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U.S. Tightens Car Mileage Rules, Part of Strategy to Fight Climate Change

The shift, which could reshape the American auto market, is designed to encourage sales of electric vehicles and hybrids.

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A steady stream of cars and trucks navigate a tangle of elevated highways. — Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times

Justice Thomas Acknowledges 2019 Trips Paid For by Texas Billionaire

Justice Clarence Thomas amended an earlier financial disclosure to include vacations to Bali and a California club paid for by the billionaire Harlan Crow.

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Justice Clarence Thomas sitting in an armchair and speaking. He is wearing a dark suit and a blue shirt with no tie. — Allison V. Smith for The New York Times

Senate Democrats are facing pressure from the left to open an inquiry into the Supreme Court.

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Hunter Biden Is on Trial, but All Eyes Are on the Biden Women

The women called to testify have at different times tried to support a man whose history of addiction continues to affect them.

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Hunter Biden’s daughter testified on her father’s behalf in his trial on gun charges.

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Bill Anders, Who Snapped ‘Earthrise’ While Orbiting the Moon, Dies at 90

He died when his small plane dove into the water north of Seattle. His 1968 photo of Earth, taken aboard Apollo 8, helped inspire the environmental movement.

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In William A. Anders 1968 photo, shot from space, the gray cratered surface of the moon appears in the foreground as the blue marble of the Earth, half hidden in the darkness of space that surrounds it, rises in the distance. — William A. Anders/NASA

FROM 2018

“Earthrise,” a photograph of Earth seen around the world, helped humans rediscover their planet.

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Washington Post Shake-Up Brings Fresh Eyes to an Old Scandal

The newspaper’s new publisher argued against coverage of British phone hacking. Instead, he has invited renewed scrutiny.

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An exterior view of the Washington Post building in Washington. — Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Washington Post Leaders Look to Quell Anxiety After a Tumultuous Week

Will Lewis, the chief executive, pledged to employees to “improve how well I listen,” while Matt Murray, the new editor, tried to reassure staff members.

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Glen Powell Is Absolutely Willing to Play the Hollywood Game

In a town littered with would-be superstars, he’s trying to beat the odds by giving studios what they crave. It’s no coincidence he’s everywhere.

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In a shot from overhead, Powell reclines on the ground and looks up at the camera. — Ryan Pfluger for The New York Times

Israel’s Push in Central Gaza Targets Hamas Fighters

Israel said it had killed dozens of militants on Friday, a day after a strike on a former school that Gazan officials said killed dozens of civilians.

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People walk past, and peer up at, a building whose walls have been blown out, and where rubble lies everywhere on the floor. — Eyad Baba/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

U.S. Considers Expanded Nuclear Arsenal, a Reversal of Decades of Cuts

China’s expansion and Russia’s threats of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine and in space have changed a U.S. drive to reduce its stockpile.

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A B-1 stealth bomber at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. While the Biden administration has not abandoned rhetorical support for a world without nuclear bombs, officials say prospects for new arms control deals are dim. — Nancy Borowick for The New York Times

President Vladimir Putin said the West’s combined nuclear arsenal would be no match for Russia’s.

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Alex Jones Seeks to Liquidate Assets to Pay Damages to Sandy Hook Families

But money to the families would fall far short of the more than $1.4 billion they were awarded for Mr. Jones’s lies about the 2012 school massacre.

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Alex Jones wearing a dark blue jacket and a light blue button-up shirt. — Kirsten Luce for The New York Times

Weeks Before Prison, a Defiant Steve Bannon Is Still Rallying MAGA World

Mr. Bannon, a onetime adviser to former President Trump, has framed his impending imprisonment as an act of patriotism.

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Stephen K. Bannon addresses a crowd at a political rally. — Eze Amos for The New York Times

Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, agreed to testify before Congress about the Trump hush-money case.

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Are These Really ‘the World’s 50 Best Restaurants’?

Our critic writes that this year’s selections are endurance tests, monuments to ego and — the most frightening words in dining — “immersive experiences.”

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Chefs in black chef coats work on wooden plant containers with greenery sticking out from the tops. — ROMEO GACAD/AFP via Getty Images

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Is New York’s Economy Too Fragile for Congestion Pricing? Many Say No.

Gov. Kathy Hochul said she halted the tolling plan because of New York City’s unstable economic recovery. Experts say the alternatives are worse.

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An intersection in downtown Manhattan. — Karsten Moran for The New York Times

New York lawmakers ended their session without replacing congestion pricing revenue, leaving a billion-dollar budget hole.

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‘The Time Has Come to Say Goodbye’: Pat Sajak Bids Farewell to ‘Wheel of Fortune’

The host thanked the show’s viewers and had special words for his co-star, Vanna White, before he signed off for the final time.

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A woman in an orange dress and a man in a brown suit smile on a game show stage. Behind them is a colorful sign that reads "Wheel of Fortune." — Sony Pictures Television

Opinion

Jamelle Bouie

Republicans Have a New Way of Looking at Crime

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David Brooks

The Pathologies of the Educated Class

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Gail Collins

Hunter Biden’s Revolver Case Exposes Republican Hypocrisy

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Michelle Goldberg

Donald Trump’s Mob Rule

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The Editorial Board

New York Should Lead the Way on Congestion Pricing, Not Delay It

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William D. Cohan

The Slow Death of a Fabled Media Empire

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Jon Grinspan

The 19th-Century Club You’ve Never Heard of That Changed the World

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Peter Coy

Are American Workers’ Wages Really Lagging Behind Productivity?

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Paul Krugman

Why You Shouldn’t Obsess About the National Debt

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Daniel J. Wakin

A Beloved Artist Supplants a Corporation on a Concert Hall Marquee

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Nicole Gelinas

New York’s Congestion Pricing System Could Have Been Saved

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The ‘Empty Suit’ of Trump’s Masculinity

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Letters From Our Readers

Mitch McConnell’s Warning Against Isolationism

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The Ezra Klein ShowAudio

The Economic Theory That Explains Why Americans Are So Mad

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Tom Wright and Kate Slevin

Kathy Hochul Just Upended a Lot More Than Congestion Pricing

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Mitch McConnell: We Cannot Repeat the Mistakes of the 1930s

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The EveningNewsletter

U.S. Hiring and Wages Rose More Than Expected

President Biden pushes for more E.V.s, the southern border could be closed for months and more news.

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The Biden Family’s Public Reckoning With Addiction

Hunter Biden’s trial laid bare some of the first family’s deepest pain, and the strength of the ties at its core.

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Denmark’s Prime Minister Is Attacked in Copenhagen Square

Mette Frederiksen, who has led the country since 2019, was “beaten,” her office said. The police said an arrest had been made, but a motive is unclear.

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Jeannette Charles, Who Doubled for the Queen, Is Dead at 96

She bore a startling resemblance to Elizabeth II. In “The Naked Gun” and other movies, and in comedy sketches on TV, she wore the crown lightly.

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Jeannette Charles, a white-haired woman wearing glasses who strongly resembles Queen Elizabeth II, sits outdoors in a chair reading a book whose back cover, which contains a picture of her as the queen, faces the camera. She wears a blue dress with white dots. — Roger Crump/The Sun

Can I Opt Out of Meta’s A.I. Scraping? Sort Of.

Social media users voiced worries about a move by Meta to use public Instagram and Facebook posts to train its A.I. But the scraping has already begun.

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Roaring Kitty Talked GameStop and Chugged Beer. Shares Plunged.

Keith Gill, the investor who spurred the meme stock mania in 2021, attracted a huge audience for his public return. But his favorite buy dropped.

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