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U.S. Tightens Car Mileage Rules, Part of Strategy to Fight Climate Change

The shift, which could reshape the American auto market, is designed to encourage sales of electric vehicles and hybrids.

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A steady stream of cars and trucks navigate a tangle of elevated highways.

Justice Thomas Acknowledges 2019 Trips Paid For by Texas Billionaire

Justice Clarence Thomas amended an earlier financial disclosure to include vacations to Bali and a California club paid for by the billionaire Harlan Crow.

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Justice Clarence Thomas sitting in an armchair and speaking. He is wearing a dark suit and a blue shirt with no tie.

Senate Democrats are facing pressure from the left to open an inquiry into the Supreme Court.

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Businessman Tells Jury He Bribed Senator Menendez With a Mercedes-Benz

Jose Uribe said he had provided the car to Senator Robert Menendez’s girlfriend, who became his wife, in exchange for gaining his “power and influence.”

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Jose Uribe is seen through a window arriving at Federal District Court.

Hunter Biden’s Daughter Testifies on His Behalf in Gun Trial

The defense sought to challenge the argument that he had lied about his drug use to buy a gun. But the move appeared to falter under cross-examination.

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Naomi Biden Neal, Hunter Biden’s daughter, wears black and sunglasses as she walks outside next to a woman dressed in blue.

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Glen Powell Is Absolutely Willing to Play the Hollywood Game

In a town littered with would-be superstars, he’s trying to beat the odds by giving studios what they crave. It’s no coincidence he’s everywhere.

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In a shot from overhead, Powell reclines on the ground and looks up at the camera.

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Israel Presses Offensive in Central Gaza After Deadly Strike on Shelter

The Israeli military said its strike on a U.N. school complex targeted fighters hiding inside. Palestinian officials said civilians were among the dead.

 

  1. Praying over the dead at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah, in central Gaza, where Israel says it is fighting a renewed insurgency.
    Abdel Kareem Hana/Associated Press
  2. People fleeing on Friday from Rafah. Israel says it is carrying out “intelligence-based, targeted operations” in southern Israel.
    Hatem Khaled/Reuters
  3. Mourning in Deir al Balah for those killed in Israeli strikes.
    Doaa Rouqa/Reuters
  4. Children looking at the aftermath of an Israeli strike a day earlier on a school complex in central Gaza that provided shelter to thousands of people.
    Bashar Taleb/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  5. Continuing strikes in central Gaza have inundated Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, in Deir al Balah, with the injured.
    Bashar Taleb/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Here’s what we know about Israel’s deadly strike on a U.N. school complex in Gaza.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken plans to visit Israel and three Arab states next week, as the U.S. presses for a cease-fire deal.

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U.S. Considers Expanded Nuclear Arsenal, a Reversal of Decades of Cuts

China’s expansion and Russia’s threats of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine and in space have changed a U.S. drive to reduce its stockpile.

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A B-1 stealth bomber at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. While the Biden administration has not abandoned rhetorical support for a world without nuclear bombs, officials say prospects for new arms control deals are dim.

President Vladimir Putin said the West’s combined nuclear arsenal would be no match for Russia’s.

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Analysis

Biden Has a Historically Strong Job Market. It May Not Be Enough.

Job gains continue to surge, and the unemployment rate remains low, but as President Biden seeks re-election, voters say they care more about high prices.

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A close-up of President Biden, who's wearing a navy blue suit jacket, white shirt and blue and yellow striped tie.

President Biden straddled the patriotic and the political in a speech that honored the valor of D-Day fighters.

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Mike Pence Derailed His Political Career Opposing Trump. Can He Revive It?

The former vice president wants to climb back to relevance as a keeper of the flame for traditional conservatism. The Trump camp calls him “Judas Pence.”

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Election updates: Donald Trump courted tech elites in a rare return to San Francisco.

 

The Trump campaign changed the name of its Latino outreach effort to emphasize U.S. citizenship.

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Are These Really ‘the World’s 50 Best Restaurants’?

This year’s list is largely a tribute to places where the pleasures of eating give way to an overbearing ordeal, our critic writes.

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Chefs in black chef coats work on wooden plant containers with greenery sticking out from the tops.

A new law in New York could stop third-party services from selling reservations without the restaurant’s approval.

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Alex Jones Seeks to Liquidate Assets to Pay Damages to Sandy Hook Families

But money to the families would fall far short of the more than $1.4 billion they were awarded for Mr. Jones’s lies about the 2012 school massacre.

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Is New York’s Economy Too Fragile for Congestion Pricing? Many Say No.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said she halted the tolling plan because of New York City’s unstable economic recovery. Experts say the alternatives are worse.

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Why Latinos on the Border, Once Reliable Democrats, Are Wavering

In South Texas, where Latinos are the majority, there is skepticism over the new asylum ban and whether it will yield the security that residents want.

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Inside New York’s Subway Performance Auditions

While anyone can perform in the subway, only those who audition for the M.T.A. can play under the pink “Music Under New York” banner. Take a look.

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Opinion

Jamelle Bouie

Jamelle Bouie

Republicans Have a New Way of Looking at Crime

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David Brooks

David Brooks

The Pathologies of the Educated Class

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A large group of students in black caps and gowns at a commencement ceremony.
Gail Collins

Gail Collins

Hunter Biden’s Revolver Case Exposes Republican Hypocrisy

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Michelle Goldberg

Michelle Goldberg

Donald Trump’s Mob Rule

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The Editorial Board

New York Should Lead the Way on Congestion Pricing, Not Delay It

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William D. Cohan

The Slow Death of a Fabled Media Empire

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Jon Grinspan

The 19th-Century Club You’ve Never Heard of That Changed the World

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Peter Coy

Peter Coy

Are American Workers’ Wages Really Lagging Behind Productivity?

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A Belmont in Saratoga

Victor J. Blue and Melissa Hoppert

June 7, 2024

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Come Discuss ‘Headshot,’ by Rita Bullwinkel

For The Book Review Podcast’s June book club, we’ll talk about this fierce and searching novel.

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The book cover for “Headshot” shows a woman in boxing gloves and a helmet sparring. The background is a psychedelic swirl of color, including bright green, red and pink.

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5 Convicted in Federal Fraud Trial Imperiled by a Gift Bag of Cash

Prosecutors accused the defendants of stealing millions of dollars from programs. A juror was replaced after officials said she was apparently offered a bribe.

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Jeannette Charles, Who Doubled for the Queen, Is Dead at 96

She bore a startling resemblance to Elizabeth II. In “The Naked Gun” and other movies, and in comedy sketches on TV, she wore the crown lightly.

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Jeannette Charles, a white-haired woman wearing glasses who strongly resembles Queen Elizabeth II, sits outdoors in a chair reading a book whose back cover, which contains a picture of her as the queen, faces the camera. She wears a blue dress with white dots.

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Zverev to Face Alcaraz in French Open Final

The match will be the first final at Roland Garros for both Alexander Zverev and Carlos Alcaraz.

EMTs Get a New Way to Treat Heat Victims: Body-Sized Ice Cocoons

In Phoenix, firefighters are carrying giant plastic, ice-filled bags to quickly cool people, a technique pioneered in the military and at sporting events.

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