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Putin Dangles Deals for Rare Earth Metals for U.S.

In an interview broadcast on Monday, President Vladimir Putin said U.S. companies stood to profit in Russia, but suggested a Ukraine peace deal was still far-off.

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A photograph released by Russian state media showing President Vladimir V. Putin speaking with a correspondent for Russian state TV state at Mr. Putin’s residence outside Moscow, on Monday.

Trump and Europe Clashed Over Ukraine

Also, the virtuoso Roberta Flack died at 88. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

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President Trump and France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, today at the White House.

Judge Questions Constitutionality of Musk’s DOGE Operation

The judge expressed concern over the unresolved issues about who is in charge of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, if it is not Mr. Musk, as the White House has claimed.

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Elon Musk at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., last week.

Ukraine Nears a Deal to Give U.S. a Share of Its Mineral Wealth

President Trump said that Ukraine’s president may soon visit the White House to sign a deal, though how it ties in to efforts to end the Russian invasion and guarantee Ukraine’s security is unclear.

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In Kostiantynivka, an industrial city in eastern Ukraine, on Monday. The city has been under heavy bombardment from Russian forces.

Stefanik’s Confirmation Is on Ice as Republicans Guard Their Scant Majority

The congresswoman from New York is in line to be confirmed as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. But first, her colleagues need her vote to pass their embattled budget plan.

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Representative Elise Stefanik is expected to sail through her Senate confirmation process, if and when it is scheduled.

Trump, Meeting With Macron, Says He Might Visit Russia

Meeting at the White House, President Trump declined to call President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia a dictator while President Emmanuel Macron of France stated flatly that “the aggressor is Russia.”

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President Donald J. Trump with President Emmanuel Macron of France, in the Oval Office on Monday.

Protesters Display Upside-Down American Flag at Yosemite

Organizers said the inverted flag, historically used as a sign of distress, was meant to draw attention to the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Park Service.

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The protest came just over a week after the Trump administration abruptly fired at least 1,000 National Park Service employees as part of a wave of layoffs across the federal work force.

Ukraine Nears a Deal to Give U.S. a Share of Its Mineral Wealth

President Trump said that Ukraine’s president may soon visit the White House to sign a deal, though how it ties in to efforts to end the Russian invasion and guarantee Ukraine’s security is unclear.

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In Kostiantynivka, an industrial city in eastern Ukraine, on Monday. The city has been under heavy bombardment from Russian forces.

What Germany’s Election Result Means for Its Economy

The next German government faces calls to loosen borrowing rules, slash energy costs and spur innovation. It won’t be easy.

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Friedrich Merz, the leader of Germany’s Christian Democratic Union and most likely the country’s next chancellor.

Trump Calls Musk’s Email to Federal Workers ‘Ingenious.’ Some Agencies Are Pushing Back.

President Trump said employees would be “sort of semi-fired” or fired if they didn’t comply with an Elon Musk order to detail their work. Some agencies told staff members to ignore it. Federal workers said they didn’t know what to do.

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Elon Musk participated in a fireside chat with the TV host Rob Finnerty during the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., last week.

Clint Hill, Who Sprang to Kennedys’ Side as Shots Were Fired, Dies at 93

A Secret Service agent, he leaped onto the president’s limousine in Dallas in 1963 and was credited with saving the first lady’s life. But he was haunted by his inability to save her husband.

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The Secret Service agent Clint Hill clambered onto the trunk of President John F. Kennedy’s limousine in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, moments after shots were fired. As the first lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, tried to climb out of her seat, he pushed her back, preventing her from falling to the ground. He was credited with saving her life.

Jane Fonda’s SAG Awards Speech: ‘Empathy Is Not Weak or Woke’

While some stars have been less politically outspoken this awards season, she issued a call to action as she accepted a lifetime achievement award from the Screen Actors Guild.

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“Woke just means you give a damn about other people,” Jane Fonda said during a rousing speech at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.

Vivek Ramaswamy to Kick Off Run for Ohio Governor in Cincinnati

The former presidential candidate is seeking the top office in his home state after a brief stint on President Trump’s cost-cutting task force alongside Elon Musk.

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Vivek Ramaswamy has cast his ambitions for Ohio as complementary to President Trump’s project of overhauling the federal government.

F.D.A. Reinstates Fired Medical Device, Food and Legal Staffers

The agency changed course just days after firing employees who oversee the safety of food and life-sustaining medical devices. Dozens of workers said they and others were back at work Monday.

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The Food and Drug Administration reversed course over the weekend to reinstate workers in several departments.

Roberta Flack, Virtuoso Singer-Pianist Behind ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Dies at 88

With majestic anthems like “Killing Me Softly” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” Ms. Flack, a former schoolteacher, became one of the most widely heard artists of the 1970s.

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Roberta Flack in 1969. “Perhaps no other mainstream musical artist of the 1970s more complexly brought Black nationalism into discourse with European classical aesthetics,” one scholar said.

U.S. Clashes With European Allies at the U.N. Over Ukraine

The United States voted against a Ukrainian resolution, backed by most of Europe, demanding Russian withdrawal from Ukraine — a deep fissure between allies, and a sharp shift in American policy.

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Mariana Betsa, deputy foreign minister of Ukraine, addresses the U.N. General Assembly, urging approval of a resolution demanding that Russia withdraw forces from Ukraine, in New York on Monday.

Elon Musk Congratulates AfD Leader on Germany’s Election Results

The leader of the party said she received the call after the party known as the AfD finished second in national elections, by far the best showing in its history.

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Alice Weidel, leader of the Alternative for Germany party, talking via video link with Elon Musk at an election rally in Halle, Germany, last month.

In One Woman’s Life, the Story of Ukraine’s War, 3 Years On

In treatment for cancer and with her husband in a Russian prison, Olha Kurtmallaieva, 25, worries that time may be running out for her and, possibly, her country.

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Olha Kurtmallaieva at home on Friday in Kyiv, Ukraine. She was diagnosed with cancer in 2021, about six months before the Russians invaded.

Roberta Flack’s 11 Essential Songs

One of the supreme voices of the 1970s and a master of revelatory reinterpretation has died at 88.

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Roberta Flack became the first artist to take record of the year at the Grammy Awards two consecutive times, with “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” winning in 1973 and “Killing Me Softly With His Song” in 1974.

Lester Holt to Leave ‘NBC Nightly News’ Anchor Role

The longtime newscaster said he would leave the daily news show at the “start of summer.” NBC did not immediately name a successor.

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Lester Holt said he would stay at NBC and expand his duties at “Dateline,” which he anchors.

Starbucks to Lay Off 1,100 Corporate Workers

The jobs cuts, which will affect about 7 percent of the chain’s non-retail staff, are part of its new chief executive’s plan to win back customers.

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The layoffs at Starbucks will affect nearly 7 percent of the company’s 16,000 employees in non-retail roles.

Farmers Sue Over Deletion of Climate Data From Government Websites

The data, which disappeared from Agriculture Department sites in recent weeks, was useful to farmers for business planning, the lawsuit said.

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Wes Gillingham works with the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York, one of the plaintiffs, and raises Icelandic sheep in Livingston Manor, N.Y.

Hamas Official Expresses Reservations About Oct. 7 Attack on Israel

Mousa Abu Marzouk, the head of Hamas’s foreign relations office, said he would not have supported such an attack on Israel had he known of the devastation it would wreak on Gaza.

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Hamas militants during the handover of three Israeli hostages to the Red Cross in Gaza on Saturday.

The Singular Charm of Parker Posey

For years, the "indie queen” has had trouble finding satisfying work in Hollywood’s shifting landscape. Then, along came “The White Lotus.”

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Frank G. Wisner, Diplomat With Impact on Foreign Policy, Dies at 86

He headed U.S. embassies around the world and relished the role, bringing a gregarious style to promoting American interests. But he clashed with the Obama White House.

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Frank G. Wisner II in 2007. The guest list at his dinner parties offered a Who’s Who of the elite.
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