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Trump Compares Russia and Ukraine to Children Fighting

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.

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President Trump met with the German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, in the Oval Office on Thursday.
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How NASA Would Struggle Without SpaceX if Trump Cancels Musk’s Contracts

If President Trump cancels the contracts for Elon Musk’s private spaceflight company, the federal government would struggle to achieve many goals in orbit and beyond.

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A SpaceX capsule carrying NASA astronauts, Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, undocking from the International Space Station, in March.
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Landlords Commit $2.5 Million to Help Cuomo’s Mayoral Campaign

The money, the largest example of outside spending by a single donor in the New York City mayor’s race, will go toward campaign ads on Andrew M. Cuomo’s behalf.

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Andrew M. Cuomo was known to have a good relationship with the real estate industry as governor.
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Trump’s Travel Ban Prompts Fear and Frustration for U.S. Immigrants

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.

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Travelers at Kennedy Airport after President Trump’s announcement of a travel ban targeting a dozen countries.
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Trump’s New Travel Ban Is Built on Lessons From First-Term Fights

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

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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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Harvard Asks Judge to Block Trump’s Order Barring Foreign Students

The president had issued a proclamation targeting international students who seek to enroll at Harvard. The moves escalated a legal battle between the two parties.

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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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Shari Redstone Confirms Cancer Diagnosis While Facing Trump’s ‘60 Minutes’ Suit

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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Israel Bombs Beirut Outskirts, Citing Hezbollah Drone Workshops

The airstrikes on the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital, an area where Hezbollah holds sway, were some of the heaviest since a U.S.-brokered cease-fire came into effect in November.

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Smoke and fire erupting from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday.
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As Ousters Continue, F.B.I. Singles Out Employee Over Friendship With Trump Critic

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.

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Trump supporters accused Spencer Evans, a senior F.B.I. agent who ran a field office in Las Vegas, of denying religious exemptions for the Covid vaccine when he worked at deputy assistant director for human resources at F.B.I. headquarters. He is being forced to move to Huntsville, Ala., according to people familiar with the situation.
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Tax Credit Increase Would Exclude Millions of Low-Income Children, Study Finds

The domestic policy bill passed by the House raises the maximum child tax credit to $2,500. But about a third of children would not receive the full credit because their parents have low wages or lack jobs.

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The Republican plan to raise the credit, which would cost nearly $25 billion a year, renews partisan jousting over the program’s purpose.
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Trump’s Alliance With Musk Shattered

Also, the Supreme Court backed a straight woman in a discrimination case. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

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President Trump in the Oval Office today.
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Trump Golf Club in Bedminster Racks Up Health Violations

The general manager at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., derided the annual health inspection, calling it “a politically motivated attack.”

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“Never before have we witnessed such visceral hostility from the Health Department,” the general manager said in a statement. The club was reinspected this week and received an 86.
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Tesla Shares Slide as Trump-Elon Musk Feud Escalates

President Trump said on Thursday that Elon Musk was upset about the repeal of an electric vehicle tax credit — a claim Mr. Musk swiftly rejected.

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A Tesla dealership in Las Vegas. Tesla’s share price tumbled Thursday amid a feud between Elon Musk and President Trump
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State Dept. Imposes Sanctions on International Criminal Court Judges

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the four judges were responsible for investigations of the U.S. military and arrest warrants against top Israeli officials.

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The United States and Israel are not members of the International Criminal Court and have long chafed at its efforts to prosecute officials in their governments and militaries.
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Judge Orders Reinstatement of AmeriCorps Programs in 24 States

Elon Musk’s DOGE associates had descended upon the independent agency, which facilitates volunteer services nationwide, with an eye toward rapidly dismantling it.

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AmeriCorps volunteers being sworn in at the White House in 2014.
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NYC Mayor Eric Adams Wants 15 MPH Speed Limit for E-Bikes

Mr. Adams called for a 15 m.p.h. speed restriction for electric bicycles and scooters in New York City, even as other vehicles will be allowed to drive faster. Critics say it’s dangerous.

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New York City has cracked down on cyclists in recent weeks. Now Mayor Eric Adams is calling for a speed limit for electric bikes.
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How to Research and Plan a Vacation, Right on Your Phone

Google Maps and Apple’s Maps app offer location-based directories and other tools for finding new places to explore, before or after you hit the road.

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Apple Maps includes hiking trails in popular parks and nature preserves, as well as the ability to create a custom route.
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After Trump’s Tariffs Crash Exports, Canada Posts a Record Trade Deficit

Sales of vehicles made in Canada plunged by nearly 23 percent in April after President Trump imposed a 25 percent auto tariff.

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The Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, earlier this year. Canada’s exports to the United States have fallen sharply.
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Goal to Spend 5 Percent on Militaries Splits NATO Allies

The U.S. defense secretary expressed optimism that allied countries would increase their defense budgets, a demand of President Trump’s.

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U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Thursday.
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There’s an Effective Way to Deter Rhino Poachers, a New Study Finds

Poaching rates dropped by more than half in African reserves where veterinarians removed the animals’ horns, which are in high demand in some parts of Asia.

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A newly dehorned rhinoceros near Kruger National Park in South Africa. The horns eventually grow back, like trimmed fingernails.
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The Mind-Blowing Second Coming of the Oklahoma City Thunder

How one of the N.B.A.’s scrappiest teams came to dominate the league.

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A cutout of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, the league’s reigning M.V.P., among the crowd as the Oklahoma City Thunder played the Minnesota Timberwolves on May 22.
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Trump’s Travel Ban Could Shake Up International Sporting Events

The proclamation said exemptions could be made for athletes and coaches participating in “major” competitions in the United States.

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Haiti played Mexico in a Concacaf Gold Cup game in Arizona in 2023. This year’s tournament begins June 14 and will be played at sites across the United States (and one in Canada).
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In Puerto Rico, a Rise in Detentions Under Trump Creates Unease

Federal authorities on the island have recently detained hundreds of Dominicans, who often share the same ethnic background, language and culture as Puerto Ricans.

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Juan Vega, who migrated from the Dominican Republic in 2021, was detained by immigration agents in January and held for nearly two months in Miami.
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George Romero’s Zombies Lurch On, in Three Family Projects

George Romero’s daughter, ex-wife and widow are each working on movies rooted in his legacy, even as they wrestle with their memories and a contentious split.

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Tina Romero’s new movie is not about generating dread, in keeping with her father’s ethos: “I don’t think my dad was interested in terrifying people.”
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Red Sea Remains No-Go for Ships Despite Cease-Fire With Houthis

Traffic through the Suez Canal is down about 60 percent since 2023, even after Trump-ordered attacks on the Houthis and now a cease-fire.

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The aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower was deployed last year in the Red Sea to counter the Houthi militia in Yemen. Shipping companies say they have no plans to return to the Red Sea soon.
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