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Trump Cuts $2 Billion in Federal Funding for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

Notices went out late Tuesday to more than 2,000 programs nationwide that will be affected by budget slashing at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Unhappiness

One reason for the toxicity of American politics may be that our quality of life is slipping behind our peers’.

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America Needs a Renee Good Civil Rights Act

An ICE killing in Minneapolis can be the impetus for finally closing a gaping hole in our constitutional protections.

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Food Prices Keep Climbing, Rattling Consumers and Trump

Weather, supply, tariffs, labor and changing consumer habits continue to drive up the cost of groceries. President Trump falsely claims prices are falling.

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U.S. Races to Sell Venezuelan Oil, Transforming Ties With Former Foe

U.S. officials brokered the sale of hundreds of millions dollars worth of Venezuelan oil to stabilize the country’s economy after capturing its president.

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Why Banks Are So Worried About a 10% Credit Card Rate Cap

President Trump revived a campaign promise to cap interest rates, but it is unclear how he would make that a reality.

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Federal Judges Uphold California’s New Congressional Maps

A panel in Los Angeles sided with Gov. Gavin Newsom in a decision that will help Democrats counter Republican gerrymandering in Texas. Republicans are expected to appeal.

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Trump Administration to Halt Immigrant Visa Processing for 75 Countries

Federal officials said the move was meant to discourage immigration by people who they deemed likely to rely on public benefits.

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The People of Iran Deserve the World’s Support

The protest movement represents the best hope for a government that does less damage in the world and better serves its own citizens.

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As N.Y.C. Nurses’ Strike Continues, Both Sides Prepare for a Long Fight

Hospital administrators and union officials appear to be digging in for an extended battle over staffing levels and pay.

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Trump Signs Bill Allowing Schools to Serve Whole Milk Again

The law, which was approved unanimously by Congress late last year, also gives schools more flexibility in serving nondairy milks.

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Gallup: Independents Reach Record High as Democrats Make Voter Gains

New data from Gallup shows overall gains for Democrats even though 45 percent of Americans do not identify with either political party.

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What are Trump’s Options in Iran?

President Trump has said that “help is on the way” for Iranian protesters. Amid reports that thousands of the protesters have been killed, our national security correspondent David E. Sanger describes what some of Mr. Trump’s options might be.

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Forget Trump’s Tariffs. The Real Danger Lies in China’s Trade Surplus.

China has announced a more than trillion-dollar trade surplus that poses a greater danger to world commerce than Trump’s tariffs.

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These Gyms’ Most Intimidating Machine: The Front Door

A new kind of tap-in, tap-out system at gyms has some New Yorkers flustered.

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Quebec Premier François Legault Resigns Ahead of Elections

Premier François Legault became Canada’s most popular provincial leader during the pandemic thanks to his reassuring, avuncular persona. But missteps sank his hopes for a third term.

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Republicans Move to Block Effort to Check Trump’s Power in Venezuela

G.O.P. leaders are pressuring fellow senators who supported the measure to change their vote on the bill to block President Trump’s military action in Venezuela without Congress’s consent.

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Republicans Advance Stock-Trading Bill With Limited Restrictions

The bill would allow lawmakers to keep their existing stock and continue to sell it if they provide seven to 14 days of notice. Democrats called it a “gift to insider traders.”

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NASA to Begin Space Station Medical Evacuation: What to Know

Four astronauts are leaving the outpost about a month earlier than scheduled because a crew member, who was not identified, has an undisclosed medical issue.

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Judge Puts Off Ruling on Minnesota’s Request to Block ICE Surge

Lawyers for the state sought an immediate ruling, but the judge said she would give the Justice Department time to respond in writing to the state’s lawsuit.

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Can the ICE Agent Who Shot Renee Good Be Prosecuted?

The Trump administration is unlikely to bring a federal case, and any criminal case would face high hurdles. But charges are not out of the question.

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Can A.I. Generate New Ideas?

Systems like OpenAI’s GPT-5 are accelerating research in math, biology and chemistry. But there is a debate over whether it can do that work on its own.

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2026 May Be the Year of the Mega I.P.O.

If SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic go public, they will unleash gushers of cash for Silicon Valley and Wall Street.

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Supreme Court Sides With Conservative Congressman in Illinois Election Rules Challenge

The question in the case was not a mail-in ballot rule itself but whether political candidates have the right to challenge the rules governing the vote count in their election.

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Iran Prepares to Execute a Protester as Trump Threatens ‘Strong Action’

Rights groups and relatives said Iran planned to put an antigovernment protester to death for the first time during the latest wave of unrest in the country.

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Mary Peltola Puts Alaska in Play for Democrats

Mary Peltola’s entry into the Alaska Senate race is a building block in an electoral strategy Democrats have been working on for months.

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Harper Lee Expanded on Her View of the South in Letters to a Friend

In decades of correspondence, the author gave her friend, JoBeth McDaniel, a mix of opinions, advice on writing and insight into the impact of the Civil Rights movement.

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Lung Cancer Stigma Keeps People From Care

The disease is the rare cancer met with accusations, not sympathy.

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Jim McBride Dies at 78; Brought Honky-Tonk Back to Country Music

He was best known for his long-running collaboration with Alan Jackson and their signature hit, “Chattahoochee.”

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U.S. Moves Some Personnel From Key Air Base as Tensions Mount With Iran

Nonessential personnel are being removed from Udeid Air Base in Qatar, the main U.S. air operations hub in the region, as President Trump weighs a military response to Iran’s crackdown on protests.

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