| House Passes Housing Bill, Uniting on a Measure to Bring Down Costs
- The legislation, which had been stalled amid Republican divisions, passed overwhelmingly, signaling an eagerness in both parties to address affordability in an election year.
Wed, 20 May 2026 19:38:37 +0000
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| Video Shows Itamar Ben-Gvir Taunting Pro-Palestinian Activists
- The national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, posted a video in which he is seen with handcuffed activists forced to kneel on the deck of a ship. It drew a rebuke from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Wed, 20 May 2026 19:25:36 +0000
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| A Founder of e.l.f. Cosmetics Gave Up the High Life to Be a Catholic Priest
- A mystical encounter 12 years ago led Scott Vincent Borba, a founder of e.l.f. Beauty, on a journey that will culminate this week, when he is ordained as a Roman Catholic priest.
Wed, 20 May 2026 19:06:27 +0000
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| Ebola Outbreak Is Unlikely to Become Global Threat, W.H.O. Says
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World Health Organization’s director general, said the outbreak in central Africa was “not a pandemic emergency.”
Wed, 20 May 2026 19:05:57 +0000
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| Rubio, in Video, Urges Cubans to Align With Trump Administration
- In a rare direct address, Secretary of State Marco Rubio blamed the former leader Raúl Castro for the country’s longstanding electricity and resource shortages.
Wed, 20 May 2026 19:04:48 +0000
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| Early War Goal Was to Install Hard-Line Former President as Iran’s Leader
- An Israeli strike designed to free Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from house arrest in Tehran, U.S. officials said, was part of an effort to bring about regime change and put him in power.
Wed, 20 May 2026 18:44:28 +0000
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| OpenAI Prepares to File for an I.P.O. in Coming Weeks
- OpenAI would be one of the most highly anticipated potential initial public offerings, in what is set to be a major year of I.P.O.s for Silicon Valley.
Wed, 20 May 2026 18:41:52 +0000
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| Majority of Fed Officials Embraced Possibility of Higher Rates at Latest Meeting
- A record of the April meeting, Jerome H. Powell’s last as chair, underscored the extent to which the war with Iran has upended the economic outlook.
Wed, 20 May 2026 18:40:45 +0000
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| Surgeon General’s Office Issues Screen Time Warning
- The post of surgeon general has remained empty since President Trump took office last year.
Wed, 20 May 2026 18:35:54 +0000
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| Europe’s Green-Energy Future Has a Reindeer Problem
- In northern Norway, Sami people fear a copper mine will disrupt their traditional lifestyles.
Wed, 20 May 2026 18:25:56 +0000
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| San Diego Mosque Shooting Follows Alarm About Rising Islamophobia
- Muslims pointed to a rise in overt hatred online, political attacks and harassment in the months before the killing of three people outside an Islamic center.
Wed, 20 May 2026 18:15:26 +0000
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| Jeff Bezos Praises Trump’s Second Term as ‘More Mature’
- The Amazon founder and owner of The Washington Post also rejected the idea that he has made changes at his companies to gain favor with the president.
Wed, 20 May 2026 18:07:47 +0000
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| Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees, As A.I. Casualties Mount
- Employees have signed petitions against being tracked by A.I. and were trying to figure out who had been let go on Wednesday, as the Silicon Valley giant tries to transform into an A.I.-first company.
Wed, 20 May 2026 18:03:13 +0000
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| To 2026 Graduates Facing a Bleak Job Market, 1991 Grads Have Some Advice
- The New York Times profiled young job seekers in 1991. Today, their own children are entering a work force in flux.
Wed, 20 May 2026 17:38:10 +0000
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| Trump’s $1.8 Billion Fund Tests Constitutional Limits
- The deal the president reached with his own subordinates relies on a mechanism created by Congress that legal experts had warned was subject to manipulation.
Wed, 20 May 2026 17:25:43 +0000
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| E. Jean Carroll Taught Me to Not Be Afraid
- It’s not easy to make an anti-Trump documentary right now.
Wed, 20 May 2026 17:04:42 +0000
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| Raffensperger Loses in Primary for Georgia Governor
- In his campaign for Georgia governor, Mr. Raffensperger found that G.O.P. voters still blamed him for Mr. Trump’s 2020 loss.
Wed, 20 May 2026 16:42:41 +0000
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| Ebola Crisis Sparks Debate Over Global Health Double Standards
- To some Africans, the claim that the continent’s largest health agency had already bungled its response scratched a familiar wound.
Wed, 20 May 2026 16:39:37 +0000
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| Trump’s Slush Fund Will Reward Criminals. Americans Will Pay for It.
- The president’s corruption and subversion of democratic tradition risk becoming the norm.
Wed, 20 May 2026 16:34:44 +0000
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| RFK Jr. Fires Leaders of Key Health Task Force
- The health secretary has undermined the work of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force over the past year.
Wed, 20 May 2026 16:21:56 +0000
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