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Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis Leaves Democrats With New Questions

The former president’s cancer diagnosis prompted an outpouring of well wishes and sympathy, as well as some whispered uncertainties that reflected a lack of trust in what he says about his health.

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Before former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s office revealed that he had prostate cancer, some prominent Democrats had begun to self-examine their role in supporting his 2024 candidacy despite his signs of age-related decline.
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Mohsen Mahdawi, Released From ICE Custody, Graduates From Columbia

Mr. Mahdawi, who led pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University, was released from detention late last month and allowed to travel from Vermont to get his diploma.

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Mohsen Mahdawi graduated on Monday from Columbia University’s School of General Studies. He was detained last month as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on student protesters.
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Dick Garwin Fought Nuclear Armageddon. He Hid a 50-Year Secret.

Richard Garwin’s role in designing the hydrogen bomb was obscured from the public, even his family, as he advised presidents and devoted his life to undoing the danger he created.

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Richard L. Garwin, second right, with, from left, Peter A. Clausen, a disarmament expert, and the physicists Hans Bethe and Kurt Gottfried, during a news conference on missile defense hosted by the Union of Concerned Scientists in 1984.
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Inside the Republican Factions Dueling Over Trump’s Tax Bill

For every group demanding one policy, another equally powerful bloc insists on the opposite. The coalitions encompass the divergent ideological, political and regional interests in the G.O.P.

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Speaker Mike Johnson with Representative Jodey Arrington, the House Budget Committee chairman, after meeting with House Republicans to discuss the tax and budget bill last week.
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The U.S. Under Trump: Alone in Its Climate Denial

The administration is not only allowing more greenhouse gases. It is undermining the nation’s ability to understand and respond to a hotter planet.

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President Trump at a White House event on April 8 at which he signed an executive order titled “Unleashing American Energy.”
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‘Sesame Street’ Signs New Streaming Deals With Netflix and PBS

The deal is a much-needed shot in the arm for Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit that produces “Sesame Street” and has been struggling financially.

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The cast of “Sesame Street” on set in Kaufman Studios in Astoria, Queens in 2018.
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CBS News President to Depart Amid Network’s Tensions With Trump

Wendy McMahon, the president of CBS News and Stations, had allied herself with Bill Owens, the “60 Minutes” executive producer who recently resigned.

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Wendy McMahon, the president of CBS News and Stations. Tensions between Ms. McMahon and CBS’s parent company, Paramount, have simmered for months.
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Tariff Uncertainty Threatens to Drag Down Europe’s Economic Growth

The European Union scaled back its forecast for growth in 2025 by nearly half a percent, as the jump in tariffs and surrounding chaos bite.

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A supermarket in Paris. France’s projected 2025 growth rate was cut to 0.6 percent from 0.8 percent.
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Woman Sues Real Estate Firm That She Says Ignored Her Sexual Assault Report

Six women have now filed lawsuits against eXp Realty, with similar claims that they were drugged and then attacked while attending an event for the brokerage.

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Kirsten Childress said she blacked out while attending a networking event held during an eXp conference in Florida. She claims in a lawsuit that she was later sexually assaulted in a hotel room.
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The Delusion of Porn’s Harmlessness

Despite significant evidence that a deluge of pornography has a negative impact on modern society, there is a curious refusal to publicly admit disapproval of it.

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In Eastern Europe, Centrists Hold Off 2 Nationalist Challenges

Presidential elections on Sunday in Romania and Poland halted, or at least slowed, hard-right breakthroughs that many liberals had feared. But discontent with mainstream parties lingers.

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Romanian presidential candidate Nicusor Dan greeting supporters after exit poll results were announced in Bucharest on Sunday.
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Portuguese Center-Right Takes an Election. But Is the Hard Right the Victor?

While the center-right Democratic Alliance is set to rule Portugal again in a minority government, the hard-right Chega party and its anti-immigrant message is seen as a powerful new force.

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Luís Montenegro, Portugal’s center-right prime minister, is likely to remain at the head of a minority government.
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The Sean Combs Trial

Plus, President Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis.

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Douglas Wigdor, the attorney for Cassie Ventura.
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Will Trump’s Trade War Turn Canada’s Auto-Parts Capital Into a Ghost Town?

President Trump’s tariffs on auto parts are already causing job losses in Windsor, Ontario, the heart of an industry that makes components for vehicles bound for the United States.

A worker fitting clips on plastic auto parts at Stratus Plastics in Windsor, Ontario. Colby Wu, the company’s co-owner, says he has had a hard time getting some U.S. firms to buy from him.
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UK and EU Strike Post-Brexit ‘Reset’ Deal

The agreement includes a new defense partnership and reduced checks on food and drink, removing some trade barriers after months of negotiations.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer, center, with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa at Lancaster House in London, on Monday.
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Pittsburgh’s Mayoral Race Heats Up as Pressure Mounts on Ed Gainey

The Democratic primary for mayor of Pittsburgh on Tuesday has become something of a proxy for the national struggle over the party’s future direction.

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Mayor Ed Gainey of Pittsburgh at a groundbreaking ceremony for a 12-unit affordable housing complex in the Hill District neighborhood.
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How Kara Swisher Scaled Even Higher

The tech journalist and co-host of “Pivot” with Scott Galloway has a novel multimillion-dollar podcast contract with Vox Media, is in talks about a CNN series and has a slew of other ventures.

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“Pivot” co-host Kara Swisher.
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On Education, DeSantis’s Florida Paved the Way for Trump’s America

Once bitter rivals, the president and the governor now share an education agenda they hope will reshape schools across the nation.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis has pursued conservative priorities for schools in his state. President Trump is trying to do the same for schools nationwide.
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Israel and Antisemitism Loom Large as Issues in the N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race

Andrew Cuomo has attacked opponents, including Jewish ones, as antisemitic, while other candidates believe the issue is being used as a weapon to win Jewish voters.

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Zohran Mamdani speaking at the Southeast Queens Mayoral Candidates Forum. His criticisms of Israeli actions in Gaza have rankled some staunch supporters of Israel.
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Stocks Fall and Bond Yields Jump on Concerns About US Debt

Stocks wobbled, the dollar slipped and bond yields jumped after a rating downgrade highlighted worries about the cost of President Trump’s policies and the health of the economy.

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Financial markets in Asia and Europe were broadly lower on Monday amid a sell-off of U.S. stocks, bonds and the dollar.
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House Republicans Advance Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

The Republican hard-liners who had blocked their party’s bill to deliver President Trump’s agenda allowed it to advance after saying they had won some changes. But they still refused to support it.

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Representative Ralph Norman of South Carolina was one of the five Republicans who on Friday voted with Democrats against advancing the domestic policy bill out of a key committee and voted “present” on Sunday night.
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