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Trump’s Policy Bill Would Add $2.4 Trillion to Debt, Budget Office Says

The estimate from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is all but certain to inflame an already intense debate inside the G.O.P. about the fiscal consequences of their bill to enact President Trump’s agenda.

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Jeffrey Epstein Invested With Peter Thiel, and His Estate Is Reaping Millions

Mr. Epstein, the late financier and sex offender, started by putting $40 million into Valar Ventures, a firm backed by Mr. Thiel. Today that investment is worth about $170 million.

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Trump Allies Try to Discredit Experts Warning About the Cost of Tax Cuts

President Trump and his allies have united around a new foe: the economists and budget experts who have warned about the costs of Republicans’ tax ambitions.

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U.K. Exempt From Trump’s 50% Steel Tariff, but Europe Still Has to Pay

Despite an exemption from 50 percent tariffs, Britain still has to pay a 25 percent duty because its trade deal with the United States has yet to be put in place.

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Trump Budget Eliminates Funding for Crucial Global Vaccination Programs

The spending proposal terminates support of health programs that, according to the proposal, “do not make Americans safer.”

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Deadly Crowd Crush Mars Celebration for Indian Cricket Championship

At least 10 people were killed, officials said, as assembled fans tried to push their way into a stadium for hastily arranged festivities.

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Ancient Trees, Dwindling in the Wild, Thrive on Sacred Ground

Buddhist temples in China are home to trees from dozens of endangered species, a new study shows. Some of them are almost 2,000 years old.

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Jacob Long’s Big Bet on American Woolen, a Connecticut Textile Mill

Jacob Long bet his family, his livelihood and his personal philosophy about American craftsmanship on a textile mill in Connecticut.

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Germans Are Buying More Electric Cars, but Not Teslas

Drivers in the country, Europe’s largest car market, are avoiding vehicles from Tesla, which has seen a drop in sales in other countries as well.

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China Tries to Stop Smuggling of Rare Earths as Shortages Loom Abroad

Police officers, customs officials and spies are reinforcing China’s embargo on the critical minerals that it overwhelmingly controls.

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Is It Safe to Exercise Outdoors When the Air Is Smoky from Wildfires?

The answer depends on your overall health, along with the length and intensity of your workout.

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Eastern U.S. Is Shrouded in Smoke From Canadian Wildfires and Saharan Dust

Smoke from Canadian wildfires and desert dust from the Sahara are creating unhealthy air quality from New York City to Miami.

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In One Image: George Clooney in ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’

Discover one of the most meticulously textured, three-dimensional period sets on Broadway.

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NYC Mayor Primary: What to Know About Tonight’s Democratic Debate

Nine candidates for New York City mayor will participate in the first of two debates before the Democratic primary on June 24.

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Trump Bemoans How ‘HARD’ It Is to Strike a China Deal

Even the president appears to be doubting his strategy to win over Beijing, as relations fray between the trading partners.

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Woman Expected to Testify That Sean Combs Held Her Over a Balcony

Bryana Bongolan, a friend of the mogul’s former girlfriend Casandra Ventura, is set to give her account of being dangled from a 17th-floor balcony.

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Ayatollah Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Calls U.S. Nuclear Deal Proposal ‘Nonsense’

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that abandoning uranium enrichment would be against Iran’s interests.

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Edmund White, Novelist and Pioneer of Gay Literature, Dies at 85

Mr. White mined his own varied catalog of sexual experiences in dozens of books and hundreds of articles and essays.

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Israeli-Backed Aid Sites in Gaza Close Temporarily After Deadly Shootings

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it was working to improve operations, a day after the Red Cross said at least 27 Palestinians were killed near a distribution center.

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Gaza’s Deadly Aid Deliveries

Israel’s troops have repeatedly shot near food distribution sites.

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Attack on Aid Convoy in Sudan Kills 5, U.N. Says

The delivery was supposed to be the first to arrive in the embattled city of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, in more than a year.

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Inside Operation Spider’s Web

What Ukraine’s audacious drone attack on Russian airfields revealed about modern warfare.

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Musk Slams Trump’s Policy Bill, and Steel Tariffs Double

Plus, a giant plume of dust is headed to Florida.

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Why South Korea’s New Leader Name Checked North Korea but Not China

Lee Jae-myung’s inauguration speech was a sign of the diplomatic maneuvering he will need to pull off to navigate relations with China and the United States.

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President Trump’s New Portrait: This Time He’s in Full Frame

The official photograph of the president’s second term has the gloss of his 1980s architecture, but its A.I.-like haze is pure 2025.

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Sean Combs, Defendant: Gestures to His Family, Sticky Notes to His Lawyers

With no cameras in the courtroom, few have glimpsed the music mogul as he helps direct his defense, facing charges that could put him in prison for the rest of his life.

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Drone Attacks Are the New Front in War. Can NATO Keep Up?

Assaults in Russia and Ukraine have shown major military powers that they are unprepared for evolving forms of warfare, and need to adapt.

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Now the President Is an Art Critic

The imperial presidency doesn’t even begin to describe what Trump is doing.

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Brown Disciplined a Student Who Asked Questions in the Style of Elon Musk and DOGE

A conservative student newspaper had DOGE-style questions about the work of Brown University staff. Its writers were summoned to disciplinary hearings.

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How to Research and Plan a Vacation, Right on Your Phone

Google Maps and Apple’s Maps app offer location-based directories and other tools for finding new places to explore, before or after you hit the road.

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