Google Is a Monopolist in Online Advertising Tech, Judge Says

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17 avril 2025 à 16:44

The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance.

The federal courthouse in Alexandria, Va., where the Google antitrust trial has been held.

What Is Happening With Fyre Festival 2?

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Par :Madison Malone Kircher

17 avril 2025 à 16:31

The organizers of Fyre Festival 2, a sequel to the ill-fated music event in 2017, said the festival would not longer take place in Playa del Carmen.

Some of the remnants of the ill-fated Fyre Festival that took place in 2017. A sequel to the event was announced in February.

IMF Warns Trump Tariffs Will Weaken Economy and Increase Inflation

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Par :Alan Rappeport

17 avril 2025 à 16:00

Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, warned in a speech that protectionism erodes productivity.

A growing chorus of top economic officials have sounded alarms this week about the potential harm that President Trump’s trade policies could cause.

N.I.H. Cuts Likely to Curtail Study of Climate Change’s Health Effects

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Par :Maggie Astor

17 avril 2025 à 11:00

The N.I.H. has indicated that it will stop funding research on the topic. Scientists said that would make it harder to protect people.

The Ukrainian Schoolmaster Teaching History to His Invaders

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Par :Constant Méheut

17 avril 2025 à 11:00

Vitalii Dribnytsia engages with Russians online to correct Kremlin propaganda about Ukraine. Over time, he has come to realize his more important audience is Ukrainians themselves.

Vitalii Dribnytsia, a former history teacher, speaks with someone in Russia via Chatroulette, where he often challenges Russians on their understanding of history.

European Central Bank Cuts Rates Amid Tariff Uncertainty

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Par :Eshe Nelson

17 avril 2025 à 14:28

Policymakers lowered rates a quarter point and said that the region’s growth outlook had “deteriorated” because of rising trade tensions.

The European Central Bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt. The bank lowered its key rate a quarter point to 2.25 percent.

Israel Strikes Area With Tent Camps for Displaced Gazans

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Par :Aaron Boxerman

17 avril 2025 à 16:45

The attack on the Mawasi area of southern Gaza killed at least a dozen people, according to the emergency rescue service in the territory. Israel did not confirm the location of the attack.

Why Does Harvard Have Tax-Exempt Status and Can the IRS Revoke It? What to Know.

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Par :Matthew Mpoke Bigg and John Yoon

17 avril 2025 à 13:19

The university, like many colleges and charities, is exempt from federal income and property taxes, saving it billions of dollars. President Trump has questioned whether it should enjoy that status.

President Trump has called for the I.R.S. to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status.

Trump Says Fed Chair’s ‘Termination Cannot Come Fast Enough’

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Par :Colby Smith

17 avril 2025 à 13:17

The president said that Jerome Powell has been too hesitant to cut interest rates, and “he should certainly lower them now.”

Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, at a Senate Hearing in Washington in February.

Trump Targets K-12

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Par :Dana Goldstein

17 avril 2025 à 13:01

We explain why the president is taking on public schools, and how officials are responding.

At Carpenter Community Charter School in Studio City, Calif.

Nvidia C.E.O. Meets With Chinese Trade Officials in Beijing

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Par :Meaghan Tobin

17 avril 2025 à 12:47

The day before the visit by Jensen Huang, lawmakers in Washington said they were investigating whether the chipmaker’s sales in China violated U.S. rules.

Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, in San Jose, Calif., last month. This week, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party opened an investigation into Nvidia’s sale of chips across Asia.

U.K. Court Ruling on Trans Women Is Part of Wider Debate on Sex and Gender

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Par :Michael D. Shear

17 avril 2025 à 12:46

President Trump and right-wing politicians in Europe have railed against trans rights. Britain’s top court has now added its voice to the discussion.

Susan Smith and Marion Calder, the directors of For Women Scotland, which brought the legal case that Britain’s Supreme Court weighed in on, celebrating outside the court in London on Wednesday.

Daily Pill May Work as Well as Ozempic for Weight Loss and Blood Sugar

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Par :Gina Kolata

17 avril 2025 à 12:45

Clinical results of a GLP-1 in pill form showed safety and efficacy data similar to blockbuster injectable drugs.

Insulin pen production at an Eli Lilly factory in France. The new drug — a pill that can be taken at any time of day, with or without food — is almost unheard-of in the world of peptide drugs.

Europe Seeks a Direct Line to Trump, Skeptical That Aides Speak for Him

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Par :Steven Erlanger · Jeanna Smialek · Lara Jakes · Mark Landler and Aurelien Breeden

17 avril 2025 à 12:19

Despite Europe’s size, economic might and longstanding alliances with Washington, Trump officials have made clear it is not a priority, European officials say.

In President Trump’s White House, he is the ultimate decision maker, and is far from a predictable one.

New Pushback to Trump’s Deportations, and Climate Research Under Threat

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Par :Amelia Nierenberg · Will Jarvis · Ian Stewart · Jessica Metzger · Robert Jimison and Jack Nicas

17 avril 2025 à 12:00

Plus, a capybara controversy in Argentina.

Senator Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, traveled to El Salvador on Wednesday to press for the release of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia.

Can China Fight Deflation and Trump’s Tariffs at the Same Time?

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Par :Alexandra Stevenson

17 avril 2025 à 11:18

China is facing a double whammy: corrosive deflation and tariffs that threaten to block trade. Chinese workers will be the biggest casualties.

Meituan delivery drivers in yellow in Shanghai in April 2021.

Michigan’s Newest Senate Candidate Urges Tougher Stance on Trump

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Par :Katie Glueck

17 avril 2025 à 11:06

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive former public health official, is joining the Democratic race to succeed Senator Gary Peters, who is retiring.

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed at a protest against the Trump administration in Lansing, Mich., this month. He ran unsuccessfully for governor of Michigan in 2018.

The Fight Between Trump and Public Schools Over DEI Escalates

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Par :Sarah Mervosh and Dana Goldstein

17 avril 2025 à 11:05

Can President Trump withhold federal money for low-income students? A brewing fight over diversity, equity and inclusion programs may force the courts to decide.

Public schools in the United States receive only about 10 percent of their funding from the federal government.

What Mark Zuckerberg’s Washington, D.C., Mansion Says About His Ideological Shifts

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Par :Anna Kodé

17 avril 2025 à 11:02

Mark Zuckerberg’s political ideology and tastes have evolved. His real estate portfolio reflects the shift.

Hundreds of Capybaras ‘Conquered’ This Town. Now What?

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Par :Jack Nicas and Anita Pouchard Serra

17 avril 2025 à 15:01

The world’s largest rodent is multiplying in — and dividing — one of Argentina’s most exclusive gated communities.

A family of capybaras near a lake in Nordelta, a gated community north of Buenos Aires.

The Emergency Is Here

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Par :Ezra Klein

17 avril 2025 à 11:05

Trump is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. And he says he wants to send “homegrown” Americans there next.

Stephen Colbert Defends PBS and NPR Against Trump’s Defunding Plan

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Par :Trish Bendix

17 avril 2025 à 08:12

Colbert said both public media entities are “already operating on a shoestring budget — Daniel Tiger can’t even afford to wear pants.”

Texas Is Poised to Create a $1 Billion Private School Voucher Program

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Par :Dana Goldstein and J. David Goodman

17 avril 2025 à 09:55

The Texas House approved the plan, part of a push by President Trump’s allies to offer up to about $10,000 for private school, home-school or virtual learning.

Democrats and rural Republicans in the Texas House worried the voucher program would undercut their local schools.

Trump Is the One Who ‘Played It Wrong’ on Tariffs

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Par :Robert Wu

17 avril 2025 à 09:06

Trump thinks he holds all the cards in this high-stakes game, but he’s wrong.

South Korea Shipbuilding Strength Could Help in Tariff Talks With U.S.

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Par :Choe Sang-Hun

17 avril 2025 à 06:01

As it faces the possibility of a 25 percent tariff on its exports, South Korea has taken notice of President Trump’s stated goal to revive U.S. shipbuilding.

A shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan, South Korea, in 2013.

China Wants Countries to Unite Against Trump, but Is Met With Wariness

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Par :David Pierson and Damien Cave

17 avril 2025 à 06:01

Beijing is using a mix of carrots and sticks to try to prevent other countries from siding with the United States in isolating China.

Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, during his visit to Vietnam on Monday. In Hanoi, he urged Vietnam to join China in opposing “unilateral bullying.”

Two-Student Team Stuns the Competition at U.S. Constitution Contest

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Par :Hank Sanders

16 avril 2025 à 20:42

Matthew Meyers and Colin Williams of Oregon won first place at the national U.S. Constitution Team competition. Then came the recount that threatened to unravel their achievement.

I.R.S. Is Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status

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Par :Andrew Duehren and Maggie Haberman

17 avril 2025 à 05:01

The move would be a major escalation of the Trump administration’s attempts to choke off federal money and support for the leading research university.

President Trump has called for the I.R.S. revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status.

He Wanted Peace in the Middle East. ICE Wants to Deport Him.

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Par :Ana Ley · Sharon Otterman and Anvee Bhutani

17 avril 2025 à 16:32

Mohsen Mahdawi was arrested at a citizenship interview in Vermont. He had spent a decade trying to understand the conflict that shaped his life, his supporters say.

Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student at Columbia University, addressed pro-Palestinian demonstrators in November 2023.

Boasberg Finds Probable Cause to Hold Trump Officials in Contempt Over Deportation Flights

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Par :Alan Feuer

17 avril 2025 à 03:46

The move was a remarkable attempt by a jurist to hold the White House accountable for its apparent willingness to flout court orders.

Judge James E. Boasberg originally ordered Trump administration officials to stop planes with Venezuelan migrants flying to El Salvador last month. The planes were not stopped, and the migrants are now being held in a Salvadoran prison.

Mother of Woman Killed by Immigrant Speaks at White House Briefing

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Par :David E. Sanger

17 avril 2025 à 02:42

The appearance by Patty Morin came as a federal judge threatened the Trump administration with a contempt-of-court investigation over its deportation flights to El Salvador.

Patty Morin joined a briefing at the White House on Wednesday and recounted the murder of her daughter, Rachel Morin, who was killed by an immigrant in 2023.

L.A.U.S.D. Superintendent Alberto Carvalho Advocates for Undocumented Students

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Par :Jesus Jiménez

17 avril 2025 à 02:39

A visit by federal agents to two elementary schools drew an angry, impassioned response from the superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, a Portuguese immigrant.

Alberto Carvalho, the superintendent of Los Angeles’s public schools, in 2022. Mr. Carvalho said he himself was once undocumented.

A Harvard Scientist’s Tuberculosis Research Is Threatened by Trump’s Cuts

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Par :Stephanie Saul and Alan Blinder

17 avril 2025 à 02:19

Researchers who have lost funds warned of long-term repercussions, but several said their school should still refuse to comply with the federal government.

Dr. Sarah Fortune at her lab at the Harvard School of Public Health where she does research on tuberculosis.

Trump Waved Off Planned Israeli Strike on Iranian Nuclear Sites

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Par :Julian E. Barnes · Eric Schmitt · Maggie Haberman and Ronen Bergman

17 avril 2025 à 02:17

Israel developed plans for attacking Iranian nuclear facilities that would have required U.S. assistance. But some administration officials had doubts.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel during a meeting with President Trump this month.

Iran Says Despite Shifting U.S. Messages, It Plans to Keep Participating in Nuclear Talks

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Par :Farnaz Fassihi

17 avril 2025 à 01:53

But Iran’s foreign minister said Tehran planned to participate “calmly and coolly” in the negotiations. Both sides will meet in Rome on Saturday for a second round, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said.

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been Iran’s envoy in the talks with the United States. He and President Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, planned to hold a second round of talks on Saturday.

Trump Administration Halts Building of Giant Wind Farm Off N.Y. Coast

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Par :Patrick McGeehan

17 avril 2025 à 01:12

Gov. Kathy Hochul quickly responded that she would “fight this decision every step of the way.”

A wind turbine off the coast of Montauk, N.Y. The Empire Wind project was designed to produce 810 megawatts of energy.

Trump’s Threats Force Powerful Institutions to Choose: Cut a Deal or Resist

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Par :Luke Broadwater

17 avril 2025 à 01:07

In a hint of a shift in strategy, some of the country’s most powerful institutions have started choosing to resist.

President Trump has succeeded in wrenching enormous concessions through threats, lawsuits and coercion.

Trump Is Relying More on Tattoos to Identify Gang Members. Experts Say That’s Unreliable.

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Par :Tim Arango · Chelsia Rose Marcius and Jesus Jiménez

17 avril 2025 à 01:27

The administration appears to be using little more than body art to deport people that it says are members of Tren de Aragua, a move that critics say ignores decades of protocol.

Federal immigration agents detaining a man in Denver this year.

Michelle Trachtenberg, ‘Buffy’ Actress, Died From Complications of Diabetes

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Par :Alexandra E. Petri

17 avril 2025 à 01:11

The New York City medical examiner’s office determined the cause and manner of her death after reviewing toxicology test results, a spokeswoman said.

Michelle Trachtenberg in 2014. A former child star, she found a new level of fame as a troubled teenager in the supernatural series “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and, later, in “Gossip Girl.”

Astronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet

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Par :Carl Zimmer

17 avril 2025 à 15:47

Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.

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