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Despite US Help, Little Oil Has Gone Through Strait of Hormuz

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By: Peter Eavis
President Trump said more than 200 commercial vessels had safely traveled through the strait. That’s still far fewer than before the start of the war.

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Global stockpiles of oil continue to decline as vessels remain stuck, unable to transit the Strait of Hormuz.
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Anthropic Blocks Foreigners From Using Mythos and Fable AI

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By: Cade Metz and Dustin Volz
The company said on Friday night that the federal government had ordered limits on its Mythos and Fable 5 A.I. systems, citing national security concerns.

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Anthropic’s Mythos A.I. model has raised worries that it could be used to attack computer networks.
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Trump Administration Says It Will Restart Asylum and Immigration Processing

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By: Madeleine Ngo and Zach Montague
The response came after a federal judge rebuked officials for failing to immediately comply with the order he issued last week.

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An immigration court in New York in May. More than a million applications for asylum and immigration had ground to a halt under Trump administration policies.
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Musk Is the World’s First Trillionaire. Who Was the First Billionaire?

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By: John S.W. MacDonald
John D. Rockefeller, the Gilded Age oil baron, became America’s first billionaire in 1916. Like Elon Musk’s ascension, the milestone made headlines.

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John D. Rockefeller Sr., in Lakewood, N.J., in 1933. Rockefeller, the Gilded Age oil baron, became a billionaire in 1916.
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Judge Blocks National Parks From Removing ‘Negative’ Signs and Depictions of Slavery

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By: Maxine Joselow
The ruling accused the Trump administration of engaging in censorship by taking down materials at parks across the country.

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An outdoor exhibit on slavery at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, seen last year, was taken down in January.
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Afghans Hold Rare Public Protests Against Taliban Rules

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By: Yaqoob Akbary and Zane Irwin
The United Nations said it was “deeply concerned” about the arrests of dozens of women, and reported that two people were killed in protests organized to support them.

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In Herat, Afghanistan, on Monday.
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Gavin Newsom and Hunter Biden Would Like Your Attention, Please

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By: Reid J. Epstein
The two men chatted on Mr. Newsom’s podcast about Democrats, Joe Biden, Graham Platner, phone addiction and other topics.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom of California hosted Hunter Biden on his podcast this week.
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Justice Dept. Clears Way for Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger

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By: Lauren Hirsch · David McCabe and Benjamin Mullin
The $111 billion deal would unite two major movie studios and put CNN under the same roof as CBS News.

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A merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery would include the Warner Bros. movie studio, above, in Burbank, Calif.
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Two Dan Sullivans? Alaska Republicans Suggest Kicking One Off the Ballot in Senate Race

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By: Tim Balk and Kellen Browning
The lieutenant governor and the top elections official, both Republicans, are investigating whether the challenger coordinated with a Democrat to confuse voters.

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Republicans argue that the Senate campaign by Dan J. Sullivan, right, was planned by Democrats to confuse voters and hurt Senator Dan S. Sullivan, left, a second-term lawmaker.
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Federal Agents Search Voting Rights Group in Ohio

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By: Devlin Barrett and Glenn Thrush
It was not immediately clear what the investigators were looking for, but a board member with a progressive group said members had been served with search warrants.

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People voting in Ohio in 2024.
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Judge Declines to Halt UFC Fight at the White House on Trump’s Birthday

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By: Zach Montague
In a ruling on Friday, Judge Amit P. Mehta wrote that the lawsuit arrived last minute and failed to show how the event irreversibly harmed the individuals who sued.

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Construction of a stage for the planned fight at the White House.
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To Defeat Democrats, Texas Governor Embraces the Hard Right

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By: Lauren McGaughy
After years of keeping his distance, Gov. Greg Abbott is set to address Texas Republicans’ activist-led convention as hard-line conservatives gain influence within the party.

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Governor Greg Abbott addressed the Republican Party of Texas convention in Houston on Friday.
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How We Are Illustrating Trump’s Plans to Remake Washington

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By: Mike Abrams
With the East Wing turned to rubble, our Graphics staff set out to show what exactly the president planned to build there and elsewhere.
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FISA, a Key U.S. Spying Power, Is Expiring. What Does That Mean for Foreign Surveillance?

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By: Dustin Volz
Top officials and some lawmakers say letting a powerful spying authority expire on Saturday will leave the United States dangerously blind. But surveillance can still continue.

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Speaker Mike Johnson said that not extending the law, known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, risked “a serious calamity on our shores.”
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Can Democrats Overcome G.O.P. Gerrymandering?

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By: Nate Cohn · Laura Bult · June Kim · Edward Vega and Pierre Kattar
Our chief political analyst, Nate Cohn, who writes The Tilt newsletter, looks at the Republicans’ advantage in the House of Representatives after partisan redistricting. To win the House, how much of the popular vote would Democrats need to win?
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Opera Company Sues to Collect $17 Million From the Kennedy Center

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By: Julia Jacobs
The Washington National Opera, which left the center amid the Trump administration’s takeover, says its efforts to retrieve its endowment and other assets have been blocked.

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The Kennedy Center and the Washington National Opera are no longer affiliated, but they remained entangled in a dispute over what assets the opera might still be owed.
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