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Today — 15 July 2025NYT | Top Stories

Unreleased Beyoncé Music Stolen During Cowboy Carter Tour in Atlanta, Police Say

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By: Neil Vigdor
15 July 2025 at 09:54
Two members of Beyoncé’s team said that their S.U.V. was broken into on July 8, just before a series of concerts in Atlanta, the authorities said. The police said a suspect had emerged.

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Beyoncé performing on the opening night of her Cowboy Carter tour in Los Angeles in April.

What to Know About Trump’s Cuts to the Education Department

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By: Dana Goldstein and Michael C. Bender
15 July 2025 at 09:31
Cuts have hit most of the department’s main functions, which include investigating civil rights complaints, providing financial aid, researching what works in education, testing students and disbursing federal funding.

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The Department of Education in Washington, D.C.

Trump Adds 17% Tariff on Tomatoes From Mexico

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By: Ana Swanson
15 July 2025 at 07:38
The Trump administration is adding a 17 percent tariff to a year-round grocery store staple, while funneling more business to domestic tomato growers, largely in Florida.

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The levies stem from a nearly 30-year-old trade case that found Mexican tomato growers to be selling their products in the United States at unfairly low prices.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Criticizes Trump’s Plan to Speed Weapons to Ukraine

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By: Robert Jimison
15 July 2025 at 06:06
The right-wing congresswoman from Georgia suggested that the president’s new proposal to help speed weapons to Ukraine betrays the promise to voters to end U.S. involvement in foreign conflicts.

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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene attending a military parade commemorating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army in Washington, last month.

Why Trump’s Base Can’t Let Go of Epstein

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By: Michelle Goldberg
15 July 2025 at 07:01
Having nurtured conspiracy theories for his entire political career, he suddenly seems in danger of being consumed by one.

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A Timeline of Trump’s Tariff Fight With Canada, Mexico, China and the E.U.

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By: Talya Minsberg
15 July 2025 at 03:09
The president’s penchant for imposing and then suspending tariffs has shaken markets and confounded trading partners.

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President Trump signed an executive order in February to impose steel and aluminum tariffs.

Trump’s Decision on Patriot Missiles Gives Ukraine Cautious Optimism

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By: Andrew E. Kramer
15 July 2025 at 05:47
American fatigue with the war and the fickleness of the Trump administration remain concerns for Ukraine’s leaders.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine meeting on Monday with Keith Kellogg, the U.S. special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, in Kyiv, in a photograph released by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Service.

Fauja Singh, Marathon Runner at an Advanced Age, Is Dead

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By: Jeré Longman
15 July 2025 at 07:09
Competing in London in 2011, he claimed to be 100, though his exact age remained a mystery. “I run while talking to God,” he said in explaining his endurance.

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Fauja Singh running across the Millennium Bridge in London in 2004. His first marathon was the 2000 London Marathon, which he finished in 6 hours 54 minutes.

Homeless Population Declines in Los Angeles for Second Straight Year

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By: Shawn Hubler
15 July 2025 at 04:33
A key survey of homelessness in Los Angeles determined that the number of people sleeping without shelter fell again. More than 72,000 people remain homeless in Los Angeles County.

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Homelessness declined in Los Angeles for the second year in a row, according to a new survey.

Arizona Governor Seeks Investigation of Federal Handling of Grand Canyon Fire

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By: Christine Hauser
15 July 2025 at 03:08
Gov. Katie Hobbs questioned why the U.S. government decided to manage the Dragon Bravo fire, which started with a lightning strike, as a “controlled burn” during the height of the summer.

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A firefighter sprays water on the remains of a smoldering structure near the Grand Canyon Lodge in Arizona on Sunday. A wildfire destroyed dozens of structures in the Grand Canyon National Park.

Canada Wildfire Smoke Triggers Toronto and U.S. Air Quality Alerts

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By: Vjosa Isai
15 July 2025 at 02:59
Smoke from wildfires in Manitoba, a Western province facing its worst fire season in 30 years, has created hazardous air quality conditions across Eastern Canada and the United States.

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Smoke from Canadian wildfires partially obscured the Chicago skyline last month.

Fanny Howe, Poet of Unsettled Dreams, Is Dead at 84

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By: Adam Nossiter
14 July 2025 at 23:45
Her heritage, as a scion of Boston Brahmins and the mother of biracial children, shaped a discursive verse style that veiled sharp edges and melancholy resolutions.

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Fanny Howe in 2015. She won numerous prizes for more than two dozen books of poetry and nearly 20 works of fiction, as well as memoirs, essays and children’s books.

24 States Sue Trump Over $6.8 Billion Withheld From Education

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By: Sarah Mervosh
15 July 2025 at 03:11
Providers say after-school programs and other services for the coming school year are threatened without the federal money, which was abruptly withheld.

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About 1.4 million children nationwide attend after-school programs that rely on federal support.

Democrats Must ‘Toughen Up’ Against Trump, Obama Tells Donors

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By: Reid J. Epstein
15 July 2025 at 03:32
Frustrated that prominent Democrats have not fought harder, former President Barack Obama said in a speech that his party’s leaders needed to step up.

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Former President Barack Obama told donors at a recent event that it was incumbent on Democrats to produce tangible results for people if they hope to win elections and remain in power.

Trump Threatens Russia With Sanctions and Vows U.S. Weapon Support for Ukraine

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By: Erica L. Green
15 July 2025 at 04:35
The president also warned Russia that he would impose a new round of punishing sanctions if it did not agree to a peace deal within 50 days.

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President Trump in the Oval Office with Mark Rutte, NATO’s secretary general, on Monday.

Meta’s New Superintelligence Lab Is Discussing Major A.I. Strategy Changes

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By: Eli Tan
15 July 2025 at 02:28
Members of the lab, including the new chief A.I. officer, Alexandr Wang, have talked about abandoning Meta’s most powerful open source A.I. model in favor of developing a closed one.

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Meta has made a $14.3 billion investment in the A.I. start-up Scale AI, which was founded and led by Alexandr Wang, center.

More Woody Guthrie Songs? Yes, From a Trove of Homemade Recordings.

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By: Jon Pareles
15 July 2025 at 01:58
A new, intimate album will include 13 previously unheard songs and a rewrite of “This Land Is Your Land.”

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In 1951 and 1952, Woody Guthrie filled 32 reel-to-reel tapes with songs and conversational messages. The publishing company, now TRO Essex Music Group, kept the tapes through the decades.

Cognition AI Buys Windsurf as A.I. Frenzy Escalates

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By: Mike Isaac
15 July 2025 at 03:31
The deal follows Google’s $2.4 billion investment in Windsurf, an A.I. start-up, as companies race to gain technological talent and provide A.I. tools.

Fewer Than 100 Unaccounted For in Texas Flood as Officials Decry ‘Blame Game’

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By: Danny Hakim and J. David Goodman
15 July 2025 at 06:03
In Kerr County, where the most deaths occurred, officials said they were receiving threats, even as they continued to deflect questions about flood warnings.

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At least 132 people were killed by the July 4 flooding in Central Texas.

Cuomo to Fight On in Mayor’s Race After Bruising Primary Loss to Mamdani

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By: Jeffery C. Mays and Emma G. Fitzsimmons
15 July 2025 at 04:33
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced he would run as a third-party candidate against Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for New York City mayor.

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Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo lost the Democratic primary to Zohran Mamdani, a state assemblyman, by more than 12 percentage points.

He Helped Big Companies Dodge Taxes. Now He’s Writing the Rules.

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By: Jesse Drucker
14 July 2025 at 21:45
Ken Kies, a longtime tax lobbyist who worked for some of the world’s largest businesses, is now running the Treasury Department’s office that will administer Trump’s tax law.

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Ken Kies played an instrumental role in enabling some of the biggest and most important tax avoidance strategies used by multinational companies and the wealthiest Americans.

The Economy Has Been Resilient. The New Round of Tariffs May Hit Harder.

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By: Colby Smith and Tony Romm
15 July 2025 at 00:38
The economy’s resilience so far to President Trump’s global trade war risks emboldening him and unleashing the sort of economic devastation that economists have long feared.

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Economists warn it is just a matter of time before tariffs, if they take effect at the levels President Trump has threatened, start to bite.
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