President Trump dismissed comments from Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, that the Russia inquiry did not clear the president of wrongdoing. “He’s somebody that dislikes Donald Trump.”
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Friday 31 May 2019
Photos of the Tiananmen Square Protests Through the Lens of a Student Witness
After three decades, Jian Liu decided to reveal images he took of the hopeful 1989 student movement and its bloody aftermath.
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How the Raptors Won Game 1 Over the Warriors
Toronto came out hot and never let up, withstanding Golden State’s 3-pointers to take a 1-0 lead in the N.B.A. finals.
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Adam Silver Says the N.B.A. Is Flying, and He Is Sort of Right
A young fan base, big stars and little off-the-court controversy have the N.B.A. enjoying smooth sailing.
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John McCain, Uber, N.B.A. Finals: Your Thursday Evening Briefing
Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2Wtbhyf
DealBook Briefing: A U.S.-Europe Trade War Looms
The focus has been on China, but Europe may soon find itself in a fight with President Trump on tariffs.
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Tariffs, Mr. Trump’s Miracle Cure
The president appears to view tariffs as the solution to a wide range of foreign policy problems. It isn’t working.
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What Comes After Angela Merkel?
Germany’s big political parties are imploding, but no one knows what will come next.
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Looks Like the Trump Administration Lied About the Census
The administration said it needed citizenship data to protect voting rights. New documents tell another story.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2Kdqxsp
When Trolls and Crybullies Rule the Earth
How technology reshapes consciousness.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2wwyK2I
How Uber Hopes to Profit From Public Transit
Ride-hailing companies see a ‘massive market opportunity’ in replacing bus and subway rides.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2HLET1t
We Don’t Need to Be Saved From Making Smoothies
Food delivery services have tried to convince us that cooking is a difficult, boring task. It’s actually a life skill.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2wsCWR5
I Was an Anti-Abortion Crusader. Now I Support Roe v. Wade.
Overturning the Supreme Court’s 1973 decision would not be “pro-life.” It would be destructive of life.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2Z1vhFR
Trump’s Twitter Frenzy Is Packing Less of a Punch
His accelerating activity has become less novel to his followers.
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John McCain and Trump’s Narcissism: A Clash at Sea
The White House coddles the president, even by disparaging a warship, its crew and a Navy hero.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2MhDHHy
Can Californians Still Find a Path to Mobility at the State’s Universities?
As a counter to staggering inequality, the system needs to be more open to the people who actually live in the Golden State.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2JMcA5t
In Turkey, Keeping a Language of Whistles Alive
Before cellphones, Turkish “bird language” allowed farmers to communicate across long distances in the Pontic Mountains.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/30MJeZM
I’m a Veteran Without PTSD. I Used to Think Something Was Wrong With Me.
I couldn’t understand why I was able to move on from my traumatic experiences until I joined a PTSD study.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2Msmdse
South Korean Daily Says That Kim Jong-un Executed and Purged Top Nuclear Negotiators
The report comes amid speculation that the North’s leader is changing tack after his summit meeting with President Trump failed to lift punishing sanctions.
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Apps Purged by Apple Say It Holds the Key They Need to Get Back In
Seventeen companies that make apps designed to fight iPhone addiction called on Apple to let them use technology that would resolve privacy concerns.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2VZg1r3
Authorities Subpoena Information on Andrew Gillum’s 2018 Campaign
Mr. Gillum, who lost his race for Florida governor, had previously been shadowed by an F.B.I. inquiry into city government in Tallahassee, where he was mayor.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2I6nbEW
Lyon Bomb Suspect Told Police He Pledged Allegiance to ISIS
The exact motivations of the suspect, identified as Mohamed M., remain unclear. There has been no claim of responsibility by the Islamic State.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2YRKusO
Learning About The Holocaust Could Soon Be Mandatory In Oregon Thanks To This Friendship
Oregon public schools could soon be required to teach students about the Holocaust starting in the 2020-2021 school year thanks to an unlikely friendship between a Holocaust survivor and a young girl.
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Thursday 30 May 2019
Deceased G.O.P. Strategist’s Hard Drives Reveal New Details on the Census Citizenship Question
Weeks before the Supreme Court rules on the legality of the citizenship question, evidence filed in court could further erode the Trump administration’s rationale for the question.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2JLVJ2E
Impeachment 101: Here's how it would work (if it actually happened)
Many Democrats viewed Robert Mueller's public comments on Wednesday as passing the baton to them to start impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.
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Wall Street is betting the president won't let stocks collapse
Investors are once again growing worried about the US-China trade war. But Wall Street isn't completely freaked out.
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Mueller Delivered a Message. Washington Couldn’t Agree on What It Was.
As he stepped down from his role as special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III refused to exonerate President Trump but also avoided being declarative enough to change many minds.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2XaKzaC
Julian Assange too ill to appear via video link at court hearing, lawyer says
Julian Assange was too ill to appear via video link at a court hearing in London on Thursday, his lawyer said, after WikiLeaks expressed "grave concerns" about the health of its founder and said he had been moved to the medical ward of his prison.
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This country could be the first to wipe out cervical cancer
Girls began queuing at their local school with their friends, waiting for their names to be called. Many were apprehensive. After all, most of them had not had a vaccination since they were babies. It was 2013 and a new vaccine had arrived in Kanyirabanyana, a village in the Gakenke district of Rwanda.
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House Leaders Push Mueller to Testify as More Democrats Clamor for Impeachment
Robert S. Mueller III stated clearly that he hoped his public statement Wednesday would be his last, but with impeachment fever rising, Democrats want him on a witness stand.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2YRutmA
Israel in Uncharted Territory as Netanyahu Fails to Form a Coalition
The morning after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s staggering failure to form a government, recriminations flew, giving a taste of the contentious campaigning ahead.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2wCYlHD
Four Years After Beau Biden’s Death, His Father Bonds With Voters in Pain
As Joe Biden runs for president, there is evidence that his family tragedies have helped him form connections with voters grappling with their own grief.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2Wx5DuP
What the Bond Market Is Trying to Tell Us: (Worry)
The financial world is suddenly tuning in, nervously, to what is typically a much less exciting sector.
from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2HI1a06
from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2HI1a06
Robert Mueller, U.S.S. John McCain, Stanley Cup: Your Thursday Briefing
Here’s what you need to know.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2YZ50aT
Why Violence Is Up in Pockets of Brooklyn
Thursday: Gang retaliation is partly behind a rise in shootings in the northern part of the borough.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2KcwaXJ
Robert Mueller Breaks His Silence
The special counsel, making his first public statement in two years, said that charging a sitting president was never an option. But he declined to clear President Trump.
from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2WaGfvH
from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2WaGfvH
Netanyahu Won the Election. Why Is Israel Doing It Over?
Because Israeli politics is ready for new rivalries.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2Kfg7sq
Joe Biden: Be Proud of Your Crime Bill
The Democratic front-runner helped make the country a lot safer.
from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2I47RIY
from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2I47RIY
The United States of Socialism?
A debate with Jacobin editor Bhaskar Sunkara
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2KcauuZ
To Make Headway on Climate Change, Let’s Change the Subject
States point to the economic advantages of cleaning up their electric grids.
from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2XiUw5W
from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2XiUw5W
Before I Could Change the World, I Had to Change Myself
Each time I held myself accountable, I took a small part of myself out of the hands of others and put it back under my control.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2EIbFPl
Lady Gaga, Tyra Banks and the Disneyfication of Fashion
Shopping has always been about amusement. Now it’s going to be about amusement parks.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2VZNdi5
Perk for the Ultrarich: Buy an $85 Million Apartment, Get a Trip to Space
A Manhattan unit is being marketed with impressive incentives, including three luxury cars and a home in the Hamptons.
from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2YQxELo
from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2YQxELo
36 Hours in Bend, Ore. (and Environs)
This small, woodsy city is the perfect base for family fun, with enough hiking, fishing, biking, doughnut-eating and parental beer-sipping to keep everybody happy.
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from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2EK7T7Q
French Rock Star’s Instagram Defeats His Widow in Inheritance Battle
If Johnny Hallyday, the “French Elvis,” was a United States resident, then his fourth wife stood to inherit his whole fortune. Social media evidence led a French court to rule otherwise.
from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2WabtD8
from NYT > Top Stories https://nyti.ms/2WabtD8
Space junk poses terrifying threats to SpaceX and civilization
SpaceX fired 60 small satellites into orbit last week, the first installment of an internet-beaming megaconstellation that the company hopes will grow to include thousands of satellites in just a few years.
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White House Asked Navy to Hide McCain Warship
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Robert De Niro: Robert Mueller, We Need to Hear More
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Opinion: Missouri fight shows a new anti-abortion strategy
There is only one clinic left to provide abortions in the state of Missouri -- and soon there may be none at all. On Friday May 31, the Planned Parenthood Clinic located in St. Louis is expected to stop providing abortions because a state health department has refused to renew the license it needs to continue offering abortion services.
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Foul ball hits a child during Cubs game
A foul ball struck a young fan during a game between the Cubs and the Astros in Houston on Wednesday night.
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Here's why the US has seen extreme weather in the past few weeks
If you feel like the weather has been out of control in much of the United States, you're right. A weather pattern that stuck around longer than usual created a dangerous mix of conditions.
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