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Protests in Kenya

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Par :Abdi Latif Dahir
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How the unrest began — and what may happen next.

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Protesters face the police in Nairobi.
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Texan Stoicism Provides Comfort, and Excuses, After the Flood

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Par :J. David Goodman
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Texans often draw on the idea of their own self-reliance during times of adversity. Gov. Greg Abbott has used it to deflect tough questions.

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Few states have faced such a wide range of calamities, natural and man-made, as Texas.
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Stocks Wobble on Trump’s Latest Tariff Threats

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Par :Eshe Nelson
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Analysts said the muted market response was because many investors expected the levies to settle at lower levels after negotiations.

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The floor of the Frankfurt stock exchange. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that a 30 percent U.S. tariff would hit his country’s exporters “to the core.”
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It’s No Bluff: The Tariff Rate Is Soaring Under Trump

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Par :Ana Swanson
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The president has earned a reputation for bluffing on tariffs. But he has steadily and dramatically raised U.S. tariffs, transforming global trade.

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President Trump argues that low tariffs have left the country at a disadvantage in the past, allowing Americans to import cheap products that put U.S. factories out of business and left the country dependent on foreign nations.
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Tesla Faces First Jury Trial Tied to Its Autopilot System

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Par :Neal E. Boudette
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The case stems from a fatal accident in 2019 involving a Tesla Model S sedan. Previous cases involving Autopilot had been settled or dismissed.

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The accident scene in Key Largo, Fla., in 2019 after a Tesla Model S crashed into a parked vehicle.
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In His Own Words: How Trump Changed His Tone on Putin and the War in Ukraine

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Par :Minho Kim
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After years of lavishing praise on the Russian leader, President Trump abruptly changed his posture amid mounting frustration with the lack of progress on a cease-fire.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and President Trump in 2019. While he was running for president in 2024, Mr. Trump said he could settle the war in Ukraine in 24 hours.
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NPR and PBS Face Federal Funding Cuts: What to Know

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Par :Benjamin Mullin
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A proposal before the Senate to strip funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting could be catastrophic for local stations, particularly those in rural areas.

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Representative Robert Garcia, Democrat of California, at a hearing on federal funding for NPR and PBS in March. Supporters of public broadcasting point to educational programming like “Sesame Street.”
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Inside the Conservative Campaign That Took Down a University President

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Par :Stephanie Saul
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The Jefferson Council had called for eliminating D.E.I., without much success. But a new lawyer with ties to the group took on the cause for the Trump administration.

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For years, the Jefferson Council had criticized the university’s president, James E. Ryan, for his support of D.E.I.
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Facing Painful Cuts, the V.A. Reported Dubious Savings to DOGE

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Par :David A. Fahrenthold · Nicholas Nehamas and Jeremy Singer-Vine
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The Department of Veterans Affairs claimed credit for canceling contracts that had not been canceled, and tallied savings unrelated to the cost-cutting efforts.

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Some of the cuts that the Department of Veterans Affairs reported to DOGE ran up the tally but often entailed little — or no — actual sacrifice.
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Trump Is Expected to Announce New Weapons Pipeline for Ukraine

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Par :Steven Erlanger
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Under the plan, other NATO countries would buy U.S.-made arms, then give them to Ukraine to defend itself against Russia. NATO’s secretary general was set to meet Mr. Trump on Monday.

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Firefighters on the scene of a Russian attack on a neighborhood next to a military recruitment center in Odesa, Ukraine, on Saturday.
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How Long Can China Keep Propping Up Its Consumers With Subsidies?

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Par :Daisuke Wakabayashi
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Shoppers are taking advantage of a $42 billion government trade-in program aimed at boosting spending. But in recent weeks, some cities have started to cut back on the subsidies.

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A shopping area in Beijing. Confronting a trade war with the United States, China’s government has poured $42 billion this year into a consumer trade-in program.
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Biden Says He Made the Clemency Decisions Recorded With Autopen

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Par :Charlie Savage and Tyler Pager
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Donald J. Trump and his allies have begun investigations to support their claims that Joseph R. Biden Jr. was incapacitated and his staff conspired to take presidential actions in his name.

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Toward the end of his term as president, Joseph R. Biden Jr. reduced the sentences of nearly 4,000 federal convicts and pre-emptively pardoned dozens of politically prominent people he saw as potential targets of vindictive criminal investigations by his successor.
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Excerpts From The Times’s Interview With Biden on Clemency Decisions

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Par :Charlie Savage
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The former president said he “made every single one of those” decisions and that Republicans were questioning them because “they’ve done so badly” and wanted to shift the focus.

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Toward the end of his presidency, Joseph R. Biden Jr. granted large batch commutations to reduce the sentences of three categories of federal convictions.
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