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Reddit Sues Australian Government to Block Social Media Ban
The company said the new law, which makes it illegal for children under 16 to have social media accounts, infringes on children’s rights.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesChina Is Getting Much of What It Wants From the U.S., Including Chips
For China, President Trump’s moves to loosen chip controls, soften U.S. rhetoric and stay silent on tensions with Japan amount to a rare string of strategic gains.
New York Times Top StoriesArkansas Public Television Drops PBS
The loss of federal funding forced a difficult decision, the executive director of Arkansas TV said: Cut PBS, or go off the air entirely.
New York Times Top StoriesStuck in Quicksand, a Hiker in Utah Has His SOS Answered
Austin Dirks used a Garmin satellite device to reach emergency responders, who rescued him in a remote canyon in Arches National Park.
New York Times Top Stories‘Storm Highway’ Forecast to Send More Rain to Washington and British Columbia
Just as this week’s floodwaters in the Pacific Northwest begin to recede, forecasters warn, another storm will approach the West Coast.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Signs Executive Order to Neuter State A.I. Laws
The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, Mr. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
New York Times Top StoriesKey Takeaways After Indiana Lawmakers Defy Trump’s Redistricting Push
President Trump’s failure to ram through a Republican-friendly House map was a new sign that his iron grip on the party has slipped, and was likely to reverberate nationally.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About Trump’s Seizure of an Oil Tanker Near Venezuela
The tanker was headed eastward and had recently carried Iranian oil. The seizure is an escalation in President Trump’s military pressure campaign against Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro.
New York Times Top StoriesRepublicans Undercut Johnson, Circumventing Him to Force Votes
The speaker has repeatedly lost his grip on the House floor thanks to a once rare parliamentary maneuver that G.O.P. members are increasingly using to force action on legislation.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Issues New Sanctions Targeting Maduro’s Family and the Oil Sector
The United States is escalating its pressure campaign on Venezuela’s leader, Nicolás Maduro, after seizing an oil tanker off the coast.
New York Times Top StoriesFederal Judge Blocks FEMA From Canceling Climate Resiliency Grants
A Thursday ruling said the Trump administration cannot eliminate the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program without Congress.
New York Times Top StoriesAffordable Care Act Subsidies Are Set to Expire
Also, Indiana Republicans rejected Trump’s redistricting push. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesDo Kwon, Crypto Entrepreneur Who Caused 2022 Crash, Sentenced to 15 Years
Do Kwon, who designed the virtual currencies Luna and TerraUSD, which plunged in 2022, had pleaded guilty to fraud.
New York Times Top StoriesBay Area Gas Explosion Injures 6 and Starts Fire in City of Hayward
A gas line explosion in Hayward, Calif., sent multiple victims to the hospital and led to a fire that burned several houses.
New York Times Top StoriesS&P 500 Reaches Record High as Stocks Reverse Downturn
The S&P 500 edged higher as investors shrugged off concerns over Oracle’s earnings. It was just enough.
New York Times Top StoriesD.L. Coburn, Playwright With a Solo Hit, ‘The Gin Game,’ Dies at 87
His two-character work won a Pulitzer Prize and had a long Broadway run, but he never replicated its success and struggled to get his later work staged.
New York Times Top StoriesAmerica Is Entering Its Third Civil War
Trump is not interested in refighting the Cold War. He is, in my view, interested in fighting the civilizational war over what is the American “home.”
New York Times Top StoriesMan Accused in Charlie Kirk Killing Makes First Court Appearance in Person
Tyler Robinson faces murder charges in Utah in the Sept. 10 assassination of Mr. Kirk, the political activist and ally of President Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Says Ex-C.E.O. of Abercrombie Is Fit for Trial, Despite Diagnosis
The former chief executive, Michael S. Jeffries, was charged with running an international sex-trafficking ring. An earlier ruling found that he could not be tried because he had Alzheimer’s.
New York Times Top StoriesA Grand Jury Again Resists Trump’s Push to Re-Indict Letitia James
It was a striking rejection of the administration’s retribution campaign.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Panel Abruptly Postpones Release of FEMA Overhaul Recommendations
The group’s report had been expected to provide a road map for change after months of upheaval at the agency.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Does the Oil Tanker Seizure Mean for Venezuela’s Economy?
Seizures of more tankers could put a stranglehold on Venezuela’s economy, which is exceptionally dependent on oil to keep the government running and pay for basic necessities.
New York Times Top StoriesBessent Accelerates Regulation Overhaul to Jumpstart Growth
The Treasury Secretary unveiled changes to the Financial Stability Oversight Council to ease “overregulation.”
New York Times Top StoriesCan OpenAI Respond After Google Closes the A.I. Technology Gap?
A new technology release from OpenAI is supposed to top what Google recently produced. It also shows OpenAI is engaged in a new and more difficult competition.
New York Times Top StoriesLecturer Sanctioned Over MAGA White Supremacy Lesson Is Back in Class
Some disciplinary measures have been imposed on the lecturer, including being monitored as she teaches a class on diversity and social justice.
New York Times Top StoriesHundreds Quarantined in South Carolina as Measles Outbreak Shows No Sign of Slowing
The outbreak shows no signs of slowing, likely because of the affected area’s “lower-than-hoped-for vaccination coverage,” a state health official said.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Helped to Weaken Report at U.N. Environment Talks, Participants Say
American officials joined Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran in objecting to language on fossils fuels, biodiversity and plastics in a report that was three years in the making.
New York Times Top Stories100,000 in Washington State Ordered to Evacuate as Rivers Rise
Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. “Do not wait,” local officials warned residents as they urged them to seek higher ground.
New York Times Top StoriesPakistan’s Ex-Spy Chief Sentenced to Prison After Court-Martial
Lt. Gen. Faiz Hameed, an ally of the former prime minister, Imran Khan, once led Pakistan’s powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency.
New York Times Top StoriesKristi Noem Testifies Before House Panel Amid Immigration Crackdown
Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, has overseen President Trump’s immigration policy, including efforts to detain more immigrants and pause visa applications.