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RFK Jr. Is Driving a Vast Inquiry Into Vaccines, Despite His Public Silence
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5/11/2026 1:02 PM
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Open Story
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| Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has toned down his public criticism of vaccines, under orders from the White House. But inside his department, a sprawling research effort is a top priority. |
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Supreme Court Clears Path for Alabama to Use New Voting Map
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5/11/2026 5:33 PM
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Open Story
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| A majority of the justices sided with Alabama in a move that could speed up efforts to put in place a congressional district map that would eliminate a majority-Black district. |
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The Voting Rights Decision Might Silence Black People in Fayette County, Tennessee
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5/11/2026 12:49 PM
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| Black residents, who make up 25 percent of Fayette County, Tenn., won a new electoral map last year to change an all-white board of commissioners. They worry the Supreme Court’s ruling could threaten that. |
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Virginia Officials Ask Supreme Court to Restore Voting Map Drawn by Democrats
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5/11/2026 4:59 PM
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Open Story
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| State officials asked the justices to overturn a Virginia Supreme Court decision that struck down a congressional map, a major defeat for Democrats. |
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Why Republicans Are Still Drawing House Maps, While Democrats Are Stuck
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5/11/2026 6:51 PM
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Open Story
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| The G.O.P. has seized an edge on redistricting thanks to two court rulings, and it has more room to maneuver for extra seats before the midterms. |
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Pressure on Starmer Mounts as Dozens of Labour Lawmakers Call on Him to Quit
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5/11/2026 4:41 PM
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| The chances of a leadership challenge against Prime Minister Keir Starmer appeared to rise sharply on Monday as several government aides announced their resignations. |
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Reflecting Pool Repairs to Cost $13.1 Million. Trump Had Promised $1.8 Million.
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5/11/2026 2:09 PM
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Open Story
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| The Interior Department added $6.2 million to the no-bid contract for repairs to the Lincoln Memorial pool late last week. |
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Senate G.O.P. Stands by Security Money for Trump’s Ballroom
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5/11/2026 2:53 PM
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Open Story
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| Democrats are trying to stoke public opposition to the project as they take aim at legislation to provide nearly $72 billion for the administration’s immigration crackdown. |
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Kari Lake, Who Led Effort to Shutter Voice of America, Is Named Ambassador to Jamaica
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5/11/2026 6:06 PM
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Open Story
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| Ms. Lake tried and failed to fire hundreds of Voice of America journalists and to cut funding for other federally funded news groups like Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. |
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Nations Brace for Long-Term Economic Woes as Trump Calls Iran Truce Plan ‘Garbage’
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5/11/2026 2:38 PM
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Open Story
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| President Trump said the fragile cease-fire was on “life support,” and India’s leader urged residents to cut back on purchases and travel. |
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Trump Proposes Suspending Federal Gas Tax Until Prices Fall
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5/11/2026 12:02 PM
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| Congress would have to agree to any suspension, and dropping federal taxes would not make up for the steep increase in prices since the war began. |
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Supreme Court Continues Access to Abortion Pill by Mail, for a Few Days
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5/11/2026 1:03 PM
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Open Story
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| Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. has paused until at least Thursday a federal appeals court ruling against the Food and Drug Administration that would restrict access by mail to mifepristone. |
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Drilling Into the Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica
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5/11/2026 2:00 AM
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| Ten people. Eight weeks. Three thousand feet to pierce a fast-melting Antarctic glacier. |
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Gisèle Pelicot’s Memoir Said Something Original and Taboo About Victimhood
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5/11/2026 11:43 AM
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Open Story
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| A book by the world’s most famous survivor of sexual violence has been read as a manifesto or a cry of pain. What she wrote is far more complicated. |
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Israel Prepares to Prosecute First Suspects in Oct. 7 Attack Led by Hamas
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5/11/2026 1:49 PM
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Open Story
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| Parliament passed a new law that paves the way for military trials for hundreds of Palestinians suspected of taking part in the 2023 attack that ignited the two-year war in Gaza. |
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Former Hostage Calls on All of Israel’s Government to Resign
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5/11/2026 5:22 PM
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| Rom Braslavski, who said he had endured starvation, torture and sexual abuse during two-year captivity, demanded that members “take responsibility and get out of our lives.” |
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Putin Said the War ‘Is Coming to a Close,’ but That’s Not All He Said
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5/11/2026 2:53 PM
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Open Story
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| The Russian leader is walking a tightrope: acknowledging public discontent while offering no indication that he might give up on his demands. |
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Ukraine Looks to Step Away From Trump and U.S.
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5/11/2026 2:01 AM
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Open Story
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| With peace talks on ice and Ukraine now more self-reliant, President Volodymyr Zelensky seems to be stepping away from the United States. |
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Former Top Zelensky Aide Is Accused in Corruption Inquiry
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5/11/2026 2:20 PM
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| Ukrainian news outlets named the suspect as Andriy Yermak, who resigned last year amid a sweeping scandal. |
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In This Nazi-Era Restitution Dispute, the Focus Turns to a Missing Cow
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5/11/2026 2:02 AM
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Open Story
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| A family is vying for the return of a painting it thought was by Rubens. But an expert says it’s a copy because it does not include the artist’s depiction of a peeing cow. |
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Democrats Can’t Let This Antisemitic Sex Therapist Win Her Runoff
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5/11/2026 6:52 PM
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Open Story
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| Maureen Galindo’s rise demonstrates how even justified rage and despair can curdle into hateful paranoia. |
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The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians
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5/11/2026 7:42 AM
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Open Story
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| Male and female Palestinians describe brutal sexual abuse at the hands of Israel’s prison guards, soldiers, settlers and interrogators. |
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Why Two Big Companies Just Cut Paid Family Leave
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5/11/2026 12:27 PM
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Open Story
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| Deloitte and Zoom are among the employers reducing support for working parents, signaling a retreat from family-friendly benefits. |
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Inside the Hantavirus Quarantine Unit in Nebraska Where 15 Americans Wait
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5/11/2026 5:02 PM
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Open Story
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| The National Quarantine Unit in Nebraska is now the temporary home for many of the Americans who had been passengers on the MV Hondius. |
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Dean Buntrock, Maestro of Waste Management, Dies at 94
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5/11/2026 1:33 PM
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Open Story
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| Anticipating how the environmental movement would affect trash disposal in the United States, he built a 12-truck garbage company into a coast-to-coast behemoth. |
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Bezos Family Gives $100 Million for Preschool Education in New York
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5/11/2026 6:20 PM
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Open Story
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| Free child care is one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s top goals. Now the Bezos Foundation is giving Robin Hood, a favorite philanthropy of wealthy New Yorkers, big money for early childhood education. |