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What IndiGo Airline’s Meltdown Reveals About India’s Economy

A tangle of problems at IndiGo, the dominant carrier, resulted in gridlocked airports across the country. Worse, it was the symptom of an even bigger problem.

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An IndiGo flight prepares to land in Mumbai, India, earlier this month. Operation troubles at the airline led to snarled airports across the country recently.
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Disney Agrees to Bring Its Characters to OpenAI’s Sora Videos

The deal is a watershed for Hollywood, which has been trying to sort through the possible harms and upsides of generative artificial intelligence.

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Disney is the first major Hollywood company to license content to an A.I. platform.
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This Isn’t the First Time the Fed Has Struggled for Independence

The Trump administration is threatening the Fed’s autonomy, which the central bank regained with the Treasury-Fed accord in 1951.

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In the decades before 1951, the Federal Reserve functioned, to a large extent, as an adjunct of the Treasury and the White House.
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Senate Expected to Deadlock Over Obamacare Subsidies in Dueling Votes

Neither Democrats’ plan to extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies nor Republicans’ proposal to replace them with direct payments for those who buy basic insurance was expected to advance.

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Senator John Thune, Republican of South Dakota and the majority leader, at the Capitol this week.
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Why Oracle Is Worrying Investors About the A.I. Boom

Shares in the technology company are down as investors grow anxious that its bet on artificial intelligence, and OpenAI in particular, may not pay off.

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Investors are increasingly linking the futures of Oracle, led by Larry Ellison, center, and SoftBank, helmed by Masa Son, left, with OpenAI, Sam Altman’s A.I. giant.
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‘Censorship pure and simple’: critics hit out at Trump plan to vet visitors’ social media

Some warn proposal will decimate US tourism industry as free speech advocates say it will lead to people self-censoring

Free speech advocates have accused Donald Trump of “shredding civil liberties” and “censorship pure and simple” after the White House said it planned to require visa applicants from dozens of countries to provide social media, phone and email histories for vetting before being allowed into the US.

In a move that some commentators compared to China and others warned would decimate tourism to the US, including the 2026 Fifa World Cup, the Department for Homeland Security said it was planning to apply the rules to visitors from 42 countries, including the UK, Ireland, Australia, France, Germany and Japan, if they want to enter the US on the commonly used Esta visa waiver.

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US judge orders Kilmar Abrego Garcia released from immigration detention

WASHINGTON — A US judge on Thursday ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia, whose wrongful deportation became a flashpoint in President Trump’s immigration crackdown, released from immigration detention as he awaits a potential second deportation. The order from US District Judge Paula Xinis means that Abrego Garcia will at least temporarily be allowed to return to his...

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