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"I miss an alcoholic Dark and Stormy but this has the bite/bitter/sweet balance of the real thing. Delicious!" nyti.ms/4bNKnWi

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How did you do in Connections today? Players must select four groups of four words without making more than three mistakes. nyti.ms/41LwxPC

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The liberal organization Demand Justice is preparing a multimillion-dollar effort to oppose President Trump's potential Supreme Court appointees before they happen — with a warning that he could be replacing two justices this year.

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Breaking News: Iran shot down a U.S. fighter jet over the country, U.S. officials and Iranian media said. The fate of the crew was unclear.

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Because so many factors go into keeping a plant happy, much of it is trial and error. But here are some things to consider as you assess what you really need for your plant community. nyti.ms/4bJaIpK

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India began counting its population this week, setting off a yearlong process of tallying some 1.4 billion people.  The census, its first since 2011, will shape how wealth and power is distributed and inform policies around castes and women in the world’s most populous nation.

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Breaking News: The White House said it would ask Congress for about $1.5 trillion for defense in 2027, its highest level in modern history.

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A month after the terms of two Smithsonian trustees ended, their replacements have yet to be named as the traditional process of filling its governing Board of Regents has slowed in the wake of President Trump’s efforts to gain control of the institution.

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Breaking News: U.S. employers added 178,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell to 4.3%, a much stronger showing than expected.

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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Tastelessness and classlessness are the least of my concerns when it comes to President Trump’s collaborators,” Frank Bruni tells Bret Stephens in their conversation this week.

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Georgia’s election system is flirting with disarray, experts say, after the state legislature failed overnight to push back a deadline that requires Georgia to get rid of its current voting system, which uses QR codes, before the November midterm elections.

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Abductions of women and girls from Syria’s Alawite minority were more common and brutal than officials acknowledged, a New York Times investigation found.

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President Trump announced on Thursday that he would be replacing Pam Bondi as attorney general. Thursday. Here's how she fell out of favor with the president. Listen to "The Daily."

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Listen to “The Headlines,” which brings you the biggest stories of the day from the New York Times reporters who are covering them, all in about 10 minutes.

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The Trump administration on Thursday said it would impose a 100% tariff on certain imported medicines if their makers refused the president’s demands to build U.S. factories and lower prices.

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A Danish warship that Admiral Horatio Nelson and the British naval fleet sank in the Battle of Copenhagen more than 200 years ago has been discovered, Denmark’s Viking Ship Museum said on Thursday.

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A drone struck a major oil refinery in Kuwait on Friday, setting several units ablaze in the latest attack on energy infrastructure in the Middle East war. There was no sign of a deal to end the fighting after President Trump threatened to destroy Iran’s power plants and bridges. Follow live.

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The president of the Islamic Society of Milwaukee was detained by ICE agents this week after the authorities said he had been convicted of crimes by Israel more than three decades ago and had lied on his U.S. green card application.

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The head of Myanmar’s ruling junta, U Min Aung Hlaing, was elected president on Friday by the country’s rubber-stamp Parliament, culminating his yearslong quest to be seen as the country’s true leader.

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Russia, China and France on Thursday effectively stymied a push by Arab countries to get the UN Security Council to authorize military action against Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying they opposed any language authorizing force, according to a diplomat and a senior UN official.

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Here's a look at some of the highlights worth watching from late-night TV.

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Megan Thee Stallion returned to the stage Thursday night, resuming the role of Zidler in “Moulin Rouge! The Musical” on Broadway after falling ill during a performance earlier in the week.

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Cuba said on Thursday that it was pardoning more than 2,000 prisoners, one of the largest such releases in years and the second in less than a month.

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From @theathletic.com: When Shota Hayafuji bowed at the 18th hole five years ago, only one camera remained to film a scene that went viral and captivated the world. Here's how the iconic Masters moment came to be, and has come to last. nyti.ms/4sRZMML

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Pam Bondi wanted a graceful exit from the Justice Department. But President Trump wanted her gone.

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NASA’s Artemis II astronauts have become the first humans to leave Earth’s orbit in more than 50 years.

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"I still long for a big, beautiful bathroom," our Wirecutter tester writes, "but this affordable (and surprisingly) luxurious showerhead has made all the difference in my small rental space." nyti.ms/4c48hgC

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Two fast-moving storm systems that are sweeping across central and northeastern parts of the U.S. are bringing severe thunderstorms with the potential for tornadoes, damaging winds and large hail through Friday.

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JetBlue Airways this week raised the price to check a bag on domestic flights by up to $9, becoming one of the first U.S. carriers to begin charging more for extras as the war in Iran causes oil prices to skyrocket.

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