| A.I. Spending Sets a Record, With No End in Sight
- Google, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta reported more than $130 billion in quarterly capital expenditures on Wednesday as they build A.I. data centers. There’s more to come.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:53:54 +0000
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| Congress Races to Renew Surveillance Law After House Approval
- Republicans put down a right-wing revolt to push the measure through the House, but it faces changes in the Senate that could delay its final passage past a Friday expiration.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:46:52 +0000
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| U.S. Indictment Accuses Mexican Governor of Conspiring With Sinaloa Cartel
- Prosecutors accused Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of Sinaloa state, and other Mexican officials of a yearslong conspiracy to protect the powerful cartel.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:46:15 +0000
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| Mississippi Middle School Students Avert Bus Crash After Driver Loses Control
- Footage of the incident shared this week by a school district in Mississippi shows a group of students working together to avert disaster on a highway.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:41:29 +0000
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| What the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights Ruling Could Mean for the Midterms
- Democrats stand to lose at least one blue-leaning district in Louisiana, but the timing was unclear. Florida has approved a redder map, and Republicans in several other states are weighing new districts.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:34:55 +0000
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| Hegseth Cites Falsehood to Defend His Firing of Senior Officers
- The defense secretary said at a House hearing that President Barack Obama had fired 197 generals, a figure that the Pentagon previously acknowledged was false.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:28:20 +0000
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| Queen Camilla Unites Winnie-the-Pooh with a Long-Lost Friend
- On Wednesday, the Queen of England presented the New York Public Library with a bespoke replica of Roo, the smallest companion of the Bear of Very Little Brain.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:28:00 +0000
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| Brown University Gunman Planned Attack for Years, F.B.I. Says
- Investigators said the man’s transient lifestyle and social isolation made his intentions hard to track before shootings that killed two Brown students and an M.I.T. professor.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:16:25 +0000
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| Pentagon Puts Iran War Cost at $25 Billion as Hegseth Berates Skeptics
- During his first public appearance on Capitol Hill since the war began, the defense secretary lashed out at lawmakers in both parties who have questioned the conflict.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:07:12 +0000
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| Fed Meeting Underscores Tough Task Ahead for Warsh
- Jerome H. Powell on Wednesday announced he would stay on as a governor at the central bank as internal divisions sharpen about the policy path forward.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:06:29 +0000
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| Supreme Court Limits Reach of Voting Rights Act
- Also, the Pentagon estimates the Iran war cost at $25 billion. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 22:04:19 +0000
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| Powell Says He Will Stay On as Fed Governor After Term as Chair Ends
- Jerome H. Powell cited lingering legal threats against him and the Federal Reserve in explaining his decision to remain at the central bank.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:45:46 +0000
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| Musk Says He ‘Was a Fool’ to Provide OpenAI’s Early Funding
- In the second day of a trial pitting Mr. Musk against OpenAI, he said he was misled by the company’s chief executive, Sam Altman. But OpenAI’s lawyer said evidence showed the opposite.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:44:15 +0000
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| What Worries Me Most About ‘Abundance’
- It’s been a big year for the abundance movement, but what has it really achieved? Ezra Klein talks with his “Abundance” co-author Derek Thompson and with Marc Dunkelman, the author of “Why Nothing Works.”
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:37:12 +0000
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| Two Cocky Authoritarians Blocking Hormuz: What Could Go Wrong?
- In the Iran war, we have two overconfident administrations facing off, each believing that time is on its side.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:19:00 +0000
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| The Murky Ethics of Swimming With Killer Whales
- Only two places in the world allow tourists to enter the water with the ocean’s apex predator. But the safety of both species is a growing concern.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:10:20 +0000
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| Meta Deal Reversal Deepens Split Between China and Silicon Valley
- Beijing’s insistence that Meta unwind its deal with a Chinese A.I. start-up escalates the geopolitical fight over advanced tech.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:08:05 +0000
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| Almost All of Europe Was Abnormally Hot in 2025, Report Finds
- The continent, which is warming faster than the global average, saw wildfires, floods and a sub-Arctic heat wave, the European State of the Climate report said.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:53:54 +0000
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| White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooter Planned Attack Weeks Before Gala, Prosecutors Say
- A new prosecution memo details the preparations made in the days and weeks before the assault on the White House correspondents’ dinner.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:32:14 +0000
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| Florida Approves Redistricting Map That Could Add 4 Republican House Seats
- Several voting rights groups have said that they plan to challenge the map in court once Gov. Ron DeSantis signs it into law.
Wed, 29 Apr 2026 20:23:50 +0000
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