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Today — 9 May 2025NYT | Top Stories

Trump Names Jeanine Pirro as Interim U.S. Attorney in Washington

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By: Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush
9 May 2025 at 07:00
The Fox News personality has known the president for decades and would provide him with a reliable line into a crucial prosecutors office in the Justice Department.

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Jeanine Pirro supports President Trump’s efforts to exact vengeance on his political enemies and spent months questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election.

Trump Revives Push for Higher Taxes on the Rich

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By: Andrew Duehren
9 May 2025 at 05:14
The president is said to want to create a new top income bracket for people making more than $2.5 million per year and to tax income above that level at a rate of 39.6 percent.

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President Trump was said to have raised the possibility of a new high-income tax bracket with House Speaker Mike Johnson in a call on Wednesday.

Alexander Brothers Face More Sex Crimes, Including Against Underage Girl

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By: Debra Kamin and Benjamin Weiser
9 May 2025 at 06:18
Prosecutors added more charges in the sex-trafficking case against Oren and Tal Alexander, who were known as top brokers in luxury real estate, and their brother Alon Alexander.

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Tal Alexander, left, and Oren Alexander, right, were high-flying luxury real estate brokers in Miami and Manhattan before their arrest on sex-trafficking charges. The scope of those charges has now widened.

Musk-Tied Investor Clashes With One of World’s Biggest Asset Managers

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By: Susanne Craig
9 May 2025 at 05:52
A lawsuit accuses Brookfield Asset Management of fraud, attempted bribery and improperly limiting investments in one of Elon Musk’s companies.

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Brookfield Place, home to the headquarters of Brookfield Asset Management, in New York.

‘Wildly Inappropriate Behavior’: Real Estate Group Is Accused of Cover-ups

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By: Debra Kamin
9 May 2025 at 00:04
The Appraisal Institute faces concerns that one of its leaders has a history of harassing women and that it did not disclose that some certification exams were incorrectly scored.

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Cindy Chance, left, a former chief executive of the Appraisal Institute, sued the trade group on Thursday, claiming sexual harassment and retaliation. Her suit follows that of Alissa Akins, right, who says she was fired after blowing the whistle on errors in the tests used to train and certify appraisers.

A Year Ago, Columbia Security Was Hands-Off at a Protest. Not This Time.

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By: Sharon Otterman
9 May 2025 at 04:24
When demonstrators occupied the university’s main library on Wednesday, campus security forces intervened aggressively. The occupation ended with arrests hours later.

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Columbia University administrators summoned the Police Department on Wednesday to arrest demonstrators who had occupied the main library.

Former Model Testifies That Weinstein Molested Her When She Was 16

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By: Hurubie Meko
9 May 2025 at 04:03
Kaja Sokola told jurors that she had come to New York seeking stardom. She encountered Harvey Weinstein in a club and met him for lunch. Then, she said, he took advantage of her.

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Kaja Sokola had hoped Harvey Weinstein would help her career. Prosecutors say he sexually abused her.

‘JD Vance Is Wrong’: The Pope Appears Uneasy With Trump Immigration Policies

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By: Lisa Lerer
9 May 2025 at 04:42
Before Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost became pope, a social media account under his name shared criticisms of the Trump administration’s positions on immigration.

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Vice President JD Vance in Rome to meet with Pope Francis last month.

5 Takeaways From the U.S.-U.K. Trade Agreement

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By: Eshe Nelson
9 May 2025 at 04:29
The deal still has to be finalized, but it was hailed as a success by both countries for being the first since President Trump announced broad tariffs in April.

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President Trump with Keir Starmer, the British prime minister, at the White House in February.

Kenneth Walker, 73, Journalist Who Bared Apartheid’s Brutality

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By: Sam Roberts
9 May 2025 at 03:42
He shared an Emmy for his reporting on “Nightline” about South Africa’s policy of racial segregation. The National Association of Black Journalists named him journalist of the year.

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Kenneth Walker in 1986. He pushed for ABC News to pay more attention to Nelson Mandela “when he was still in jail and was anything but a hero to millions of people, including the president of the United States,” Ted Koppel, the longtime “Nightline” anchor, said.

Pope Leo XIV, the First American Pontiff, Took a Global Route to the Top Post

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By: Motoko Rich， Elizabeth Dias and Jason Horowitz
9 May 2025 at 05:36
Robert Francis Prevost, who led the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops around the world, has spent much of his life outside the United States.

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Pope Leo XIV has the potential to shake up the global Catholic power structure.

New Law Requires Priests to Break Seal of Confession to Report Child Abuse

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By: Ruth Graham
9 May 2025 at 03:12
The state law, in Washington, applies to all religions but has outraged Catholics in particular. The Justice Department is investigating.

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The law, signed last week by Gov. Bob Ferguson, requires members of the clergy to report child abuse or neglect to authorities.

U.S. Government to Stop Tracking the Costs of Extreme Weather

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By: Rebecca Dzombak and Hiroko Tabuchi
9 May 2025 at 02:38
It would be harder for insurers and scientists to study wildfires, storms and other “billion dollar disasters,” which are growing more frequent as the planet warms.

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Surfside Beach, Texas, after Hurricane Beryl, one of 27 billion-dollar weather or climate disasters last year.

Bill Gates Accuses Elon Musk of ‘Killing Children’ by Cutting Foreign Aid

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By: Neil Vigdor
9 May 2025 at 02:37
The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist condemned his fellow billionaire for overseeing deep cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development in the Trump administration.

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Bill Gates said that Elon Musk had gutted the U.S. Agency for International Development, resulting in the deaths of children in some of the world’s poorest countries.

Who Is Robert Francis Prevost, the New Pope? What to Know About Leo XIV

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By: Elisabetta Povoledo， Jason Horowitz， Emma Bubola， Motoko Rich and Elizabeth Dias
9 May 2025 at 04:27
Here’s what to know about Robert Francis Prevost, who was chosen on Thursday as the first American pope.

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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on Thursday, after he was selected as pope. He took the name Leo XIV.

Leader of FEMA Is Dismissed as Trump Administration Takes Aim at the Agency

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By: Christopher Flavelle
9 May 2025 at 03:10
The ouster of Cameron Hamilton, less than a month before the start of the hurricane season, came a day after he told lawmakers that FEMA was vital to communities “in their greatest times of need” and should not be eliminated.

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Cameron Hamilton, center, during his run for a Congressional seat last year. He was appointed acting head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency soon after President Trump began his second term.

The Knicks Beat the Celtics (Again), and New York City Loves It

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By: David Waldstein
9 May 2025 at 01:58
Few experts gave the Knicks a chance to beat the champion Boston Celtics — except for the devoted fans who packed the street outside Madison Square Garden.

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Fans attending a watch party outside Madison Square Garden erupted in cheers after the Knicks took the lead late in Game 2 against the Boston Celtics on Wednesday.

How to Know if Toxic Sewage Sludge Has Been Used in Your Community

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By: Hiroko Tabuchi
9 May 2025 at 01:37
Fertilizer containing potentially unsafe levels of “forever chemicals” has been used around the country.

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A field in Wellston, Okla., had biosolids, or sewage sludge, applied earlier this year.
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