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Conflict in the Gulf Turns India Back On to Russian Oil

India’s trade deal with President Trump was supposed to end its imports of oil from Russia. But then a new war cut off alternative supplies from the Middle East.

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A Russian tanker in 2024 navigating the Bosporus, one route used to export oil to buyers abroad.
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As Trump Out-Putins Putin, Russia’s Global Influence Erodes

The conflict in Iran may give Moscow a short-term boost economically and in Ukraine. But it has also shown the limits of Russia’s partnerships.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia went to a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow last month.
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He Had a Purple Heart, PTSD and a Rap Sheet. He Had to Leave the U.S.

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After a long battle with drug addiction, Sae Joon Park felt settled in a new life. But he was deported last year and is now fighting to get back to Hawaii.

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Sae Joon Park in his apartment in Busan, South Korea, in February. Despite living in the U.S. for nearly 50 years, Park was ordered to move back to South Korea in June 2025.
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Representative Tony Gonzales Will Not Seek Re-election

Several House members had called for Mr. Gonzales, a Texas Republican, to step down after texts emerged showing his pursuit of a staff member who later killed herself.

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Representative Tony Gonzales at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in Washington last month.
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U.S. Restarts Diplomatic Relations With Venezuela

Washington has rapidly warmed up ties with Venezuela — and applied major pressure on it — since capturing the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, two months ago.

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A protest last month in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, demanding freedom for political prisoners.
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DOJ Releases Missing Interviews With Woman Who Made Claims Against Trump in Epstein Files

The pages had been withheld from the trove of documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein because of what officials called a mistaken determination that they were duplicates.

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The Justice Department acknowledged on Thursday that it had also identified about a dozen other documents that were “incorrectly coded as duplicative.”
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Steve Daines’s Switcheroo Starts New Fight in Montana Senate Race

Minutes before the Senate filing deadline, Senator Steve Daines withdrew his re-election bid and an ally jumped in. Even some fellow Republicans criticized the 11th-hour switch.

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Kurt Alme, who has been serving as the U.S. attorney for Montana, was endorsed by Senator Steve Daines and President Trump to succeed Mr. Daines in a race for what will now be an open seat.
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Superfood Fuels Mating Frenzy for Critically Endangered Kakapo

Kakapos, which are reclusive and flightless and can live as long as humans, are found only in New Zealand. They feed on the fruit of the rimu tree.

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A kakapo with eggs on Anchor Island, in New Zealand. The island is known for lacking the kinds of predators that threaten the parrots.
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Senator Blumenthal Pushes to Investigate Kristi Noem for Perjury

Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said Democrats had evidence to suggest Kristi Noem lied under oath during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.

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Senator Richard Blumenthal speaking on Capitol Hill in January. Blumenthal said that Kristi Noem’s removal did not protect her from an investigation.
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Ronnie Eldridge, NY Politician and Aide to RFK and Lindsay, Dies at 95

She was an adviser to Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Mayor John V. Lindsay and Representative Bella S. Abzug before serving on the New York City Council from 1989 to 2001.

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Ronnie Eldridge at a City Council meeting in 1991. Two decades earlier, while working as a top aide to Mayor John V. Lindsay, she was described by The Times as “one of the most influential women of politics in the city government.”
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Fewer Pregnant Women Received Acetaminophen in E.R.s After White House Warnings

A new analysis of prescription data found that emergency room orders for acetaminophen for pregnant women fell for weeks after the federal warning.

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President Trump made an announcement about autism and Tylenol alongside Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington last September.
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Pentagon Officially Notifies Anthropic It Is a ‘Supply Chain Risk’

Anthropic has said it will sue the Defense Department over the designation, which could prevent the start-up from doing business with the U.S. government.

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Although Anthropic is the only company that provides the Pentagon with artificial intelligence technologies for use on classified systems, other companies are angling to replace it.
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Lev Parnas Running for Congress as a Democrat in Florida

Mr. Parnas, who once tried to help find damaging information on Hunter Biden, said his background had turned him into “an advocate for speaking truth to power.”

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Lev Parnas announced his campaign in a video and post on Substack on Wednesday.
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House Turns Back Bid to Restrict Trump’s War Powers in Iran

A handful of Democrats joined Republicans to defeat an effort to force President Trump to go to Congress for approval to continue using force against Iran, while two G.O.P. lawmakers backed it.

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Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky was one of two Republicans to back the effort.
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Pokémon Company Objects to White House’s Political Memes

“No permission was granted for the use of our intellectual property,” the company said. The Trump administration frequently promotes policies with content from video games.

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The White House used an image from the new game Pokémon Pokopia in a social media post saying “Make America Great Again.”
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