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Facing Pressure, Trump Officials Reject Claims They’re Softening on Immigration
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5/8/2026 2:42 PM
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| Immigration hard-liners have grown frustrated with the level of deportations and the Department of Homeland Security’s attempts, under its new secretary, to stay under the radar. |
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Mahmoud Khalil Hurtles Toward Potential Deportation as U.S. Speeds Case
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5/8/2026 12:40 PM
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| A key judicial decision in Mr. Khalil’s immigration case was expedited significantly and included the recusal of multiple judges. |
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Trump Administration Wants to Strip 12 Immigrants of U.S. Citizenship
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5/8/2026 4:26 PM
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| The targeted Americans are accused of misdeeds that can qualify them to lose citizenship, but denaturalization has rarely been invoked in the past. |
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Lawmakers May Continue to Inspect ICE Detention Centers, Appeals Court Rules
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5/8/2026 3:03 PM
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| A federal appeals court declined, for now, to halt an order requiring D.H.S. to permit unannounced visits to immigration detention centers by Democrats in Congress. |
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U.F.O. Files Released by U.S. Shed Light on What the Government Knows
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5/8/2026 1:53 PM
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| The Pentagon on Friday released online what it called “new, never-before-seen” files, dating back decades, related to unidentified flying objects. |
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ABC Accuses Government of Violating First Amendment
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5/8/2026 11:36 AM
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| The network’s argument, made to the F.C.C., is the most aggressive posture taken yet by a television network toward the Trump administration. |
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Trump Gave Out a No-Bid Contract to Turn D.C.’s Reflecting Pool Blue
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5/8/2026 4:21 PM
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| President Trump handpicked a firm he said had worked on his swimming pool to repair the iconic site near the Lincoln Memorial. |
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Virginia Court Strikes Down Redistricted Voting Map in a Huge Blow to Democrats
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5/8/2026 2:01 PM
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| The decision is a major victory for Republicans, wiping away a measure approved by voters to allow Democrats to gain as many as four House seats in the midterms. |
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4 Takeaways From the Virginia Supreme Court Gerrymandering Decision
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5/8/2026 3:00 PM
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| The ruling was a major lift to the G.O.P. efforts to build a structural advantage through redistricting. |
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Alabama Asks Supreme Court to Allow it to Use New Voting Map
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5/8/2026 3:40 PM
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| State officials urged the justices to allow them to jettison Alabama’s congressional district map, citing the Supreme Court’s recent decision that dealt a blow to the Voting Rights Act. |
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David Attenborough, a Voice of Nature, Turns 100
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5/8/2026 3:12 PM
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| Pictures and striking scenes from the making of perhaps the world’s most celebrated naturalist. |
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U.S. Targets Iran’s Missile and Drone Program With Sanctions
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5/8/2026 4:14 PM
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| The new measures are focused on Chinese companies that supply Iran’s military with materials to make drones. |
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Oil Slick Is Detected Off Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf
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5/8/2026 3:30 PM
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| The slick, captured in satellite images near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, has raised concerns about the condition of Iran’s oil infrastructure. |
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Meta’s Embrace of A.I. Is Making Its Employees Miserable
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5/8/2026 7:18 AM
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| As it adapts to the artificial intelligence era, the company is pushing many of its 78,000 workers to use the technology, and preparing to lay some of them off. |
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How Prepared Are We for A.I. Layoffs?
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5/8/2026 9:25 AM
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| Our chief economics correspondent, Ben Casselman, describes how A.I.-related layoffs are testing the resilience of the government’s safety net programs. |
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A.I. Populism Is Here. And No One Is Ready.
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5/8/2026 7:16 AM
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| Silicon Valley oligarchs worried about the risks their technology posed to the world. They forgot about people. |
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Before Hantavirus Outbreak, the MV Hondius Attracted ‘a Different Type of Traveler’
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5/8/2026 10:43 AM
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| Former passengers on the MV Hondius say that the ship was made for wildlife expeditions and that the crew took safety very seriously. |
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Experts Stress Hantavirus Risk Remains Low As Officials Track Cruise Ship Passengers
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5/8/2026 11:31 AM
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| Health officials are closely monitoring those who were exposed for symptoms of the virus, which does not spread easily between humans. |
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Norovirus Outbreak Sickens 115 on Cruise Ship
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5/8/2026 4:24 PM
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| More than 100 passengers and 13 crew members on the Caribbean Princess reported being ill, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. |
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Compare the Purported Epstein Suicide Note to His Writings
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5/8/2026 3:13 PM
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| The New York Times has not authenticated the note. But some of its phrases are similar or identical to ones Jeffrey Epstein used in emails and another handwritten letter. |
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In Kristin Smart Case, Soil Suggests Human Remains Once Present in Yard
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5/8/2026 1:37 PM
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| A California sheriff said investigators were searching the backyard of a woman whose son was convicted of murdering Ms. Smart, who went missing in 1996. |
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A Gun Derailed My Childhood. As an Adult, I Found Relief at the Range.
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5/8/2026 11:39 AM
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| The guilt of my teenage conviction haunted me for decades. Learning to shoot helped me forgive myself as an adult. |
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7 Busy Parents Share Their Quickest Go-To Dinners
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5/8/2026 11:15 AM
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| End-of-school year chaos has arrived. These 20-minute (or less) meals will get you cooking through it. |
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Live: Ezra Klein Moderates California Housing Forum With Candidates for Governor
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5/8/2026 4:36 PM
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| The Opinion columnist Ezra Klein moderates a forum with five of the top candidates for governor of California. |
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Hegseth Is Sending Us a Warning
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5/8/2026 1:59 PM
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| The secretary of defense has argued that military retirees are subject to freedom of speech restrictions. Let that sink in. |
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Proposed Rule by Postal Service Could Allow Handguns to Be Mailed
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5/8/2026 2:38 PM
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| The proposal comes after the Justice Department said this year that a century-old law banning the practice was unconstitutional. Democratic leaders are calling it “unlawful.” |
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After Frederiksen Falls Short in Denmark, Right-Leaning Politician Is Asked to Form Government
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5/8/2026 4:15 PM
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| King Frederik X has appointed a right-leaning politician to try to form the next government. |
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Stocks Rise For Sixth Consecutive Week, Buoyed by Strong Jobs Data and Earnings
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5/8/2026 1:25 PM
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| Investors weighed data on the American jobs market and conflicting signals about status of the conflict in the Persian Gulf. |