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Today — 15 August 2025NYT | Top Stories

Thousands Ask Harvard Not to ‘Give in’ and Pay Fine to Trump

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By: Vimal Patel
15 August 2025 at 08:42
In a petition, alumni, faculty and members of the public asked Harvard to stand up to the White House. The school has signaled a willingness to pay $500 million to restore research funds.

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Many at the university had praised the school for suing the Trump administration in the spring over funding cuts and pushing back against other demands.

Judge Halts White House Effort to Defund Schools With D.E.I. Programs

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By: Dana Goldstein
15 August 2025 at 09:15
The Trump administration had asked states to certify that their schools did not practice “illegal D.E.I.” and threatened to cut off billions of dollars from schools that did not comply.

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The Supreme Court in Washington, where affirmative action in college has already been ruled unconstitutional.

PBS Slashes Budget by 21% After Federal Funding Cuts

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By: Benjamin Mullin
15 August 2025 at 06:56
The nonprofit will receive less revenue from its members, which are under pressure to make up for shortfalls of their own.

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A control room at Arizona PBS in Phoenix. PBS’s board approved a 21 percent budget cut and reduced dues paid by local stations by $35 million.

Adams Pushes to Force Drug Users Off NYC Streets

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By: Dana Rubinstein and Anna Kodé
15 August 2025 at 04:44
As he runs a long-shot third-party bid for re-election, Mayor Eric Adams is proposing an aggressive approach, favored by conservatives, of combating open drug use.

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Mayor Eric Adams announced the plan on Thursday at an event hosted by the Manhattan Institute, a conservative think tank.

Eric Adams Vetoes Bill to Raise Wages for Instacart Workers

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By: Emma G. Fitzsimmons
15 August 2025 at 05:33
The City Council is likely to override most of Mayor Eric Adams’s recent vetoes. Still, the mayor seems eager for a fight over bills affecting grocery delivery workers and street vendors.

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Mayor Eric Adams has received a wave of criticism from members of his party over the vetoes, who say they show he is beholden to business interests.

Texas Democrats Will Return Home, Allowing Vote on Redistricting Plan

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By: J. David Goodman
15 August 2025 at 06:08
The leader of Democrats in the Texas House said the battle over redistricting, which could determine control of Congress, is likely to continue in the courts.

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State Representative Gene Wu, leader of the Democrats in the Texas House, speaking at a news conference in Chicago, where lawmakers from his party have fled.

Minnesota Assassination Suspect Indicted on First-Degree Murder Charges

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By: Mitch Smith and Ernesto Londoño
15 August 2025 at 05:38
State prosecutors had previously charged the man with second-degree murder in the deaths of State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband.

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State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were honored at the Minnesota State Capitol in June after they were killed.

Russia and Ukraine Agree: A Trump Summit Is a Big Win for Putin

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By: Andrew Higgins and Nataliya Vasilyeva
15 August 2025 at 05:19
The talks on Friday in Alaska pull the Russian leader out of diplomatic isolation from the West, and Ukrainian and European leaders fear it gives him an opening to sway the American president.

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A summit meeting with President Trump is widely seen as a victory for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, even if no agreements are reached.

As Trump Seizes D.C.’s Police, Critics Say He’s Undercut Its Ability to Fight Crime

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By: Tyler Pager and Devlin Barrett
15 August 2025 at 04:57
The Trump administration has taken steps that have hobbled Washington’s efforts to reduce crime, such as gutting its U.S. attorney’s office and enacting budget cuts of more than $1 billion.

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President Trump has deployed 800 members of the National Guard to Washington to assist local and federal law enforcement.

Border Patrol Agents Show Up in Force at Newsom Rally

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By: Laurel Rosenhall， Jesus Jiménez and Hamed Aleaziz
15 August 2025 at 08:42
The armed and masked agents assembled outside a museum where the governor was speaking in what Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles called “a provocative act.”

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More than a dozen Border Patrol agents turned up in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday outside a museum where Gov. Gavin Newsom was holding a news conference.

Margaret Boden, Philosopher of Artificial Intelligence, Dies at 88

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By: Michael S. Rosenwald
15 August 2025 at 04:36
A cognitive scientist, she used the language of computers to explore the nature of human thought and creativity, offering prescient insights about A.I.

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Margaret Boden in 1994. “What’s unique about Maggie is that she’s a philosopher who has informed, inspired and shaped science,” Blay Whitby, a fellow philosopher, said.

With ‘Zohran’s Law,’ Cuomo Wants to Limit Who Can Live in Rent-Stabilized Homes. How Would That Work?

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By: Mihir Zaveri
15 August 2025 at 04:27
Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s proposal is a dig at Zohran Mamdani, his main opponent in the mayor’s race, but it could upend the housing search for middle-income New Yorkers.

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Former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has been attacking Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, the front-runner in the mayor’s race, as being too rich to need rent-stabilized housing.

In L.A., Fear of ICE Raids Put the First Day of School On Edge

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By: Jill Cowan and Orlando Mayorquín
15 August 2025 at 04:11
Officials and volunteers patrolled areas around schools, part of an effort to warn families about potential raids and reassure them that their children were safe at school.

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As more than half a million students headed back to Los Angeles Unified School District campuses this week, the mood was tense amid the Trump administration’s immigration raids.

Plan for Israeli Settlements Advances and Will ‘Bury’ Palestinian Statehood, Minister Vows

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By: Ephrat Livni
15 August 2025 at 03:38
Bezalel Smotrich, the finance minister, said on Thursday that a plan to significantly expand a settlement near occupied East Jerusalem had won approval. But a procedural step remained.

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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich of Israel, center, arriving for a news conference regarding settlements expansion on Thursday.

This Evangelical Pastor Wants to Replace Women’s Right to Vote

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By: David French
15 August 2025 at 03:28
Trump isn’t just shaping the nation; he’s also changing the evangelical church.

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Air Canada Cancels Flights Ahead of Possible Flight Attendant Strike

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By: Ian Austen and Niraj Chokshi
15 August 2025 at 03:26
The dominant air carrier in Canada set in motion a process that could ground 130,000 passengers a day by Saturday.

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Air Canada flight attendants picketed outside Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, on Monday.

Supreme Court Allows Mississippi Law on Children’s Use of Social Media, for Now

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By: Adam Liptak and Zach Montague
15 August 2025 at 02:54
A trade group representing sites like Facebook and X said the law ran afoul of the First Amendment.

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The Supreme Court’s precedents have protected the First Amendment rights of both children and social media sites.

The U.S. Is Auctioning a Seized Russian Yacht. Will Anyone Buy It?

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By: Aishvarya Kavi
14 August 2025 at 17:03
The Justice Department said the yacht, Amadea, was worth at least $300 million when it was seized in 2022 from a Russian oligarch. It’s unlikely to sell for that price.

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The United States government is auctioning off the Amadea, a luxury yacht that it seized in 2022, saying it belonged to a Russian oligarch who was sanctioned by the United States.

Fact-Checking Trump’s Epstein Defenses

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By: Linda Qiu and Jamie Leventhal
15 August 2025 at 00:37
In the face of mounting discontent over his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, President Trump has turned to deflection, denial and downplaying.

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While President Trump socialized with Jeffrey Epstein decades earlier, they had a falling out in the 2000s and there is no public evidence that the president was involved in any of Mr. Epstein’s illegal activities.

Plan to Add 9,500 Homes to Midtown Manhattan Wins City Council Approval

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By: Mihir Zaveri
15 August 2025 at 03:51
The plan would open a swath of Midtown, including the garment district, to residential development.

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Midtown Manhattan became a symbol of the emptying out of urban commercial centers amid the coronavirus pandemic and the shift to remote work.

D.C. Police Move to Share Limited Information With Federal Immigration Officials

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By: Karoun Demirjian
15 August 2025 at 01:33
Chief Pamela A. Smith’s order effectively serves as a carve-out to how the department enforces a broader ban that prohibits the local police from cooperating with federal immigration enforcement.

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Department of Homeland Security agents joined Metropolitan Police Department officers as they conducted traffic checks at a checkpoint in Washington on Wednesday.

Why Does Trump Want to Meet With Putin, and What Are the Risks?

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By: Jess Bidgood and David E. Sanger
14 August 2025 at 21:33
President Trump wants to be seen as a peacemaker, but the meeting comes with enormous stakes.

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The meeting on Friday will be the first for an American president since the Western world isolated Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

Troops in Washington Remain Largely Unseen So Far

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By: Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
15 August 2025 at 01:00
Federal agents are assisting the local police, but a surge in National Guard troops hasn’t hit the streets.

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Members of the National Guard on Thursday morning at Union Station in Washington, D.C.
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