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Sergey Brin Moves to the Right, With a ‘MAGA Girlfriend’ by His Side

After once backing liberal causes, the Google co-founder has praised President Trump, donated to Republicans and spent $57 million to try to block a California billionaire tax.

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Missouri and Illinois Face Severe Storms and Tornado Threat

Areas around St. Louis could face tornadoes, forecasters said. Dangerous weather has unfolded across the Midwest in recent days.

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Thanks to GLP-1s, Obesity Experts Are Trying to Understand ‘Food Noise’

Before the rise of GLP-1s, obesity experts didn’t study the internal buzz that compels people to eat. Now that food noise is being switched off, they want to understand it.

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Altman, Musk and the A.I. Spectacle Come to Oakland

Oakland, Calif., where Elon Musk’s trial against OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, starts on Monday, is not exactly known as a hub of the tech industry.

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Microsoft and OpenAI Loosen Their Partnership

Microsoft, OpenAI’s biggest financial partner, will to continue to license the start-up’s technology but will no longer be its exclusive licensee.

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Cellular Rejuvenation Has the Potential to Reverse Aging

A new therapy has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases — and even reverse aging.

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Pregnancy With Lupus Is Risky. Would She Be Able to Carry Her Baby to Term?

Fatimah Shepherd’s kidneys were compromised, and pregnancy could send her into kidney failure.

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Musk vs. Altman: A High-Stakes A.I. Clash Goes to Court on Monday

Elon Musk is seeking more than $150 billion in damages and a complete shake-up of OpenAI. The outcome could have big consequences for the artificial intelligence industry.

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Raghu Rai, Photographer Who Captured Modern India, Dies at 83

Mr. Rai documented major figures like the Dalai Lama and Indira Gandhi, as well as the victims of a poison gas leak in the city of Bhopal.

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Canada Says Its Gold Is Traceable and Clean. So We Traced It.

We ended up in a Colombian mine controlled by a drug cartel.

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Gold Standards

We explore a Times investigation into the gold market.

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The Rise of the High-Range, Less Expensive E.V.

Even as the electric vehicle market has slumped, there are more long-range E.V.s under $40,000 than ever before.

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The U.S. Started the War. The Rest of the World Is Feeling the Effects.

In just eight weeks, much of the global economy has been knocked sideways. America has mostly been spared from the tumult.

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China’s Economy Starts to Show Cracks From Iran War

China’s strategic reserves of oil and natural gas have insulated it somewhat, but its manufacturing-based economy is beginning to falter.

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Canada Is a World Leader on Clean Gold, if You Don’t Look Too Closely

The Royal Canadian Mint says its gold is North American and impeccably sourced. So why is some of it from a Colombian drug cartel?

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Top Iranian Official in Russia for Talks With Putin on Middle East War

Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s foreign minister, will meet with President Vladimir V. Putin for “necessary coordination,” as negotiations with the U.S. to end the conflict have stalled.

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Inside the Chaos at the Correspondents’ Dinner, and How the U.S. Mint Is Buying Drug Cartel Gold

Plus, marathon runners shatter a world record.

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China Will Require Meta to Unwind Acquisition of AI Start-Up Manus

The impact of the ruling was not immediately clear, but it could send a chilling signal to Chinese tech founders seeking to partner with foreign companies.

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Even Before the Gunfire. Many Guests Bore the Scars of Political Violence

Gunfire at a press gala on Saturday underscored the ever growing club of political figures whose lives have been upended by violence.

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Grievance Propelled Gala Attack Suspect Across Country, Authorities Say

A man who has worked as a tutor and graduated from the California Institute of Technology is being held by authorities in connection with the armed attack at the White House correspondents’ dinner.

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Beekeeper Gets Jail After a Swarm Is Unleashed During an Eviction

The woman, who is a beekeeper, was sentenced to six months after being convicted of using the bees as a weapon against deputies during a 2022 eviction.

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Bernie Sanders Pressures Democrats to Reject Super PAC Support in Primaries

The independent senator from Vermont says top Democrats should tell candidates they will otherwise lose access to party resources.

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60 Countries to Meet on Phasing Out Fossil Fuels but Are Excluding the U.S.

The Trump administration was not invited to the gathering in Santa Marta, Colombia. A White House spokeswoman called the green transition “destructive.”

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What to Watch Next in the Nationwide Redistricting Battle

All eyes are on Florida and Virginia, where a special session and courtroom proceedings set for this week factor into the battle for the House in the midterms.

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Oprah Winfrey Moves Her Podcast (and Books and Products) to Amazon

The multiyear deal with Ms. Winfrey signifies the tech giant’s growing ambitions in video podcasts.

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Why Trump Wants Unqualified U.S. Attorneys

Revenge-based criminal cases against the president’s enemies have not come to fruition. That’s where the U.S. attorneys come in.

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Supreme Court Reviews Police Use of Cell Location Data to Find Criminals

Geofence searches allow law enforcement to find suspects and witnesses by sweeping up location data from cellphone users near crime scenes.

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Inside a Once-Grand Building That Housed the Vulnerable for a Century

A shelter for men near Bellevue Hospital is closing. It is a symbol of an approach to homelessness that the Mamdani administration hopes to leave behind.

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Eric Swalwell, Tony Gonzales and Accountability in the Post-Post-#MeToo Era

What constitutes unacceptable behavior? And how many accusers does it take for an allegation to be believed? Societal standards remain nebulous.

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The Best Books of 2026 So Far: ‘Kin,’ ‘London Falling’ and More

The nonfiction and novels we can’t stop thinking about.

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