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Arkansas Public Television Drops PBS

The loss of federal funding forced a difficult decision, the executive director of Arkansas TV said: Cut PBS, or go off the air entirely.

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The headquarters of the Public Broadcasting Service in Arlington, Va.
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Stuck in Quicksand, a Hiker in Utah Has His SOS Answered

Austin Dirks used a Garmin satellite device to reach emergency responders, who rescued him in a remote canyon in Arches National Park.

© Daniel Brenner for The New York Times

Visitors at Arches National Park in Moab, Utah, in 2024.
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Key Takeaways After Indiana Lawmakers Defy Trump’s Redistricting Push

President Trump’s failure to ram through a Republican-friendly House map was a new sign that his iron grip on the party has slipped, and was likely to reverberate nationally.

© Jon Cherry for The New York Times

Republican members of the Indiana Senate voted on Thursday to reject an effort led by President Trump to pass a congressional map that would have given the party two extra House seats.
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Trump Moves to Stop States From Regulating AI With a New Executive Order

The order would create one federal regulatory framework for artificial intelligence, President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.

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President Trump, who has said it’s important for America to dominate in the race to develop A.I., has said that the various state A.I. laws have created a confusing patchwork of regulations.
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Republicans Undercut Johnson, Circumventing Him to Force Votes

The speaker has repeatedly lost his grip on the House floor thanks to a once rare parliamentary maneuver that G.O.P. members are increasingly using to force action on legislation.

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Speaker Mike Johnson’s hold on his razor-thin majority has become increasingly slippery, as rank-and-file Republicans flout his wishes.
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America Is Entering Its Third Civil War

Trump is not interested in refighting the Cold War. He is, in my view, interested in fighting the civilizational war over what is the American “home.”

© Alex Kent for The New York Times

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What Does the Oil Tanker Seizure Mean for Venezuela’s Economy?

Seizures of more tankers could put a stranglehold on Venezuela’s economy, which is exceptionally dependent on oil to keep the government running and pay for basic necessities.

© Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

An oil tanker docked at Cardon Refinery in Venezuela, in 2021.
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Bessent Accelerates Regulation Overhaul to Jumpstart Growth

The Treasury Secretary unveiled changes to the Financial Stability Oversight Council to ease “overregulation.”

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent argued that financial stability was best achieved through faster economic growth, which he said was constrained by unnecessary regulations.
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U.S. Helped to Weaken Report at U.N. Environment Talks, Participants Say

American officials joined Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran in objecting to language on fossils fuels, biodiversity and plastics in a report that was three years in the making.

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The opening session of the 7th United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, on Monday.
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100,000 in Washington State Ordered to Evacuate as Rivers Rise

Days of heavy rain pushed waterways to record flood levels in a mountainous region north of Seattle. “Do not wait,” local officials warned residents, urging them to seek higher ground.

© Grant Hindsley for The New York Times

City employees in Mt. Vernon, Wash., inspected a flood wall as the Skagit River continued to rise on Thursday.
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