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      • 2018Q4
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      • 2017Q4
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        • Nov 30
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      • 2016Q4
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      • 2016Q1
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Trump’s tax cuts are set to shrink after GOP flinches at deep spending cuts

Politico Congress
18 minutes 22 seconds ago
On the chopping block could be a litany of Trump demands, including a permanent extension of the tax cuts passed during his first term.
By Ben Leonard, Benjamin Guggenheim and Meredith Lee Hill

Trade War Shock Is Scrambling China’s Exports

New York Times home page
33 minutes 18 seconds ago
Shipments of goods to the United States plunged by 21 percent in April, but spiked to Asia as President Trump imposed sky-high tariffs on China.
Alexandra Stevenson

Putin Aims to Project Power at Military Parade Marking Victory Over Nazi Germany

New York Times home page
1 hour 6 minutes ago
The Russian president is seeking to use the event to depict himself as a global leader despite Western efforts to isolate him and a failure to win the war in Ukraine.
Ivan Nechepurenko

The Pope Appears Uneasy With Trump Immigration Policies

New York Times home page
1 hour 24 minutes ago
Before Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became pope, a social media account under his name shared criticisms of the Trump administration’s positions on immigration.
Lisa Lerer

The Pope Appears Uneasy With Trump Immigration Policies

New York Times Politics
1 hour 24 minutes ago
Before Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became pope, a social media account under his name shared criticisms of the Trump administration’s positions on immigration.
Lisa Lerer

Pope Leo XIV, the First American Pontiff, Took a Global Route to the Top Post

New York Times home page
1 hour 24 minutes ago
Robert Francis Prevost, who led the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops around the world, has spent much of his life outside the United States.
Motoko Rich, Elizabeth Dias and Jason Horowitz

The Pope Is a Graduate of Villanova, Where the Church Bells Won’t Stop Ringing

New York Times home page
2 hours 13 minutes ago
The private Catholic university in the suburbs of Philadelphia has a new most famous alumnus.
Sarah Mervosh

This Israeli Government Is Not Our Ally

New York Times home page
3 hours 29 minutes ago
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is behaving in ways that threaten U.S. interests in the region.
Thomas L. Friedman

Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress

New York Times home page
3 hours 49 minutes ago
Dr. Carla D. Hayden was the first African American and the first woman to serve as the head of the Library of Congress. Her firing drew a furious response from Democrats.
Tim Balk

Trump Administration Fires Librarian of Congress

New York Times Politics
3 hours 49 minutes ago
Dr. Carla D. Hayden was the first African American and the first woman to serve as the head of the Library of Congress. Her firing drew a furious response from Democrats.
Tim Balk

Russia’s Victory Day Parade: What to Know.

New York Times home page
5 hours 2 minutes ago
A huge parade in the Russian capital to celebrate the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, attended by leaders of more than 20 countries, comes amid faltering attempts to end the war in Ukraine.
Ivan Nechepurenko

Europe’s Wind Industry Faces Uncertainty Over Trump’s Policies

New York Times home page
5 hours 2 minutes ago
Not long ago, the U.S. was seen as a promising market for offshore wind. Now industry executives aren’t making any assumptions.
Stanley Reed

Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaner Refugees to U.S. Next Week

New York Times Politics
5 hours 2 minutes ago
The rapid relocation of the Afrikaners, who President Trump says have been racially persecuted in South Africa, stands in stark contrast to the virtual shutdown of all other refugee admissions.
Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Hamed Aleaziz and John Eligon

Trump Officials Seek to Bring First White Afrikaner Refugees to U.S. Next Week

New York Times home page
5 hours 2 minutes ago
The rapid relocation of the Afrikaners, who President Trump says have been racially persecuted in South Africa, stands in stark contrast to the virtual shutdown of all other refugee admissions.
Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Hamed Aleaziz and John Eligon

Trump Declares Biden’s Digital Equity Act ‘Racist’ and ‘Unconstitutional’

New York Times Politics
5 hours 30 minutes ago
President Trump denounced the Biden-era Digital Equity Act as “woke handouts based on race,” raging in a social media post against a broad effort to improve high-speed internet access.
Chris Cameron

James Foley, Who Directed ‘Glengarry Glen Ross,’ Dies at 71

New York Times home page
6 hours 6 minutes ago
The veteran New York City-born filmmaker also directed the sequels to “Fifty Shades of Grey” and a dozen episodes of “House of Cards.”
Alexandra E. Petri and Simon J. Levien

Pope Leo XIV Overcame a Major Strike Against Him: Being American

New York Times home page
6 hours 8 minutes ago
Before he was chosen, Robert Francis Prevost had the papal seal of approval from his predecessor, Francis, who put him in one of the top jobs in the Roman Catholic Church.
Jason Horowitz

Police and Brooklyn College Protesters Clash After Pro-Palestinian Rally

New York Times home page
6 hours 13 minutes ago
The police moved in to make arrests after demonstrators left the college grounds and gathered outside. Officers punched some students and slammed others to the ground.
Wesley Parnell and Ed Shanahan

New Pope Has Creole Roots in New Orleans

New York Times home page
6 hours 23 minutes ago
His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked Black Catholic experience in America.
Richard Fausset and Robert Chiarito

Reincarnated by A.I., Arizona Man Forgives His Killer at Sentencing

New York Times home page
6 hours 58 minutes ago
A likeness of Christopher Pelkey, who was killed in a 2021 road rage episode, was created with artificial intelligence. It was part of a victim’s impact statement.
Neil Vigdor

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden is fired by Trump

Politico Congress
7 hours 21 minutes ago

Americans Celebrate Pope Leo XIV, the First Pontiff From the U.S.

New York Times home page
7 hours 21 minutes ago
Across the country, Catholics and non-Catholics alike greeted the news of the Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV with reverence and satisfaction.
Jack Healy, Kate Selig and Darren Sands

Laura Loomer Targets Trump’s Pick for Surgeon General as Kennedy Pushes Back

New York Times home page
7 hours 29 minutes ago
The selection of Dr. Casey Means drew ridicule from a Trump ally, Laura Loomer. But Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended the surgeon general nominee.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Laura Loomer Targets Trump’s Pick for Surgeon General as Kennedy Pushes Back

New York Times Politics
7 hours 29 minutes ago
The selection of Dr. Casey Means drew ridicule from a Trump ally, Laura Loomer. But Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. defended the surgeon general nominee.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Trump Names Jeanine Pirro, Fox News Host, as Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C.

New York Times home page
7 hours 45 minutes ago
The Fox News personality has known the president for decades and would provide him with a reliable line into a crucial prosecutors office in the Justice Department.
Maggie Haberman, Glenn Thrush and Charlie Savage

Trump Names Jeanine Pirro, Fox News Host, as Interim U.S. Attorney for D.C.

New York Times Politics
7 hours 45 minutes ago
The Fox News personality has known the president for decades and would provide him with a reliable line into a crucial prosecutors office in the Justice Department.
Maggie Haberman, Glenn Thrush and Charlie Savage

A Year Ago, Columbia Security Was Hands-Off at a Protest. Not This Time.

New York Times home page
8 hours 15 minutes ago
When demonstrators occupied the university’s main library on Wednesday, campus security forces intervened aggressively. The occupation ended with arrests hours later.
Sharon Otterman

U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal to Build on Close Ties but Leave Some Tariffs in Place

New York Times home page
8 hours 16 minutes ago
Much of the agreement President Trump unveiled Thursday still needs to be negotiated, but the administration said the deal with one of America’s closest allies would be the first of many.
Ana Swanson and Jonathan Swan

U.S.-U.K. Trade Deal to Build on Close Ties but Leave Some Tariffs in Place

New York Times Politics
8 hours 16 minutes ago
Much of the agreement President Trump unveiled Thursday still needs to be negotiated, but the administration said the deal with one of America’s closest allies would be the first of many.
Ana Swanson and Jonathan Swan

Alexander Brothers Face More Sex Crimes, Including Against Underage Girl

New York Times home page
8 hours 37 minutes ago
Prosecutors added more charges in the sex-trafficking case against Oren and Tal Alexander, who were known as top brokers in luxury real estate, and their brother Alon Alexander.
Debra Kamin and Benjamin Weiser

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