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Trump Says Peace Board Has Plan for Gaza Disarmament
There was no immediate comment from Hamas or Israel, though the Board of Peace said Hamas had agreed to a “road map” to give up its weapons.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesWhat We Know About Dr. Fauci Pleading the Fifth in Senate Hearing on Covid Origins
In a three-hour Senate hearing this week, Dr. Fauci invoked his constitutional right to stay silent, leaving people confused about many of the issues raised.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat to Know About Ceuta
The peninsula on Morocco’s northern coast that Spain has governed for centuries has been a frequent site of mass migrant crossings and political tensions.
New York Times Top StoriesWhat Is the Board of Peace? The Trump-Backed Group, Explained.
President Trump created the international organization, aimed at resolving the long-running war in Gaza and other conflicts.
New York Times Top StoriesMexico’s President Unveils Plan to Fight Seaweed That Is Choking Beaches
The seaweed — a stinky, brown algae known as sargassum — has plagued Mexico and the broader region for more than a decade, but this year’s forecast is setting records.
New York Times Top StoriesKennedy Center Halts Free Public Tours After Five Decades of Service
The decision to suspend tours indefinitely came after a volunteer tour guide was featured in a Times article detailing President Trump’s dramatic revamp of the Kennedy Center.
New York Times Top StoriesDefying Trump, Cornyn Uses His Lame-Duck Power
In standing in the way of Todd Blanche, President Trump’s choice for attorney general, a liberated Senator John Cornyn is wielding his leverage.
New York Times Top StoriesAnthropic Says Its A.I. Systems Broke Into Computers at 3 Organizations
The disclosure followed OpenAI’s report last week that its own artificial intelligence had hacked into the network of an online library.
New York Times Top StoriesMamdani Leaves Door Open to Paying Reparations to Black New Yorkers
The mayor said in recent interviews that it was important to acknowledge the city’s role in slavery but that he could not commit to payouts before his racial equity commission completes its report.
New York Times Top StoriesSeattle’s Police Chief Resigns Under Pressure
The decision followed days of criticism over how the department handled the release of information about a shooting that killed three people at a food festival.
New York Times Top StoriesIran War Is Entangling a Growing List of Mideast Nations
As the U.S. and Iran exchange strikes, more countries are being touched — and some are joining in.
New York Times Top StoriesThe Economy Slows
Plus, Trump weighs pulling his nomination of Todd Blanche. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
New York Times Top StoriesWas Your Trip to Europe Affected by Heat or Wildfires? Tell Us About It.
Have you had to cancel, reschedule or replan a trip to France, Spain or elsewhere because of raging fires or stifling heat? If so, we want to hear from you.
New York Times Top StoriesEarth’s Warming Primed France and Spain to Burn, Scientists Find
The likelihood of hot, dry weather that helps wildfires spread has increased sharply in Europe in recent decades, according to a new report.
New York Times Top StoriesDulles Airport’s Reviled ‘People Movers’ May Be Lurching Into the Sunset
A $22.5 billion redesign plan eliminates the “mobile lounges,” which were conceived as a way of making air travel more efficient. Many passengers found the opposite to be true.
New York Times Top StoriesWhy an A.I. Bubble Might Not Be a Bad Thing
As fears spread over a possible artificial intelligence bubble, some tech investors say: Bring it on.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Threatens to Withdraw Blanche as Attorney General, Dealing Blow to Nomination
President Trump’s threat followed a day of fruitless negotiations with two Republican holdouts, Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis.
New York Times Top StoriesBig Tech’s A.I. Spending Keeps Rising. So Do the Jitters.
Amazon joined a procession of tech giants that ramped up their spending on artificial intelligence, as its capital expenditures soared 69 percent. Concerns over the industry’s spending are mounting.
New York Times Top StoriesApple’s Profit Increases 27 Percent, Topping Wall Street Expectations
The company recently raised prices on a number of products because of component supply shortages caused by the artificial intelligence boom.
New York Times Top StoriesAfter Claiming ‘Bias’ at Smithsonian, Trump Officials Stage Patriotic Exhibition
Trump officials have promised to “make visual arts great,” with a museum exhibition that includes artwork by several people with personal connections to the planners.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Effort to Gut Education Dept. Rebuked by Senate Committee
The bipartisan bill is a long way from becoming law, but it represents the strongest opposition yet from Congress to the administration’s agenda.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Nominee to Oversee VOA, Sarah B. Rogers, Suggests Return of Journalists on Leave
The statement by the nominee, Sarah B. Rogers, signaled a stark reversal of the president’s earlier efforts to shutter Voice of America and other federally funded news groups.
New York Times Top StoriesSpain Mobilizes Military as Thousands of Migrants Cross Into Ceuta
The arrivals in Ceuta, a six-mile-long peninsula on Morocco’s northern coast that Spain has governed for centuries, have fueled political tensions.
New York Times Top StoriesA.I. Hedge Fund Situational Awareness Rescued by Rival Citadel
The once-high flying firm Situational Awareness, whose founder is 24, has been bailed out by Kenneth Griffin’s Citadel, according to three people briefed on the transaction.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Government Mislabels Map of African Countries at AIDS Conference
Nigeria, a coastal country in western Africa, was landlocked in the Sahara, among other errors. The department said it had been “hastily altered.”
New York Times Top StoriesEbola Outbreak Is Now the Second-Deadliest Ever, and in Record Time
The disease has killed more than 1,500 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo in just over two months, causing deaths faster than officials have ever recorded.
New York Times Top StoriesFormer Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes Exits Race for Wisconsin Governor
With a democratic socialist, Francesca Hong, leading in polls, former Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes said he was ending his campaign in the closely divided state.
New York Times Top StoriesCivilians Battle Wildfire Threatening Bordeaux
Residents in Bordeaux in southwestern France are doing everything in their power to stop a wildfire that’s been burning for more than a week. The flames are too spread out for professional firefighters to be everywhere, so for now, civilian volunteers are the only thing standing between the fire and a major French city.
New York Times Top Stories‘This Is Very Strange’: Ancient Smallpox May Have Been Less Deadly
Scientists have found smallpox viruses in the remains of people in Chile from around 500 years ago, revealing how the virus may have evolved into a global killer.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk Plans at Least $100 Million in Midterm Spending to Help Republicans
Elon Musk, a year after a huge blowup with President Trump and the Republican Party, is said to be planning to spend in at least eight states to help them in November.