| Trump Backs Off Plan for $1.8 Billion Fund That Drew Political Backlash
- The fund has drawn backlash from critics who said it was a scheme to reward President Trump’s political allies with public benefits.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:16:41 +0000
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| Russia Launches Deadly Strikes on Kyiv After Threatening Ukraine for a Week
- Moscow’s repeated warnings of a major strike, combined with the delay before it happened, seemed intended to inflict a psychological toll on the Ukrainian capital.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:10:38 +0000
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| Iran War Live Updates: Israel Appears to Pull Back From Threat to Strike Beirut
- President Trump is pressing Israel not to attack the Lebanese capital. An escalation in Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah could threaten peace talks with Iran.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:03:42 +0000
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| As A.I. Makes Strides in Mathematics, Mathematicians Urge Caution
- A week after OpenAI made headlines with an A.I.-generated proof, a new “declaration” by 16 experts raises concerns that the technology threatens math as a discipline.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:00:14 +0000
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| Extreme Water Shortages in the West, and Hegseth’s Pentagon Purge
- Plus, the rocky, unpredictable race for California governor.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:00:07 +0000
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| How Hezbollah Drones Upended Israel’s Strategy in Lebanon
- An Israeli campaign that started with high hopes has devolved into a kind of impasse, with Hezbollah looking more capable than it did when the war began.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:25:13 +0000
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| Why America Is Its Own Biggest Geopolitical Risk
- The political risk analyst Ian Bremmer argues that the greatest driver of risk in the world right now is President Trump.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:04:43 +0000
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| California’s Primary Election: What to Watch
- The race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom has been unpredictable for months, while Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles is trying to fend off two challengers.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:02:22 +0000
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| What to Watch in Tuesday’s Primary Elections in Iowa, Montana and Beyond
- Democrats have a competitive Senate primary race in Iowa, where the party is hoping to make gains, while a smokejumper is running in a contested House primary in Montana.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:02:16 +0000
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| Obama Center’s Two Sides: A Lovely Park and a Forbidding Tower
- In Chicago, the $850 million Obama Presidential Center aims to remake a neighborhood with a 19.3-acre community hub and a brooding 225-foot museum.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:02:06 +0000
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| What Ireland and Germany Can Teach Us About Birthright Citizenship
- President Trump has argued that the United States is “stupid” for granting citizenship at birth. Most countries don’t do so, but that can create problems.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:01:05 +0000
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| U.S. Was Asked to Blacklist Colombian Cartel Gold. It Was Also Buying It.
- The request for sanctions, from Colombia’s defense minister, shows failures at both ends of the supply chain for illegal gold.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:52 +0000
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| Hospitals See Diseases Resurge as Vaccinations Decline
- Doctors nationwide are encountering more children with whooping cough, bacterial infections and other serious illnesses, as well as more adults refusing tetanus shots.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:12 +0000
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| Mamdani Advances 34th St. Bus Lane Plan That U.S. Had Blocked
- The city is moving forward with a redesign of 34th Street in Manhattan that the White House halted last year after threatening to withhold federal funding for other transit priorities.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:00:23 +0000
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| Group Pledges $2 Million to Fight AIPAC in House Races
- A super PAC created to counter spending from powerful pro-Israel groups will try to help Democrats critical of Israel’s wars and military actions.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:00:18 +0000
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| Mamdani Is Under Pressure to Act Amid Slowing Job Growth in New York
- As New York City faces slowing job growth and broader economic concerns, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has not offered a detailed plan to create jobs.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:00:06 +0000
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| Late Night Updates America on the Lineup for Its 250th Birthday Bash
- “Instead of music, the entertainment will be an 80-year-old man yelling about windmills,” Jimmy Kimmel said after President Trump said he would headline a summer concert series.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:46:54 +0000
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| Trump Finds High-Wire Iran Negotiations ‘Very Boring’
- President Trump told CNBC that he “couldn’t care less” if the negotiations with Iran break down.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 04:35:29 +0000
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| Security Council Members Call for Israel to Withdraw From Southern Lebanon
- The U.N. panel met after Israel had threatened to attack southern Beirut. President Trump said later that Israel and Hezbollah had agreed not to attack each other.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 02:18:30 +0000
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| As Ebola Spreads, Scientists Race to Find Vaccines and Treatments
- The Bundibugyo virus, a little known type, previously had caused just two small outbreaks. Now it’s at the center of a rapidly widening epidemic in Africa.
Tue, 02 Jun 2026 01:38:21 +0000
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