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Trump Weighs Getting Involved in New York City Mayor’s Race
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August 7, 2025, 6:45 a.m. Eastern time

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Live Updates: U.S. Tariffs Take Effect, a New Step in Trump’s Trade War

Few major trading partners have been spared the import taxes, which have already disrupted supply chains and are expected to drive up prices for Americans.

China Turns to A.I. in Information Warfare

Documents examined by researchers show how one company in China has collected data on members of Congress and other influential Americans.

Trump Weighs Getting Involved in New York City Mayor’s Race

The possibility that the president will seek to intercede could inject an element of unpredictability into an already fractious contest.

Editors’ Picks

Their Last Love Token: A Dinosaur Rebuilt From Its Excavated Bones

When his wife died, the paleontologist Barry James poured his grief into the reconstruction of a triceratops skeleton that they had started together.

Opinion | They Let Their Children Cross the Street, and Now They’re Felons

They went to jail when their boy was killed. Why don’t road planners bear some guilt?

World

Trump Tells European Leaders He Intends to Meet With Putin and Zelensky

If the meeting goes ahead as President Trump described, it will be the first in-person summit between an American and Russian president in more than four years.

Even Hiroshima’s Pacifist Cause Is Losing Believers

Eighty years after the atomic bombing, some Japanese think that peace for peace’s sake is no longer enough.

Another Pakistani Woman Is Killed for ‘Honor,’ but She’s Not Forgotten

Women in Pakistan die every day for supposedly dishonoring their families, and arrests are rare. But Bano Bibi’s defiant last words were caught on video.

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U.S.

A Sergeant Is Accused of Shooting 5 Soldiers in His Unit at Fort Stewart

The suspect’s father said he was seeking a transfer from the Army base in Georgia, where he had complained of racism.

After a Lull, Agents Conduct a Big Immigration Raid in L.A.

A rented Penske truck was used to ferry agents to the Home Depot where the raid was conducted, days after an appeals court upheld an order limiting some enforcement tactics.

In One of the Country’s Poorest States, Crippling Budget Cuts Loom

Health care. Food. Outdoor recreation. Wildfire protection. The arts. President Trump’s new domestic policy law will have wide-ranging effects in New Mexico, which depends heavily on federal funding.

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Politics

Republicans Raise the Pressure on Texas Democrats to End Their Walkout

The political and legal threats against Democrats who left Texas to protest a redrawn political map have gone further and faster than many anticipated.

Trump’s Redistricting Campaign Tests His Power in the States

The effort by President Trump and his allies is the latest example of them trying to rewrite the rules to squeeze out every possible political advantage.

Senator Marsha Blackburn Will Run for Governor of Tennessee

A conservative Trump ally in the Senate, Ms. Blackburn will now try to become the first woman to serve as governor.

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Business

India, Once America’s Counterweight to China, Is Now Facing Trump’s Wrath

With threats of tariffs up to 50 percent, President Trump seems to be scrapping America’s plan to turn India into a counterweight to China, declaring instead that it is a “dead economy.”

What to Know About India’s Oil Trade With Russia

President Trump accused India of aiding Moscow’s war on Ukraine by purchasing Russian energy, derailing trade talks between India and the United States.

China Is a Nation of Savers. Many Are Drowning in Debt.

As Beijing pushes consumer lending to stimulate the economy, millions of Chinese borrowers, especially the young, are falling into debt spirals.

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Technology

Trump Announces Additional $100 Billion Apple Investment in U.S.

The White House said the pledge would bring more of the company’s supply chain and advanced manufacturing to the United States.

Rebuilding Faces, Lives and a Sense of Self in Ukraine

Surgeons have made significant strides in tending to the war’s wounded, particularly through the use of 3-D printing, creating patient-specific implants and surgical guides.

Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Chips, With a Big Caveat

The tariff would not apply to businesses that made a commitment to build and invest in the United States.

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Arts

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Roy Hargrove

This virtuoso trumpeter bridged jazz, hip-hop, R&B and soul on his own records and in collaborations with D’Angelo, Erykah Badu and the Roots. Listen to 13 selections.

Will Watching ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ Be as Enjoyable as Watching the Filming?

Shooting on the streets of New York has meant a very public experience of a movie that won’t be out for months. It has also set up a clash with anti-spoiler culture.