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U.S. Starts Investigation Into Imported Planes and Parts

The Trump administration could use the investigation to impose new tariffs on imported planes, jet engines and other aerospace parts.

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A Boeing factory in Everett, Wash. An investigation by the Trump administration into imports of jet engines and other aviation parts could be the first step in the imposition of tariffs on those products.
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Eric Adams to Meet With Trump in Washington About NYC ‘Priorities’

The meeting on Friday between Mayor Eric Adams of New York City and President Trump came as documents related to his abandoned federal corruption case were released.

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Mayor Eric Adams and President Trump on Friday had their first public meeting since Mr. Trump returned to the White House in January.
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Drought in Military Aid to Ukraine Enters Uncharted Territory

It has been 120 days since the last drawdown of weapons from Pentagon stockpiles was announced, outstripping Speaker Mike Johnson’s hold on Ukraine aid more than a year ago.

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An American-made Bradley Fighting Vehicle in the Donetsk region of Ukraine last year. The Trump administration has not sent new military aid to Ukraine since it took office in January.
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The Pope Begins to Set His Course

Also, David Souter, the Republican-turned-liberal justice, died. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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In a handout image by the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV after Mass at the Sistine Chapel today.
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First Joint Visit of Four European Leaders to Ukraine

On Saturday, the leaders of four major European powers — France, Germany, Britain and Poland — will travel to Kyiv in a display of European unity.

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Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany and President Emmanuel Macron of France, in Paris on Wednesday.
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A New Kind of Battle for India and Pakistan, Two Old Foes

Drone warfare has expanded the conflict in Kashmir between India and Pakistan, two nuclear-armed neighbors.

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Streaks in the skies over Jammu, a city in the part of Kashmir that India controls. Residents reported a blackout and sounds of explosions on Friday.
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Mother’s Day Brunch Recipes

Let her stay in her pajamas, and make one of these for her instead.

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Mark Bittman’s everyday pancakes are reliably light and fluffy.
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Pope Leo XIV Emerges as a Potential Contrast to Trump on the World Stage

Pope Leo XIV’s focus on refugees and his pluralistic background may offer a different view of U.S. values from the president’s America First approach.

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Americans cheered the announcement of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new pope on Thursday. Other spectators were bewildered when his identity emerged.
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Justice David Souter, Who Traded White Marble for the White Mountains

Retiring at just 69 after two decades on the Supreme Court, the justice left a legacy of case-by-case judging, intellectual rigor and a complete lack of pretension.

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David Souter, then a federal appeals court judge, during his confirmation hearing in 1990.
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Trump Suggests Openness to Slashing China Tariffs Ahead of Trade Talks

The president said reducing tariffs to 80 percent from the current 145 percent “sounds right,” as U.S. and Chinese negotiators prepare to meet in Switzerland.

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A garment factory in Guangzhou, China, last month. An 80 percent tariff would be a big drop in the tariffs that President Trump applied to Chinese imports.
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Menendez Brothers’ Resentencing Hearing Is Set for Next Week

The long-awaited hearing on whether Lyle and Erik Menendez should be eligible for release will take place May 13 and 14 in Los Angeles.

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The Menendez brothers have been behind bars since the spring of 1990, when they were arrested and charged with killing their parents the previous summer.
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How Trump Is Scrambling the G.O.P. Push to Cut Medicaid Spending

The president’s stated opposition to cutting the program has put Republicans laboring to enact his domestic agenda in a bind.

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President Trump and Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in the Oval Office last month.
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El Salvador Put Trump Deportees Behind Bars. Now Their Families Are Suing.

A lawsuit filed with the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights seeks the release of Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States and jailed in a notorious Salvadoran prison.

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People hold a poster that reads, “Freedom to the Venezuelan migrants kidnapped in El Salvador,” during a protest, in San Salvador, El Salvador in March.
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Lee Zeldin Places a Mezuza at His E.P.A. Office

Environmentalists said a ritual at the office of Lee Zeldin, the agency head, highlighted a disconnect between religious principles and looser health and climate protections.

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A mezuza, a parchment scroll inscribed with Jewish prayers, that was installed by the office of the E.P.A. administrator this week.
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Kendrick Lamar and SZA Bring Storms and Celebrations to the Stadium Stage

The rapper and R&B star are taking victory laps for smash hits and albums. But their co-headlining tour is still threaded with angst and reflection.

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SZA and Kendrick Lamar onstage during the first night of their joint Grand National Tour at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., on Thursday night.
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Newark Airport Suffers Another Radar Outage

The air traffic control mishap early Friday morning added to disruptions in recent days that have intensified concerns about safety at one of the busiest U.S. airports.

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The outage at Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday lasted about 90 seconds and delayed flights for hours.
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Republican Agenda Hits Familiar Obstacle: State and Local Taxes

A small group of Republicans is threatening to torpedo President Trump’s agenda over the state and local tax deduction, long a headache for both parties.

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Lawmakers who represent states where the deduction is cherished, including Representative Nick LaLota, a New York Republican, say they are willing to tank a fiscal package over the issue.
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A CEO’s Guide to Surviving Trump’s Trade War

Randy Carr, whose family business makes embroidered patches, is always on high alert for the competition. But with on-again-off-again tariffs, he’s just trying to keep up with the rules.

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Randy Carr took over the family business and opened a large factory in Aguascalientes, Mexico.
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A Decade-Long Search for a Battery That Can End the Gasoline Era

Can a small Massachusetts start-up perfect a battery that would make electric vehicles cheaper and more convenient than conventional cars?

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A Factorial pilot factory in Methuen, Mass. To make money, a battery factory can’t produce too many defective cells.
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F.D.A. Approves First At-Home Alternative to the Pap Smear

The tool will allow women to screen for HPV, which causes almost all cases of cervical cancer, without visiting a doctor.

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The newly approved test consists of a wand to be inserted into the vagina. The swab at the end can be pushed outward to collect a sample.
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Holocaust Museum Board Clashes Over Silence on Trump Firings

Board members argued over email after a Biden appointee sent a scathing letter invoking the Holocaust as he denounced the museum’s silence on President Trump’s firings of board members.

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Late last month, President Trump fired several members of the board that oversees the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington. The fired members, who included Doug Emhoff, the husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris, had been appointed by former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
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British Airways Owner Buys 32 Boeing Planes Worth $13 Billion

IAG, the airline’s parent company, announced the order a day after Britain and the United States confirmed the framework for a trade agreement to lower tariffs.

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British Airways’ parent company, IAG, reported an increase in operating profit in the first quarter from a year earlier.
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The State Law Taking a Financial Toll on California Budgets

The law set off a wave of child sex abuse litigation that has pushed some public institutions to the brink of financial crisis. School districts face up to $3 billion in claims.

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Budget reserves are now so low in Santa Monica, Calif., that a credit-rating agency lowered the city’s bond rating.
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David Souter, Supreme Court Justice Who Allied With the Left, Dies at 85

He left conservatives bitterly disappointed with his migration from right to left, leading to the cry of “no more Souters.”

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Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter in 2003. Appointed in 1990, he had become known by the end of his second year on the Court for having surprised the president who appointed him, George H.W. Bush, and left conservative Republicans disappointed.
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What Can Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent Win in China Talks?

President Trump hailed an agreement with Britain as a breakthrough — but far tougher negotiations, including with China, beckon.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is set to begin trade talks with Chinese counterparts in Geneva this weekend. Investors are on edge about what he will achieve.
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