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Israel Agrees to Talks With Lebanon but Keeps Striking Hezbollah

Iran has insisted that Lebanon is covered by the cease-fire, while the U.S. and Israel have said it is not, threatening the truce.

 

Iran’s Battered Leaders Emerge From War Confident, and With New Cards

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European Leaders Demand That U.S. Cease-Fire With Iran Include Lebanon

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Monika Cvorak

How Iran’s Information War Machine Operates Online

In just 69 minutes, Iran took advantage of a global network of accounts and media channels to spread its narrative around the world.

Analysis

A Cease-Fire for Now in Iran, but a Blow to American Credibility

Critics wonder if this is America’s “Suez moment,” when a leading power signals the start of its international decline.

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The Epstein Files
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Melania Trump Says She Wasn’t an Epstein Victim and Wants to Clear Her ‘Good Name’

It was unclear why Mrs. Trump decided to speak out now. She condemned “fake images and statements” about any ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

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In Dramatic Purge, Trump Fires Immigration Judges He Sees as Biased

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Nicholas Nehamas

The president wanted to deport millions of people as quickly as possible at the start of his second term. But the nation’s little-known immigration courts stood in his way. So he started firing judges.

Allison McCann

We spoke with dozens of judges. Many described feeling pressured to order deportations or risk being fired. Administration officials carefully watched their decisions and accused them of bias.

Steven Rich

The pressure campaign has worked. Judges started denying asylum to immigrants at record high rates. Removal orders soared. And those in detention were voluntarily leaving the country far more often.

Nicholas Nehamas

Stephen Miller, a top Trump aide, has been driving the effort to fundamentally transform how American courts treat undocumented immigrants. “The only process invaders are due is deportation,” he said.

Steven Rich

The administration hired scores of new judges to replace those they fired. While fired judges granted asylum 46 percent of the time, their replacements are granting asylum in 6 percent.

Jamie Kelter Davis, Laura Morton, Cayce Clifford and Demetrius Freeman for The New York Times

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Coming Home May Be the Most Dangerous Part of Artemis II

After a successful flight around the moon, the astronauts are relying on a flawed heat shield to protect them as they re-enter Earth’s atmosphere.

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Vegetative Patients May Be More Aware Than We Knew

New research is upending what we thought about the consciousness of patients, leaving families with agonizing choices.

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With New Charter, Kennedy Redesigns Vaccine Committee and May Sidestep Ruling

The charter opens the door for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reclaim his revision of national vaccine policy, despite a federal court ruling.

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U.S. Pushes Allies to Chase a New Terrorism Target: The Far Left

The Trump administration is aiming to deploy counterterrorism tools against far-left groups, with little evidence they present a dire threat.

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5 Takeaways From the U.S. Effort to Target the Far Left

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Online and on the Stump, Democrats Embrace a Four-Letter Word

Democratic politicians are swearing with glee. It is usually aimed at President Trump.

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Virginia Redistricting › A referendum seeks to eliminate all but one Republican district

Georgia Senate › A three-way race for the Republican nomination

California Governor › A crowded race in an open primary

Women in Their 20s May Not Be Having Babies, but by 45 Most Probably Will

There are reasons to believe the record-low U.S. birthrate could be only temporary as today’s young women postpone pregnancy.

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Venezuela Approves New Law to Open Mining to Foreign Investors

The measure follows a similar law recently approved by Venezuelan lawmakers that sought to open the country’s oil sector to foreign investment.

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Meridith Kohut for The New York Times

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Fed’s Inflation Woes
Rocky Markets, Good Returns
Job Growth
Gas Prices
Companies Pushing Through Deals

America’s Furniture Stores Struggle to Survive a Frozen Housing Market

Retailers are going bankrupt and liquidating as record-low housing turnover leaves fewer customers looking to furnish homes.

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Chris W. Kim

The Masters Golf Tournament
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McIlroy Surges at the Opening Round of the Masters

Rory McIlroy is looking to become the first back-to-back champion since Tiger Woods in 2002. He carded a 67 to join Sam Burns as the clubhouse leader.

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Rory McIlroy, who won the Masters last year, lining up a putt on the 7th green.
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Sam Burns finished the day at 5-under-par.
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Justin Rose tees off on 4th.
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Dustin Johnson hitting out of the sand at the seventh green.
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Scottie Scheffler on the 2th tee.
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Jordan Spieth walking over the Hogan Bridge on the 2th hole. 
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Tommy Fleetwood after sinking a birdie putt on the 4th hole. 
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McIlroy chipping to the second green.
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Bryson DeChambeau teeing off on the third hole.
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Max Homa hitting an approach shot the second hole. 
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Patrick Reed after sinking an eagle putt.
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Matthew Fitzpatrick lining up a putt on the second green. 
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Cameron Young hitting out of a bunker on the second hole. 
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The scene before the ceremonial first tee of this year’s tournament.
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Jack Nicklaus, who has won six Masters, ceremoniously teeing off on the first hole.
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These Chimps Began the Bloodiest ‘War’ on Record. No One Knows Why.

A long-running conflict in a Ugandan park may provide clues to the origins of human warfare, and how to avoid it.

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Aaron Sandel

Art Review

And the Most Influential Modern Artist Is …

It was a tight contest between Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp. Our critic hands it to Duchamp, and a new retrospective at MoMA shows why.

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Getty Center in Los Angeles Is Closing for Year of Renovations

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Opinion

Nicholas Kristof, Bret Stephens and Megan K. Stack
Who Was Most Weakened by This War? Trump? Iran? Opinion Writers Debate.

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Interesting Times with Ross Douthat
How Ben Sasse Is Living Now That He Is Dying

Serge Schmemann
Europe Is Done Bowing and Scraping to Trump

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John McWhorter
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