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The U.S. Charges Raúl Castro, Increasing the Pressure on Cuba
Also, Jan. 6 police officers sue to block Trump’s new fund. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesThailand Tightens Visa Rules for Tourists From Dozens of Nations, Including U.S.
The country had loosened entry requirements after the pandemic to attract visitors, but will now limit many travelers to 30 days without a visa.
New York Times Top StoriesSoccer Game Between North and South Korean Teams Draws Strong Emotion On and Off the Pitch
While diplomatic relations between the two Koreas are near a historic low, a rare trip by athletes from the North triggered intense emotions in some older South Koreans.
New York Times Top StoriesMother Who Drowned 3 Children at Coney Island Is Sentenced to 20 Years
Erin Merdy, 34, pleaded guilty to murder in the 2022 killings of her children, ages 7, 4 and 3 months.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Just Pardoned Himself and His Family Forever
By issuing a prohibition on federal investigations that might threaten Trump’s finances, the Justice Department has placed the president and his family in a new category.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About the Wildfires in Southern California
Ahead of peak wildfire season in the state, a series of blazes has led to evacuation orders for thousands of people. Here’s a quick rundown.
New York Times Top StoriesTSA Pushes to Expand Private Security at Airport Checkpoints
Driven in part by the chaos of the last shutdown, the government is expanding efforts to use private security staff instead of federal employees at more airports.
New York Times Top StoriesNvidia’s Profit Hits $58.3 Billion as A.I. Boom Gathers More Steam
The chip maker said its profit in its most recent quarter jumped 211 percent from a year ago thanks to extreme demand from other big technology companies.
New York Times Top StoriesEbola Containment Efforts May Have Been Hindered by USAID Shutdown and CDC Cuts
Aid cuts by the Trump administration have shut down crucial disease surveillance networks and medical supply chains in East Africa.
New York Times Top StoriesPenn Station Renovation Moves Ahead as Developer Is Chosen
The announcement came a day after Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said the federal government intended to spend $8 billion on the project.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Gets His Payback in Primary Elections, but It Comes at a Cost in Congress
Republican senators are angry the president is working to unseat their colleagues. But he is also creating more free agents in his own party in Congress willing to defy him.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Eurovision Final, Dismay That Politics Didn’t Play a Bigger Role
Politics isn’t supposed to influence the international song contest, but some people wanted relationships between countries to hold more sway in this year’s voting.
New York Times Top StoriesCuba Says the Trump Administration Is Not Negotiating in Good Faith
Cuba’s ambassador to the United Nations said in an interview that Havana wanted to talk but the Trump administration was creating pretexts for military action.
New York Times Top StoriesAustralian Swimmer Who Crashed Beach Fashion Show Becomes the Star
David Handley was going for a swim in Sydney when he found himself walking on an Australian Fashion Week runway. “I’ve usurped the spot of the lead model,” he said.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Silicon Valley Is Coming for Next
Hint: It comes from inside of you.
New York Times Top StoriesAudible Opens a Bookless Bookstore
Booksellers are trying to figure out how to market audiobooks in person. At a new pop-up, the Amazon-owned company is betting on listening rooms, branded merch and “story tenders.”
New York Times Top StoriesProsecutor Is Charged With Stealing Sealed Report on Trump Documents Case
The Justice Department accused Carmen Lineberger of emailing records related to the special counsel’s investigation to a personal account.
New York Times Top StoriesMajority of Fed Officials Embraced Possibility of Higher Rates at Latest Meeting
A record of the April meeting, Jerome H. Powell’s last as chair, underscored the extent to which the war with Iran has upended the economic outlook.
New York Times Top StoriesSurgeon General’s Office Issues Screen Time Warning
The post of surgeon general has remained empty since President Trump took office last year.
New York Times Top StoriesJeff Bezos Praises Trump’s Second Term as ‘More Mature’
The Amazon founder and owner of The Washington Post also rejected the idea that he has made changes at his companies to gain favor with the president.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s $1.8 Billion Fund Tests Constitutional Limits
The deal the president reached with his own subordinates relies on a mechanism created by Congress that legal experts had warned was subject to manipulation.
New York Times Top StoriesHouse Passes Housing Bill, Uniting on a Measure to Bring Down Costs
The legislation, which had been stalled amid Republican divisions, passed overwhelmingly, signaling an eagerness in both parties to address affordability in an election year.
New York Times Top StoriesOpenAI Prepares to File for an I.P.O. in Coming Weeks
OpenAI would be one of the most highly anticipated potential initial public offerings, in what is set to be a major year of I.P.O.s for Silicon Valley.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael Minister Taunts Pro-Palestinian Flotilla Activists in Video
In the video, the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, walks past activists in handcuffs and forced to kneel on the deck of a ship. It drew outrage at home and abroad.
New York Times Top StoriesAll the Republicans Trump Has Taken Down in Midterm Primaries
The president has spent a great deal of political capital this spring trying to unseat fellow Republicans he sees as disloyal, and he has succeeded.
New York Times Top StoriesE. Jean Carroll Taught Me to Not Be Afraid
It’s not easy to make an anti-Trump documentary right now.
New York Times Top StoriesHe Was Jailed Over a Charlie Kirk Post. The Sheriff Now Owes Him $835,000.
Larry Bushart sued a Tennessee sheriff who claimed he wanted to incite hysteria with a post after Mr. Kirk’s killing and jailed him for 37 days.
New York Times Top StoriesEbola Crisis Sparks Debate Over Global Health Double Standards
To some Africans, the claim that the continent’s largest health agency had already bungled its response scratched a familiar wound.
New York Times Top StoriesRFK Jr. Fires Leaders of Key Health Task Force
The health secretary has undermined the work of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force over the past year.
New York Times Top StoriesReturn to the Land, a Whites-Only Community, Is Sued for Discrimination
Return to the Land, a 160-acre development requiring members be white and heterosexual, is breaking fair housing and civil rights laws, according to a lawsuit.