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How NextEra Energy Wielded Political Power in Florida

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Ivan Penn
NextEra, which is seeking to buy Dominion Energy, has often butted heads with consumer groups, residents and journalists in its home state.

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A Dominion Energy power plant near Davis, W.Va. NextEra Energy’s political activities are expected to be scrutinized as it seeks approval of its purchase of Dominion.

Luka Doncic on Trying to Bring an N.B.A. Team to Rome

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Tania Ganguli
The superstar is part of group that has bought a basketball team in Italy, with a plan to move the club to Rome in hopes of making it part of a new league.

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“Since I came to the N.B.A., my dream was always to own a team in Europe,” said Luka Doncic, a Slovenian basketball star who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers.

New York Wants to Restrict ICE Enforcement. ICE Has Other Ideas.

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Grace Ashford and Hamed Aleaziz
New York leaders changed state immigration laws to hold federal agents accountable for their deportation tactics, but their efforts will face opposition from the Trump administration.

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New legislation adopted by New York State lawmakers bars federal immigration agents from wearing masks, as they did last year at a staging area in Lower Manhattan.

The $900 Billion Giant: How Anthropic Got So Big, So Fast

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Andrew Ross Sorkin， Bernhard Warner， Sarah Kessler， Michael J. de la Merced， Niko Gallogly， Brian O’Keefe， Ian Mount and Lauren Hirsch
The artificial intelligence giant was just valued at $900 billion, surpassing OpenAI. Here are the numbers behind its rise — and headwinds it faces.

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Anthropic, which created the Claude A.I. model, has surged in popularity with users, pushing its valuation to $900 billion.

Should We Let Robots Kill People?

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Interesting Times
Are we ready for autonomous drones to make life-and-death decisions on the battlefield? Christian Brose, the chief strategy officer of Anduril Industries, explains on “Interesting Times” that the Pentagon’s official policy leaves the door for autonomous weapons wide open.

Is the U.S. Prepared for a Major War?

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America has fired “something like eight years’ worth of Tomahawk missile production” in Iran, Christian Brose, the chief strategy officer of Anduril Industries, says on “Interesting Times,” where he and the Opinion columnist Ross Douthat discuss the limitations of America’s arsenal of “luxury” weapons.

ABC Accuses Trump Administration of Threatening Its Broadcast Licenses

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Jim Rutenberg
The TV network slammed the Federal Communications Commission, saying the regulator was targeting its station licenses in a campaign of “unconstitutional retaliation.”

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The filing was the second time this month that ABC accused the Federal Communications Commission of violating its free speech rights because of what the network has called “speech the government does not like.”

Quarantine Unit for Americans Exposed to Ebola to Open in Kenya Friday

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Karoun Demirjian and Apoorva Mandavilli
But U.S. officials are still working to find centers in Europe to accept Americans who need advanced treatment, seen as critical to improving odds of survival.

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The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is already estimated to have caused more than 1,000 cases and more than 200 deaths since it was announced May 15.

Dell Gets a $9.7 Billion Defense Contract. Trump’s Portfolio Stands to Benefit.

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Eric Lipton
The president’s family says his stock purchases are automatically timed, but recent acquisitions of the computer company’s shares raise questions.

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Michael and Susan Dell pledged in December to donate $6.25 billion to kick off the “Trump accounts” program that creates special investment savings accounts with tax benefits for American children.

Anthropic Tops OpenAI to Become the World’s Most Valuable A.I. Start-Up

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Mike Isaac and Cade Metz
Anthropic raised $65 billion in new fund-raising that put its value at $900 billion, ahead of OpenAI’s last valuation of $730 billion, as the companies duel for A.I. dominance.

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Anthropic’s updated model, Claude Opus 4.8, is particularly adept at vibecoding, or the process of artificial intelligence writing code from prompts in conversational English.

The Google Insider Trading Case Hits Polymarket

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Andrew Ross Sorkin， Bernhard Warner， Sarah Kessler， Michael J. de la Merced， Niko Gallogly， Brian O’Keefe and Ian Mount
Charges against a Google employee who bet on Polymarket have raised concerns that the issue may dent momentum in the fast-growing sector.

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A new insider-trading case has rocked Polymarket, the popular prediction market platform.
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