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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Ex-Girlfriend Will Continue Testimony About Unwanted Sex

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Par :Ben Sisario
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Testifying under a pseudonym, “Jane,” the woman has described “hotel nights” involving drugs and encounters with escorts that she told the mogul she did not want to continue.

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The federal trial of Sean Combs will begin its 18th day with continued testimony from a former girlfriend known in court as “Jane.”
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Xi to Trump: Rein in the Hawks Trying to Derail the Tariff Truce

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Par :Daisuke Wakabayashi and Berry Wang
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China sought to depict a call between Xi Jinping and President Trump as an appeal from one strongman leader to another to run a tight ship and stay on course.

© Erin Schaff/The New York Times

A meeting with Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, in Japan in 2019, during President Trump’s first term. The leaders spoke by phone on Thursday after weeks of worsening tensions between Washington and Beijing.
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China Allows Limited Exports of Rare Earths as Shortages Continue

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Par :Keith Bradsher
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Beijing has approved more export licenses for the critical minerals and magnets in recent days, but supplies remain scarce and factories in the West are running out.

© Keith Bradsher/The New York Times

A mine for heavy rare earth metals on the outskirts of Longnan, in south-central China’s Jiangxi Province, in April.
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Will White Men Rush to Court After Justices’ Latest Ruling? Not Likely.

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Par :Noam Scheiber
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The Supreme Court on Thursday made it easier for members of so-called majority groups to bring discrimination cases, but experts say the impact is likely to be limited.

© Anna Rose Layden for The New York Times

The Supreme Court’s ruling unanimously swept away a legal obstacle that had prevented some lawsuits charging discrimination against white people and other majorities from moving forward.
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Deficit Politics Returns in Debate Over Trump Tax Cuts

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Par :Tony Romm
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The legislation that Republicans are trying to push through Congress could swell the very fiscal imbalance that party leaders have promised to tame for years.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

The question of whether the nation can afford to remain on its current path is complicating the White House’s efforts to nail down support for President Trump’s legislation.
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As Trump’s Tariffs Reshape Trade, Businesses Struggle With Economic Uncertainty

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Par :Colby Smith
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Policymakers and business owners are navigating a highly uncertain moment for the economy, wary of overreacting but watchful of a meaningful downturn.

© Madeleine Hordinski for The New York Times

For some business owners in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood in Cincinnati, the on-again, off-again tariffs and government spending cuts are a huge source of anxiety.
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Fired by DOGE, More Federal Workers Are Flooding the Job Market

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Par :Eileen Sullivan and Lydia DePillis
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The drastic, sudden pullback in federal dollars is collapsing opportunities for many who’ve spent years in public service.

© Sara Stathas for The New York Times

Matt Minich, who was fired from his job with the Food and Drug Administration in February, was one of thousands swept up in the mass layoffs of probationary workers at the beginning of President Trump’s second administration.
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It’s a Really Bad Time to Be an Expert in Washington

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Par :David E. Sanger
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The Trump administration has eviscerated the expert class that generated alternative views in its best moments, and engaged in groupthink at its worst.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

The old structure of the National Security Council did not fit the “top-down approach” of President Trump, according to Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary.
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2025 Tony Awards Predictions: Best New Musical, Best Leading Actress and More

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Par :Michael Paulson
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Expect wins for the musicals “Maybe Happy Ending” and “Sunset Boulevard,” but the races for best play and leading actress in a musical are too close to call.

© From left: Jeenah Moon for The New York Times; Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

From left, Darren Criss and Helen J Shen in “Maybe Happy Ending,” a best new musical contender with 10 nominations, and Nicole Scherzinger in “Sunset Boulevard,” which is nominated for best musical revival.
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Trump’s Travel Ban Prompts Fear and Frustration for U.S. Immigrants

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Par :Jill Cowan · Ernesto Londoño · Miriam Jordan and Orlando Mayorquín
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Immigrants from the targeted countries said the ban would upend their lives. “I don’t understand why the president has to target us nonstop,” one Haitian asylum seeker said.

© Dave Sanders for The New York Times

Travelers at Kennedy Airport on Thursday after President Trump’s announcement of a travel ban targeting a dozen countries.
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An Engineering Marvel, Decades in the Making: A Rail Line to Kashmir

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Par :Showkat Nanda
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Officials say the train will help the troubled region, but many Kashmiris see it as a tool to entrench the Indian government’s control.

© Dar Yasin/Associated Press

A Vande Bharat Express train arriving at the railway station in Srinagar, the capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, during a trial run in January.
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U.K. Faces ‘Extraordinary’ Threat from Russian and Iranian Plots, Official Warns

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Par :Lizzie Dearden and Mark Landler
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Jonathan Hall, a British government adviser, said in an interview that hostile states were paying local criminals to carry out acts of violence, espionage and intimidation.

© Andrew Testa for The New York Times

“Terrorism is something that gets public attention,” Jonathan Hall said, while state threats are “much harder to conceptualize.”
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South Koreans Have a New President, and Mixed Emotions

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Par :Jin Yu Young
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After six months of turmoil, citizens hope for better times. But political polarization and international tensions over trade mean many worries remain.

© Jun Michael Park for The New York Times

Lee Jae-myung, South Korea’s new president, appearing at a post-election rally with his wife, Kim Hye-kyeong, in Seoul on Wednesday.
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Order Curtailing Foreign Students at Harvard

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Par :Stephanie Saul and Andrés R. Martínez
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The same federal judge also extended her block on another attempt by the administration to stop the university from issuing student visas.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

The two sides have been battling in court for weeks over Harvard’s ability to enroll international students, who are a major portion of its student body.
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As Ousters Continue, F.B.I. Singles Out Employee Over Friendship With Trump Critic

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Par :Adam Goldman
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Threated with demotion, a veteran agent with ties to a former official on the F.B.I. director’s so-called enemies list opted to resign. Two others were forced to move and retire.

© Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal, via Associated Press

Trump supporters accused Spencer Evans, an F.B.I. agent who ran a field office in Las Vegas, of denying religious exemptions for Covid vaccines when he worked in human resources at F.B.I. headquarters.
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Trump Compares Russia and Ukraine to Children Fighting

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Par :Jonathan Swan
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During a visit by the German leader, President Trump essentially threw up his hands, saying that there was nothing the United States could do right now to end the war.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump met with the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, in the Oval Office on Thursday.
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Shari Redstone Confirms Cancer Diagnosis While Facing Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ Suit

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Par :James B. Stewart · Michael M. Grynbaum and Benjamin Mullin
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Ms. Redstone, who is trying to close the sale of her family’s Paramount media empire to Skydance, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer this spring.

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Shari Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Paramount Global, “and her family are grateful that her prognosis is excellent,” a spokeswoman said.
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Trump’s New Travel Ban Is Built on Lessons From First-Term Fights

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Par :Charlie Savage
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The addition of visa overstays as a rationale could provide an opening for new legal challenges, migrant advocates say.

© Yagazie Emezi for The New York Times

Sierra Leone has been added to President Trump’s new travel ban for having too many of citizens who have come to the United States on nonimmigrant visas, like tourists and students, and have overstayed past the expiration dates of those visas.
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