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Today — 13 June 2025Main stream

What We Know About the L.A. Protests So Far

The Trump administration is facing legal challenges to its deployment of Marines and National Guard troops to Los Angeles. Shawn Hubler, the Los Angeles bureau chief for The New York Times, talks with Katrin Bennhold, a senior writer, about what she’s seen on the ground in the city.

Where’s the Inflation From Tariffs? Just Wait, Economists Say.

13 June 2025 at 17:01
Are predictions for a jump in consumer prices too early, or just wrong?

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What now looks like a minor tariff-induced increase in prices will become a significant boost this summer, economists say.

Trump’s New ‘Apprentice’ Boardroom: The Oval Office

13 June 2025 at 04:41
The stately room has long been a site of diplomacy. But the reality-star president often does not come there to make friends.

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President Trump’s Oval Office meetings with world leaders like President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa have included reality-TV-style drama.

5 Takeaways From the Debate for N.Y.C. Mayor

The two front-runners in the New York City mayor’s race, Andrew M. Cuomo and Zohran Mamdani, traded barbs over their records, immigration and a host of other issues.

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Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller, center, and Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, right, both clashed with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, left, during the debate.

Trump Steel Tariffs Expand to Hit Home Appliances Like Refrigerators and Dishwashers

The move is one of the first times this year that consumer products were specifically targeted with higher import taxes.

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The new tariffs on washing machines and other appliances will be assessed based on the level of steel content in each product, the government said.

House Approves $9 Billion in Funding Cuts Affecting NPR, PBS and Foreign Aid

13 June 2025 at 08:05
The legislation, requested by the White House, would codify spending cuts pursued by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

© Valerie Plesch for The New York Times

Current and former USAID employees and supporters of foreign aid at a rally in Washington in February.

Elizabeth Warren: Trump Is Right About This One Thing

13 June 2025 at 03:37
The debt ceiling is a political cudgel that serves no economic function. It’s time to abolish it.

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Senator Alex Padilla Forcibly Removed and Handcuffed After Interrupting Noem

Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, was shoved out of a room and handcuffed after he tried to question Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, during a news conference.

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Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, speaking at a news conference in West Los Angeles. Senator Alex Padilla, Democrat of California, was forcibly removed from the event after trying to ask her questions.

Trump’s Immigration P.R. Campaign Enters a New Militarized Phase

The government’s visuals appear intended to persuade migrants without legal status to leave the country, while also making clear the administration will not tolerate resistance.

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President Trump’s administration has cast the purge of undocumented immigrants as a patriotic endeavor.

Trump Administration Sues New York Over Law Barring ICE From Courthouses

13 June 2025 at 05:15
State lawmakers passed the ban in 2020 when President Trump in his first term escalated arrests of undocumented immigrants at state and local courts.

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Pam Bondi, the attorney general, said a New York state law preventing immigration agents from conducting arrests in state or local courthouses shields criminals.

G.O.P. Senators Want Fewer Cuts to Food Aid, Teeing Up a Fight with the House

13 June 2025 at 03:47
Republicans whose constituents rely on nutritional assistance worry that cuts to those programs approved by the House will saddle their states with huge costs and harm low-income children.

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“We can’t cut to the bone and hurt people,” Senator Jim Justice of West Virginia said in an interview.

How the 2020 George Floyd Protests Are Haunting Democrats in 2025

12 June 2025 at 22:18
No longer demanding cuts to police budgets or straining to show solidarity with protesters, Democrats are taking a far more cautious approach.

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Demonstrators marching in Minneapolis in June 2020 to protest the police killing of George Floyd. That summer, many Democratic politicians voiced support for demonstrators and joined them in the streets.

How Companies Are Bracing for Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Sectors including construction, hospitality, health care and manufacturing are on high alert. Economists are worried about the labor market and growth.

© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

Amid protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, businesses nationwide are bracing for the wider fallout.

A Night Out for Trump at the Theater, With a Pocket of Dissent

13 June 2025 at 03:16
Opening night of “Les Misérables” was meant to celebrate the president’s takeover of the Kennedy Center. But he also was forced to encounter his critics.

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President Trump and Melania Trump, the first lady, attending “Les Misérables” at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Wednesday. Soon after taking office, the president appointed himself chairman of the center and restocked the board with loyalists.

A G.O.P. Plan to Sell Public Land Is Back. This Time, It’s Millions of Acres.

13 June 2025 at 00:50
Senate Republicans want to sell the land to build more housing in the West, but the idea is contentious even within their own party.

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The proposal would require the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service to identify and sell between 2.2 million and 3.3 million acres.

Russian Scientist Released After Four Months in Federal Custody

Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, still faces criminal charges for failing to declare scientific samples she was carrying in her suitcase.

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Kseniia Petrova outside the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston on Thursday.

Trump Blocks California E.V. Rules in Latest Move to Rein In the State

California leaders said the state intends to challenge the move in court, and to find new ways to move drivers toward electric vehicles.

© Rachel Bujalski for The New York Times

President Trump signed a resolution on Thursday that blocks California’s effort to phase out gasoline-powered cars.

Google DeepMind and National Hurricane Center Join on New A.I. Model

12 June 2025 at 23:26
The National Hurricane Center will experiment with the company’s DeepMind program to enhance the work of its expert meteorologists.

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Specialized to focus on hurricanes, Google DeepMind’s Weather Lab model tracks a storm’s development for up to 15 days, predicting not only its path but also its strength, an ability that earlier A.I. models lacked.

Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia Seek Sanctions Against Trump Officials

12 June 2025 at 23:33
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s lawyers asked the judge in the case to appoint a special master to investigate the failure by Trump officials to comply with her instructions.

© Daniele Volpe for The New York Times

The prison in Santa Ana, El Salvador, where Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia is believed to have been held. The White House suddenly changed course last Friday and brought him back to face indictment.
Yesterday — 12 June 2025Main stream

Supreme Court Sides With Teenager in School Disability Discrimination Case

13 June 2025 at 00:15
Disability rights groups had followed the case closely, warning that arguments by the school district could threaten broader protections for people with disabilities.

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The case hinged on what standard of proof was required to show discrimination by public schools in education-related disability lawsuits.

Charging Your EV May Be Getting Easier, Even if It’s Not a Tesla

12 June 2025 at 17:02
It is becoming easier to find fast chargers for electric vehicles, and they are more likely to work — and not just for Teslas.

© Kate Medley for The New York Times

A company called Ionna, formed by eight automakers, revamped a former Phillips 66 gas station near Raleigh, N.C., into a station called the Rechargery. Their chargers can deliver up to 400 kilowatts.
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