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Today — 14 May 2025NYT | Top Stories

What the ‘Small Nodule’ Found on Biden’s Prostate Could Mean for a Man’s Health

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By: Gina Kolata
14 May 2025 at 04:06
Some doctors say they are surprised the condition was found at all in the former president, given his age.

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Former President Joe Biden spoke in Chicago last month, making his first public appearance since his presidency ended.

DOGE Removes Dozens of Resurrected Contracts From Its List of Savings

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By: David A. Fahrenthold and Jeremy Singer-Vine
14 May 2025 at 03:44
Elon Musk’s group is no longer claiming credit for canceling those contracts after The New York Times reported that they were revived.

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Elon Musk at a cabinet meeting in the White House last month.

Trump to Lift Sanctions on Syria and Meet With New President

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By: Ben Hubbard， Jonathan Swan and Erika Solomon
14 May 2025 at 04:04
President Trump, on a state visit to Saudi Arabia, said he made the decision after speaking to the Saudi crown prince. The president is trying to drum up Saudi investment in the U.S.

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President Ahmed al-Shara of Syria during an interview in Damascus, Syria, last month. Mr. al-Shara led a rebel alliance that ousted the dictatorship of President Bashar al-Assad in December.

Trump Cites $600 Billion in Saudi Deals, but Real Figure Appears Lower

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By: Luke Broadwater， Vivian Nereim and Jonathan Swan
14 May 2025 at 03:39
The White House was shy on details about the agreements, and the projects’ costs totaled less than half the number it announced.

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President Trump addressing the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday.

Zelensky Asks Trump to Attend Peace Talks, but Putin’s Plans Remain Unclear

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By: Nataliya Vasilyeva and Maria Varenikova
14 May 2025 at 03:45
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said that if President Trump attended the talks, it would put pressure on Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, to meet face-to-face.

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A photo released by Russian state media of President Vladimir V. Putin in Moscow on Monday. Russia has yet to say whether Mr. Putin will go to peace talks in Turkey.

Trump Administration Cuts Additional $450 Million in Grants to Harvard

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By: Michael C. Bender and Alan Blinder
14 May 2025 at 01:41
The latest broadside from the federal government comes as Harvard faces multiple investigations from across the Trump administration.

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Harvard has rejected a list of intrusive demands from the federal government and filed a lawsuit to challenge the suspension of more than $2 billion in multiyear grants.

Trump’s China Deal Eases Tariffs but Doesn’t Resolve Future Uncertainty

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By: Ben Casselman
14 May 2025 at 01:25
A 90-day pause on punishing tariffs could restart trade between the world’s largest economies. But it is not enough to resolve uncertainty about the economy.

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The latest tariff news only reinforces the degree to which trade policy lies in the hands of one man: President Trump.

Robert Benton, Influential Director and Screenwriter, Dies at 92

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By: Douglas Martin
14 May 2025 at 01:20
After collaborating on the script for “Bonnie and Clyde,” he went on to write and direct “Kramer vs. Kramer” and “Places in the Heart.”

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The director and screenwriter Robert Benton in 1979, the year “Kramer vs. Kramer” was released. It was that year’s top-grossing film and won five Academy Awards.

An L.A. Doctor’s House Burned. Now He Treats the Fires’ Effects in Neighbors.

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By: Emily Baumgaertner Nunn and Isadora Kosofsky
13 May 2025 at 23:34
A new clinic, opened by a pulmonologist who lost his home in the Palisades blaze, is addressing the health issues developing among people exposed to the fires.

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Dr. Ashraf Elsayegh, right, Saint John’s Health Center’s disaster clinic in Santa Monica, with patient Norma Arujo during a February visit.

In Private, Some Israeli Officers Admit That Gaza Is on the Brink of Starvation

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By: Natan Odenheimer and Ronen Bergman
14 May 2025 at 01:11
Israel’s government has publicly dismissed warnings of extreme food shortages after it blocked aid deliveries, but an internal analysis concluded that a crisis looms if food supplies are not restored.

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Palestinians waiting to receive a cooked meal in Jabaliya camp, northern Gaza Strip, in April. Food supplies have dried up since Israel blocked aid deliveries in March.

Israel Bombards Gaza Seeking to Kill Muhammad Sinwar, a Top Hamas Leader, Officials Say

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By: Ronen Bergman， Patrick Kingsley， Adam Rasgon and Aaron Boxerman
14 May 2025 at 04:31
Israeli officials said the military had launched an attack targeting Muhammad Sinwar, the brother of a leader killed last year.

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Palestinians inspecting the site of an Israeli airstrike near the European Hospital in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

They Invented the Game. Will They Be Allowed to Play It in the Olympics?

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By: S. L. Price
13 May 2025 at 23:46
Lacrosse returns to the Olympics in 2028, on American soil. Why won’t the I.O.C. let Indigenous North American teams compete?

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Zach Miller, a midfielder and attackman for the Haudenosaunee Nationals, during a lacrosse game between the Nationals and Team USA in June 2023 in San Diego.

Tesla Board Chair Robyn Denholm Made $198 Million Selling Stock as Profit Fell

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By: Aaron Krolik， Rebecca F. Elliott and Jack Ewing
14 May 2025 at 00:13
Robyn Denholm sold Tesla stock in recent months while Elon Musk, the chief executive she oversees, worked for President Trump and alienated many car buyers.

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Since becoming Tesla’s board leader in 2018, Robyn Denholm has made more than $530 million in profit from selling Tesla shares, far more than her peers at the most valuable U.S. companies.

Chasing Tax Cuts, Trump and Republicans Want to Make States Pay

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By: Tony Romm
13 May 2025 at 23:44
G.O.P. leaders are exploring cuts to federal aid, leaving some states fearful that their budgets cannot absorb billions of dollars in new costs.

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President Trump and his Republican allies in Congress are coalescing around a new strategy: forcing cash-strapped states to pick up more of the bill for government services.

How Pandora Is Surviving Trump’s Trade War

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By: Eshe Nelson
13 May 2025 at 23:51
Pandora, the Danish jewelry company, said it was “battle ready,” with plans to raise prices and reroute shipments from the United States, but tariffs could potentially cost it millions of dollars.

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Shoppers in a Pandora jewelry store at the American Dream mall in East Rutherford, N.J. The company, best known for its silver charm bracelets, has been making jewelry in Thailand since 1989.

With This ‘Gypsy’ Song, Audra McDonald Makes You Rethink the Broadway Show

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By: Ben Brantley
13 May 2025 at 17:01
Near the end of “Gypsy,” the Tony-nominated actress sings a song that makes you rethink the show you’ve been watching. I talked to her about it.

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Yesterday — 13 May 2025NYT | Top Stories

Outside Official Will Take Over Deadly Rikers Island Jail, Judge Orders

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By: Hurubie Meko
14 May 2025 at 00:40
Laura Taylor Swain, a federal judge, seized control of New York City’s lockups, which have been rife with violence and dysfunction.

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New York City has spent more than $500,00 per inmate annually in recent years, but detainees still sometimes go without food or medical care.

Book Review: ‘Original Sin,’ by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson

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By: Jennifer Szalai
13 May 2025 at 22:29
“Original Sin,” by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, depicts an aging president whose family and aides enabled his quixotic campaign for a second term.

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President Joe Biden delivering a foreign policy address in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 13, 2025.

Germany Bans Far-Right ‘King of Germany’ Group and Arrests Its Leaders

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By: Christopher F. Schuetze
13 May 2025 at 22:24
Members of a group calling itself the Kingdom of Germany, which was targeted in nationwide raids, reject the existence of the German state and want to set up a parallel one.

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Peter Fitzek, the self-proclaimed “king” of a group that calls itself the Kingdom of Germany, in 2023. He was among those recently arrested.

In Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’s Trial, Cassie Is the Star Witness

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By: Joe Coscarelli
14 May 2025 at 00:11
The music mogul’s former girlfriend accused him of years of abuse in a bombshell 2023 lawsuit. Now she’s taken the stand at his federal trial.

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CPI Report Shows Inflation Cooled in April Ahead of Likely Jump From Tariffs

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By: Colby Smith
13 May 2025 at 22:41
Economists and policymakers are bracing for inflation to re-accelerate as companies adapt to President Trump’s trade war.

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Economists predict that U.S. consumers will face higher costs because of tariffs.
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