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June 28, 2025, 4:10 a.m. Eastern time

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Senate Rejects Democratic Measure to Limit Trump’s Ability to Strike Iran Again

Trump Says U.S. Ending Trade Talks With Canada

The president said he would cease negotiations and impose new tariffs because of Canada’s imminent, new digital services taxes.

In Birthright Citizenship Case, Supreme Court Limits Power of Judges to Block Trump Policies

The ruling clears a major hurdle to President Trump’s agenda and could reshape American citizenship, at least temporarily, as lower court challenges proceed.

Editors’ Picks

The Concorde-and-Caviar Era of Condé Nast, When Magazines Ruled the Earth

Opulent days are over at Vogue, Vanity Fair and other once-powerful glossies. Anna Wintour is giving up (some) control. Now that everyone’s a gatekeeper, why do we keep recreating their status-obsessed world?

Opinion | The National Debt Is Already Causing Bigger Problems Than People Realize

Debt payments already exceed military spending. The president’s bill will make things worse.

World

China Confirms Trade Framework With U.S. to Lift Export Controls

The deal involves loosening exports of rare earths to the United States and the lifting of some restrictions on U.S. goods to China, China’s Ministry of Commerce said.

Russia Seizes Key Lithium Field in Challenge for U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal

The capture highlights a core problem in the agreement. The more territory Moscow grabs, the fewer resources Kyiv can offer to Washington.

12 Days of Attacks Later, Could Iran Make an Atomic Bomb?

How an atomic weapon is built, and what the recent Israeli and U.S. attacks on Iran may mean for the country’s nuclear ambitions.

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U.S.

Harvard Announces a Contingency Plan for Some of Its International Students

Students at the Kennedy School of Government can study online or finish their degrees at the University of Toronto.

Mourners Stream Into Minnesota Capitol as Assassination Victims Lie in State

A line stretched around the block to honor State Representative Melissa Hortman, her husband and their dog, who were killed in an attack that officials have called a political assassination.

University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration

The Justice Department had demanded that James E. Ryan step down in order to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school.

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Politics

Fearing Tax Increases and Trump, G.O.P. Toils to Pass a Bill With Plenty to Hate

The sweeping measure Senate Republican leaders hope to pass has many unpopular elements they despise. But they face a political reckoning on taxes and the scorn of the president if they fail.

Comparing How the House and Senate Bills Deliver on Trump’s Agenda

A look at some of the key provisions in Republicans' domestic policy bill and where the two chambers are divided.

Don Bacon, House Republican Who Often Criticizes Trump, Won’t Seek Re-election

The departure of the five-term lawmaker from Nebraska enhances Democrats’ chances of picking up a seat in the narrowly divided House.

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Business

S&P 500 Surges Through Trump Turmoil to a Record High

The index has regained all the ground it lost in March and early April, when President Trump proposed his broad array of tariffs.

Your Cat’s Food Probably Comes From Thailand. Tariffs May Change That.

After rapid growth, Thailand is the biggest overseas supplier of pet food in the United States. Volatility in policy has some importers looking elsewhere.

G7 Backs Plan for ‘Side-by-Side’ Tax System to Avoid U.S. Fight

American companies will be exempt from penalties related to a 2021 global minimum tax deal that President Trump opposes.

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Technology

In Pursuit of Godlike Technology, Mark Zuckerberg Amps Up the A.I. Race

Unhappy with his company’s artificial intelligence efforts, Meta’s C.E.O. is on a spending spree as he reconsiders his strategy in the contest to invent a hypothetical “superintelligence.”

The A.I. Frenzy Is Escalating. Again.

Companies like OpenAI, Amazon and Meta have supersized their spending on artificial intelligence, with no signs of slowing down.

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Arts

Tech C.E.O. Pays $400,000 to Conduct the Toronto Symphony

Mandle Cheung, a 78-year-old amateur conductor, led a performance of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony over the objections of some musicians.

Scorched Stumps and Spotless Art at the Reopened Getty Villa

Although the museum’s artwork was unscathed, roughly 1,400 trees on the property burned during the Palisades fire. Visible traces of the devastation are intentional.

Matthew Goode’s Surprising and Subversive ‘Dept. Q’ Performance

The British actor is the engine that drives the popular new Netflix series.

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New York

Major Unions Are Dropping Cuomo to Back Mamdani in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race

The powerful hotel workers union and Local 32BJ are switching their endorsements to Zohran Mamdani, a sign that Democratic power