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Today — 12 May 2025NYT | Top Stories

In India and Pakistan, Signs of Normalcy After Weekend Cease-Fire

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By: Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar
12 May 2025 at 18:39
Civilian flights were returning to normal, and stocks jumped in both nations, signs of confidence that the agreement to halt fighting was holding.

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A house in Jammu, in the part of Kashmir controlled by India, that was damaged by Pakistani artillery shelling, on Sunday.

A Breakthrough on U.S.-China Tariffs, and a New Summer Air Travel Warning

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By: Tracy Mumford， Ian Stewart， Jessica Metzger， David Yaffe-Bellany and Mujib Mashal
12 May 2025 at 18:00
Plus, For Sale: The pope’s childhood home.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and the U.S. trade representative, Jamieson Greer, in Geneva on Sunday after talks with China concluded.

What to Know About the P.K.K. and Its Fight Against Turkey

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By: Ben Hubbard
12 May 2025 at 17:50
The Kurdish group waged a bloody insurgency against the Turkish state for four decades.

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Flags depicting Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, at a gathering in northeastern Syria in March.

Trump Heads to the Middle East With a Single Goal: Deals, Deals, Deals

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By: Jonathan Swan， Vivian Nereim， Ismaeel Naar， David E. Sanger and Luke Broadwater
12 May 2025 at 17:01
President Trump has always viewed the presidency as a worldwide hunt for deals. And there is no better place for that than the Gulf, where a few men wield absolute authority over vast wealth.

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A woman reading a newspaper with a photo of President Trump and Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy to the Middle East, in Tehran on Sunday.

Trump Wants Saudi Arabia to Invest $1 Trillion in the U.S.

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By: Vivian Nereim
12 May 2025 at 17:01
President Trump goes to the Gulf kingdom this week seeking $1 trillion worth of investments in the United States — a sum equivalent to the entire Saudi gross domestic product for a year.

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President Trump was greeted by King Salman of Saudi Arabia at the airport in the capital, Riyadh, in 2017.

How 40 Manhattan Businesses Are Adapting to Congestion Pricing

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By: Winnie Hu， Stefanos Chen and Nate Schweber
12 May 2025 at 15:00
An informal survey along Bleecker Street surfaced complaints about higher delivery costs, but most businesses are making do, even if they do not like it.

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Kevin Jackson, a manager at John’s Pizzeria on Bleecker Street, says that conversation at the Greenwich Village institution has moved on from congestion pricing.

In Illinois Senate Race, Old Grudges and a Test of Pritzker’s Power

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By: Reid J. Epstein
12 May 2025 at 17:01
Few policy differences have emerged among the Democrats vying to replace the retiring Senator Richard J. Durbin, while Gov. JB Pritzker’s influence looms large.

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The three Democrats who have so far formally entered the race are, from left, Representative Robin Kelly, Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi.

Walz to Speak at 2 Democratic Events, as Jockeying for 2028 Begins

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By: Reid J. Epstein
12 May 2025 at 17:02
Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, the Democrats’ vice-presidential nominee last year, will attend state party conventions in South Carolina and California on May 31.

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Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota last month in Youngstown, Ohio. He has been traveling in states President Trump won last year to hold town halls in Republican congressional districts.

Can These Six Artists Predict the Fate of the Art Market?

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By: Zachary Small and Tim F. Schneider
12 May 2025 at 17:01
These bellwether artworks in the spring auctions this week may indicate whether a recovery is likely, after years of declining profits and high rollers.

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“Baby Boom” (1982) by Jean-Michel Basquiat is estimated at $20 to $30 million in Christie’s 21st Century evening sale Wednesday.

A Warning From Justice Souter: Democracy Is in Peril

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By: Adam Liptak
12 May 2025 at 17:02
Justice David H. Souter, who died last week, said in 2012 that public ignorance of the Constitution could lead to the rise of an autocrat and the death of democracy.

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David Souter in 2005.

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

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By: Erika Solomon and Ben Hubbard
12 May 2025 at 15:52
The Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or P.K.K., said that it would lay down its arms and disband, a decision that could reverberate in neighboring countries.

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A rally in February in Hasakah, Syria, with flags bearing the image of Abdullah Ocalan, the imprisoned leader of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party. Mr. Ocalan has urged the group to disarm and disband.

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 Reach Deal to Temporarily Slash Tariffs

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By: Daisuke Wakabayashi and Amy Chang Chien
12 May 2025 at 18:09
The 145 percent U.S. tariff on Chinese goods will come down to 30 percent for 90 days, while the two sides continue talks aimed at resolving their differences.

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, right, and the United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Geneva on Monday.

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.

Global Stocks Jump After U.S. and China Cut Tariffs

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By: River Akira Davis
12 May 2025 at 15:44
A temporary reduction in punishing tariffs, agreed after weekend talks between American and Chinese officials, signaled a de-escalation in the trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

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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.”
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