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Today — 2 April 2026NYT | Top Stories

Every Trump Threat to Abandon NATO Hollows It Out

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By: Steven Erlanger
2 April 2026 at 17:52
Doubts that the United States would come to the aid of NATO allies increase each time, prompting Europeans to consider an alliance without Washington.

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U.S. soldiers in a military exercise with NATO members in Romania in June. The U.S. secretary of state has warned that relations with NATO will need to be re-examined.

ActBlue May Have Misled Congress on Vetting Foreign Donations, Its Lawyers Warned

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By: Reid J. Epstein and Shane Goldmacher
2 April 2026 at 17:02
The Democratic fund-raising group is facing investigations from the Justice Department and congressional Republicans ahead of the midterm elections.

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Regina Wallace-Jones, the chief executive of the liberal fund-raising organization ActBlue, at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. A 2023 letter from her to Congress later played a role in internal turmoil at ActBlue.

Why Everyone Loves ‘Love on the Spectrum’

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By: Anna Peele
2 April 2026 at 17:03
Without exploitation, “Love on the Spectrum” captures the triumphs and travails of dating. It has become one of Netflix’s most popular shows.

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Madison Marilla and Tyler White, two stars of “Love on the Spectrum.”

Nutrition Will Now Be Required in Medical Schools After RFK Jr. Pressure

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By: Alan Blinder and Alice Callahan
2 April 2026 at 17:02
As Robert F. Kennedy Jr. calls for medical schools to redesign curriculums, an agency that oversees dozens has deleted diversity standards and added nutrition.

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Mr. Kennedy announced in March that more than 50 medical schools would embrace a federal framework for nutrition education.

How A.I. Helped One Man (and His Brother) Build a $1.8 Billion Company

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By: Erin Griffith
2 April 2026 at 17:02
Who needs more than two employees when artificial intelligence can do so many corporate tasks? It’s super efficient — and a little bit lonely.

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Matthew Gallagher, 41, built his start-up, Medvi, with artificial intelligence and few humans.

Supporters of Household Voting Believe U.S. Would Be Better Off Without Women’s Vote

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By: Vivian Yee
2 April 2026 at 17:01
Adherents to biblical patriarchy support household voting: One household, one vote — the husband’s. They say the idea is catching on.

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Sunday church service at King’s Way Church in Prescott, Ariz.

After Sting Operation, Cousin of Bashar al-Assad Convicted in Arms for Drugs Deal

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By: Ephrat Livni
2 April 2026 at 17:03
The cousin, Antoine Kassis, was found guilty of conspiracy to support a terrorist group, after trying to sell weapons from the fallen regime to a Colombian militia.

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A defaced billboard of former Syrian leader Bashar al Assad, in Aleppo, last year.

Meet the ‘Literary King of Tulsa’ (Before He Moves to Seattle)

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By: Elisabeth Egan
2 April 2026 at 17:01
In his free time, Jeff Martin mobilized best-selling authors to travel to sold-out events in his hometown. He will soon expand his horizons.

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Jeff Martin opened the independent bookstore Magic City Books in Tulsa in 2017. Since then, it’s become a bastion of bibliophilia in the midsize prairie town.

New York Is a Hot Spot for Alpha-Gal. Why Doesn’t the State Track Cases?

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By: Joseph Goldstein
2 April 2026 at 15:00
In more than 10 states, laboratories or doctors must notify the state health authorities of each positive test for a marker of the syndrome.

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Alpha-gal syndrome, which involves an allergy to red meat, is triggered by the bite of a lone-star tick.

Europe Pushes for a Gentler Internet for Children

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By: Jeanna Smialek
2 April 2026 at 17:06
The European Union and national capitals are trying to make social media and algorithms less addictive and safer, especially for children.

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Stéphanie Mistre, whose daughter, Marie Le Tiec, ended her life in 2021 at age 15, has become an activist for children’s online safety.

Iran War Showcases Strength of South Korean Defense Sector

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By: Aaron Krolik and Farah Stockman
2 April 2026 at 12:00
Missile interceptors made by the South Korean firm LIG Nex1 are said to be performing well, at a small fraction of the cost of U.S. interceptors.

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Cheongung-II, a South Korean air defense system, on display last year. The country’s defense companies are rapidly taking on new business, as U.S. firms struggle to keep pace with demand from multiple conflicts.

Artemis II Completes First Day of Its NASA Lunar Mission

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By: Kenneth Chang
2 April 2026 at 12:27
The crew, three Americans and a Canadian, are the first humans to travel to the moon in more than 50 years. They will not land on the surface, but the mission will pave the way for future visits.

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Iran War Showcases Strength of South Korean Defense Sector

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By: Aaron Krolik and Farah Stockman
2 April 2026 at 12:00
Missile interceptors made by the South Korean firm LIG Nex1 are said to be performing well, at a small fraction of the cost of U.S. interceptors.

© Chris Jung/NurPhoto, via Associated Press

Cheongung-II, a South Korean air defense system, on display last year. The country’s defense companies are rapidly taking on new business, as U.S. firms struggle to keep pace with demand from multiple conflicts.

Texas Man Charged With Manslaughter in Connection With Cold Case

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By: Pooja Salhotra
2 April 2026 at 11:47
Prosecutors in Galveston County say that in the 1980s, a man killed a teenager and helped hide the remains of a woman, two of the dozens of bodies found on land known as the Texas Killing Fields.

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Tim Miller, father of the victim Laura Miller, hugging his wife, Georgeann, in 1998 as they looked at one of the billboards seeking information to help solve killings in the Houston area.

The Artemis II Toilet Had a Problem

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By: Katrina Miller
2 April 2026 at 12:05
The Universal Waste Management System aboard the Orion capsule is an innovation in deep space toiletry (it seems to be fixed now).

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An Orion training module, an exact replica of the spacecraft that will take astronauts around the moon, at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. A compartment in the floor houses the only bathroom on board.

Senate and House Republicans Strike Deal to End DHS Shutdown

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By: Carl Hulse and Michael Gold
2 April 2026 at 06:54
A bill to reopen the department, which the House G.O.P. rejected on Friday, could be approved as early as Thursday. It was a sharp turnaround by the lawmakers and President Trump.

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The resurrected plan would omit money for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, the agencies carrying out President Trump’s immigration crackdown. Republicans said those agencies’ employees would continue to be paid out of funds that were pushed through Congress last year.

Judge Finds Border Officials Violated Previous Order on Warrantless Arrests

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By: Zach Montague
2 April 2026 at 09:54
A federal judge in California ordered agents to thoroughly document any future stops in an area spanning 34 counties.

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A day laborer in Bakersfield, Calif., in January. A federal judge found on Wednesday that border officials appeared to have violated her earlier order when agents carried out an immigration sweep last year in a Home Depot parking lot in Sacramento.

When Will NASA’s Artemis II Mission Reach the Moon?

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By: Ashley Ahn and Kenneth Chang
2 April 2026 at 08:27
After orbiting Earth, the Orion capsule will carry the astronauts to the moon and arrive by Monday night.

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The Silva-Martinez family, who drove from Houston to attend the launch, watching the Artemis II launch at Kennedy Space Center.
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