The New York Times

PAUL MALEY: Americans were able to put Donald Trump’s character deficiencies aside because they were looking for someone to lead, not to be their mate.

Beware: We are entering a new phase of the Trump Era

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The United States in the last four months has felt like an unremitting series of shocks.

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The New York Times sat down with JD Vance while in Rome at the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV. Here’s what he had to say.

The JD Vance interview: Faith, Trump and politics

The New York Times sat down with JD Vance while in Rome at the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV. Here’s what he had to say.

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President Donald Trump, centre, salutes before speaking to US Military Academy graduating class of cadets during commencement ceremonies in West Point, NY.

Trump slams ‘ideological experiments’ in West Point address

President Donald Trump told graduates at the US Military Academy that they were the first to serve in a ‘golden age’ of the nation while leaning into his push to purge DEI programs from the military.

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President Donald Trump disembarks from Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 6, 2025. “I believe that we should have the most impressive plane,” President Trump said in May.

The inside story of Trump’s search for a new Air Force One

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Trump wanted a new plane while he was still in office. But how? ‘We’re the United States of America,’ Trump said. ‘I believe that we should have the most impressive plane’.

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Kateryna, a senior lieutenant and the Ukrainian Army’s only female combat pilot, in eastern Ukraine after a mission, April 30, 2025. The country’s military says it wants more women fighting, but sexism remains an obstacle, activists and female soldiers say.

How one woman is breaking a military stereotype in Ukraine

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Ukraine, now in the fourth year of all-out war with Russia, is facing an urgent need for more soldiers, and after years of reluctance is stepping up efforts to get more women to serve.

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Russian soldiers say they are tired but want to keep fighting to conquer more of Ukraine.

Russian troops are tired but want to conquer more of Ukraine

‘We’re all tired, we want to go home. But we want to take all of the regions, so that we don’t have to struggle for them in the future.’

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Harvard has called President Trump demands an attack on free speech and academic freedom.

Australia is trying to woo US researchers shunned by Trump

As Donald Trump cuts billions of federal dollars from science institutes and universities and restricts what can be studied, other nations are hoping to pick up talent that has been cast aside.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: There are two Chinas, and America must understand both.

There are two Chinas, and America must understand both

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Two Chinas inhabit the American imagination: One is a technology and manufacturing superpower poised to lead the world. The other is an economy that’s on the verge of collapse.

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President Donald Trump, right, meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, April 7, 2025.

What Trump should keep in mind on his big Middle East trip

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: There are very few initiatives Donald Trump has undertaken since coming to office that I agree with — except in the Middle East. Here’s why.

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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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