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Today — 17 May 2025NYT | Top Stories

In the U.S., a Summer Travel Slump Looms

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By: Ceylan Yeğinsu and Christine Chung
17 May 2025 at 02:48
Many airlines, hotels and analysts are forecasting a downbeat tourism season in America, as threats of tariffs and unpopular policy decisions take their toll.

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Canadian arrivals have declined significantly for a third consecutive month as Canadians continue to boycott the United States. Above, the Blue Water Bridge border crossing in Port Huron, Mich.

Gulf States Pay Off $15.5 Million Syrian Debt to World Bank

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By: Euan Ward
17 May 2025 at 01:55
The move was the latest victory for Syria’s new government as it attempts to stabilize the nation after a long civil war and decades of dictatorship.

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People wandered amid food carts on Wednesday evening in Aleppo, Syria. There are signs of growing confidence by international investors in Syria.

US May Drop Guilty Plea Deal With Boeing Over 737 Max Crashes, Lawyers Say

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By: Niraj Chokshi
17 May 2025 at 01:44
A decision to not pursue a guilty plea from Boeing would be the latest about-face in a long effort to hold the plane maker accountable for the crashes of two 737 Max jets.

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Demonstrators, including some whose relatives died in crashes of Boeing’s 737 Max planes, protested on Capitol Hill last June.

At the Cannes Film Festival, the Mood Is Uncertain and Unsettled

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By: Manohla Dargis
17 May 2025 at 00:08
The threat of tariffs and the struggles of Hollywood have dampened what is usually an international party. Even the early standouts are somber.

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From left, the Cannes jury includes Jeremy Strong, Juliette Binoche (the panel’s president), Alba Rohrwacher and Leila Slimani.

Who Took the ‘Napalm Girl’ Photo?

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By: Benjamin Mullin
16 May 2025 at 23:21
Questions about the credit for a famous photograph from the Vietnam War have divided the photojournalism community for months.

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The Associated Press is continuing to credit this Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph from 1972 to Nick Ut.

Republican Tax Bill May Hurt the Lowest Earners and Help the Richest

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By: Tony Romm
17 May 2025 at 00:21
Even though most Americans may see lower taxes, Republicans’ spending cuts could outweigh those benefits and leave some worse off.

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While House Republicans, like Representative Jason Smith of Missouri, have described the tax bill as helping everyday Americans, economists have found that its most generous and lasting benefits will go to the wealthy.

Yiyun Li’s New Book Is No Ordinary Grief Memoir

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By: Alexandra Alter
17 May 2025 at 03:11
Only by writing could the acclaimed novelist Yiyun Li grapple with the suicides of her two sons. But her new book is no ordinary grief memoir.

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“People always say, you’re going to overcome this,” said the author, here on the Princeton University campus, where she teaches. “No, I’m not.”
Yesterday — 16 May 2025NYT | Top Stories

Republican Tax Bill May Hurt the Lowest Earners and Help the Richest

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By: Tony Romm
16 May 2025 at 22:45
Even though most Americans may see lower taxes, Republicans’ spending cuts could outweigh those benefits and leave some worse off.

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While House Republicans, like Representative Jason Smith of Missouri, have described the tax bill as helping everyday Americans, economists have found that its most generous and lasting benefits will go to the wealthy.

Retirees Are Filing for Social Security Earlier. Why?

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By: Tara Siegel Bernard
16 May 2025 at 23:13
An additional 276,000 people filed for Social Security benefits so far this fiscal year, up 13% from a year ago. Anxiety appears to be a driver.

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Marty McGowan had intended to wait until he was 70 to file for Social Security benefits, but decided to file at 67 instead. “The market drop was the final straw,” he said.

OpenAI Unveils Codex, a New Tool for Computer Programmers

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By: Cade Metz
16 May 2025 at 23:00
The tool, Codex, will be able to handle multiple tasks at the same time, the company said. OpenAI is also in talks to acquire a coding tool called Windsurf for $3 billion.

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Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, at a Senate committee hearing last week. The company’s new tool is a kind of technology called an A.I. agent.

Hadi Matar, Salman Rushdie’s Attacker, Sentenced to 25 Years

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By: Alyce McFadden
17 May 2025 at 00:02
Hadi Matar, the defendant, said he believed Mr. Rushdie to be a hypocrite. His attack left the acclaimed author blind in one eye.

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Hadi Matar has said he believed Salman Rushdie had committed a grave offense against Islam.

Data Centers’ Hunger for Energy Could Raise All Electric Bills

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By: Ivan Penn
16 May 2025 at 22:26
Individuals and small businesses may end up bearing some of the cost of grid upgrades needed for large electricity users, a new report found.

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Data centers account for much of the increase in demand for electricity.

Cable Giants Charter and Cox to Merge in $34.5 Billion Deal

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By: Michael J. de la Merced， Lauren Hirsch and Benjamin Mullin
16 May 2025 at 22:09
The combination, which must pass muster with antitrust authorities, would create one of the biggest TV and internet providers in the United States.

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The Charter Communications headquarters in Stamford, Conn. The cable giant announced a merger with its rival Cox Communications on Friday.

Novo Nordisk to Replace C.E.O. After Losing Edge in Weight-Loss Drugs

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By: Rebecca Robbins
16 May 2025 at 21:58
The Danish drugmaker, which makes Ozempic and Wegovy, has seen its stock tumble as competition in the weight-loss drug market has grown fiercer.

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Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen has led Novo Nordisk for eight years.

Trump Says ‘People Are Starving’ in Gaza and the U.S. Wants to Help

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By: Luke Broadwater and Erika Solomon
16 May 2025 at 20:10
Humanitarian support has collapsed in the enclave, which has been under total Israeli blockade for more than two months. Aid groups warn that the territory is on the brink of famine.

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President Trump with the president of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed, at the Abu Dhabi International Airport on Friday.

Inside the Rift Over Trump’s A.I. Deals in the Gulf

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By: Andrew Ross Sorkin， Ravi Mattu， Bernhard Warner， Sarah Kessler， Michael J. de la Merced， Lauren Hirsch and Edmund Lee
16 May 2025 at 20:14
The president’s Middle East visit produced multibillion-dollar technology investments by the Saudis and Emiratis. But they face political pushback at home.

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President Trump is set to wrap up his Middle East trip today, a visit that produced a slew of business deals.

Stephen Colbert on the President’s Trumped-Up Birthday Plans

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By: Trish Bendix
16 May 2025 at 14:25
A military parade marking the anniversary of the Army’s founding will be held on the president’s birthday. “He wants overwhelming force,” Stephen Colbert said.

NJ Transit’s Buses to Run as Usual During Strike

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By: Patrick McGeehan
16 May 2025 at 18:08
Supplemental chartered buses will begin running on Monday, but officials warned they can accommodate only about 20 percent of train riders.

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A screen at Newark Penn Station displaying a rail service disruption warning on Thursday, before the New Jersey Transit strike deadline.

Republicans Push to Put School Desegregation Officially in the Past

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By: Sarah Mervosh
16 May 2025 at 17:01
Louisiana officials want to overturn the remaining federal desegregation orders in their state. They may find allies in the Trump administration.

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The Justice Department dismissed a desegregation order in Plaquemines Parish, La., which had been kept open by mistake. State officials hope others may be lifted.

Judge to Press Trump Administration Over Return of Wrongly Deported Man

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By: Alan Feuer
16 May 2025 at 17:02
Justice Department lawyers are scheduled to appear in Federal District Court in Maryland to defend their latest effort to avoid disclosing details about several key aspects of the proceeding.

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The federal courthouse in Greenbelt, Md. The Justice Department has argued that many of details of the deportation case involving Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia should not be made public because they amount to state secrets.

Conservative Republicans Revolt Over Domestic Policy Bill, Threatening Its Path

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By: Catie Edmondson， Michael Gold and Maya C. Miller
16 May 2025 at 05:57
The opposition of a pair of right-wing lawmakers who are pressing for deeper spending cuts appeared to be enough, at least for now, to block the bill from advancing past its next hurdle and to the House floor.

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Representative Chip Roy, Republican of Texas, at the Capitol on Wednesday. An influential anti-spending conservative, Mr. Roy declared that he planned to vote against approving the tax and budget legislation.
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