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istration Seeks Extensive Student Data in Campaign to Control Harvard

Harvard and the Trump istration are locked in a battle over records on international students. But Harvard says it is also about the First Amendment.

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Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Bar International Students at Harvard

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Republican Bill Would Limit Judges’ Contempt Power

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These Are the U.S. Universities Most Dependent on International Students

The Trump istration’s threat to block Harvard from enrolling international students highlights the risk other schools face.

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Who Won a Seat at Trump’s Crypto Dinner?

The Times reviewed a guest list and social media posts to identify who was invited to President Trump’s private event for customers of his cryptocurrency business.

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Karen Dunn and Other Top Lawyers Depart Paul Weiss to Start Firm

Four prominent partners are leaving after the law firm cut a deal with the White House to avoid an executive order that would have restricted its business.

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Criticism of Trump Was Removed From a Documentary on Public Television

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National Security Council Will Cut Staff by Half

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With New Tariff Threats, Trump Adds Fresh Chaos to Global Trade Wars

President Trump threatened Apple and the European Union with higher tariffs on social media, saying that trade talks with the Europeans had stalled.

 

Is Trump’s ‘Made in America’ iPhone a Fantasy?

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The Little Giveaways Tucked Into the Big Republican Bill

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U.S. Steel to Form ‘Partnership’ With Nippon Steel, Trump Says

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Billy Joel Announces Brain Disorder and Cancels All Concerts

Joel said he had normal pressure hydrocephalus, which has led to “problems with hearing, vision and balance.”

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Billy Joel Has Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus. What Is It?

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The Great Read

They’re 15. Wait Until You Read Their Newspaper.

The Ditch Weekly, a paper by middle and high schoolers in Long Island, is covering the Hamptons from a new angle.

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Alex Hodor-Lee for The New York Times

A Mythic Route Always in Need of RepairPacific Coast Highway embodies the California promise of freedom. But it keeps breaking.

Mark Abramson for The New York Times

Trump Orders Faster Build-Out of Nuclear Power Plants

Among a flurry of executive actions, President Trump directed the nation’s nuclear safety regulator to speed up approvals for new reactors.

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The gray concrete and steel cooling tower looms over the Vogtle nuclear power plant.

Voucher Provision in House Bill Would Be a Boon for Religious Education

The Supreme Court rejected a religious charter school, but conservatives may get much of what they want in a school voucher program that ed the House this week.

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Speaker Mike Johnson stands with fellow lawmakers at a podium with a sign reading, “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

Bear Cub Learns How to Be Wild From Humans in Fur

In San Diego, caretakers of a black bear cub named Baby Bear are using extraordinary measures to keep him from becoming reliant on humans.

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Ideas

Why Silicon Valley’s Most Powerful People Are So Obsessed With Hobbits

Tech power players and the global far-right are learning all the wrong lessons from “The Lord of the Rings,” Michiko Kakutani writes.

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The Pacers Take a 2-0 Series Lead Over the Knicks After Taking Over the Garden

In Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, New York attempted to give Indiana a taste of its own comeback medicine. But it fell short.

From The Athletic

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic Named to All-N.B.A. First Team

From The Athletic

Sebastião Salgado, Acclaimed Brazilian Photographer, Is Dead at 81

Known for powerful images of nature and the human condition, he was widely regarded as one of the most important documentary photographers of his time.

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See Sebastião Salgado’s Life in Pictures

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  1. Sebastião Salgado in Santa Monica, Calif., in 2009
    Kevin Scanlon for The New York Times
  2. Ethiopia, 1984
    Sebastião Salgado/Amazonas Images, via Press Images/Peter Fetterman Gallery
  3. Benako, Tanzania, 1994
    Sebastião Salgado/Amazonas Images, via Press Images/Peter Fetterman Gallery
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    Brazilian state of Pará, 1986
    Sebastião Salgado/Amazonas Images, via Press Images/Peter Fetterman Gallery
  5. Kuwait, 1991
    Sebastião Salgado/Amazonas Images, via Press Images/Peter Fetterman Gallery
  6. South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, 2009
    Sebastião Salgado/Amazonas Images, via Press Images/Peter Fetterman Gallery
  7. Yanomami Indigenous Territory, Brazil, 2014
    Sebastião Salgado/Amazonas Images, via Press Images/Peter Fetterman Gallery
  8. Mato Grosso, Brazil, 2005
    Sebastião Salgado/Amazonas Images, via Press Images/Peter Fetterman Gallery

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Army Report Links Pentagon Equipment Glitch to Aborted Landings at D.C. Airport

The diversion of two commercial flights on May 1 has raised new questions about equipment and safety in some of Washington’s busiest airspace.

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Brush Fire Near Popular California Lake Prompts Evacuations

The Inn fire had grown to 700 acres to the northwest of Mono Lake, near the Nevada border. Several brush fires have erupted in California in the last week.

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U.S. and Iran Are Said to Make Modest Progress in Nuclear Talks

The talks have the potential to reshape regional and global security and could transform Iran’s economic and political landscape.

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Knife Attack at Hamburg Train Station Wounds at Least 17

Four of the victims are in critical condition. German police said a 39-year-old woman carried out the attack.

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