| Abdul El-Sayed Thinks Progressives Have a Way to Win. I Hope He’s Right.
- Abdul El-Sayed is quick, magnetic, overflowing with infectious confidence. But he also has a blind spot endemic to his movement.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:09:45 +0000
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| Trump Said Qatari Jet Was Destined for His Library. That May Change.
- A White House official says no final decision has been made about which plane will go on display at the Trump presidential library. That leaves the fate of the Qatari jet unclear.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:03:15 +0000
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| El-Sayed’s Michigan Senate Primary Win Sets Up the Left’s Biggest Test of the Fall
- Abdul El-Sayed’s Senate candidacy poses a critical challenge for Democrats’ ascendant progressive wing: Can an insurgent candidate, with unabashedly liberal positions, win a general election in a moderate state?
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 21:00:11 +0000
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| U.S. Cuts Ties With Organ Donor Group After Reports of Abuses
- The federal government is ending its contract with a Kentucky nonprofit that it says pressured medical workers to remove organs from patients who were getting better.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:57:55 +0000
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| Death Renews Scrutiny of Delaney Hall. Here’s What to Know.
- The death of a Salvadoran immigrant at the federal detention center in Newark has raised questions about the conditions there.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:45:53 +0000
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| How China’s A.I. Is Surging Across Africa
- In African tech hubs, developers are picking China’s cheap, freely available artificial intelligence models over more powerful U.S. ones.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:41:15 +0000
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| Have We Turned Personality Into Diagnosis?
- Why we keep searching for new ways to explain ourselves.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:12:19 +0000
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| Cost of Trump’s Namesake Warships Likely to Rise by 50 Percent or More
- President Trump’s goal of building a “golden fleet” of 15 battleships could cost $275 billion, according to a government estimate.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 20:11:00 +0000
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| Israel Strikes Lebanon After Accusing Hezbollah of Cease-Fire Violation
- At the same time, Israeli and Lebanese negotiators were holding talks in Rome aimed at fostering a long-term diplomatic settlement.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 19:45:17 +0000
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| Butterflies Take Flight in Face of Climate Change and Extreme Weather
- In 32 of the countries included in a recent study, at least a quarter of the native butterfly species had moved to new areas.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:59:15 +0000
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| Lobga Rangzen, the Tibetan Activist Who Set Himself on Fire in Manhattan
- No one doubted the intensity of Lobga Rangzen’s commitment to a Tibet free of Chinese control. But they were not prepared for what he did next.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:56:37 +0000
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| A Four-Ton SpaceX Rocket Stage Hit the Moon, but No One Saw It
- Amateur and professional astronomers pointed their telescopes at the impact site. Most did not detect anything.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:41:20 +0000
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| How Malta Became a Tax Haven for Crocs and Other U.S. Companies
- The Mediterranean archipelago is a hot destination for U.S. companies seeking to shield profits from income taxes.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:38:57 +0000
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| Why Congress Wants a Closer U.S.-Israel Defense Partnership
- A proposal making its way through Congress would integrate the U.S. and Israeli defense and intelligence apparatuses more tightly. Some worry that it is a bad idea.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:38:29 +0000
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| Trump’s Push for More A.I. Data Centers Will Mean Major Air Pollution
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Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:05:54 +0000
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| Suspected Iran Cyberattacks on U.S. Water Supply Follow Years of Warnings and Neglect
- Federal and state officials are racing to address an assault on the nation’s water supply that they believe is the work of Iranian hackers.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 18:00:01 +0000
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| Windy Weather Could Worsen Pacific Northwest Fires
- Forecasters expect winds to pick up in eastern Washington and Oregon on Friday and Saturday, but not to be as strong as last weekend’s were.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:18:36 +0000
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| Iran Says It Is Nearing Final Agreement With Oman on Strait of Hormuz
- The agreement on an acceptable route for ships to pass through the strait would effectively ratify Tehran’s control over the crucial waterway.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 17:08:46 +0000
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| ICE Threatens Sheriffs In Chicago and Minneapolis With Prosecution Over Access to Inmates
- In a new tactic, federal immigration officials recently started saying they would criminally charge the elected county sheriffs in Minneapolis and Chicago.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:38:16 +0000
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| It’s the Summer of Soundwalking. He Is Your Sherpa.
- “We may be hearing but not listening,” Jacek Smolicki said, showing a reporter how sound travels through tree roots in Central Park and amplifying the scraping of aquatic snails.
Wed, 05 Aug 2026 16:07:48 +0000
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