here Come the Tourists.

Foreigners — and residents — long avoided Bari’s old town, which had been plagued by mob crime. Now, with direct flights from the U.S. starting, residents are excited, but wary.

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New to Congress, She’s in the Cross Hairs of Trump’s Justice Department

Representative LaMonica McIver faces assault charges after a clash outside a migrant detention center in Newark, the city where she rose to political power.

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Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Head, Jake Wood, Resigns

Jake Wood quit the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, saying it was “not possible” to implement a new Israeli-backed aid system in the enclave while remaining neutral and independent.

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Marcel Ophuls, ‘The Sorry and the Pity' Director, Dies at 97

He was best-known for “The Sorrow and the Pity,” a landmark film that debunked ideas of vast French resistance to the Nazi occupation.

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‘Duck Dynasty’ Patriarch Phil Robertson Dies at 79

He founded the duck-call business that became the foundation of his family’s reality television empire.

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Venezuela’s Government Claims Victory in Polls Boycotted by Opposition Leader

Polling places in Caracas, the capital, and other cities were sparsely populated but officials claimed turnout was higher than 40 percent.

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We Are Not Being Asked to Run Into Cannon Fire. We Just Need to Speak Up.

At a time of national crisis, Memorial Day reminds us to honor past sacrifices by standing up for democracy.

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As South Korea Gets Ready to Vote, Women Don’t Like the Choices

Women took the lead in the protests against South Korea’s last president. But the men running to replace him are saying little about the discrimination they face.

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