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The Growing Blowback Against Marc Benioff

New revelations about efforts by his company, Salesforce, to work with the Trump administration is getting heat from San Francisco officials and now allies.

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Marc Benioff’s rightward shift has turned at least one major ally against him.

Trump’s 2-Hour Call with Putin, and Why Iran Is Pushing Gender Transition Surgeries

Plus, your Friday news quiz.

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President Donald Trump, seen in Alaska in August, says he plans to meet again with President Vladimir Putin of Russia to discuss a cease-fire. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has arrived in Washington to seek more weapons.

Fact-Checking the Debate

Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa traded barbs over the police, prostitution and President Trump.

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The three leading candidates to be New York City mayor: Andrew M. Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa and Zohran Mamdani.

Universities Are Standing Up to Trump

A White House proposal for special funding treatment crossed a line for several schools. Some say it feels like a turning point in the federal government’s battle with higher education.

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At Brown, some students and faculty worried their school might go along with the White House’s proposal after it agreed to an earlier deal.

Apple, Caught Between U.S. and China, Pledges Investment in Both

In Beijing this week, the company’s chief executive, Tim Cook, made promises similar to ones he’d made at the White House. He also got a custom Labubu.

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Apple’s chief executive, Tim Cook. The company faces a delicate balancing act as China and the United States compete for control over tech supply chains.

Tomiichi Murayama, Japanese Leader Who Gave War Apology, Dies at 101

His televised address as prime minister, delivered 50 years to the day after Japan announced its surrender, set a marker for his country’s “deep remorse” over wartime atrocities.

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Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama in 1995, the year he delivered his landmark apology. “Our task,” he said, “is to convey to younger generations the horrors of war so that we never repeat the errors in our history.”

The Top Zingers of the Mayoral Debate

The two-hour slugfest produced some memorable one-liners, on subjects ranging from the candidates’ parents to imaginary sports championships.

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The candidates, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Curtis Sliwa and Zohran Mamdani, were at times deeply personal in their attacks on one another.
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