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Trump Adds 17% Tariff on Tomatoes From Mexico
The Trump administration is adding a 17 percent tariff to a year-round grocery store staple, while funneling more business to domestic tomato growers, largely in Florida.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesWhat a Smaller Education Department Is Doing Under Trump
Cuts have hit most of the department’s main functions, which include investigating civil rights complaints, providing financial aid, researching what works in education, testing students and dispersing federal funding.
New York Times Top StoriesMarjorie Taylor Greene Criticizes Trump’s Plan to Speed Weapons to Ukraine
The right-wing congresswoman from Georgia suggested that the president’s new proposal to help speed weapons to Ukraine betrays the promise to voters to end U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy Trump’s Base Can’t Let Go of Epstein
Having nurtured conspiracy theories for his entire political career, he suddenly seems in danger of being consumed by one.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Decision on Patriot Missiles Gives Ukraine Cautious Optimism
American fatigue with the war and the fickleness of the Trump administration remain concerns for Ukraine’s leaders.
New York Times Top StoriesSupreme Court Allowed Trump to Slash the Education Dept.
Also, Trump promised to help secure weapons for Ukraine. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.
New York Times Top StoriesHomeless Population Declines in Los Angeles for Second Straight Year
A key survey of homelessness in Los Angeles determined that the number of people sleeping without shelter fell again. More than 72,000 people remain homeless in Los Angeles County.
New York Times Top StoriesFauja Singh, Master Runner at an Advanced Age, Is Dead
Competing in a marathon in 2011, he claimed to be 100, though his exact age remained a mystery. “I run while talking to God,” he said in explaining his endurance.
New York Times Top StoriesBrazil and America Can Do Better on Tariffs
Differences between the United States and Brazil must be addressed through negotiation and mutual respect, not punitive measures.
New York Times Top StoriesDemocrats Must ‘Toughen Up’ Against Trump, Obama Tells Donors
Frustrated that prominent Democrats have not fought harder, former President Barack Obama said in a speech that his party’s leaders needed to step up.
New York Times Top Stories24 States Sue Trump Over $6.8 Billion Withheld From Education
Providers say after-school programs and other services for the coming school year are threatened without the federal money, which was abruptly withheld.
New York Times Top StoriesA Timeline of Trump’s Tariff Fight With Canada, Mexico, China and the E.U.
The president’s penchant for imposing and then suspending tariffs has shaken markets and confounded trading partners.
New York Times Top StoriesArizona Governor Seeks Investigation of Federal Handling of Grand Canyon Fire
Gov. Katie Hobbs questioned why the U.S. government decided to manage the Dragon Bravo fire, which started with a lightning strike, as a “controlled burn” during the height of the summer.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Promises to Help Europe Speed Weapons to Ukraine
“I’m disappointed in President Putin, because I thought we would have had a deal two months ago,” President Trump said.
New York Times Top StoriesCanada Wildfire Smoke Triggers Toronto and U.S. Air Quality Alerts
Smoke from wildfires in Manitoba, a Western province facing its worst fire season in 30 years, has created hazardous air quality conditions across Eastern Canada and the United States.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat’s Going on With Trump Media’s Streaming Service, Truth Plus?
The service, which promises “non-woke” news and entertainment, recently said it had expanded globally.
New York Times Top StoriesMeta’s New Superintelligence Lab Is Discussing Major A.I. Strategy Changes
Members of the lab, including the new chief A.I. officer, Alexandr Wang, have talked about abandoning Meta’s most powerful open source A.I. model in favor of developing a closed one.
New York Times Top StoriesHeavy Rains Bring Risk of Flash Floods to the East Coast
Widespread thunderstorms were expected to develop from Northern Virginia to southern New England on Monday.
New York Times Top StoriesCognition AI Buys Windsurf as A.I. Frenzy Escalates
The deal follows Google’s $2.4 billion investment in Windsurf, an A.I. start-up, as companies race to gain technological talent and provide A.I. tools.
New York Times Top StoriesMore Woody Guthrie Songs? Yes, From a Trove of Homemade Recordings.
A new, intimate album will include 13 previously unheard songs and a rewrite of “This Land Is Your Land.”
New York Times Top StoriesOfficials in Flooded Texas Defend Response Amid Threats
A commissioner in Kerr County, where the worst flooding occurred, said people were “cursing us for our decisions.” Official evacuations did not occur for hours after the first Weather Service warning.
New York Times Top StoriesThere’s Still Hope for PEPFAR
Congress must reject cuts to PEPFAR, which has supported H.I.V. treatment and prevention worldwide for more than 20 years.
New York Times Top StoriesCuomo Will Stay in the Race for N.Y.C. Mayor to Challenge Mamdani
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is expected to announce his commitment to a third-party run against Zohran Mamdani, who soundly defeated him in the Democratic primary.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Economy Has Been Resilient. The New Round of Tariffs May Hit Harder.
The economy’s resilience so far to President Trump’s global trade war risks emboldening him and unleashing the sort of economic devastation that economists have long feared.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Tooth Fairy Is Real. She’s a Dentist in Seattle.
For 20 years, Dr. Purva Merchant has been answering letters from gaptoothed children and their parents — roughly 6,000 in all. “Happy growing up,” she typically replies.
New York Times Top StoriesClashes between Bedouin and Druse in Syria Kill More Than 50, Health Official and Rights Group Say
The violence underscores the government’s challenge to assert nationwide control as ethnic and religious tensions simmer after the end of the civil war.
New York Times Top StoriesMeta Built a Data Center Next Door. The Neighbors’ Water Taps Went Dry.
In the race to develop artificial intelligence, tech giants are building data centers that guzzle up water. That has led to problems for people who live nearby.
New York Times Top StoriesZelensky Announces Plan for Major Government Shake-Up in Ukraine
An announcement by the Ukrainian president that he will seek to replace the prime minister with a loyalist came as the country faces battlefield setbacks and a souring mood.
New York Times Top StoriesApollo-Soyuz 50th Anniversary: A Handshake in Orbit That Transformed the Space Race
The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project brought Soviet cosmonauts and NASA astronauts together in the first international human spaceflight.
New York Times Top StoriesHe Helped Big Companies Dodge Taxes. Now He’s Writing the Rules.
Ken Kies, a longtime tax lobbyist who worked for some of the world’s largest businesses, is now running the Treasury Department’s office that will administer Trump’s tax law.