Republicans Blame Canada for Wildfire Smoke ‘Suffocating’ the U.S.

Six members of Congress from Wisconsin and Minnesota have asked Canada to say how it plans to tackle the blazes and reduce the haze billowing south.

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Is A.I. the Future of Web Browsing?

A test of the app Dia illustrates that the humble web browser may be the path to making artificial intelligence more natural to use.

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Interesting Times: A Mind-Bending Conversation with Peter Thiel

The original tech right power player on A.I., Mars and immortality.

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Are Investors Too Complacent About Tariffs and Rates Uncertainty?

Stocks have hit new highs despite President Trump’s escalating trade war. Some traders may be calling his bluff, but Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase advises caution.

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Policy or Cudgel? A Trade Economist on Trump’s Hardball Tariffs.

In 2005, the economist Pietra Rivoli followed the production of a T-shirt from a cotton farm to a Walgreens to understand global trade. Today, she sees a new system arising.

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Can Subway Riders Learn to Love OMNY?

The tap-and-go payment method is replacing the MetroCard. Straphangers cite some glitches, and a watchdog says the design could be improved.

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Trumps to Visit Texas Flood Sites, Where Search for Missing and Dead Continues

The president and the first lady were set to tour areas devastated by flooding in Central Texas. The administration has faced scrutiny over its level of preparedness and its disaster response.

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Manitoba Declares Second Wildfire Emergency in a Near-Record Year

The amount of land burned this year is on pace to be the most since 1994, as 100 blazes burned on Friday across the central Canadian province.

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Takeaways From the Times Investigation Into Benjamin Netanyahu

Prolonging the Gaza war helped the Israeli prime minister forestall a political reckoning.

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Trump’s Seesawing on Tariffs Gives the World Whiplash

Blunt letters dictating terms posted to social media and changes late in negotiations have left trading partners wondering what President Trump will do next.

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