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India Strikes Pakistan Two Weeks After Terrorist Attack
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May 7, 2025, 4:10 a.m. Eastern time

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Trump Administration Plans to Send Migrants to Libya on a Military Flight

Human rights groups have called conditions in the country’s network of migrant detention centers “horrific” and “deplorable.”

India Strikes Pakistan, Which Vows to Respond

The strikes on Wednesday, two weeks after a terrorist attack in Kashmir, escalated the conflict between the nuclear powers. Two aircraft were reported to have crashed.

Supreme Court Lets Trump Enforce Transgender Troop Ban as Cases Proceed

Lower courts had blocked the policy, saying it was not supported by evidence and violated equal protection principles.

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The Surprising Ways That Siblings Shape Our Lives

Parents try everything to influence their children. But new research suggests brothers and sisters have their own profound impact.

Opinion | Trump’s Third-Term Jokes Deserve a Serious Response

The president’s fantasizing about remaining in office deserves more forceful pushback.

World

Germany Gets a New Chancellor, in Unexpectedly Dramatic Fashion

Friedrich Merz secured the top job but only after losing on his first attempt, a surprise that potentially weakens his government at a fraught time for Germany and Europe.

With Acts of Subversion, Some Russians Fight Propaganda in Schools

Three years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, antiwar parents and some teachers say they are going to great lengths to shield children from state-mandated patriotic education classes.

Trump Says the U.S. Will Cease Strikes on Houthi Militants

It was unclear whether the Houthis were going to stop impeding international shipping, which was the objective of the American bombing campaign.

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U.S.

Was First Amendment Violated in Student Arrests? Trump Lawyer Won’t Say.

The Trump administration is focusing on logistical issues, not constitutional ones, in its efforts to keep several international students in detention. The tactic has effectively slowed some high-profile cases.

Trump’s Order to Sanitize Black History Meets Institutional Resistance

Efforts to take the focus off the nation’s racial past in compliance with President Trump’s wishes face resistance from those determined to preserve it.

‘The Only Person in the World Claiming to Be the Pope Right Now’

It’s Danny Kind, and he’s not even Catholic. But he’s in a college class that simulated the conclave of 1492. (There were costumes, bribes and Oreos.)

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Politics

Trump Officials to Meet With Chinese Counterparts Amid Trade Standoff

Scott Bessent, the Treasury secretary, and Jamieson Greer, the United States trade representative, will discuss trade and economic matters with the officials this week.

Carney Tells Trump Canada ‘Is Not for Sale’ During White House Visit

The Canadian prime minister met with President Trump days after being elected on an anti-Trump platform as relations between the two allies are at a historic nadir.

How Democrats Hope to Overcome a Daunting 2026 Senate Map

Facing long odds to retake a majority, Senator Chuck Schumer and his allies are trying to think outside the box and recruit candidates who might be able to pull off upsets in red states.

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Business

TikTok, Facing a U.S. Ban, Tells Advertisers: We’re Here and Confident

The company’s executives tried to reassure potential advertisers about the app’s future in the United States without directly addressing a looming ban under a federal law.

UPS and FedEx Once Handled a Deluge of Packages From China. That’s Changing.

President Trump has ended a tariff loophole that generated lots of business for delivery companies shipping inexpensive goods from China to the U.S.

Trump’s Return to Power Elevates Ever Fringier Conspiracy Theories

At every level of government, authority figures are embracing once-extreme ideas, including that the Earth is flat or that the state controls the weather.

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Technology

Meta Awarded $167 Million in Damages From Israeli Cybersecurity Firm

Meta had sued the firm, NSO Group, for using its spyware to hack 1,400 WhatsApp accounts belonging to journalists, dissidents and others.

How Should a Woman Sound?

If you listen to the many artificial, automated voices that have become prevalent online, the answer doesn’t really matter, as long as she’s helping you.

Elon Musk Tried Keeping Issues at His Texas Mansion Private, Emails Show

The tech billionaire’s staff was concerned that correspondence about his home in West Lake Hills would become public after neighbors complained.

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Arts

National African American Museum Faces Uncertainty Without Its Leader

At a time when it is under scrutiny from the White House, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is without its director, who stepped down last month.

‘James’ Won the Pulitzer, but Not Without Complications

In an unusual but not unprecedented move, the prize board chose a fourth option after it couldn’t agree on the three less-heralded finalists.

Trump’s Kennedy Center Would Get $257 Million in House Republican Plan

A House committee proposed a huge increase in federal funding to repair and restore the center, which President Trump took over in February. Democrats have questions.