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The Met Opera Turns to Saudi Arabia to Help Solve Its Financial Woes

The Met, which has withdrawn $120 million from its endowment since the pandemic, reached a lucrative deal to perform in Saudi Arabia for three weeks each winter.

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John E. Sununu Is Exploring a Senate Run in New Hampshire

The former senator has been out of office for more than 15 years, but his last name is synonymous with Republican politics in a state where party leaders see a chance to flip a seat.

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Hegseth Says Boat Strike Is Start of Campaign Against Venezuelan Cartels

The defense secretary and President Trump said a small boat was carrying drugs but offered little evidence and few details.

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Federal Courts Slow to Fix Vulnerable System After Repeated Hacking

After a 2020 breach thought to be Russia’s work, the courts told Congress that they would harden a system storing sealed documents. Five years later, the system was hacked again.

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Snubbing Kennedy, States Announce Plans to Coordinate on Vaccines

Governors in California, Oregon and Washington said their states would work together on vaccine guidance in a time of turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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‘The Biggest Loser’ and America’s Addiction to Extreme Wellness

Health has become polarized by the Trump administration, which shares a similar ethos to “The Biggest Loser,” including an obsession with personal responsibility.

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Did Google Just Get Spared? Investors Think So.

The nuclear option for addressing the tech giant’s search dominance — a break-up — is off the table. That’s lifting Big Tech stocks.

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Trump to Welcome Poland’s Right-Wing President to White House

The meeting between President Trump and Poland’s largely ceremonial president, Karol Nawrocki, highlights divisions within the biggest economic and military power on the European Union’s eastern fringe.

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Far-right Israeli Minister Calls for West Bank Annexation

Bezalel Smotrich said Israel should take over most of the territory, partly in response to growing international moves to recognize a Palestinian state.

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A Protest in China Doubles as Performance Art

We explore an act of defiance in China. But first, a look at President Trump’s health.

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An Intensified Push for the Epstein Files, and Google’s Big Monopoly Ruling

Plus, a post-mortem on the summer box office.

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A Timeline of Legal Battles Over Trump’s Use of the Alien Enemies Act

Challenges to the administration’s use of the 18th-century wartime law have gone all the way to the Supreme Court. Here’s where they stand.

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The Endangered Leopard Frog That Lives Next to an NYC Amazon Warehouse

The Atlantic Coast leopard frog, first identified in an industrial section of Staten Island in 2012, is now on the state’s endangered species list. Conservation groups see an opportunity.

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Dan Kleban Joins Maine Democratic Primary, Seeking to Unseat Senator Susan Collins

Dan Kleban enters a crowded Democratic primary as party leaders wait for Maine’s Democratic governor, Janet Mills, who is “seriously considering” a run for Senate.

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Missouri Legislators To Start Special Session on Redistricting

The lawmakers, led by a Republican majority, are expected to consider new maps that would help Republicans gain another seat in Congress. They already hold six of the state’s eight congressional seats.

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How to Rethink A.I.

Building bigger A.I. isn’t leading to better A.I.

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In Yellowstone, Migratory Bison Reawaken a Landscape

A recent study hints at the potential benefits of restoring bison to an ecosystem.

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Claudia Sheinbaum Walks a Political Tightrope as Rubio Visits Mexico

U.S. pressure to crack down on corrupt politicians has squeezed President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico ahead of her meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

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Can Trump Build or Just Demolish? We’re About to Find Out.

What comes next?

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What We Saw at a Job Fair for ICE

As ICE ramps up for more deportations under President Trump, Nicholas Nehamas, a Washington correspondent for The New York Times, talks with applicants at an ICE recruitment fair in Texas.

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The Communist Warrior Stranded for Decades in an ‘American Colony’

Ahn Hak-sop was captured during the Korean War by the South and imprisoned for more than 40 years. Now 95, he wants to return to the North to die.

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As Zohran Mamdani’s Stature Grows, He Tries to Shed Some Past Stances

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, once called for defunding the police and decriminalizing prostitution. He says he has changed.

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The Cloudy Outlook for New York City’s Economy

Employers are adding far fewer jobs, and even the health care sector could soften. But the city’s economy appears stronger than those on the West Coast.

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Wildfire Destroys Buildings in Gold Rush Town of Chinese Camp

Fires, likely sparked by lightning strikes that hit California early Tuesday, razed over 9,000 acres in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, officials said.

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Appeals Court Blocks Trump’s Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelans

The ruling was a setback for the Trump administration on the mass deportation of immigrants, one of its domestic policy goals.

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Years After Japan’s Nuclear Disaster, People With Cancer Seek Answers

A survey has found hundreds of thyroid tumors, but Japanese officials say they are unrelated to the Fukushima meltdowns. Now they face a lawsuit.

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The Door to Another African Democracy Is Closing

The conviction of the transitional prime minister in Chad is emblematic of how democracy is eroding across the Sahel region of Northern Africa.

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China’s Military Spectacle

China used a parade of fighter jets, missiles and goose-stepping troops to honor the country’s wartime sacrifice and issue a defiant warning to rivals.

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Nemat Shafik, Columbia President During Protests, Takes Another Tough Job

Dr. Shafik, who came under fire for her handling of pro-Palestinian campus protests last year, is now the chief economic adviser to Britain’s prime minister.

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Kim Jong-un Brings a His Daughter and Potential Heir, Ju-ae, to Beijing

Kim Ju-ae’s presence at a major gathering of world leaders is the latest sign that North Korea’s dictator considers her a successor, analysts said.

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