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RFK Jr.’s Battle Against Food Dyes Hits a Roadblock: M&M’s

The health secretary has used peer pressure to persuade food makers to nix synthetic dyes. The candy industry is holding out, arguing American consumers like bright sweets.

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The Ruthless Ambition of Stephen Miller

The Ruthless Ambition of Stephen Miller

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You Don’t Have to Be a Doctor to Understand This

The moral argument for global health is the strongest we have.

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From Food Aid to Dog Chow? How Trump’s Cuts Hurt Kansas Farmers.

Kansans created Food for Peace, for 70 years a font of rural income and pride. Now at least one grain broker is trying to sell grain that once fed the world as dog food.

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How the Assad Regime Built a Mass Grave in Syria

Months after President Bashar al-Assad’s regime was toppled, Charlie Smart, a reporter at The New York Times, traveled to a mass burial site in Syria to understand how the Assad regime hid the bodies of the people it had made disappear.

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Big Tech Wants to Profit From the Loneliness It Helps Cause

Artificial intelligence solutions are being pushed on customers that make them lonelier. That’s all part of the plan.

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Tropical Storm Chantal Floods Parts of North Carolina

The storm, which made landfall on Sunday, caused significant flooding that closed roads and stranded drivers. It is heading northeast.

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Keir Starmer Is Fading Away

After a year in power, Keir Starmer appears to be losing not just political weight but material substance, too.

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Officials Feared Flood Risk to Youth Camps but Rejected Warning System

Kerr County had discussed buying such things as water gauges and sirens after previous flood disasters. But as with many rural Texas counties, cost was an issue.

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Australian Woman Is Convicted of Murder in Mushroom Poisoning Case

Three people died in 2023 after eating beef Wellington made by Erin Patterson, whose subsequent trial gripped the country.

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Can Taiwan Really Disconnect Its Economy From China?

Momentum is building in Taiwan to lessen its business dependency on China, its biggest trading partner. Doing so will not be easy.

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South African Police’s Frequent Use of Torture Echoes Apartheid’s Brutality

A government led by freedom fighters who helped to liberate the country more than 30 years ago is now overseeing a police force accused of staggering abuses.

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Trump Says Musk Is ‘Off the Rails’ With America Party Effort

The tech billionaire’s effort to create a new political party, called the America Party, comes amid a ramped-up feud with the president over his new domestic policy law.

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A Family of 6 Was Swept Away in the Texas Floods. Now, Survivors Wait and Hope.

A woman whose mother, stepfather, aunt, uncle and cousin are among the missing confronts the unimaginable. A cousin was dragged downriver 15 miles but survived.

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Israel’s Deadly Assault on Iran Prison Incites Fury, Even Among Dissidents

The June 23 airstrikes on Evin prison, including the hospital ward, have turned it from a hated symbol of oppression into a new rallying cry against Israel, even among the Iranian regime’s domestic critics.

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Desperation Grows as Texas Flood Rescues Stretch Into Third Day

Crews in helicopters and trucks, in horseback and on foot have saved hundreds of lives since the flooding began on Friday.

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Carla Maxwell, Keeper of the José Limón Flame, Dies at 79

Her stewardship of the troupe that bears his name became a model for other dance companies, like Martha Graham’s, after their founders died.

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Israel’s Deadly Assault on Iran Prison Incites Fury, Even Among Dissidents

The June 23 airstrikes on Evin prison, including the hospital ward, have turned it from a hated symbol of oppression into a new rallying cry against Israel, even among the Iranian regime’s domestic critics.

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Can Democrats Find Their Way on Immigration?

The party’s leftward shift in the Biden administration arguably laid the groundwork for President Trump’s aggressive approach. Deciding the next move won’t be easy.

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Bessent Says He Expects Trade Deals by This Week’s Deadline

But the Treasury secretary also said that some countries working toward agreements with the United States could have until Aug. 1.

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Bessent Says He Expects Trade Deals by This Week’s Deadline

But the Treasury secretary also said that some countries working toward agreements with the United States could have until Aug. 1.

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Social Security Email Says Policy Bill Eliminates Tax on Benefits. Does It?

The Social Security Administration circulated an imprecise email about the provisions in the new law. Here’s what it actually does.

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Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath Play Final Shows in Birmingham, England

Heavy metal fans crossed continents to converge on Birmingham, England, and throw devil horns in honor of the Prince of Darkness and Black Sabbath.

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As Drones Spot Sharks, New York Beaches Are Shut Down

Drone technology seemed to contribute to an unusual number of shark sightings along Rockaway Beach in recent days. Each time swimmers were ordered out of the ocean.

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Police Officer Shot Outside Immigration Detention Facility in Texas

Several armed people were taken into custody after officers responded to a report of a suspicious person outside the detention center, officials said.

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How Europe Got Stuck Between Xi’s China and Trump’s America

European Union officials will spend July in talks with China. Tensions are high, hopes are low and stability is the end game.

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Deadly Floods in Texas

We have the latest on what happened and the search for survivors.

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One of the Worst Industries in the World Gets Its Comeuppance

Porn platforms just got what they deserved at the Supreme Court.

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Jeff Flake: The Republican Fever Must Break

What Senator Thom Tillis’s retirement says about today’s Republican Party.

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Israel Is Fast Alienating the Democratic Base

What we can learn from the New York Democratic mayoral primary.

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