| Elon Musk and Other CEOs on Trump’s Trip to China Sought Relief
- Elon Musk and other powerful executives who accompanied President Trump to China are hoping to clear roadblocks put up by Beijing.
Thu, 21 May 2026 22:31:07 +0000
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| Cuba Needs a New Story
- How can Cubans move forward if they aren’t ready to reckon with their past?
Thu, 21 May 2026 22:16:14 +0000
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| Publishing’s Latest Piracy Problem: Audiobooks on YouTube
- Illegal, synthetically narrated copies of “The Hunger Games,” hit self-help books and everything in between are increasingly common on the platform.
Thu, 21 May 2026 22:01:26 +0000
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| Senate Republicans Revolt Over Trump’s Fund
- Also, Democrats release a draft report on what they did wrong in 2024. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
Thu, 21 May 2026 21:51:35 +0000
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| Audit Immunity for Trump Family Puts I.R.S. in a Bind
- Federal law prohibits the Internal Revenue Service from halting an audit at the direction of the president or his aides.
Thu, 21 May 2026 21:34:33 +0000
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| Ebola Is a Terrible Disease. I Saw It Firsthand.
- The Trump administration cut the programs meant to coordinate an Ebola response.
Thu, 21 May 2026 21:00:06 +0000
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| Germany Indicts Two Men for Plotting to Kill Jewish Leaders on Iran’s Behalf
- European authorities have grown concerned about a rise in Iranian intelligence activity in Europe in the wake of the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.
Thu, 21 May 2026 20:48:23 +0000
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| Tennessee Calls Off Execution After Staff Can’t Find Prisoner’s Vein
- Tony Carruthers, convicted in connection with three 1994 murders, was scheduled to be executed Thursday morning.
Thu, 21 May 2026 20:39:25 +0000
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| ‘Peanuts’ Music Owner Sues Interior Department and 3 Companies for Copyright Infringement
- The owner of the “Peanuts” catalog would really like it if companies and the U.S. government stopped using its music without permission.
Thu, 21 May 2026 20:22:42 +0000
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| Exxon Is Nearing a Deal to Pump Oil in Venezuela, Marking a Victory for Trump
- The U.S. oil giant is negotiating a deal to pump oil in Venezuela, ending a standoff with its socialist rulers and marking a victory for President Trump.
Thu, 21 May 2026 19:58:31 +0000
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| Supreme Court Permits Lawsuit Over U.S. Assets Seized by Cuba in 1960
- The Trump administration backed a lawsuit brought by the Havana Docks Corporation that would allow the U.S.-owned entity to get compensation for property confiscated by Fidel Castro’s regime.
Thu, 21 May 2026 18:55:28 +0000
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| U.S. Adds Security Measures at Dulles to Receive Citizens Who Have Been in Ebola Outbreak Region
- The Department of Homeland Security directed all flights carrying certain travelers to arrive at Dulles International Airport in Virginia.
Thu, 21 May 2026 18:52:38 +0000
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| 5 Takeaways From the Democrats’ Autopsy of Kamala Harris’s 2024 Loss
- A draft report released by the Democratic National Committee argued that Ms. Harris did not sufficiently separate herself from President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Thu, 21 May 2026 18:39:08 +0000
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| A Very Lonely Caterpillar, Possibly the Last of Its Kind, Has Died
- The Sacramento Mountains checkerspot butterfly hasn’t been seen in the wild since 2022. The caterpillar was the last individual in human care.
Thu, 21 May 2026 18:37:36 +0000
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| NOAA’s 2026 Atlantic Hurricane Forecast Sees Fewer Storms, but There’s a Catch
- El Niño may keep the Atlantic quieter, but it could bring more storms to the Pacific.
Thu, 21 May 2026 17:54:29 +0000
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| A Powerful El Niño Is Forming. If History Is a Guide, It Could Hit Hard.
- The biggest episodes of the past have altered the course of human events, according to researchers. An emerging one is drawing historic comparisons.
Thu, 21 May 2026 17:36:19 +0000
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| Elim Chan Becomes First Female Music Director of San Francisco Symphony
- Elim Chan has been named the symphony’s next music director. She joins a small field of female conductors at American orchestras, as San Francisco rebuilds after Esa-Pekka Salonen.
Thu, 21 May 2026 16:48:03 +0000
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| Justices Decline to Rule in Death Penalty Case Over Intellectual Disabilities
- An Alabama man challenged his death sentence after a murder conviction because of his varying results in a series of I.Q. tests.
Thu, 21 May 2026 16:23:25 +0000
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| Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund in the Cross Hairs
- Critics say the deal creates a “slush fund,” a term with a colorful maritime history.
Thu, 21 May 2026 16:01:19 +0000
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| The Hard-Line Military Fraternity Running Iran
- Decision making in the country is guided by a small group of men associated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
Thu, 21 May 2026 14:08:58 +0000
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