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Big Food’s Fight Against Kennedy Is Heating Up

A new industry group wants to set aside the piecemeal state-by-state approach imposing food dye and labeling laws in favor of federal control. The opposition has roiled the MAHA coalition.

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A Fight Over Maps

We explain a California vote to flip as many as five House seats for Democrats next year.

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A Big Test for Trump’s Tariffs, and Major Cuts to Air Traffic

Plus, using A.I. to find a date.

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Canada Is About to Lose Its Status as Having Eliminated Measles

One province with an outsized number of cases has seen a collision of politics and public health policy.

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Russia Close to Its Biggest Capture of a Ukrainian City Since 2023

The Kremlin is focusing its fire on Pokrovsk, a gateway to the Donetsk region, which Russia’s president, Vladimir V. Putin, has long coveted.

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Democrats Won Big Because They Won Over Trump Supporters

It wasn’t just about superior turnout. Party switchers played a significant role in Virginia and New Jersey.

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A Skeptical Supreme Court Puts Trump’s Tariffs and Economic Agenda in Question

President Trump has used his sweeping global tariffs as an economic tool and a political cudgel. A decision invalidating them could hamper his power.

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Rock Star Glamour and Centrist Pragmatism: Democrats Had It All

The constructive, if messy, path forward is for the party to embrace an all-of-the-above approach.

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As Mamdani Surges Ahead, Schumer Risks Finding Himself Left Behind

The rise of New York City’s mayor-elect comes at a complicated moment in the career of Senator Chuck Schumer, who is in danger of looking out of touch with the prevailing energy back home.

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The U.S. Is Skipping This Year’s Climate Summit. For Many, That’s OK.

World leaders, gathering in Brazil, will try to agree on new, more ambitious plans to cut greenhouse gases.

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Nick Fuentes’s Rise Puts MAGA Movement in a ‘Time of Choosing’

After Mr. Fuentes’s interview with Tucker Carlson, Republicans are considering just how far his views are from the nationalism embraced by President Trump’s followers.

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Did Women Ruin the Workplace?

And can conservative feminism fix it?

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How ‘The Office’ Memes Became the Language of the Internet

Oh my God, OK, it’s happening! From social-media posters to the F.C.C. chair, we are all living in Michael Scott’s world.

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COP30 U.N. Climate Talks Are Starting in Brazil. Here’s What to Know.

Diplomats and leaders from around the world are gathering on the edge of the Amazon rainforest for annual talks on how to limit global warming.

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The Florentine Diamond Resurfaces After 100 Years in Hiding

A legendary jewel of the Hapsburg dynasty — not seen since 1919 and thought lost, stolen or recut — has actually been safe in a Canadian bank for decades.

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Seeing Those Who Are Forgotten: An Act of Witness in Appalachia

A photographer spends 15 years documenting an Appalachian family and the constant pressure of poverty in their lives.

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AR-15 Ammunition at a Crime Scene? Good Odds This Army Plant Made It.

Popular AR-15 ammunition made at an Army-owned facility was far more likely than any other to turn up in a government database tracking evidence from gun crimes, new data shows.

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The ‘Worst Test in Medicine’ Is Driving America’s High C-Section Rate

Round-the-clock fetal monitoring leads to unnecessary C-sections. But it’s used in nearly every birth because of business and legal concerns, The Times found.

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A Grave Condition Caused by C-Sections Is on the Rise

Placenta accreta is a life-threatening condition in which the placenta attaches to scar tissue left by a C-section. It used to be extremely rare.

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Miss Universe Organizer Apologizes After Tirade at Miss Mexico

Several contestants walked out of a Miss Universe event this week when the pageant director berated Miss Mexico for not taking part in promotional activities.

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Philippines Faces Grim Typhoon Aftermath as Another Storm Nears

As the death toll for Typhoon Kalmaegi rose into the triple digits, the country braced for another tropical storm expected this weekend.

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5 Pressing Housing Issues for Mamdani, From Airbnb to Angry Landlords

When Zohran Mamdani becomes mayor, he will immediately have to confront a host of issues that have little to do with “freezing the rent,” his main housing-related pledge.

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Late Night Celebrates a Consequential Election Day

“We needed a big night,” Jimmy Kimmel said. “Democrats have had fewer wins this year than the Jets.”

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Sudan Is in Free Fall

The slaughter in Darfur could potentially be stopped, if those with leverage chose to act.

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The Indispensable Erdogan

Western capitals should be wary of treating democracy in Turkey as a luxury rather than a necessity.

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Lawmakers Seek Investigation of Judges Who Criticized Supreme Court

The Republican leaders of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees told Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. that anonymous judges who responded to a Times questionnaire may have violated ethics rules.

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‘Broken My Hope’: Trump’s Move to Slash Refugee Arrivals Ricochets Widely

President Trump’s policy has shut the door on all but a tiny fraction of people across the world seeking refuge in the United States from conflict, persecution or both.

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In China, Victims of Abuse Are Told to ‘Keep It in the Family’

Cases of domestic violence in China point to a legal system that looks good on paper but is failing victims because of a lack of resources and political will.

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Analysis Finds Global Warming Made Hurricane Melissa More Damaging

Climate change enabled the storm to churn faster and grow more quickly, a rapid analysis found.

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Would Elon Musk Work Harder for $1 Trillion Than $1 Billion?

Economists and psychologists say that compensation may not provide as powerful an incentive as is often assumed.

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