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The Road to Trump’s Embrace of White South Africans
The Trump administration’s hostile approach to South Africa was shaped by a convergence of factors.
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All-Night House Sessions Put Some Lawmakers to Sleep
Members of two key House committees worked all night on a sprawling domestic policy bill. Some fell asleep along the way.
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Will Putin Be in Turkey for Peace Talks? Kremlin’s List Indicates Not.
A hard-line aide to the Russian president will instead lead the delegation, according to a Kremlin statement.
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Why Does the Trump Administration Want a New Air Force One?
The two 747-200s that serve as the American president’s command center in the sky are more than 30 years are old and were meant to be phased out of service years ago.
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RFK Jr. Dodges Vaccine Questions, Says Not to Take Medical Advice From Him
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has often used his influential position to weigh in on public health issues, but during a congressional hearing he dodged questions about whether children should be vaccinated.
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Watchdog Effort to Obtain DOGE Records Can Proceed, Appeals Court Rules
The decision requires Elon Musk’s team to resume efforts to share information about its structure and day-to-day operations requested under the Freedom of Information Act.
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A D.I.Y. Cooking Course in Mexico City
Instead of an expensive weeklong culinary program, our columnist sampled three day classes, and learned a few things about mole sauce, tacos al pastor and local culture.
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This Fossil’s 3 Eyes Are Not Its Most Surprising Feature
Cambrian Period creatures known as sea moths seemed alien because of their additional eye, but a study finds anatomical features more in line with modern animals.
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Interior Department Weighs Less Conservation, More Extraction
A leaked version of the department’s five-year strategic planning document favors privatization and economic returns from the nation’s public lands.
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What Trump, and C.E.O.s, Actually Got in Riyadh
Executives including Elon Musk and Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, were in Saudi Arabia for for new investments. That, not tariffs, is what they wanted from Trump.