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To Defeat Democrats, Texas Governor Embraces the Hard Right

After years of keeping his distance, Gov. Greg Abbott is set to address Texas Republicans’ activist-led convention as hard-line conservatives gain influence within the party.

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Can Democrats Overcome G.O.P. Gerrymandering?

Our chief political analyst, Nate Cohn, who writes The Tilt newsletter, looks at the Republicans’ advantage in the House of Representatives after partisan redistricting. To win the House, how much of the popular vote would Democrats need to win?

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Anti-Immigrant Riots after Belfast Stabbing Leave City on Edge

In two nights of violence in Northern Ireland after a brutal stabbing, people were targeted because of their skin color, the authorities said.

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The Consequences of SpaceX’s Trillion-Dollar I.P.O.

SpaceX’s trading debut is expected to smash records. Wall Street is watching to see what else it disrupts.

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David Hockney, Who Restored the Human Form to Art, Dies at 88

His colorful figurative paintings were both conservative and iconoclastic, defying the dominant abstract schools of the mid-20th century.

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A Trillionaire?

SpaceX is expected to make Elon Musk even richer when its stock begins trading today.

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What I Learned From David Hockney

The curator Norman Rosenthal knew the artist for over 60 years and still discovered something new when they collaborated on a final blockbuster show.

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With iPhones and Faxes, David Hockney Embraced Tech

Polaroids and photocopiers also gave the artist possibilities for creating in forms vastly different from his paintings.

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What the SpaceX I.P.O. Means for You, and a Giant Act of Vandalism in D.C.

Plus, the Friday news quiz.

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Risk Strait of Hormuz or Wait? Shipping Companies Face a Costly Dilemma.

With more than 500 ships still stranded in the Persian Gulf, pressure on the shipowners and sailors is growing by the day.

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How SpaceX’s IPO Compares With Saudi Aramco, Uber and Others

The previous record was set over six years ago. But SpaceX, whose stock begins trading on Friday, is on track to raise tens of billions of dollars more.

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Bring the Kids and Grab Some Barbecue: A Day at the Ukrainian Drone Races

Competitions that give soldiers a brief break from the front have a festival-like atmosphere, a mix of potentially deadly weapons and frolicking children.

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‘Yes’ Is a Scathing Portrait of Israeli Depravity. Why Are European Leftists Boycotting It?

The inanity of the leftists who’d censor such a film shouldn’t distract us from the right-wing nightmare it reveals.

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Neither Peace Nor War: Iran Conflict Leaves World in Dangerous Limbo

Since announcing a nominal cease-fire two months ago, Iran, Israel and the U.S. have remained locked in low-intensity violence that has become a new normal.

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Steven Spielberg on How to Build Suspense in ‘Disclosure Day’

The director narrates a scene from his movie that is a continuation, of sorts, of a sequence he filmed for his feature-length debut, “Duel,” in 1971.

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Slayyyter Had One Last Chance for Pop Stardom, and She Nailed It

After a few attempts that didn’t fully connect, the St. Louis singer was ready to walk away, but not before making a raw album of thrashed pop, “Worst Girl in America.”

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The World Is Draining Oil Reserves, Raising Pressure for a Peace Deal

The amount of oil and fuel stored by businesses and governments has fallen sharply since the start of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.

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Sheriffs in Maryland Challenge State Limits on Cooperation With ICE

A lawsuit by a group of 17 county law enforcement officers is another front in the Trump-era fight over local police’s role in immigration enforcement.

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Frisco Mayor’s Race Tests Anti-Muslim Politics in Texas

A runoff in the Dallas suburb of Frisco is testing whether anti-Muslim rhetoric, prominent in G.O.P. primaries this year, can win over a broader set of voters.

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SpaceX’s I.P.O. Will Help Fulfill Elon Musk’s Political Vision of America

The SpaceX I.P.O. will enable its founder to build — and scale — his peculiar vision of society.

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AIPAC Wants Democrats to Back Israel. Instead, They’re Turning on AIPAC.

Once the guardian of the bipartisan pro-Israel consensus, it is now a polarizing force in the party.

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Excitement and Frustration Mix as the World Cup Comes to America

Astronomical ticket prices, soaring security costs and concern over traffic and transit snarls is mixed with pride in host cities and excitement over the U.S. team.

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Inside Cesar Chavez’s Labor Union, Women Faced a Culture of Sexual Abuse

Many of the women who helped lead the fight for Latino civil rights say they were quietly waging their own battles with harassment, misogyny and sexual assault inside the powerful United Farm Workers union.

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She Was Dying of Cancer. How Should She Live?

Thanks to new treatments, some patients with Stage 4 cancer are living longer — leaving them in limbo for years.

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The A.I. Proxy Fight Roiling the Race for a New York House Seat

Groups tied to OpenAI, Anthropic and other industry players have spent $16 million trying to pick the next member of Congress from Manhattan.

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Knicks in Five? Please Don’t Tempt the Jinx Gods.

Some Knicks fans have predicted series sweeps. Others, conditioned by decades of failure, pay more heed to jinxes and superstitious rituals.

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Brawls, Biting and Bliss in a City Craving a Knicks Championship

Decades of bottled-up hopes and frustrations have created a frenzy around the New York Knicks that has brought out the worst in some fans.

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New York Primary Elections: What to Know and How to Vote

Several closely watched races are taking place in New York City and beyond. Nine days of early voting will precede Primary Day on June 23.

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Late Night Prepares for Trump’s U.F.C. Birthday Fight at the White House

Jimmy Fallon called the president “the only 80-year-old yelling, ‘Get on my lawn!’”

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‘Operation Pushkin’: Paris Trial Puts Spotlight on Rare-Book Heists

One by one, valuable works by Russian masters like Pushkin and Gogol were disappearing from libraries across Europe. Now six defendants are being prosecuted.

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