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Justice Dept. Clears Way for Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger
The $111 billion deal would unite two major movie studios and put CNN under the same roof as CBS News.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesDespite Trump Claims, Spencer Pratt Seems to Accept L.A. Mayor Results
President Trump said the loss was an example of election fraud, but Mr. Pratt did not entertain that idea. Instead, he plans to wind down his campaign but keep attacking the two Democrats who advanced.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk Becomes the World’s First Trillionaire
Also, officials say a U.S.-Iran cease-fire appears within reach.
New York Times Top StoriesGavin Newsom and Hunter Biden Would Like Your Attention, Please
The two men chatted on Mr. Newsom’s podcast about Democrats, Joe Biden, Graham Platner, phone addiction and other topics.
New York Times Top StoriesTwo Dan Sullivans? Alaska Republicans Suggest Kicking One Off the Ballot in Senate Race
The lieutenant governor and the top elections official, both Republicans, are investigating whether the challenger coordinated with a Democrat to confuse voters.
New York Times Top StoriesSpaceX’s Unlikely Journey From Far-Out Idea to $2 Trillion Juggernaut
Elon Musk said he had initially given SpaceX less than a 10 percent chance of succeeding. His rocket company has come a long way.
New York Times Top StoriesFederal Agents Search Voting Rights Group in Ohio
It was not immediately clear what the investigators were looking for, but a board member with a progressive group said members had been served with search warrants.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Casting Call Was for Zombies. The Job Was Actually a Landlord Rally.
Housing debates often involve theatrics. But when a group of actors, many of whom are renters, discovered they had been hired to join a pro-landlord demonstration, several said they felt deceived.
New York Times Top StoriesAs Speculation Swirls About the Emerging Iran Deal, Here’s What We Know
A “memorandum of understanding” between the two sides is under discussion. Both sides are keen to frame it as a victory.
New York Times Top StoriesIsrael Is Building Army Base in Jenin, Flouting 1990s Pact With Palestinians
Critics say the move would help the Israeli military protect increased settlement activity near Palestinian population centers in the West Bank.
New York Times Top StoriesScientists Race to Test Treatments as Ebola Outbreak Widens
Trials are beginning on several drugs that have shown promise in preliminary studies against the virus that is causing the current outbreak.
New York Times Top StoriesIf You Have a 401(k), How Much SpaceX Stock Will You Own?
If you have index funds — such as in a 401(k) — they may soon include shares of the mega company. Here’s a rough calculation.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Declines to Halt U.F.C. Fight at the White House on Trump’s Birthday
In a ruling on Friday, Judge Amit P. Mehta wrote that the lawsuit arrived last minute and failed to show how the event irreversibly harmed the individuals who sued.
New York Times Top StoriesSuspect in Fatal Shooting Is Dead After a Standoff in Midland, Texas, Officials Say
The man was confirmed to be dead after he had barricaded himself in a building in Midland, following an earlier shooting on Friday that killed one person and injured at least 11 others.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk Becomes World’s First Trillionaire as SpaceX Stock Begins Trading
With SpaceX shares soaring on their first day of trading, the world’s richest person crossed another milestone — one with 13 digits.
New York Times Top StoriesSocial Security Is Going Broke. Where Is the Outrage?
We’ve been here before, but never so close.
New York Times Top StoriesDespite Talk of an Iran Peace Deal, Lebanon’s War Grinds On
Israeli strikes on Friday left Lebanon out of sync with a cautious optimism taking hold elsewhere in the Middle East.
New York Times Top StoriesNeil Shubin on Trusted Science in a ‘Deeply Partisan Age’
An eminent fossil hunter takes the reins at the National Academy of Sciences in a turbulent moment for American researchers.
New York Times Top StoriesA Guide to Chicago’s South Side, Home of the New Obama Center
The Obama Presidential Center, opening on June 19, is poised to attract visitors to an often-overlooked area. Here’s what you’ll find in Hyde Park and beyond.
New York Times Top StoriesFraming David Hockney’s Greatest Art
Whether in Los Angeles, in his native England or traveling the world, the artist always reinvented the world he saw, with psychological insight.
New York Times Top StoriesFISA, a Key U.S. Spying Power, Is Expiring. What Does That Mean for Foreign Surveillance?
Top officials and some lawmakers say letting a powerful spying authority expire on Saturday will leave the United States dangerously blind. But surveillance can still continue.
New York Times Top StoriesRick Jackson, Georgia Governor Candidate, Is Also a Film Producer Battling the IRS
Rick Jackson, a billionaire, wants to be Georgia’s next governor. But the I.R.S. has questioned how his low-budget movies turned into tax windfalls.
New York Times Top StoriesThey Bought a Famous Puzzle in Cryptography. Now They’re Opening It Up.
A San Francisco company paid nearly $1 million for the solution to an unsolved code in Kryptos, a sculpture on the C.I.A. grounds. Soon it will become an online challenge.
New York Times Top StoriesThis Conservative Insider Is Skeptical That the G.O.P. Can ‘Buck Historical Trends’ in the Midterms
Why “top Republicans should actually be more concerned.”
New York Times Top StoriesHockney’s Sense of Style Never Wavered
The painter David Hockney’s clothes roared with mirth and maximalism.
New York Times Top StoriesOhio City Worker Union Complains That Goats Are Eating Its Lunch
A union in Columbus made a formal complaint after the city farmed out brush-clearing duties at a wastewater plant. The competitors? Goats.
New York Times Top StoriesOpera Company Sues to Collect $17 Million From the Kennedy Center
The Washington National Opera, which left the center amid the Trump administration’s takeover, says its efforts to retrieve its endowment and other assets have been blocked.
New York Times Top StoriesFact-Check: Trump’s Claims About His Arch, Reflecting Pool Repairs and Other Renovation Projects
President Trump has made false or exaggerated claims of a Civil War-era push for a triumphal arch, hundreds of millions spent on repairs on the Reflecting Pool, and an absence of working fountains.
New York Times Top StoriesTo 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.
New York Times Top StoriesCan 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?