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FILE — A location in Washington on the day of President Donald Trump’s inauguration for his second term, Jan. 20, 2025. (Will Matsuda/The New York Times)

The America we knew is rapidly slipping away

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Of all the terrible things Donald Trump has said and done as president, the most dangerous one just happened on Friday.

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Even more reason to avoid ultraprocessed foods.

How avoiding these foods could double weight loss

THE NEW YORK TIMES: New research suggests that people can lose more weight by avoiding these hugely popular foods.

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NEW YORK TIMES: Steph Broadbridge, as Spraygun has audiences laughing — and dancing — at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival

Breakdancer musical is a hit, but don’t mention Raygun

NEW YORK TIMES: The parody, with its main character ‘Spraygun’ has audiences laughing — and dancing — at the world’s biggest arts festival.

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The acting administrator of NASA has issued a directive to fast-track efforts to put a nuclear reactor on the moon.

NASA fast-tracks putting nuclear reactor on Moon

THE NEW YORK TIMES: NASA has put out a call for commercial interests to establish a nuclear reactor on the Moon. It is, however, not clear what it will power.

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John Claassen, 98, the oldest lifter at Greysteel Strength and Conditioning gym, in Farmington Hills, Mich., on June 20, 2025. Greysteel, a gym outside Detroit, teaches barbell lifting for older people. Some are well into their 80s and 90s. (Brittany Greeson/The New York Times)

Pumping iron is their secret to ageing well

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Ann Buszard, a retired nurse, had never so much as touched a weight until she was 74, when she found herself struggling to stand up after kneeling down. She wanted to get stronger.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Sometimes there is something unseen in the story, and the mistake isn’t to theorise about it; it’s to lock on too quickly to a single theory.

Conspiracies are real, the theories can be traps

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Sometimes there is something unseen in the story, and the mistake isn’t to theorise about it; it’s to lock on too quickly to a single theory.

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Donald Trump is a big-government populist who has destroyed small-government conservatism.

The crucial issue of the 21st century

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The main political argument in the 20th century was over the size of government. That era is clearly over.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: My friend’s kids are wearing me out, can I say something?

My friend’s kids are wearing me out, can I say something?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: You’re not a terrible person for feeling depleted around your friend’s kids. Even under the best of circumstances, being around other people’s children can feel extremely draining.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Everybody eats potatoes, it seems, but nobody can say where they came from.

What’s a potato? A 9-million-year-old tomato

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Everybody eats potatoes, it seems, but nobody can say where they came from.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: There is also a technical problem with telling AI systems how to behave. Namely, they don’t always listen.

The chat-bot culture wars are here

THE NEW YORK TIMES: There is also a technical problem with telling AI systems how to behave. Namely, they don’t always listen.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: Elizabeth Castillo wasn’t an activist until Immigration and Customs Enforcement started taking away her neighbours.

When ICE comes knocking

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Elizabeth Castillo wasn’t an activist until Immigration and Customs Enforcement started taking away her neighbours.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: What is the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’?

What is the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire’?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Hundreds of millions of people live along its path — in giant cities and in isolated towns — tethered by a common geological fate forged by tectonic forces churning deep beneath their feet.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: The future of freedom will be American or it will not be at all.

The future of freedom is American

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The refuges are illusory, the alternatives are compromised or weak, and the future of freedom will be American or it will not be at all.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: What the science says on whether you really need those electrolyte drinks when exercising and otherwise.

Do you really need to drink electrolytes?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: What the science says on whether you really need those electrolyte drinks when exercising and otherwise.

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: In the 1980s, America’s two biggest soft drink companies raced for another milestone: to serve the first fizzy drink in orbit.

When Coke and Pepsi fought for soft drink supremacy in space

THE NEW YORK TIMES: In the 1980s, America’s two biggest soft drink companies raced for another milestone: to serve the first fizzy drink in orbit.

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