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Today — 20 May 2025NYT | Top Stories

Lincoln Center Plans a $335 Million Makeover of Its Western Edge

20 May 2025 at 00:12
The center in Manhattan aims to attract new audiences, as it takes down a wall on Amsterdam Avenue and revamps Damrosch Park.

© Brooklyn Digital Foundry

A rendering of the theater plaza for Lincoln Center in Manhattan, part of the plan for its western edge.

Dick Garwin Fought Nuclear Armageddon. He Hid a 50-Year Secret.

19 May 2025 at 21:54
Richard Garwin’s role in designing the hydrogen bomb was obscured from the public, even his family, as he advised presidents and devoted his life to undoing the danger he created.

© James J. MacKenzie

Richard L. Garwin, second right, with, from left, Peter A. Clausen, a disarmament expert, and the physicists Hans Bethe and Kurt Gottfried, during a news conference on missile defense hosted by the Union of Concerned Scientists in 1984.

Biden’s Cancer Diagnosis Leaves Democrats With New Questions

The former president’s cancer diagnosis prompted an outpouring of well wishes and sympathy, as well as some whispered uncertainties that reflected a lack of trust in what he says about his health.

© AJ Mast for The New York Times

Before former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s office revealed that he had prostate cancer, some prominent Democrats had begun to self-examine their role in supporting his 2024 candidacy despite his signs of age-related decline.

Mohsen Mahdawi, Released From ICE Custody, Graduates From Columbia

20 May 2025 at 01:08
Mr. Mahdawi, who led pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University, was released from detention late last month and allowed to travel from Vermont to get his diploma.

© Todd Heisler/The New York Times

Mohsen Mahdawi graduated on Monday from Columbia University’s School of General Studies. He was detained last month as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on student protesters.

Inside the Republican Factions Dueling Over Trump’s Tax Bill

20 May 2025 at 00:39
For every group demanding one policy, another equally powerful bloc insists on the opposite. The coalitions encompass the divergent ideological, political and regional interests in the G.O.P.

© Al Drago for The New York Times

Speaker Mike Johnson with Representative Jodey Arrington, the House Budget Committee chairman, after meeting with House Republicans to discuss the tax and budget bill last week.

Emil Bove, Top Justice Dept. Official, Is Considered for Circuit Court Nomination

Emil Bove III has emerged as a top contender to fill a vacancy on the appeals court covering Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware, people familiar with the matter said.

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Emil Bove III served on President Trump’s criminal defense team and was a federal prosecutor in New York.

The U.S. Under Trump: Alone in Its Climate Denial

19 May 2025 at 17:00
The administration is not only allowing more greenhouse gases. It is undermining the nation’s ability to understand and respond to a hotter planet.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

President Trump at a White House event on April 8 at which he signed an executive order titled “Unleashing American Energy.”

Pope Leo Meets With JD Vance as U.S. Conservatives Hopes for Better Relations

19 May 2025 at 22:14
The talks took place as some on the American right who had clashed with Pope Francis, Leo’s predecessor, seek better ties with the papacy.

© Simone Risoluti/Vatican Media, via Reuters

Pope Leo XIV meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance at the Vatican on Monday.

Clayton Patterson Photographed New York’s Lower East Side. Where Will His Archives Go?

19 May 2025 at 23:45
Clayton Patterson, the street photographer, has thousands of images, video and paraphernalia from the neighborhood’s conflicts and characters. Now he doesn’t know what to do with them.

© John Taggart for The New York Times

Clayton Patterson has spent more than 40 years in his home at 161 Essex Street.
Yesterday — 19 May 2025NYT | Top Stories

What to Know About Israel’s Renewed Ground Offensive in Gaza

The announcement of a renewed ground operation came after a particularly deadly week for Palestinians in Gaza.

© Saher Alghorra for The New York Times

Rescue workers and other people search for victims after an airstrike in Jabaliya in northern Gaza on Thursday.

‘Sesame Street’ Signs New Streaming Deals With Netflix and PBS

19 May 2025 at 22:40
The deal is a much-needed shot in the arm for Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit that produces “Sesame Street” and has been struggling financially.

© Jonah Markowitz for The New York Times

The cast of “Sesame Street” on set in Kaufman Studios in Astoria, Queens in 2018.

CBS News President to Depart Amid Network’s Tensions With Trump

Wendy McMahon, the president of CBS News and Stations, had allied herself with Bill Owens, the “60 Minutes” executive producer who recently resigned.

© Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters

Wendy McMahon, the president of CBS News and Stations. Tensions between Ms. McMahon and CBS’s parent company, Paramount, have simmered for months.

Tariff Uncertainty Threatens to Drag Down Europe’s Economic Growth

19 May 2025 at 22:21
The European Union scaled back its forecast for growth in 2025 by nearly half a percent, as the jump in tariffs and surrounding chaos bite.

© Violette Franchi for The New York Times

A supermarket in Paris. France’s projected 2025 growth rate was cut to 0.6 percent from 0.8 percent.

Up Next at the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial: Dawn Richard and Former Employees

After four days with Casandra Ventura, the mogul’s former girlfriend, on the stand, prosecutors are seeking to corroborate her testimony with additional witnesses.

© David Dee Delgado/Reuters

Dawn Richard, a musician who worked with Sean Combs and accused him of misconduct in a lawsuit last year, is testifying at his federal trial.

Woman Sues Real Estate Firm That She Says Ignored Her Sexual Assault Report

19 May 2025 at 17:00
Six women have now filed lawsuits against eXp Realty, with similar claims that they were drugged and then attacked while attending an event for the brokerage.

© Kate Medley for The New York Times

Kirsten Childress said she blacked out while attending a networking event held during an eXp conference in Florida. She claims in a lawsuit that she was later sexually assaulted in a hotel room.

The Delusion of Porn’s Harmlessness

19 May 2025 at 22:12
Despite significant evidence that a deluge of pornography has a negative impact on modern society, there is a curious refusal to publicly admit disapproval of it.

© K Young

Will Trump’s Trade War Turn Canada’s Auto-Parts Capital Into a Ghost Town?

19 May 2025 at 17:01
President Trump’s tariffs on auto parts are already causing job losses in Windsor, Ontario, the heart of an industry that makes components for vehicles bound for the United States.

A worker fitting clips on plastic auto parts at Stratus Plastics in Windsor, Ontario. Colby Wu, the company’s co-owner, says he has had a hard time getting some U.S. firms to buy from him.

Portuguese Center-Right Takes an Election. But Is the Hard Right the Victor?

19 May 2025 at 23:11
While the center-right Democratic Alliance is set to rule Portugal again in a minority government, the hard-right Chega party and its anti-immigrant message is seen as a powerful new force.

© Violeta Santos Moura/Reuters

Luís Montenegro, Portugal’s center-right prime minister, is likely to remain at the head of a minority government.

In Eastern Europe, Centrists Hold Off 2 Nationalist Challenges

19 May 2025 at 19:59
Presidential elections on Sunday in Romania and Poland halted, or at least slowed, hard-right breakthroughs that many liberals had feared. But discontent with mainstream parties lingers.

© Daniel Mihailescu/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Romanian presidential candidate Nicusor Dan greeting supporters after exit poll results were announced in Bucharest on Sunday.

Trump and Putin Set to Discuss Ukraine War in High-Stakes Call

19 May 2025 at 17:44
A telephone call between the two leaders would be the latest chapter in a flurry of diplomatic maneuvering over ending the three-year conflict.

© Tyler Hicks/The New York Times

A member of Ukraine’s 14th Mechanized Brigade near Kupiansk on Thursday.

On Education, DeSantis’s Florida Paved the Way for Trump’s America

19 May 2025 at 17:00
Once bitter rivals, the president and the governor now share an education agenda they hope will reshape schools across the nation.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis has pursued conservative priorities for schools in his state. President Trump is trying to do the same for schools nationwide.
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