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Today — 8 May 2025NYT | Top Stories

He Hears Voices in His Head. He Also Helped Win an Election.

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By: John Leland
7 May 2025 at 23:55
He ran a successful political campaign, sometimes from a psych ward, sometimes living on the street. He has found a way to thrive.

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Arvind Sooknanan at Fountain House, a clubhouse started by those with serious mental illness.

Trump Administration Is Said to Target Park Service Grants

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By: Lisa Friedman
7 May 2025 at 23:28
Dozens of programs, many linked to climate change and diversity, have been designated for elimination by DOGE, according to people with knowledge of the plan.

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The Exit Glacier overlook in the Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska. The sign at left marks the extent of the ice in 2010.

Genetic Study Retraces Covid’s Origins in Bats

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By: Carl Zimmer
7 May 2025 at 23:23
As China and the United States trade charges of a lab leak, researchers contend in a new paper that the Covid pandemic got its start, like a previous one, in the wildlife trade.

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A civet cat confiscated from a Guangzhou animal market by Chinese health officials and police during the SARS outbreak in 2004.
Yesterday — 7 May 2025NYT | Top Stories

The Symbolism Behind India’s ‘Operation Sindoor’

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By: Pragati K.B. and Anupreeta Das
7 May 2025 at 23:10
The name for the military attack on Pakistan brings to mind a woman who became shorthand for the grief wrought by a terrorist attack.

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A graphic announcing India’s military operation included a jar of spilled sindoor, which resembled spattered blood. Sindoor, or vermilion powder, is a traditional marker of the marital status of Hindu women.

Libya’s Rival Governments Both Deny Deal to Take Deported U.S. Migrants

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By: Erika Solomon and Islam Al-Atrash
7 May 2025 at 23:21
U.S. officials have said the Trump administration plans to send immigrants to the divided country on military flights as soon as this week.

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The internationally recognized government in Tripoli, Libya’s capital, has control over the country’s west.

Jefferson Griffin Concedes Defeat in N.C. Supreme Court Race

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By: Eduardo Medina
7 May 2025 at 23:44
Three counts showed that the incumbent, a Democrat, won the State Supreme Court election last fall. But Judge Jefferson Griffin tried for months to reverse his loss through the courts.

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Judge Jefferson Griffin said he would not appeal a federal court ruling that ordered the state elections board to certify the victory of the Democratic incumbent, Justice Allison Riggs.

Salt Lake City and Boise Adopt Official Pride Flags in Response to State Laws

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By: Victor Mather
7 May 2025 at 23:01
The cities approved several new flags after Utah and Idaho passed laws barring unofficial flags from being displayed on government property.

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Mayor Erin Mendenhall of Salt Lake City supported the city’s new flags.

D.C. Budget Fix Stalls in the House as Conservative Republicans Balk

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By: Maya C. Miller
7 May 2025 at 21:42
Speaker Mike Johnson has said he would hold a vote “quickly” to restore more than $1 billion in funding, but ultraconservatives are insisting on attaching limits on abortion and voting rights.

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Republican leaders have blamed the delay on passing a budget fix for Washington, D.C., on the competing priorities of passing President Trump’s agenda.

4 Lessons for Trump From the UK’s Failed Rwanda Migrant Deportation Deal

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By: Lizzie Dearden
7 May 2025 at 20:58
The United States is said to be in talks with the African country about taking in expelled migrants. There may be lessons in London’s experience.

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James Cleverly, then the British home secretary, and Vincent Biruta, then the Rwandan foreign minister, after signing a migration deal in Kigali, the African country’s capital, in December 2023.

Second U.S. Navy Jet in 2 Weeks Is Lost Off the U.S.S. Truman

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By: Claire Moses
7 May 2025 at 20:53
The aircraft went overboard on Tuesday as it tried to land on the aircraft carrier stationed in the Red Sea. Two pilots suffered minor injuries.

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An F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in 2022.

Biden Criticizes Trump in BBC Interview

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By: Isabella Kwai
7 May 2025 at 20:35
In his first broadcast interview since leaving office, the former president criticized several of President Trump’s actions and defended his withdrawal from the 2024 campaign.

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President Biden said his departure from the 2024 presidential campaign was a “difficult decision.”

Gazans Despair After Israel Announces More Displacement

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By: Rawan Sheikh Ahmad
7 May 2025 at 19:17
Israel’s plan to capture more land in Gaza and relocate thousands of civilians has heightened a sense of hopelessness among Palestinians.

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Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive sheltering in Gaza City on Wednesday. Many have been displaced multiple times during the war.

Israel Downs Drone as Houthis Vow to Continue Tit-for-Tat Strikes

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By: Lara Jakes
7 May 2025 at 19:10
The Israeli military said it had intercepted an unmanned vehicle a day after President Trump said the U.S. would step back from conflict with the Iran-backed group.

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Police officers inspecting the site of a Houthi missile attack near Ben Gurion Airport outside Tel Aviv on Sunday. The strike prompted a series of tit-for-tat military responses between Israel and the group based in Yemen.

China Is Likely to Play Hardball in U.S. Tariff Talks

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By: Alexandra Stevenson
7 May 2025 at 18:56
Beijing says it will meet with American officials to discuss trade, but warned Washington against using the engagement to ratchet up pressure on China.

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How Tensions Between India and Pakistan Led to Strikes

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By: Katrin Bennhold， Mujib Mashal， Christina Thornell and James Surdam
7 May 2025 at 14:43
India said early Wednesday that it had conducted strikes on Pakistan, two weeks after a deadly terror attack killed more than two dozen civilians in Indian-administered Kashmir. To understand the conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries, New York Times senior writer Katrin Bennhold spoke with our South Asia bureau chief, Mujib Mashal, to get his perspective on the ground.

Friedrich Merz Has a Tough Job as Germany’s Chancellor. It Just Got Tougher.

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By: Jim Tankersley
7 May 2025 at 18:08
Friedrich Merz’s halting path to the chancellor’s office inflamed his challenges at home and abroad, including a threat from the far right.

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Friedrich Merz, the newly elected German chancellor, at a ceremony in Berlin on Tuesday. Watching him is his predecessor, Olaf Scholz.

Trump’s Threatened Tariffs Are So Large, 10% Feels Like a Relief

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By: Ana Swanson
7 May 2025 at 17:01
As he proposes ever stiffer tariffs, President Trump has normalized his merely big ones.

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By walking back the huge tariffs he threatened last month, President Trump seems to have increased the acceptance, at least in some circles, of the large tariffs that remain in effect.

Xi’s Visit to Russia Complicates China’s Courtship of Europe

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By: David Pierson and Paul Sonne
7 May 2025 at 16:31
Xi Jinping, China’s leader, is reinforcing his bond with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. But that could hurt Beijing’s efforts to repair ties with Europe.

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Chinese People’s Liberation Army soldiers marching during a parade rehearsal in Moscow on Saturday. China's leader, Xi Jinping, will be Russia’s main guest at Friday’s Victory Day parade.

What to Watch at the Federal Reserve’s May Meeting

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By: Colby Smith
7 May 2025 at 17:02
The U.S. central bank is widely expected to stick to a wait-and-see approach as officials brace for President Trump’s tariffs to stoke higher inflation and slower growth.

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Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, may provide specificity about what exactly the Fed needs to see before it lowers interest rates again.

Families in Ukraine Wait for P.O.W.s to Come Home, at Last

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By: Kim Barker， Oleksandra Mykolyshyn and Brendan Hoffman
7 May 2025 at 17:03
In a parking lot in Ukraine, hundreds of family members gathered to greet loved ones being repatriated from Russian prisons. Amid happy reunions, there was anguish, too.

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Former Ukrainian prisoners of war arriving at a reception point after being released from Russian captivity on Tuesday in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine.

‘Sinners’ and Beyoncé Battle the Vampires. And the Gatekeepers, Too.

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By: Wesley Morris
7 May 2025 at 17:01
This moment might call for excessive, imaginative Black art that wants to be gobbled up. That’s Ryan Coogler’s new movie. That’s “Cowboy Carter.” Let’s throw in some Kendrick, too.

Late Night Doesn’t Mind Canada Putting Trump in the Friend Zone

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By: Trish Bendix
7 May 2025 at 13:56
The president was firmly told that Canada won’t join the United States, though he says it would be a “wonderful marriage.” “People were, like, ‘How would he know?’” Jimmy Fallon said.
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