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Terrorists Continue to Pay for Check Marks on X, Report Says

Elon Musk’s social media company has continued to accept payments for subscriptions from entities barred from doing business in the U.S., a nonprofit found.

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An account under the name of Hussain al-Ezzi, center, a deputy foreign minister for the Houthis, asked Elon Musk to allow the group to be verified again on X.
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The Story of Sexual Abuse, Bribery and Suicide That Shocked a Small Town

An F.B.I. investigation homed in on two powerful men in suburban New York. Behind it were allegations by a woman who said her brother had abused and controlled her for 45 years.

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Eman Soudani lived in fear of her brother for decades, she said. She escaped, but still worries that he will find her.
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Bond Traders Enter the U.S. Budget Fight

Concerns about the deficit-stretching potential of President Trump’s tax plan is spooking some investors, even as Republicans argue over its particulars.

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Speaker Mike Johnson’s efforts to pass President Trump’s spending bill is facing stiff resistance — including from investors.
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In Birthright Citizenship Case, Supreme Court Examines the Power of District Judges

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether federal judges can block Trump administration policy across the country.

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An executive order signed by President Trump ending the practice of granting citizenship to all children born in the United States was blocked by federal judges who said it was unconstitutional.
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A New Test of Federal Judges’ Power, and Overdose Deaths Plummet

Plus, the campy singing contest the whole world watches.

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President Trump signing an executive order. An order ending the practice of granting citizenship to all children born in the nation was blocked by federal judges who said it was unconstitutional.
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Syrian Business Owners Are Energized by U.S. Promise to Lift Sanctions

Since the overthrow of the dictator Bashar al-Assad, business owners have been waiting for Washington to ease sanctions and pave the way for an economic renewal.

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A market in the Old City of Damascus in February. The civil war devastated Syria’s economy and many business owners fled the country.
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Top Priority for Pope Leo: Warn the World of the A.I. Threat

While it is far too early to say how he will use his platform to address such issues, his focus shows he is a church leader who grasps the gravity of this modern concern.

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in his first speech to journalists, Pope Leo XIV cited the “immense potential” of artificial intelligence while warning that it requires responsibility “to ensure that it can be used for the good of all.”
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A Trade War Winner? The Booming Business of Returned Products.

As retailers slow down orders for foreign goods because of tariffs, companies that recirculate overstocked or returned items may help fill the gap.

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ReturnPro has a 250,000-square-foot warehouse in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Why a $10,000 Deduction Is Blocking the G.O.P.’s $3.8 Trillion Tax Bill

House Republicans, mostly from New York, have gone to war with party leadership over their push to raise or abolish the $10,000 cap on the so-called SALT deduction.

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Representative Nicole Malliotakis supports a current proposal to raise the $10,000 cap of the so-called SALT deduction to $30,000, but some of her colleagues in New York say that’s not enough.
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Cassie Testifies Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Used Sex Videos as Blackmail

Ms. Ventura, Mr. Combs’s ex-girlfriend, said he threatened to use tapes of their sexual encounters, known as “freak-offs,” to control her behavior.

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In a 2016 incident Casandra Ventura described in court testimony on Wednesday, Sean Combs beat her and dragged her down a hallway. The still image is from a surveillance video.
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Nuclear War Avoided, Again. But Next Time?

The fast-moving conflict between India and Pakistan last week demonstrated the inherent dangers of the modern nuclear age.

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3 Deals in 3 Countries on Trump’s Trip

Three countries on President Trump’s Middle East tour this week are also the sites of recent investments in Trump businesses that benefit the president. Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The New York Times, describes those investments, and what those countries — Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates — are, at the same time, seeking from Mr. Trump and the United States.
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Can Eurovision Avoid Politics in Neutral Switzerland?

The competition is run by an opaque Swiss organization that wants to sidestep controversies that could spoil the fun.

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A Palestinian flag in the crowd watching the Norwegian singer Kyle Alessandro perform in Basel, Switzerland, on Tuesday.
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Trump-Kushner Hotel Project in Serbia Hits a Snag: Alleged Forgery

Serbian authorities say an official admitted to forging a document allowing a protected site in Belgrade to be demolished and replaced with a Trump hotel.

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Jared Kushner speaking in February. Mr. Kushner’s company said in a statement Wednesday night that it had not known of the issue before news media reports.
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Overdose Deaths Plummeted in 2024. Will Trump’s Cuts Slow the Momentum?

The progress comes as the Trump administration is proposing to cut funding for many programs believed to have contributed to the improvement.

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Overdose deaths declined in all major categories of drugs, including opioids such as fentanyl and stimulants such as methamphetamine.
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Missouri Lawmakers to Put Abortion on Ballot Again, Seeking Another Ban

The state’s Republicans are putting abortion on a ballot question again, seeking to buck the trend of voters siding with abortion rights on ballot measures.

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The new ballot measure in Missouri, if approved by voters, would amend the state Constitution to ban abortion except in medical emergencies, or in cases of rape or incest under certain conditions.
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In Menendez Brothers Case, a Reckoning With the 1990s

As a court reviewed the Menendez murder case, the culture and politics of the 1990s were scrutinized almost as much as the horrific crime.

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Erik Menendez listening to his defense lawyer, Leslie Abramson, as she held up a childhood photograph of him during the first trial in 1993.
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Bayesian Superyacht Carrying Mike Lynch Sank After ‘Extreme’ Wind Gust, Report Says

An official report into last year’s yacht tragedy, which killed seven, found that the boat could easily capsize in high winds. Its towering mast made it more vulnerable.

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The Bayesian sailing off Palermo, Sicily, in an undated photograph released by the yacht’s maker, Perini Navi.
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House Republicans Push Forward Plan to Cut Taxes, Medicaid and Food Stamps

Three committees advanced legislation that would combine into the “big beautiful bill” to enact President Trump’s agenda. But the package faces a rocky path.

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Speaker Mike Johnson at the Capitol on Wednesday. House Republicans continued to press for a bill that would extend President Trump’s 2017 tax cuts.
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