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Tony Award Winners 2025: Updating List

The Tony Awards begin on Sunday at 8 p.m. E.T., live from Radio City Music Hall in New York City.

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Trump Jumps at the Chance for a Standoff in California Over Immigration

The situation has all the elements that the president seeks: a showdown with a top political rival in a deep blue state over an issue core to his agenda.

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Newsom Formally Asks Trump to Pull National Guard Out of L.A.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office, in a letter to the Trump administration, called the deployment of troops “unlawful” and a “serious breach of state sovereignty.”

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Tony Awards 2025 Red Carpet Photos: Looks From Broadway’s Biggest Night

Cole Escola, Leslie Odom Jr., Daniel Dae Kim, Mia Farrow and more stars arrived in style.

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Deportee’s Lawyers Push for Contempt Proceedings Despite His Return

Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s lawyers accused the Trump administration of spending months “engaged in an elaborate, all-of-government effort to defy court orders.”

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Touring a Tunnel in Gaza That Leads Underneath a Hospital

To Israelis, the location of an underground passageway highlights Hamas’s abuse of civilians. To Palestinians, Israel’s decision to target it highlights Israel’s own disregard for civilian life.

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Key Legal Questions in Trump’s Order of National Guard to LA Protests

President Trump has long mused about using the military to crush protests in blue-state cities. He is now sending troops to Los Angeles.

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The Undercurrent at the WorldPride Parade in D.C.

WorldPride was held this year in Washington, D.C., under the shadow of the Trump administration’s moves that affect L.G.B.T.Q. Americans.

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Conrad Shinn, First Pilot to Land at the South Pole, Dies at 102

His Navy plane spent only 49 minutes on the ground and needed a boost from small rockets to break free from the ice and take off.

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Plane Crashes in Tennessee With 20 on Board

Some of those on board were airlifted to hospitals, the Tennessee Highway Patrol said.

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Legal Issues Surround Trump’s Use of National Guard in LA Immigration Protests

President Trump has long mused about using troops to crush violent protests or riots in blue-state cities. He is now moving to do so in Los Angeles.

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Your Costco Membership Card? No, It Is Not a Replacement for Real ID.

The T.S.A. is reminding travelers that Costco cards are not on their own going to get you through security. “Can’t fly on hot dogs and hope,” the agency said.

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Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Eggs Sickens Dozens

The outbreak has been tied to multiple brown organic and brown cage-free egg brands distributed to grocery stores in seven states, officials said.

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Trump’s Feud With Musk Highlights His View of Government Power: It’s Personal

President Trump threatened to cut off Elon Musk’s federal contracts, showing that he looks at the government as his own means of penalizing those who cross him.

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Newsom Criticizes Hegseth for Saying Marines Could be Mobilized in California

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday night that Marines at Camp Pendleton, about 100 miles south of Los Angeles, were on high alert.

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Israel Vows to Stop Aid Ship With Greta Thunberg Aboard From Reaching Gaza

The attempt to block the flotilla carrying the famed climate activist comes 15 years after a similar aid effort ended in deadly violence.

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2025 Tony Awards: What to Know Ahead of the Ceremony

How is Broadway doing? Who are the top contenders for awards? Our theater reporter, Michael Paulson, has some answers.

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Why TV Meteorologist John Morales’s Hurricane Plea Went Viral

A TV forecaster said he was not confident he could predict the paths of storms this year, touching a nerve amid concerns about how federal cuts could affect hurricane season.

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An Immigration Clash

President Trump orders the National Guard to Southern California.

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Justice Jackson Just Helped Reset the D.E.I. Debate

How much should the law treat a person as an individual rather than as a member of a group?

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The Abundance Agenda Has Its Own Theory of Power

The Democratic future isn’t going to look like the Democratic past.

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The ‘Manosphere’ Just Wants Trump and Musk to Get Along

The public spat between the billionaire Elon Musk and President Trump has captivated MAGA-friendly podcasters, including Joe Rogan and Theo Von.

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Ukraine Says It Has Stepped Up Its Drone Game, Again

The Ukrainian military says its new weapon system, which launches antiaircraft missiles from a remote-controlled speedboat, has brought down two Russian jet fighters.

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Texas and Oklahoma Face Another Day of Severe Weather

Storms could bring 100-mile-per-hour winds, hail bigger than baseballs and a few tornadoes to northern Texas and southwest Oklahoma.

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What to Know About the Immigration Protests in Los Angeles

President Trump on Saturday ordered at least 2,000 National Guard troops to California after demonstrations against a series of raids on workplaces.

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Breaking With Trump, Bacon Says He Won’t Follow His Party ‘Off the Cliff’

The Nebraska Republican’s dissent makes him one of a disappearing breed in the G.O.P. — and suggests he may head for the exit.

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Soccer Fans Fear Being Targets of U.S. Immigration Raids

The Trump administration’s policies may have contributed to lower ticket sales for a Club World Cup tournament starting next week.

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Oprah Shamed James Frey. He’s Back Anyway.

Twenty years after “A Million Little Pieces” became a national scandal, James Frey is ready for a new audience.

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Where the Top N.Y.C. Mayoral Candidates Stand on Key Issues

The New York City mayoral primary is just under three weeks away. Our City Hall bureau chief, Emma Fitzsimmons, highlights the two front-runners and their plans for the three main issues for voters.

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Southern Baptists to Vote on Effort to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage

Motivated by their success in reversing Roe v. Wade, conservative Christian activists have a new target in Obergefell v. Hodges. They see early signs of promise.

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