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Big Tech’s A.I. Spending Is Accelerating (Again)

Despite the risk of a bubble, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon plan to spend billions more on artificial intelligence than they already do.

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How OpenAI Uses Complex and Circular Deals to Fuel Its Multibillion-Dollar Rise

Here are seven unusual financial agreements helping to drive the ambitions of the poster child of the A.I. revolution.

Nvidia Uncertain if Return to China Is Closer After Trump-Xi Meeting

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A person seen from behind walking into a small deli and grocery store in New York City. A sign for “EBT Food Stamps” and pictures of food are on the window.

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Food Stamp Funds Running Out, Prince Andrew Loses Royal Title Amid Epstein Scandal, and More

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The Debate Dividing the Supreme Court’s Liberal Justices

Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson are split over the best approach: investing in diplomacy inside the court or sounding the alarm outside.

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Analysis

Trump’s Call to Resume Nuclear Testing Revives a Cold War Debate

President Trump explained the order by saying other, unnamed nations were testing their own nuclear weapons, even though no country has tested since 2017.

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What to Know About Testing U.S. Nuclear Weapons

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David Pierson, Christina Thornell, Nikolay Nikolov and Chang W. Lee

With China Truce, U.S. National Security Controls Appear Up for Negotiation

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Executions and Mass Casualties: Videos Show Horror Unfolding in Sudan

Evidence of atrocities emerging from the city of El Fasher stoked fears that the region of Darfur was plunging, again, into a cycle of genocidal violence.

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Answer 4 Questions. Leave With Your Next Stephen King Book.

Whether you’re a hard-core horror junkie or a scaredy-cat, he’s written something for you.

Dissecting Three Stephen King Adaptations

The Threat of Lost Food Benefits Is Rattling the Vulnerable in Louisiana

The state has vowed to provide food assistance for many who face a cut-off in federal SNAP aid. But there is still fear and anxiety about how to get by.

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Judge Appears Skeptical Over Administration Decision to Suspend Food Stamps

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Vicious Weapons and a Golden Crown: Some of Trump’s Favorite Things in Asia

President Trump traveled to Asia to be a statesman, a showman and a traveling salesman, depending on the audience.

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Canada’s Other Superpower Problem

The leaders of Canada and China will meet for the first time in eight years to try to reset relations after years of acrimony.

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Xi Delivers Veiled Warning to Nations Not to Take the U.S.’s Side

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President Trump was given a replica of an ancient crown at a meeting with South Korea’s president, Lee Jae Myung, in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday. — Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Two men sit next to each other in a wooded area and train with drone equipment. — Finbarr O'Reilly for The New York Times

Ukraine Gamifies the War: 40 Points to Destroy a Tank, 12 to Kill a Soldier

Drone teams compete to ascend a scoreboard that rewards units for successful attacks. Ukrainian officials say the contest helps keep soldiers motivated.

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Kim Barker, Nikolay Nikolov and June Kim

Trump Officials Move Into Military Residences in D.C. Area

Pete Hegseth moved into a home traditionally reserved for the Army’s vice chief of staff. Marco Rubio and others also now live in military housing.

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Trump Says Abolishing Filibuster Would Let Republicans End Shutdown

Air Controller Shortage Causes Delays in Orlando and at Other Major Airports

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JPMorgan Alerted U.S. to Epstein Transfers Involving Wall St. Figures

After Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death, the bank reported more than $1 billion in potentially suspicious transactions.

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Prince Andrew to Be Stripped of His Royal Title

The extraordinary move caps his fall from grace over his ties to the convicted sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein.

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Mamdani’s Speech About Being Muslim Resonates Beyond New York City

A video of a recent address by Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic mayoral candidate, has been viewed more than 25 million times.

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If Elected, How Might Mamdani Use Mayoral Power in Ways That Affect Israel?

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Zohran Mamdani, in a dark suit with a blue polka-dot tie, stands at a lectern with a microphone. Behind him stand a group of men and women wearing head scarves in front of a sign over a doorway that reads “Islamic Cultural Center.” — Amir Hamja for The New York Times

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Coal Jobs Are Disappearing on the Navajo Nation. Can Trump Bring Them Back?

As the economic engine for the region, coal offered solid work. But it has also used up water, polluted the air and raised health concerns.

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Exxon’s and Chevron’s Profits Fall as Oil Prices Stay Low

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2 Men Die in Flooded Basements as Sudden Downpour Hits New York Area

Much of the rainfall came in an intense 20-minute period in the afternoon, officials said. A record two inches fell at LaGuardia Airport.

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Flooded streets in Brooklyn, with an ambulance in the distance. — Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

A Legal Blizzard in Texas Targets Democrats and Promotes Ken Paxton

The Texas attorney general has escalated the pace of high-profile legal actions, raising concern that his Senate campaign is influencing his law enforcement work.

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Ohio Republicans Gain Ground in Push for More Seats in Congress

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Ken Paxton, wearing a white ballcap, a plaid sport coat and gray shirt, stands at a podium. — Lexi Parra for The New York Times

Tim Meadows Just Wants to Keep Showing Up to Be Funny

Twenty-five years after he left “S.N.L.,” he is still finding new audiences, most recently with a new CBS sitcom and a role in the DC Comics universe.

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Tim Meadows stands in front of a food cart. — Adam Powell for The New York Times

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Are We Losing Our Democracy?

Jeffrey Toobin

It’s Not the Autopen. It’s What We Don’t Know About Biden’s Last Days in Office.

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Michelle Goldberg

I Thought Graham Platner Was Finished. What I Saw in Maine Changed My Mind.

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David Brooks

Hey, Lefties! Trump Has Stolen Your Game.

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The Morning

At the Supreme Court, Liberal Justices Are Split

We go inside their strained relationship.

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Late Night: Jimmy Kimmel Agrees With Marjorie Taylor Greene?

“Sometimes you go so far right you come out on the other side,” Kimmel said of the congresswoman, who has clashed with fellow Republicans over health care.

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A soccer governing body that both countries have helped bankroll gave them extra rest and home-field advantage to set up World Cup qualification.

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Jamaica Prepared a Financial Fortress for Disaster. Melissa Will Test It.

All of Jamaica’s financial defenses — insurance, bonds and credit lines — could be deployed to recover from Hurricane Melissa. Will it be enough?

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Patricia Crowther, Who Brought Witchcraft Out of the Shadows, Dies at 97

As a high priestess of Wicca, a branch of paganism founded in England, she promoted an image of witches as early feminists who were benevolent and spiritual.

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Three Billionaires Walk Into a Fried Chicken Restaurant

Jensen Huang, the Nvidia chief executive, and the leaders of Samsung and Hyundai staged a regular-folks outing in Seoul before announcing a business deal.

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