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How the Voting Rights Decision May Block the Rise of Young Black Leaders

Black Democrats in the South already face steep challenges when seeking political office. But the Supreme Court’s ruling could be felt for a generation.

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Venice Biennale Jury Resigns Amid Tension Over Awards Ban

The jury of the world’s most important art exhibition had said it wouldn’t consider artists from countries whose leaders are accused of crimes against humanity.

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Supreme Leader Says Iran Is Planning for Ongoing Control of Strait

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei said in a statement that Iran would establish “new legal frameworks” for the Strait of Hormuz. He also said his country would retain its nuclear capabilities.

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How Trump’s Iran Blockade Is Complicating a High-Stakes Trip to China

If President Trump flies to China as planned in May, the primary topic will clearly be the rippling economic effects of a war that Beijing has made clear it viewed as unnecessary.

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Trump Administration Casts Host of Policies Under Biden as Anti-Christian

A new report is the latest effort by the Justice Department to argue that it is removing political bias from prosecutorial decision-making.

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Smog in Phoenix and Salt Lake City? The E.P.A. Is Blaming Asia.

The Trump administration says the cities shouldn’t be penalized for unhealthy air because pollution can blow in from abroad. Some experts say that’s preposterous.

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Chief Justice Roberts Played the Long Game on Voting Rights

Since his early days as a lawyer and in his first years on the bench, the chief justice has worked to limit the force of the Voting Rights Act.

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Best Memorial Day Recipes

Strawberry shortcake, pasta salad, coleslaw and more recipes to kick off summer. Here’s what to make for picnics, barbecues and gatherings this long weekend.

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Crop Undercount Raises Questions About Reliability of U.S.D.A. Data

Corn estimates were off by 4.5 million acres last year. A lack of survey responses, not job cuts, led to the miss, the Agriculture Department said.

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Share the Times Pages You Couldn’t Throw Away

The New York Times has been publishing for 175 years. Some of that history may be sitting in a shoe box under your bed.

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After Supreme Court Decision, Louisiana Weighs Redrawing House Maps

It was not immediately clear whether Gov. Jeff Landry, a Republican, would postpone the May 16 primary election for House races after the court ruled the state’s congressional districts unconstitutional.

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King Charles and Queen Camilla Hit the Red Carpet at N.Y.C. Gala

Anna Wintour, Martha Stewart and others greeted the royal couple at the King’s Trust Gala, during their official state visit to the United States.

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The Vaccine Skeptic in Trump’s New C.D.C. Leadership Team

Dr. Sara Brenner is a physician, an F.D.A. official and a “MAHA mom” who has said people should not reflexively believe in the benefits of vaccines.

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Janet Mills Bows Out of Maine Senate Race as an Insurgent Democrat Rises

Her withdrawal reflects the energy of the party’s left and voters’ unease with older candidates and paves the way for Graham Platner to challenge Senator Susan Collins in November.

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U.S. Economy Grew 2 Percent in Early 2026 Even as War in Iran Began to Hit Energy Prices

Gross domestic product expanded at a 2 percent annual rate in the first three months of the year, a period including first weeks of conflict in the Middle East.

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Behind Powell’s High-Stakes Decision to Stay at the Fed

Jerome H. Powell will remain a governor at the Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends, in a bid to guard against a further incursion by the Trump administration on the central bank’s independence.

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What to Know About the Stabbing Attack Against 2 Jewish Men in London

The British police said the attack on Wednesday was being treated as terrorism, and they warned of rising antisemitic hate crimes.

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Trump May Pull Troops From Germany. That Isn’t as Scary as It Once Was.

Germany has hugely increased its military spending, aiming to be less dependent on Washington. Its support for U.S. attacks on Iran may also give it leverage.

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David Allan Coe, Singer Who Personified Outlaw Country, Dies at 86

Mr. Coe, who wrote “Take This Job and Shove It” and other chart-topping hits, was a transgressive exponent of the outlaw country movement of the 1970s and ’80s.

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Missing Indigenous Girl in Australia Is Found Dead After 5-Day Search

The police are seeking a man who was last seen holding hands with the five-year-old girl on Saturday night near Alice Springs.

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Mamdani Suggested UK Should Return the Koh-i-Noor Diamond. Here’s the Back Story.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York suggested that Britain should return the gem, a symbol of colonial plunder. Here’s the back story of the famed jewel.

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Who’s a Threat?

We look at when political criticism can be considered a threat of violence.

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Trump and Putin Talk, and Ukraine Shrugs

More than a year of similar conversations have failed to bring the country any closer to peace, so Ukrainians have stopped hoping they will.

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What the Voting Rights Act Decision Means, and Hegseth’s Heated Testimony

Plus, chatbots told scientists how to make bioweapons.

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Attacks on Jewish Targets in Europe Suggest Hybrid Warfare

Officials are investigating similar attacks across Europe, all claimed by a shadowy Islamist group that may be using low-cost, unsophisticated methods to sow fear in Jewish communities.

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Democrats Regret Creating Independent Redistricting Commissions After Supreme Court Ruling

A decade ago, the party sought independent redistricting commissions. Now, in an era of extreme gerrymandering, such efforts could slow Democrats as they try to keep up with Republicans.

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Some Black Southerners Say Voting Rights Ruling ‘Missed the Mark’

Veterans of the civil rights movement and others said the Supreme Court decision felt like a bleak end to decades of gains in Black representation in the region.

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In Blow to Voting Rights Act, Supreme Court Embraces Claim of Racial Progress

The majority said the law was a victim of its own success and no longer needed. Dissenters responded that Congress should make the call.

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Top 10 Reasons We Love the Original ‘Devil Wears Prada’ Movie

The 2006 comedy is filled with moments big and small that have stood the test of time, thanks in no small part to Meryl Streep’s turn as Miranda Priestly.

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Senators Say Lawyers Helped Wealthy Clients Dodge Taxes in Puerto Rico

Rich Americans are writing off taxes they owed before they moved to Puerto Rico, the Senate Finance Committee says.

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