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Why Gen Z Doesn’t Like Opening Bar Tabs

To the chagrin of bartenders, many 20-something bargoers prefer to close out and pay after every single drink, no matter how many they might order during an outing.

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Mexico’s Vote on Nearly 2,700 Judges Will Test Its Democracy

The election to overhaul Mexico’s courts could result in a justice system more beholden to the nation’s dominant party, Morena.

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How the Baby Formula Brand Bobbie Got Caught in the RFK Jr. Backlash

Laura Modi’s company, Bobbie, is rooted in science and uses organic ingredients. Some of her fans aren’t happy that she’s willing to work with the Trump administration.

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North Carolina Town Has Some of the Purest Quartz That Powers the World’s Tech

Residents have a saying in Spruce Pine, that a piece of their home is in tech across the globe. But could geopolitical tensions hurt their mining tradition, and their lucrative quartz business?

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Hegseth, at Security Forum, Vows to Strengthen America’s Asian Alliances

In a world rattled by President Trump’s tariffs and his scorn for Western allies, the defense secretary struck a rare note of continuity on security partnerships.

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Jalen Brunson Could Be the King of New York. He Just Needs the Crown.

The Knicks are better than they have been in decades, and the city has fallen for the team’s unassuming but sharpshooting point guard.

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N.Y.P.D. Is Helping Federal Agents Investigate Migrants. Should It?

A Palestinian woman accused of overstaying her visa has been detained in Texas. Her case has raised questions about whether the police should cooperate with the Trump administration.

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ACLU Presses to Stop Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act in Court Brief

It was an opening salvo in what is likely to be the decisive legal battle over the president’s attempts to employ the rarely used wartime law as a centerpiece of his aggressive deportation agenda.

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In Poland’s Presidential Election Runoff, Candidates Battle for Young Voters Who Don’t Like Them

A runoff election on Sunday pits a centrist against a nationalist who represent mainstream parties. The outcome is unclear given that many under 30 prefer candidates on the political fringes.

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India and Pakistan’s Air Battle Is Over. Their Water War Has Begun.

Though the two neighbors declared a cease-fire this month, a crucial water-sharing treaty remains at risk.

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World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts

With the welcome mat withdrawn for promising researchers from around the world, America is at risk of losing its longstanding pre-eminence in the sciences.

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Experts Who Warn of Risks Posed by Chinese Students Are Skeptical of Trump Plan

Some former spy-hunters see the State Department’s plan to revoke visas of some Chinese college students as heavy-handed and counterproductive.

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Trump Officials Deported Another Man Despite Court Order

A federal appeals panel ordered officials not to deport a 31-year-old to El Salvador. Minutes later, it happened anyway. The government blamed “administrative errors.”

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Blow to Biden-era Program Plunges Migrants Into Further Uncertainty

A Supreme Court ruling on Friday ended temporary humanitarian protections for hundreds of thousands of people. But it is unclear how quickly many could be deported.

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Trump Officials Unveil Budget Cuts to Aid for Health, Housing and Research

The new blueprint shows that a vast array of education, health, housing and labor programs would be hit, including aid for college and cancer research.

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George E. Smith Dead: Nobel Prize Winner Was 95

Together with Willard S. Boyle, he invented an imaging device that is an essential part of nearly every telescope, photocopier and digital camera used today.

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Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine

The termination is the latest in a series of cuts to H.I.V. research and programs to prevent the disease.

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A Bruised Musk Leaves Washington: Takeaways From the Trump News Conference

President Trump gave Elon Musk a send-off in the Oval Office.

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Skulls of 19 Black Americans Return to New Orleans After 150 Years in Germany

The remains, used in the 19th century as part of now discredited racial science, are being laid to rest on Saturday in a traditional jazz funeral.

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A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security

The judge asked lawyers how a suit by Charleston, S.C., claiming oil companies misled people about climate risks, might be affected by a Trump executive order blasting cases like these.

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Trump, Bashing the Federalist Society, Asserts Autonomy on Judge Picks

The president has grown increasingly angry at court rulings blocking parts of his agenda, including by judges he appointed.

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A Golden Key and a Black Eye: Elon Musk Exits Washington

Mr. Musk, who says he will devote more time to his private companies, never came close to achieving his goal of cutting $1 trillion from the federal budget.

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Trump Pledges to Double Tariffs on Foreign Steel to 50%

President Trump made the announcement at a U.S. Steel factory outside Pittsburgh.

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Biden Is ‘Optimistic’ About Cancer Treatment in First Remarks Since Diagnosis

The former president said he was taking a single pill daily to treat aggressive prostate cancer.

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How Did Elon Musk Get a Black Eye?

The list of possible suspects seemed long.

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Fact-Checking Elon Musk and Trump’s Oval Office Press Conference

An Oval Office news conference signaled an end to a remarkable period of upheaval across the federal bureaucracy, supervised by Mr. Musk and his cost-cutting initiative.

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Businessman Accused of Orchestrating Attacks on Journalists

The journalists, who worked at New Hampshire Public Radio, had investigated claims of sexual misconduct against him.

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Trump Bids Farewell to Musk

Also, ISIS claimed responsibility for attacks in Syria. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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Smokey Robinson Faced a Sexual Assault Allegation in 2015

No charges were filed because of what the authorities said was insufficient evidence. The singer has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing four women, which he denies.

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Trump Says He Fired Kim Sajet, National Portrait Gallery Director

Kim Sajet, the director of the Smithsonian museum for more than 12 years, has tried to bring in more contemporary artists.

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