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FEMA Cuts Disaster Spending, Leaving States Fending for Themselves

President Trump has said he wants to eventually shift the burden of disaster relief and recovery onto states. It’s already happening.

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Roger King, a resident of Canton, N.C., earlier this month. Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina a year ago and the town is still operating out of trailers and awaiting some federal funds.
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Renting a San Francisco Apartment in the A.I. Boom? Good Luck.

The artificial intelligence gold rush has pushed San Francisco’s residential rents up by the most in the nation, as A.I. companies lease apartments and offer rent stipends to employees.

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Roy Lee, Cluely’s chief executive, at his home in Cluely’s office in San Francisco. His start-up has leased apartments for its employees.
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Early Rains Tame California’s Peak Wildfire Season

Recent rain significantly reduced the risk of a large fire breaking out before year’s end, experts said.

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Snow falling around the changing leaves at Mammoth Lakes, Calif., near Yosemite National Park.
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Who Will Blink First on Trade: President Trump or Xi Jinping?

Washington and Beijing both need a trade win as steep new tariffs and tough import limits on critical minerals loom.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has suggested that an extended tariff truce with China is still possible. That comes as rhetoric between the administration and Beijing grows heated.
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Vatican Panel Says Church Is Still Too Slow in Addressing Sexual Abuse

The commission’s report highlights the difficulties Pope Leo faces in trying to end clerical abuses and ensure abusers are held to account.

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St. Peter’s Basilica during a Mass at the Vatican last month. A Vatican commission’s report arrives just months into Leo XIV’s papacy.
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Chicagoans Resist I.C.E. Agents

Immigration agents are using aggressive tactics. Residents of the sanctuary city are trying to resist them.

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Solution to CIA’s Kryptos Sculpture Is Found in Smithsonian Vault

Jim Sanborn is auctioning off the solution to Kryptos, the puzzle he sculpted for the intelligence agency’s headquarters. Two fans of the work then discovered the key.

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The solution to the final passage of the Kryptos artwork had been unsolved since its unveiling in 1990.
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China Fans Patriotic Sentiment as Trade War With U.S. Heats Up

Chinese state media is rallying the public and posting old propaganda footage, but officials are also careful to leave room for talks with President Trump.

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Xi Jinping, China’s leader, and President Trump during the U.S.-China Business Exchange in Beijing in 2017.
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France’s Government Survives No-Confidence Vote

The result gives Sébastien Lecornu, France’s prime minister, a reprieve after weeks of political turmoil. But he still has to get a budget passed by the end of the year.

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Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu of France speaking at the National Assembly in Paris on Thursday before a no-confidence vote on the government.
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Israel Begins Burying Its Dead Hostages

With the bodies of 10 people returned from Gaza, Israelis elated by the release of hostages began mourning those who did not make it home alive.

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Mourners walking behind a vehicle carrying the coffin of Guy Iluz in Israel on Wednesday.
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High-End Amenities in Office Buildings? These N.Y. Tenants Say No Thanks.

Leasing activity for older buildings, hit hard during the pandemic, is gaining momentum, a strong indicator that the overall office market in Manhattan is on the upswing.

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Ken Podziba, chief executive of Bike New York, looked at two dozen spaces before deciding on a nine-story building constructed in 1922 steps from Grand Central Terminal.
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Trump Hosts Dinner for Wealthy Donors to White House Ballroom

The president lauded dozens of executives and businesspeople for the “tremendous amounts of money” they have pledged for his project, which has prompted ethical concerns.

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President Trump and guests in the East Room on Wednesday night. The ballroom he wants to build as an addition to the White House would be 90,000 square feet and cost $200 million.
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