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Déjà Vu for Mike Johnson as Internal Strife Stalls Spending Plan
The House speaker faces a choice of cutting a deal with Democrats or bowing to conservatives and Donald Trump and shutting down the government just before the election.
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The First Votes Will Soon Be Cast
As campaigns shift from persuading voters to turning them out, mail voting is in the spotlight.
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Walking From Manhattan to the Catskills on the ‘Long Path’
Intrigued by a trail marker he spotted upstate, a photographer set out to follow a meandering — and little-known — hiking route north from New York City.
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Video: SpaceX Polaris Dawn Spacewalk — Watch the Astronauts Live
Jared Isaacman, the billionaire entrepreneur leading the mission, and Sarah Gillis, a SpaceX engineer, exited and later re-entered the vehicle’s hatch in a milestone for commercial space travel.
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Marmosets Call Each Other By Name, Study Finds
Marmosets are the first nonhuman primates known to use name-like labels for individuals, a new study suggests.
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Europeans Used Cocaine Much Earlier Than Previously Thought, Study Finds
In human remains buried in an Italian crypt, researchers found evidence of cocaine use from the 17th century.
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Why Low Layoff Numbers Don’t Mean the Labor Market Is Strong
Past economic cycles show that unemployment starts to tick up ahead of a recession, with wide-scale layoffs coming only later.
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Offshore Wind Slowed by Broken Blades, Rising Costs and Angry Fishermen
Accidents involving blades made by GE Vernova have delayed projects off the coasts of Massachusetts and England and could imperil climate goals.
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Young Chinese Émigrés Confront America’s Brutal Visa Lottery
For Chinese seeking educational opportunity, the United States has long been the top spot, but as more want to stay to work, their paths are full of roadblocks.
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Citing Gaza Help, Blinken Waives Human Rights Conditions on Aid to Egypt
Cairo will receive its full military aid allotment of $1.3 billion after the secretary of state also said it had made progress on releasing political prisoners and protecting Americans.