| 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 18:03:12 +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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| 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 17:25:22 +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 17:13:11 +0000
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| Israel Minister Taunts Pro-Palestinian Flotilla Activists in Video
- In the video, the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, walks past activists in handcuffs and forced to kneel on the deck of a ship. It drew outrage at home and abroad.
Wed, 20 May 2026 17:10:12 +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 16:50:49 +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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| 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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| Harvard Caps A’s as Selective Colleges Attack Grade Inflation
- Faculty members overwhelmingly approved a limit on the number of top grades they can give to about a fifth of their undergraduate classes.
Wed, 20 May 2026 16:10:28 +0000
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| A Cattle Ranch Is Doing What Ivy League Colleges Can’t
- College education does almost nothing to develop the sense that what we do in our day-to-day lives resonates with people beyond ourselves.
Wed, 20 May 2026 15:45:07 +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 15:25:40 +0000
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| Jan. 6 Police Officers Sue to Block Trump’s Payout Fund
- The two officers accused the administration of creating a “slush fund” to reward rioters and groups that committed violence on behalf of President Trump.
Wed, 20 May 2026 15:14:03 +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 14:59:48 +0000
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| Iran Threatens to Strike Beyond the Middle East if the U.S. Resumes Attacks
- The warning was issued as President Trump and Vice President JD Vance say progress is being made toward a deal, while keeping open the threat of renewed strikes.
Wed, 20 May 2026 14:43:51 +0000
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| Barney Frank, Gay Pioneer and Liberal Stalwart in Congress, Dies at 86
- Often voted the “brainiest,” “funniest” and “most eloquent” member of the House, he was also the first to come out voluntarily and helped normalize being openly gay in public office.
Wed, 20 May 2026 14:37:07 +0000
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| Timmy the Whale Got Stranded Off the German Coast. Then Things Got Weird.
- A humpback that became stuck in the Baltic seemed to unite a nation in hope. Rescue efforts followed, and then finger-pointing.
Wed, 20 May 2026 14:33:22 +0000
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| James Murdoch Buys Half of Vox Media
- The media scion is buying Vox Media’s podcast network, New York magazine and Vox.com for more than $300 million.
Wed, 20 May 2026 14:13:45 +0000
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| The French Civil Servant Accused of Drugging More Than 100 Women
- For years, prosecutors have accused Christian Nègre, once a senior official, of slipping diuretics into women’s drinks. Despite admitting some accusations in an interview with a French daily, he is yet to stand trial.
Wed, 20 May 2026 14:11:31 +0000
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