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FILE —  Police patrol next to clotheslines in Tibu, a small town near the border with Venezuela, in Colombia, Jan. 22, 2025. People displaced by violence in the region had taken shelter in the town. (Federico Rios/The New York Times)

How Trump’s ending of USAID threatens a nation’s peace

THE NEW YORK TIMES: As the Trump administration has withdrawn most foreign assistance globally, it has undercut a deal designed, in part, to curtail the flow of drugs to the United States.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: I had forgotten how exhausting it is to live in Donald Trump’s world. He’s not only a political figure. He creates a psychological and social atmosphere that suffuses the whole culture.

How to survive the Trump years with your spirit intact

THE NEW YORK TIMES: I had forgotten how exhausting it is to live in Donald Trump’s world. He’s not only a political figure. He creates a psychological and social atmosphere that suffuses the whole culture.

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Former US vice president Kamala Harris says Donald Trump's politics benefit the rich.

Harris returns, warning of a constitutional crisis

Former vice president Kamala Harris has waded back into the conversation with an affirmation of Democratic frustrations, in a speech her camp billed as her most extensive remarks since leaving Washington.

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A general view of St. Peter’s Square as pallbearers carry the coffin during the funeral of Pope Francis on April 26, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican.

Could the next Pope be from Africa?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The election of an African pope would most likely usher in an era of conservatism, in line with the traditional views of many African Catholics.

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Trump has provoked a trade war, scrapped treaties and suggested that Washington might not defend Europe. He is also dismantling the governmental infrastructure that has provided the know-how and experience.

Why Trump’s economic disruption will be hard to reverse

THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Donald Trump has made clear his intent to smash the reigning global economic order. And in 100 days, he has made remarkable progress in accomplishing that goal.

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A large portion of the damaged plane fuselage is lifted from the Potomac River during recovery efforts after the American Airlines crash.

Shock report discloses pilot error in airline disaster

New details have emerged about pilot errors and technology failures that contributed to one of the worst aviation disasters in American history.

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Israel has used the war in Gaza to rapidly test and deploy Artificial Intelligence-backed military technologies to a degree that had not been seen before, according to interviews with nine American and Israeli defense officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the work is confidential.

How the war in Gaza drove Israel’s AI experiments

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Israel has used the war in Gaza to rapidly test and deploy Artificial Intelligence-backed military technologies to a degree that had not been seen before.

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President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he travels to the funeral of Pope Francis aboard Air Force One, April 25, 2025. In response to a White House proposal to end the war in Ukraine that critics say would grant the Kremlin much of what it wants, UkraineÕs leadership has drafted a counteroffer they plan to deliver to TrumpÕs team. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

Ukrainian peace plan hints at concessions, obstacles remain

Ukraine’s leadership has drafted a counterproposal to a Trump administration plan that has drawn criticism for conceding too much to Russia.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Donald Trump’s strength is his greatest weakness.

Donald Trump’s strength is his greatest weakness

DAVID BROOKS: The Trump administration is like a supercar with 1,000 horsepower, and its opponents have been coasting around on mopeds.

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Pope Francis, who passed to his reward on the morning after Easter at age 88. Pictured in 2015 in Manila, Philippines.

Francis and the end of the Imperial papacy

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Pope Francis was a version of the liberal pope that many Catholics had earnestly desired all through the long reign of John Paul II and the shorter one of Benedict XVI.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Brace yourself. Donald Trump’s trade war with China will get even uglier.

Trump’s trade war with China will get even uglier

THE NEW YORK TIMES: US President Donald Trump may be more dangerous to his own side of a trade war than to the other guy.

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How do you revitalise American manufacturing if manufacturers can’t reasonably import the materials they need to build factories and produce goods? Where is capital supposed to come from? 

Trump’s tariff saga comes down to one thing

THE NEW YORK TIMES: It is a fool’s errand to try to rationalise President Donald Trump’s obsession with tariffs. This is not to say that people haven’t tried.

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QUESTION: My friend won’t speak to me after I blabbed about her secret Lover. How do I win her trust back?

I blabbed about my bestie’s secret lover. What do I do?

QUESTION: My friend won’t speak to me after I blabbed about her secret Lover. How do I win her trust back?

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: It’s widely known that during his first term, the so-called adults in the room thwarted some of Trump’s most destructive whims. There have been far fewer such figures in the Trump sequel.

Why did so many people delude themselves about Trump?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: It’s widely known that during his first term, the so-called adults in the room thwarted some of Trump’s most destructive whims. There have been far fewer such figures in the Trump sequel.

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President Donald Trump tosses a MAGA hat at his event to sign tariffs, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Damon Winter/The New York Times)

The two theories behind Donald Trump’s tariff shock plan

There are two related theories of what Donald Trump’s dramatic revision of the global trade system is intended to accomplish.

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