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Nvidia Adds $150 Billion to Massive Stock Buyback, the Largest Ever

The increase comes four months after the chip giant added $80 billion to its buyback program, bringing the total remaining authorized amount to $235 billion.

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China and the U.S. Pledge to Cut Tariffs on $60 Billion in Goods

The two countries unveiled separate lists covering thousands of products as they seek to ease trade tensions and stabilize relations ahead of further negotiations.

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Protein in Every Food

We look at the market for products with added protein.

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Possible Foiled Terror Attack at U.K Air Base Used by U.S. Raises Questions Over Security

Conflicting accounts from a bystander who called the police and from President Trump have led to questions about whether security services knew about the possible plot in advance.

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Who’s Winning the Race for Congress?

It’s Sept. 28 — 36 days away from the midterms. Here’s the state of play.

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Possible Terror Plot Thwarted at U.K. Base, and Amazon Drones Overwhelm a Texas Town

Plus, the pro-Trump ads paid for by taxpayers.

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How Scientists Can Shape Public Opinion Over A.I. Risks

Artificial intelligence workers may have leverage to make the world safer.

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How Do You Open a Dolly Parton Hotel Without Dolly Parton?

The country music star’s last hospitality project is opening in Nashville, dedicated to her career as a songwriter. Will Dolly being there in spirit be enough?

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Our Power Grid Is Vulnerable. This Is How to Protect It.

The Trump administration should build a stronger alliance with clean energy companies in spite of its culture war with them.

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Affordability Is a Winning Message for Democrats. But There’s an Even Better One.

If Democrats can embrace what affordability is really about, they might do even more than win elections.

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Min Jin Lee Was Underestimated for Half Her Life. Then She Started to Write.

A torch bearer for the great 19th-century tradition of social realism, she’s become one of the most important novelists of her generation.

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Trump’s Tariffs Push Canadian Companies to Look Past American Links

Shaken by tariffs and threats from the Trump administration, Canadian businesses are seeking markets and suppliers beyond the United States.

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‘Showgirls’: The Gratuitous, Surreal Bomb That Was Maybe Brilliant

The reception to Paul Verhoeven’s lurid 1995 melodrama starring Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan and Gina Gershon was humiliating, but it’s since become a thought-provoking camp favorite.

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What We Saw in One Venezuelan Gold Town

With U.S. support, traders arrived and cut deals. That investment has so far failed to improve the bleak conditions in the mining industry.

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Under Trump, Commodity Futures Trading Commission Scales Back Enforcement, Worrying Farmers

The fate of two cotton brokers highlights how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has scaled back its regulatory actions not just for crypto cases but also for the kinds of cases it has long policed.

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After a Life in Isolation, a Tennessee Woman Waits for Her Execution

Christa Pike could be the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years. Her supporters say she has changed in isolation; her victim’s family wants her to die.

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30 Ideas for Fixing U.S. Schools, Ranked by Experts

Math and reading scores are in a decade-long slump. We asked three dozen experts: What could turn things around?

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I Once Celebrated Marriage. Things Have Changed.

Eleven years later, the novelist revisits a guest essay she wrote about marriage.

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Trump Sparked a Gold Rush, and Venezuelan Gangs Take a Cut of Profit

The administration is brokering deals in a notoriously corrupt industry, including one with a company that the United States deems a security threat.

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Black Voters Are Warming to Talarico in Texas. Turnout Is the Bigger Test.

Black voters largely rejected James Talarico in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate. Recent interviews suggest the hard feelings may be wearing off.

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Their Sons Are Dying on Battlefields in Ukraine. They Still Back Russia’s War.

The Russian region of North Ossetia has suffered a heavy toll, yet many accept the Kremlin’s line that the fighting must continue until victory is secured.

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Possible Terror Plot at RAF Fairford Air Base in UK: What We Know

Five men were arrested Sunday as they approached R.A.F. Fairford, a British installation used by the U.S. in its war against Iran. The men are being held on suspicion of terrorism.

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Mamdani’s Shadow Looms Over Hochul’s Bid for Re-election

Gov. Kathy Hochul is counting on Mayor Zohran Mamdani to help her campaign in New York, but how he does so is still being worked out.

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Tom Kean Jr. Backs Trump on Iran and Tariffs, if Not Local Issues

In a debate with the Democrat Rebecca Bennett, the New Jersey Republican said he was willing to take on the president over funding for a Hudson River tunnel project.

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Nor’easter Weakens but Remains a Threat

The weekend’s storm is expected to continue to bring rain and the threat of floods to parts of the northern East Coast through the beginning of the week.

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Nor’easter Weakens but Remains a Threat

The weekend’s storm is expected to continue to bring rain and the threat of floods to parts of the northern East Coast through the beginning of the week.

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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says

President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.

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Dario Amodei of Anthropic to Dine With Trump at White House

Dario Amodei, who is also the company’s chief executive, will join the president at the White House for a private dinner. Mr. Trump has dismissed his cautions.

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A Transcript From The Times Interview with Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada

New York Times journalists pressed the Canadian prime minister about a range of topics in an hourlong interview last week. Here’s a transcript of their conversation.

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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own?

An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.

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