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Trump and Mamdani Will Meet at White House on Friday

20 November 2025 at 10:48
The meeting between Zohran Mamdani, the mayor-elect of New York City, and President Trump will come after the two men have fiercely attacked one another.

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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said he wanted to speak plainly to the president. President Trump, in a social media post, called Mr. Mamdani a communist.

Nvidia Earnings Fuel Rally in Global Technology Stocks

The chipmaker’s profit surge and strong revenue forecast helped to ease fears that spending on A.I. infrastructure might be outpacing demand.

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A trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. In the United States, Nvidia shares climbed more than 5 percent in after-hours trading.

Florida Lawmaker Stole FEMA Funds for House Campaign, Prosecutors Say

20 November 2025 at 09:57
Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick misused $5 million in Covid-related funds during the pandemic in part to finance her campaign, according to the Justice Department.

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Representative Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick has since 2022 represented a district that includes parts of Broward and Palm Beach Counties.

Saudi Arabia, Once Shunned, Has Corporate Titans Swooning for Deals

20 November 2025 at 10:19
Some of the most prominent U.S. executives gathered at the Kennedy Center for an event promoting deal-making with the oil-rich kingdom.

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President Trump posing next to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia for a group photo at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center in Washington.

Larry Summers to Stop Teaching at Harvard While It Investigates His Epstein Ties

20 November 2025 at 09:18
The former Harvard president had previously stepped down from other positions following revelations about his longtime connections to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Lawrence Summers at a commencement ceremony at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., in 2006.

Robert L. Stirm, Returning P.O.W. in Pulitzer-Winning Photo, Dies at 92

20 November 2025 at 12:27
The image immortalized a Vietnam veteran’s joyous homecoming to his beaming family, but it hid the truth about an unraveling marriage.

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Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm on March 17, 1973, as he was greeted by his family at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., after five and a half years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. His daughter Lorrie, foreground, is followed by the other children, Robert, Cynthia and Roger, and his wife, Loretta.

NASA Releases Images of Comet 3I/ATLAS Passing by Mars

20 November 2025 at 07:44
With the government reopened, the space agency at last released pictures captured by a fleet of government spacecraft of an object that came from beyond our solar system.

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F.B.I. Hunt Intensifies for Ryan Wedding, Snowboarder Accused of Being a Drug Kingpin

20 November 2025 at 06:59
Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic athlete said to be a major cocaine trafficker, is accused of ordering the murder of a witness who was set to testify against him.

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Ryan Wedding during the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in 2002.

Newly Discovered Bach Pieces Are the Fruits of Decades of Detective Work

20 November 2025 at 07:00
A pair of organ works that scholars believe were written by a teenage Johann Sebastian Bach were premiered in Leipzig this week and added to the composer’s official catalog.

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The two pieces were premiered by Ton Koopman and given their own numbers in the catalog of Bach’s works: BWV 1178 and BWV 1179.

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Has Big Plans, but His Giant Fund Is Low on Cash

20 November 2025 at 07:00
After nearly a decade of expensive, hit-and-miss investments, Mohammed bin Salman is overseeing a behind-the-scenes restructuring of the kingdom’s all-important wealth fund.

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President Trump welcomed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia to the White House on Tuesday.

U.S.-Russian Peace Plan Would Force Ukraine to Cede Land and Cut Army

The 28-point proposal, which comes as the Trump administration tries to restart settlement talks, includes demands long rejected by Kyiv as nonstarters.

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A Ukrainian artillery unit firing a howitzer at Russian targets in the Dnipropetrovsk region, last month.

Believe It or Not, That $12 Million Gold Toilet Was Bought by … Ripley’s

20 November 2025 at 07:07
The entertainment company plans on displaying the toilet, saying its team is exploring “whether visitors may someday be allowed to use it.”

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not, which paid $12.1 million for the toilet on Tuesday, said that “finding the unbelievable is our business.”

Stalled Contempt Inquiry Into Deportation Flights Springs Back to Life

20 November 2025 at 06:22
The resurrected inquiry could finally get to the bottom of lingering questions such as: Did top Trump administration officials purposely ignore a court order?

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Judge James E. Boasberg’s initial order laying out the contempt investigation outlined an aggressive process for figuring out what happened inside the administration.

Mexico Is Now the United States’ Top Buyer

20 November 2025 at 06:00
For first time in at least 30 years, the United States has exported more to Mexico than Canada, U.S. government data show, in a sign of how much North American trade has consolidated.

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Trucks moving goods from the United States to Mexico in February. “Mexico is the United States’ main trading partner,” said Marcelo Ebrard, Mexico’s economy minister.

Nvidia Earnings Show Profit Jumped 65% to $31.9 Billion

20 November 2025 at 05:41
The company, which makes the computer chips essential to the artificial intelligence boom, also said revenue in its recent quarter rose to $57 billion.

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Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, made a bet on chips for artificial intelligence that has turned his company into a Silicon Valley giant.

Alberta Invokes Last-Resort Constitutional Clause to Shield Trans Laws From Challenges

The western province’s conservative government has invoked a rarely used clause in Canada’s Constitution to shield its bills limiting transgender rights from legal challenges.

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Danielle Smith, Alberta’s conservative premier, has framed the enactment of the bills as a matter of children’s safety.

Driver Who Killed Mother and Daughters Sentenced to 3 to 9 Years

Miriam Yarimi, a wig maker with a big social media presence, ran a red light in Brooklyn before slamming into the family members. The deaths spurred calls for increased traffic safety.

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Miriam Yarimi drove a blue Audi A3 sedan with the license plate WIGM8KER and had a long history of driving infractions.

Trump Wanted to Abolish FEMA. His Own Advisers Disagree.

20 November 2025 at 03:57
A panel convened by President Trump is said to have rejected the president’s idea that the agency should “go away.”

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The homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, during a news conference with Texas officials following the catastrophic flooding of the Guadalupe River in Kerrville, Texas, in July.

George Conway, a Vocal Foe of Trump, Eyes Congressional Run

20 November 2025 at 04:13
The former conservative lawyer built a social media following with his harsh criticism of President Trump, who was the boss of his wife at the time.

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George Conway is moving closer to announcing a run for Congress in one of Manhattan’s wealthiest and bluest districts.

Israeli Strikes Kill at Least 25 in Gaza Amid Cease-Fire, Officials Say

20 November 2025 at 04:08
Israel’s military said it had launched attacks across Gaza after Palestinian militants shot at its troops. The six-week-old cease-fire has been pierced periodically by bursts of violence.

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Israeli soldiers and tanks gathered near the Gaza border in southern Israel on Monday.

After the Death of Two Titans, Where Are the Next Giant Art Patrons?

20 November 2025 at 00:06
With the passing of Leonard A. Lauder and Agnes Gund amid financial headwinds, arts organizations worry that the cultural megadonor may be a thing of the past.

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George Clooney, Adam Sandler and Noah Baumbach on Fame and ‘Jay Kelly’

The stars and the director look back on their days trying to break into the industry and how failure was part of the equation.

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Noah Baumbach with Sandler and Clooney in Beverly Hills.

Police Officer and Ex-Mayor Is Charged With Sexually Assaulting a Child

20 November 2025 at 03:36
The attack took place when the child was home alone, prosecutors said. The accused assailant, Sgt. Andrew LaBruno, ran unsuccessfully for the New Jersey State Legislature this year.

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