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In Trump’s Washington, Ballooning National Debt Stirs Little Action

The relative indifference to the news that the U.S. government now owes $40 trillion demonstrates how drastically the politics of deficit spending has changed.

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Progressives Condemn Pick of Pro-Israel Democrat Atop House Panel

Outrage over making Representative Jared Moskowitz, who is vocally pro-Israel, the top Democrat on a Middle East policy subcommittee reflected the party’s rift over Israel.

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Trump Signs Executive Order to Rename Lake Ontario to Lake America

The president also reiterated his criticism that Canada “treats us very badly.” Trade talks between the nations collapsed last week.

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Climate Change Raises Risk of Disasters Like Nepal Floods

Glaciers and permafrost in the Himalayas are melting faster as temperatures rise, though scientists are still studying the exact causes of this week’s landslide.

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Fans Push to Rename Nashville Airport for Dolly Parton

A surging online push to rename Nashville International Airport for the beloved Tennessean superstar could get snagged in bureaucracy and politics.

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In ‘9 to 5,’ Dolly Parton Put a Friendly Face on Feminism

In 1980, feminists were often stereotyped as man-hating or out of touch. Then Parton gave the movement a boost — and an anthem.

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Parents Say Meta Settlement Is Big, but Not Enough

Across the country, parents described feeling some validation after the landmark $17.1 billion settlement. But they also felt skeptical that much of anything will change.

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Grand Theft Auto VI Has a New Trailer and Grand Ambitions

Of course you can steal cars in this Bonnie and Clyde story. In the series’s first game in 13 years, you can do almost anything else, too.

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Obama to Headline Fund-Raiser With Jeffries in New York

The top Democrats will gather party donors on Sept. 10, just as Republicans converge in Texas for their unusual midterm convention.

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What Meta’s $17 Billion Settlement Means

Our reporter Cecilia Kang explains Meta’s settlement of a lawsuit claiming that the company’s social media platforms had harmed teenage users.

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On Night of Deadly Air Canada Crash, Two LaGuardia Controllers Left Early

The Federal Aviation Administration has taken steps to fire the two workers at LaGuardia Airport, according to two people familiar with the investigation.

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Canada Hires U.S. Scholars From Harvard and Other Top Universities

A crackdown on American academia by the Trump administration has handed Canadian universities a rare opportunity to lure some top researchers north.

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When My Father Told Me He Wanted a Gun, I Knew Everything Had Changed

It’s time to reframe the debate.

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C.I.A. Chief Delivered Bleak Assessment of Russia’s War in Secretive Moscow Visit

C.I.A. analysts have questioned whether President Vladimir V. Putin’s advisers have given him honest assessments of the conflict.

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OpenAI and 100 Others Warn That Window to Defend Against A.I. Attacks Is Narrowing

In an open letter, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and others said that a wave of A.I.-enabled cyberattacks was coming and that organizations and governments needed to prepare themselves.

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DeSantis Administration Misspent $10 Million, Grand Jury Says

A charity tied to Gov. Ron DeSantis’s wife received the money from a state Medicaid settlement and diverted it to political committees supporting a cause favored by the governor.

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Jury Begins Deliberations in Lindsay Clancy Murder Trial

In closing arguments, Ms. Clancy’s lawyer called her “a darn good mother.” The prosecutor accused her of “extreme atrocity and cruelty.”

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Speed of Nepal’s Flash Floods Likely Overwhelmed Warning System, Experts Say

Scientists and disaster response researchers said Nepal’s early flood warning system relied on a conventional network of river gauges in this remote region.

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How SSENSE, a Canadian Retailer, Is Grappling With Trump’s Tariffs

Ssense’s comeback efforts include moving a core part of its business to the United States so American customers can avoid hefty tariffs.

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Some Scientists Have ‘Magic Hands’ in the Lab. This A.I. Is Learning Why.

Even the most adept researchers may not know exactly what they do to get successful results. An A.I. model is trying to figure it out by watching every move.

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Backing Off French Issue Could Restart U.S. Trade Talks, Canadian Official Says

The minister in charge of trade with the United States was responding to comments by Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, to a Canadian broadcaster.

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Trump Administration to Expand Deportation Flights to Haiti

Flights to the Caribbean nation will increase from once a month to once a week now that the Supreme Court allowed President Trump to cancel a humanitarian program.

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“Anxious Generation” Author Jonathan Haidt on the Meta Settlement

In “The Anxious Generation,” he laid out the evils of social media for kids. The landmark Meta settlement seems to agree.

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Trump Raises Money in Texas With Control of the Senate in the Balance

Many Republicans are hoping for financial support from President Trump, whose fund-raising power in the party remains unmatched despite his low poll numbers.

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Starbucks Drops Drink Powder That Enveloped Baristas in Clouds of Dust

Baristas said the ingredient left them coughing and sneezing.

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U.S. to Withdraw 200 Troops Sent to Nigeria Under Trump

Officials say the small, limited deployment could serve as a model. But terrorists in the country have continued to attack and kill.

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Meta Projected It Could Spend $10 Billion on Anthropic’s A.I.

The social networking giant projected it could spend $10 billion annually on Anthropic’s tools, illustrating the friend-foe relationships underlying the A.I. race.

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Inside the Iceland Eclipse Festival: $1,000-a-Week Yurts and Endless Optimism

At a festival on a disc golf course, on a peninsula in Iceland, waiting for the sky to descend into darkness.

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Near-Total Lunar Eclipse Will Turn Moon Blood Red

People in the Americas, Africa and Europe will have a chance to see Earth’s shadow create a near-total blood moon.

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ICE agent Christian Castro Released From Texas Jail After Minnesota Loses Court Fight

The state had sought to have the agent extradited from Texas to answer charges in Minneapolis related to an on-duty shooting that wounded an immigrant.

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