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What Happened in Trade Talks Between Japan and the U.S.

Tokyo had expected smooth tariff negotiations but is experiencing whiplash, becoming a central target of President Trump’s trade frustrations.

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Sweden’s Secret to Well-Being? Tiny Urban Gardens.

Known as koloniträdgårdar, they provide city dwellers access to nature, fresh produce and community.

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Sweden’s Secret to Well-Being? Tiny Urban Gardens.

Known as koloniträdgårdar, they provide city dwellers access to nature, fresh produce and community.

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Europe Needs Rare Earth Metals. Can a Factory in Seaside France Supply Them?

The continent wants to reduce the risks of depending so heavily on China for the valuable minerals. The question is how.

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How the Attention Economy Is Devouring Gen Z — and the Rest of Us

The economics writer Kyla Scanlon on how attention has come to shape politics, our economy, Gen Z and more.

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What to Know About the Collapse of the F.D.A.

The regulatory agency confronts a future determined by a health secretary hostile to its mission.

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Lawrence Summers: This Law Made Me Ashamed of My Country

A focus on economics misses the human brutality that is the most problematic aspect of this legislation

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Dan Osborn to Seek Pete Ricketts’s Nebraska Senate Seat, Stressing Class Issues

A steamfitter and former union leader, running as an independent but with Democratic support, will take on the Republican incumbent, a billionaire’s son.

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Trump Wants to Close the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

The White House is planning to eliminate the board, a small agency that investigates chemical disasters to understand what went wrong.

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Everyone Hates This Bill. Dan Osborn Could Make Republicans Pay for It.

As Dan Osborn launches a new Senate campaign, he thinks some Republicans have buyer’s remorse.

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‘Diddy Parties’ Became a Meme. The Combs Case Was About Something Else.

The sweep of graphic lawsuits accusing Sean Combs of sex abuse led to a sense that his criminal case might examine celebrity debauchery in the music industry. It did not.

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Inside the Collapse of the F.D.A.

How the new health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is dismantling the agency.

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He Opposes Illegal Immigration, but Gely Won His Heart

Chris Allred’s views were shaped by economic changes. Now, facing an immigration crackdown, where do he and his wife go from here?

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The Businessman Grateful for Trump’s Tariffs

A small company in northern Mexico had faced steep competition from China in making straps, plugs, fasteners, grommets, zip ties and clamps. Now, U.S. tariffs have driven a spike in his business.

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OpenAI and Microsoft Bankroll New A.I. Training for Teachers

The American Federation of Teachers said it would use the $23 million, including $500,000 from the A.I. start-up Anthropic, to create a national training center.

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The Last Words of a Dying Glacier

A glacier is disappearing. An artist is trying to preserve its sound.

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The Last Words of a Dying Glacier

A glacier is disappearing. An artist is trying to preserve its sound.

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South Korea Holds Its Chin Up as Trump Wields Tariff Threat

The country’s new president, in office for a little over a month, had just dispatched his senior deputies to Washington to try to work out a trade deal.

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Jon Stewart Thinks Congress Is Basically Pro Wrestling Without the Fun

The “Daily Show” host said the drama around President Trump’s big policy bill was about as authentic as a World Wrestling Entertainment match.

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5 Israeli Soldiers Killed in Gaza, Military Says

The Israeli military said the soldiers were killed during combat in northern Gaza, but offered few other details.

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This Carmaker Embodies the Industrial Threat China Poses to the U.S.

China’s national champion carmaker BYD embodies a state-led industrial model that America may no longer be able to compete with.

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Macron’s U.K. State Visit: Migrants and the War in Ukraine Are on the Agenda

President Emmanuel Macron’s state visit to Britain, which begins Tuesday, will be heavy on pageantry. But both he and Prime Minister Keir Starmer hope for practical results.

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The Brothers Who Came Face to Face in Myanmar’s War

Bloody conflict has splintered many families in Myanmar over the past four years. But for one set of siblings, a surprise reunion was joyful, if bittersweet.

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What to Know About P.O.W.s in Myanmar’s Brutal Civil War

As the rebels have gained ground, they have detained thousands of prisoners of war. Their enemy, the junta, keeps few captives.

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Trump Pledges to Send More Weapons to Ukraine

“They have to be able to defend themselves,” the president said, appearing to signal a reversal after his administration paused some weapons transfers just last week.

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I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit

In a court filing, the tax agency said a decades-old ban on campaigning by tax-exempt groups should not apply to houses of worship speaking to their own members.

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What We Saw in the Texas Flood Zone

Search-and-rescue teams have been hoping against hope to find signs of life after the Texas floods. Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, an investigative reporter at The New York Times, describes what he has seen in Texas.

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TSA to End Shoe Removal Requirement at Airport Security Checkpoints

Most passengers had been required to remove their footwear at checkpoints since 2006, a policy later eased only for members of trusted traveler programs.

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Federal Agents March Through L.A. Park, Spurring Local Outrage

Federal officials said it was an immigration enforcement operation, though it was unclear if anyone had been arrested. “It’s the way a city looks before a coup,” Mayor Karen Bass said as she condemned the action.

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Trump Looks to Avoid Casting Blame in Texas Flood as Democrats Question Cuts

The White House rebuked critics for raising questions about the administration’s efforts to shrink federal agencies that deal with disaster preparedness and response.

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