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Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Could Become Reality Today. Here’s What to Know.

A freeze for rent-stabilized homes is expected when a city panel votes on Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan on Thursday, but the move is likely to face legal challenges.

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Tickled Apes Reveal the Rhythmic Roots of Laughter

A study of chimps, gorillas and other great apes, including human children, sheds light on how laughter has evolved.

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Apple Raises Prices on Macs and iPads Amid the A.I. Boom

The tech giant cited the soaring costs of memory and storage chips as it increased prices more than $200 on some devices.

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Supreme Court Lets Trump End Deportation Protection for Haitians and Syrians

President Trump has pushed to rescind Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of people from countries convulsed by humanitarian crises.

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Supreme Court Allows Trump to Block Asylum Seekers at Border

A policy of turning back asylum seekers at the border was rescinded in 2021, but the Trump administration wants the flexibility to reinstate it as a tool for border control.

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Here’s What It Means to Be a Democratic Socialist

Universal health care, taxing the wealthy and opposition to military aid to Israel are among the movement’s key tenets.

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Inflation Accelerated in May as Iran War Pushed Up Prices

A closely watched measure of inflation ticked up as the conflict in the Middle East inflated energy prices.

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After Banner Night, D.S.A. Sharpens Its Policy and Political Ambitions

After democratic socialists captured two House primaries and several state legislative contests in New York, the group’s leaders mulled how to use their expanding influence.

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Big Companies Aim to Ease A.I. Transition for American Workers

OpenAI, Anthropic, Amazon and Microsoft have signed on to an effort led by Gina Raimondo, a former commerce secretary.

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Don the Builder

We look at Trump’s construction projects in Washington, D.C.

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Mamdani Ends Day Care Contract With Eric Adams’s Former Romantic Partner

The city had accused Jasmine Ray of fiscal mismanagement. She said that she had been unfairly targeted because of her ties to the former mayor.

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IBM Unveils New Method to Make Smaller Computer Chip Parts

Industry leaders had worried that innovations in chip miniaturization were no longer possible.

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2 Deadly Earthquakes Hit Venezuela, and Why Chemo Drugs Could Soon Be Rationed

Plus, will A.I. find the next soccer superstar?

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Iraq’s New Leader Faces Resistance Trying to Bring Militias Under State Control

The Trump administration has demanded that Iraqi leaders distance themselves from Iran and rein in Iran-linked militias that are outside of government control.

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Is It Time for a New Sexual Revolution?

One that actually brings men and women together.

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Triumph of the Tasteless

This is an era of illusion, and Musk and Trump are the self-adoring, self-promoting emblems and emperors of it.

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Lesson Learned From Iran War: Reduce Reliance on Strait of Hormuz

Increased stockpiles, more pipelines and other tactics could loosen the waterway’s stranglehold on the global economy.

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U.S. Inflation Problems Are Far From Over

The Federal Reserve’s new chairman has vowed to deliver price stability, but officials are at odds over whether that will require higher borrowing costs.

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A Right-Wing Election Victory in Colombia, With a Little Help from Trump

The U.S. president endorsed the right-wing winner. But his influence went further.

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Christopher Nolan on the Anxiety of Filming ‘The Odyssey’ in IMAX

Filming entirely in IMAX meant new engineering and actor ingenuity. It was only halfway through the six-country shoot that he felt he could pull it off.

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How Honda’s Pledge to Go All-Electric Unraveled

A derailed gamble led Honda to its first-ever annual loss and has intensified scrutiny over the future of its chief executive.

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‘Supergirl’ Review: This Glass Ceiling Is Made of Kryptonite

Milly Alcock is naturally appealing in this derivative, if altogether watchable, superhero movie.

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Bible Passages May Soon Be Required Reading in Texas Public Schools

Texas is set to pass what may be the first state-mandated book list for public school students. It focuses on classic literature and includes Bible excerpts.

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This Doctor Can Change the Color of Your Eyes. Should He?

Francis Ferrari, a French ophthalmologist, invented a controversial procedure that can change eye color. People from around the world are willing to take the risk.

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Is Space Tourism Finally Ready for Takeoff?

Delays and rising prices have made the promise of space travel for ordinary people more elusive than ever. Will that ever change?

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Jimmy Fallon Teases Trump’s Great American State Fair

“There’s even a dunk tank with JD Vance and a drunk tank with Kash Patel,” Fallon said.

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Mamdani’s Victories May Be a Headache for the Governor Who Has Backed Him

Gov. Kathy Hochul has worked with Mayor Zohran Mamdani on child care and second-home taxes. But the triumphs of democratic socialists on Primary Day could complicate her vision.

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Oil Prices Fall Toward Prewar Levels as Gulf Shipping Resumes

Oil prices fell, moving closer to levels not seen since the war in Iran began in February.

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Why Americans Are So Freaked Out by A.I.

The key is understanding how our labor market and our social net differs from the rest of the world.

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Suspect in Kansas City Shootings Found Dead in Basement, Police Say

Officers found the body of a man believed to be Oscar Sanchez-Munoz, the suspect in a series of roadway shootings last week, inside a home they had already searched.

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