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The Mideast Is Baffled by Trump’s Call to Expand Abraham Accords
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5/28/2026 6:26 AM
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| The president said more countries should be required to recognize Israel as part of a deal to end the war with Iran. Analysts say the chances of that happening are close to zero. |
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‘Both Parties Kind of Get It Wrong’: The Young Men Who May Swing the Midterms
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5/28/2026 8:39 AM
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| Many Gen Z men who voted for Donald Trump are dismayed by his time in office. But they say they are not hearing an appealing pitch from Democrats, either. |
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James Talarico Opens Texas Senate Campaign Against Ken Paxton With Houston Rally
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5/28/2026 5:58 AM
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| Personal attacks and a packed campaign rally set the tone for what is likely to be a rancorous contest in Texas for U.S. Senate between James Talarico and Ken Paxton. |
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Judge Declines, for Now, to Block Mail-In Voting Changes Ordered by Trump
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5/28/2026 11:16 AM
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| The ruling allowed the Trump administration to continue to pursue changes that include enlisting the Postal Service in checking voters against a national database. |
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Will Not Run for President in 2028
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5/28/2026 9:53 AM
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| Governor Whitmer of Michigan had been viewed as part of a field of possible Democratic candidates. She has been governor for two terms, and is barred from running again. |
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In Argentina, U.S. Tech Billionaire Peter Thiel Finds An Escape
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5/28/2026 5:22 AM
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| The billionaire’s new roots in Argentina are said to be partly motivated by concerns about the future of the United States and shared beliefs with Argentina’s right-wing leader. |
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I Tried to Sell My House With A.I.
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5/28/2026 1:22 PM
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| Over five frantic days, I gambled my family’s life savings on a hunch that A.I. could outperform a real estate agent. |
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Watchdog Agency Seeks to Reverse Its Win Against Firm Run by Winklevoss Twins
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5/28/2026 11:58 AM
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| The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed jointly with a company run by the Winklevoss twins to overturn their settlement. |
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Bari Weiss Names Nick Bilton to Lead CBS’s ’60 Minutes’ in Major Shake-Up
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5/28/2026 11:55 AM
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| Bari Weiss, CBS’s editor in chief, named Nick Bilton, a tech journalist and filmmaker, as the show’s executive producer. The network also fired two on-air correspondents. |
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Trump Refiles $10 Billion Lawsuit Against The Wall Street Journal
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5/28/2026 10:53 AM
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| An earlier version of the defamation suit, which focused on an article about a birthday note to Jeffrey Epstein, was dismissed by a judge. |
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Two Papers Named ‘Star’ Will Duel in D.C. to Win Readers From The Washington Post
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5/28/2026 12:00 PM
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| First, The Star was born. Now, The Washington Star is reborn. Both are hoping to win readers ceded by recent layoffs at The Washington Post. |
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Anthropic Tops OpenAI to Become the World’s Most Valuable A.I. Start-Up
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5/28/2026 12:50 PM
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| Anthropic raised $65 billion in new fund-raising that put its value at $900 billion, ahead of OpenAI’s last valuation of $730 billion, as the companies duel for A.I. dominance. |
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Memphis Residents Sue Federal Agents Over Arrest Tactics Amid Crime and Immigration Crackdown
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5/28/2026 1:29 PM
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| A federal task force in the city has been targeting crime and undocumented immigrants since October. Observers say they have faced retaliation for trying to track the agents’ work. |
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What’s Inside New York’s $269 Billion Budget: Second-Home Tax, Restrictions on ICE and More
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5/28/2026 11:28 AM
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| Gov. Kathy Hochul used the state budget as a vehicle for policy initiatives, including a new second-home tax and a push to make the state less hospitable to immigration agents. |
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Mamdani Vowed to Back Espaillat. Now He May Endorse a D.S.A. Challenger.
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5/28/2026 10:40 AM
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| The mayor is seriously considering getting behind Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist challenging Representative Adriano Espaillat in an Upper Manhattan House primary. |
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Paul McCartney on His New Album and the Beatles’ Earliest Days
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5/28/2026 2:02 AM
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| On his new album, the ex-Beatle revisits his past and revels in simply continuing to create. |
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Greenpeace’s Long War With a Pipeline Titan Enters a Strange New Phase
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5/28/2026 10:09 AM
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| This month, a North Dakota court barred Greenpeace from saying what it wanted in a European court, an unusual move. The environmental group says it is forging ahead. |
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Happy, Bronx Zoo Elephant at Center of Animal Rights Case, Is Dead at 55
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5/28/2026 10:02 AM
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| Activists had sued in a bid to secure her the fundamental human right to bodily liberty. Zoo officials said she was well cared for and called the lawsuit frivolous. |
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Lizzo Addresses the Backlash and Performs Live at The New York Times
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5/25/2026 10:38 AM
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| During a special edition of “Popcast,” the singer discussed her new album and the public fallout from a series of lawsuits. Then she performed a stripped-down set. |
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Three Ways Trump Is Losing the War in Iran
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5/28/2026 7:48 AM
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| Three reasons Trump is losing the war in Iran. |
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Our Military Is Built for the Wrong Century
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5/28/2026 8:26 AM
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| Ukraine and Iran have shown us that war as we’ve known it is over. |
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Scooter Rider and Cyclist Are Killed in Head-On Crash on N.Y.C. Bridge
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5/28/2026 1:43 PM
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| The collision on the Queensboro Bridge involved an e-scooter that is not legally allowed to be used on the streets of New York. |
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Quarantine Unit for Americans Exposed to Ebola to Open in Kenya Friday
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5/28/2026 12:42 PM
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| But U.S. officials are still working to find centers in Europe to accept Americans who need advanced treatment, seen as critical to improving odds of survival. |
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Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Murders of 4 Sleeping Homeless Men
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5/28/2026 11:11 AM
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| The judge who sentenced Randy Rodriguez Santos said his case exemplified the “coming together of three horrible symptoms of this city: homelessness, mental illness and narcotics abuse.” |
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Supreme Court Says Death Row Inmate Can Challenge Exclusion of Black Jurors
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5/28/2026 12:03 PM
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| Terry Pitchford was convicted in 2006 for his role in the murder of a shopkeeper by a 12-member jury that included one Black member. |