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Today — 12 May 2025NYT | Top Stories

Kurdish P.K.K. Says It Will End Conflict with Turkish State

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By: Erika Solomon
12 May 2025 at 14:45
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., said on Monday that it would lay down its arms, a decision that could reverberate across neighboring countries.

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Kurds in Hasakah, Syria, with flags bearing the image of Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party.

Republicans Propose Paring Medicaid Coverage but Steer Clear of Deeper Cuts

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By: Margot Sanger-Katz and Catie Edmondson
12 May 2025 at 13:18
The proposal, which is to be considered this week by a key House panel, omits some of the furthest-reaching reductions to the health program but would leave millions without coverage or facing higher costs.

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Republicans have toiled under House Speaker Mike Johnson to find $880 billion in savings over a decade and assemble a number of cuts large enough to meet that goal.

U.S. and China Agree to Temporarily Slash Tariffs in Bid to Defuse Trade War

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By: Daisuke Wakabayashi， Alan Rappeport and Ana Swanson
12 May 2025 at 15:19
Officials said in a joint statement they would reduce tariffs, “recognizing the importance of a sustainable, long-term, and mutually beneficial economic and trade relationship.”

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and the United States Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, in Geneva on Sunday after talks with China concluded.

China Courts Lula and Latin America After Trump’s Tariff Shock

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By: Chris Buckley
12 May 2025 at 13:21
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil is visiting Beijing this week, and China’s Xi Jinping will also meet top officials from other Latin American and Caribbean nations to emphasize their ties.

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Xi Jinping, China’s leader, met with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil in November.

Can More Military Spending Revive an Economy? This British Town Hopes So.

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By: Eshe Nelson
12 May 2025 at 12:01
Britain is spending billions of pounds more on defense, but wants the money to go beyond nuclear submarines to improve local jobs and prosperity. Barrow-in-Furness may be the model.

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The BAE factory, in the distance, looms over Barrow-in-Furness, England. Barrow has built Royal Navy vessels since the 1870s. Today, BAE employs about 14,500 people, offering the town’s most sought-after jobs.

Trump Is Poised to Accept a Luxury 747 From Qatar for Use as Air Force One

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By: Maggie Haberman， Eric Schmitt and Glenn Thrush
12 May 2025 at 08:54
The plan raises substantial ethical issues, given the immense value of the lavishly appointed plane and that Mr. Trump intends to take ownership of it after he leaves office.

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Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews.

Trump Plan Would Tie Some Drug Prices to What Peer Nations Pay

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By: Rebecca Robbins and Margot Sanger-Katz
12 May 2025 at 08:47
The president announced an executive order aimed at lowering U.S. drug costs, revisiting an idea that was blocked in court during his first term.

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President Trump, flanked by Jay Bhattacharya, director of the National Institutes of Health, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Health and Human Services secretary, during another executive order signing ceremony last week.

Asia Stocks Rise on Hope for Lower Tariffs After U.S.-China Talks

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By: River Akira Davis
12 May 2025 at 09:00
Investors were optimistic after American officials touted progress in trade negotiations over the weekend, though details had yet to be released.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and Trade Representative Jamieson Greer led the U.S. delegation to the talks in Geneva. Mr. Bessent said there had been “substantial progress.”

‘Viva Papa Leo!’ At U.S. Masses, Dawn of Homegrown Pope Brings an Air of Electricity.

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By: Ruth Graham
12 May 2025 at 07:55
In Chicago, New Orleans and beyond, elated worshipers and priests celebrated their immediate sense of connection with Pope Leo.

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“We are the home parish of the pope!” said the Rev. Gosbert Rwezahura of Christ Our Savior Parish in South Holland, Ill.

Rodrigo Duterte Is Expected to Again Become Mayor of Davao City

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By: Sui-Lee Wee
12 May 2025 at 08:00
Former President Rodrigo Duterte, who faces international court charges of crimes against humanity, remains very popular at home.

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Supporters of Rodrigo Duterte, the former president of the Philippines, at a demonstration in Davao City to mark his 80th birthday.

Johnny Rodriguez, Country Music Star, Dies at 73

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By: Livia Albeck-Ripka
12 May 2025 at 07:46
He was best known for the 1970s hits “I Just Can’t Get Her Out of My Mind” and “Ridin’ My Thumb to Mexico,” and as the first popular Mexican American country artist.

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Johnny Rodriguez at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill., in 1986. The Texas Country Music Hall of Fame described him as the “greatest and most memorable Chicano Country singer of all time.”

Why Patients Are Being Forced to Switch to a 2nd-Choice Obesity Drug

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By: Rebecca Robbins and Reed Abelson
12 May 2025 at 06:01
CVS Caremark decided to stop offering Zepbound in favor of Wegovy for weight loss. It’s the latest example of limits imposed by insurance that disrupt treatments for patients.

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An injection pen for Zepbound, which Caremark intends to stop offering in July.

Families of Sept. 11 Victims Urge Lutnick to Help Extradite Saudi National

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By: Erica L. Green and Maggie Haberman
12 May 2025 at 07:58
The letter comes as the commerce secretary plans to accompany President Trump to Saudi Arabia as part of an upcoming trip to the Middle East.

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Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick once led the bond trading firm Cantor Fitzgerald, where hundreds of employees died in the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center.

White South Africans Granted Refugee Status by Trump Leave for U.S.

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By: John Eligon
12 May 2025 at 04:38
Dozens of Afrikaners who claim discrimination in their home country left Johannesburg on Sunday. Their departure for the U.S. came as the Trump administration was halting virtually all refugee admissions.

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Afrikaners at the airport in Johannesburg before departing for the U.S. on Sunday.

Hamas Says It Will Release Its Last American Hostage

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By: Adam Rasgon and Aaron Boxerman
12 May 2025 at 04:00
The announcement, which did not say when the hostage, Edan Alexander, would be set free, came as President Trump planned to visit the region.

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A photo of Edan Alexander at his parent’s home in Tenafly, N.J., last year.

California Bus Crash Leaves at Least 1 Dead and 32 Injured

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By: Sara Ruberg
12 May 2025 at 01:51
The bus crashed into a disabled S.U.V. on a highway in Los Angeles County around 5 a.m. Sunday, officials said.

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One person died and 32 people were injured after a tour bus crash in Hacienda Heights, Calif., early on Sunday morning.

Pope’s Family History Offers a Glimpse Into the American Creole Journey

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By: Campbell Robertson
12 May 2025 at 01:10
The revelation that Leo XIV has roots among New Orleans Creoles has stirred curiosity and joy about the first pope from the United States.

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Mark Charles Roudané’s great-great-grandfather was a prominent Black physician in New Orleans.

Flights Could Be Disrupted Across U.S., Transportation Secretary Warns

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By: Troy Closson
12 May 2025 at 02:53
After a series of problems at Newark Liberty International Airport, the secretary, Sean Duffy, said he would meet with airline leaders on Wednesday to plan to scale back Newark flights.

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Sean Duffy, the secretary of transportation, said it remained safe to fly in and out of Newark Liberty International Airport.

In a Beloved Bronx Park, a Neighborhood’s Drug Crisis Is on Full Display

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By: Shayla Colon and Sean Sirota
11 May 2025 at 15:00
The largest public park in the South Bronx was once a refuge in a neighborhood marked by poverty and neglect. Now, many residents actively avoid it.

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“What’s happening in St. Mary’s Park is a symptom of what’s happening in the broader South Bronx,” said Carmen Santiago, who regularly walks through the park picking up trash.

Heavy Rain and Flooding Threaten the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic

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By: Nazaneen Ghaffar
12 May 2025 at 00:35
Forecasters warn of flash flooding from Florida to Virginia amid a slow-moving system that is expected to bring heavy rainfall through Wednesday.

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A satellite image showing the Southeast on Sunday morning. Forecaster warn of heavy rain and flooding in the region in coming days.

Is the California Dream a Mirage?

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By: Adam Nagourney
12 May 2025 at 03:07
The state is confronting what officials say is an unprecedented confluence of forces that will test its long record of enduring catastrophes, natural and otherwise.

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Analysts say California’s population could well decline because of the wildfires that wiped out more than 6,000 homes in Los Angeles in January.

Birdie G’s Chef Has a Love-Hate Relationship With Customers’ Favorite Burger

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By: Julia Moskin
10 May 2025 at 17:01
The American classic gets diners in the door, but it can also be a real pain point for the restaurant.

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For guests who miss out on one of the nine burgers served at Le B. in the West Village each night, the chef Angie Mar (center) sends out a mini burger as part of a tasting menu.

As Cease-Fire Seems to Hold, India and Pakistan Both Claim Victory

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By: Anupreeta Das， Salman Masood and Hari Kumar
12 May 2025 at 01:30
The Trump administration’s public descriptions of its role in the mediation seemed to touch some sensitive spots politically in India.

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Police personnel in the city of Jammu, in Indian-controlled Kashmir, on Sunday.
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