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If THE CHRISTOPHERS isn't on my best-of-the-year list at the end of the year, then it will have been a very good year indeed:
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/movies/the-christophers-review.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ZlA.BWhu.HGonJBO1shRm&smid=url-share
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President Trump has a profound connection with his voters, the Republican strategist Liam Donovan writes, “and there has yet to be an example of public opposition to the president paying electoral dividends.”
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The charity that Prince Harry co-founded two decades ago to help people with HIV and AIDS in Africa sued him for libel in London’s High Court, according to court records and a statement from the charity.
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He helped lead what became known as the Midtown Manhattan Study, which showed that mental impairment is highly correlated with low socioeconomic status. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/science/thomas-s-langner-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Z1A.lXAf.RTjCL5MGA_Kx&smid=bs-share
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Residents of Imperial County, California, are in dire need of an economic boost. Experts say the answer lies beneath the Salton Sea, where a lithium trove sits.
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President Trump, who is turning 80 this year, “is giving old people a bad name,” Gail Collins writes.
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New recommendations suggest that some people should start trying to lower their cholesterol as early as age 30.
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Judge Nichols this morning appeared convinced that EOIR is front loading hearings for Somali nationals, pushing most into the first half of 2026. He added that cases may be going to a small number of IJs with "above-average removal rates."

Yet he ruled the plaintiffs here likely lacked standing.
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Here is what NASA’s Artemis II mission looked like from the trip to the launchpad through the journey around the moon and back.
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Alongside our inflation coverage today, I line up some stories and some datapoints that show how even those resilient U.S. consumers are starting to run out of gas. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/business/economy/consumer-spending-economy.html
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Breaking News: Four NASA astronauts safely returned to Earth after completing the Artemis II mission. Watch live as they are welcomed back.
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Core inflation in March was relatively muted despite a surge in overall inflation due to the Iran war. But there are signs that the energy shock is rippling across the economy. Airfares, for example, notched a 2.7% gain for the month and are up 15% YoY
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Our Wirecutter testers have tried 23 chef's knives. Their favorite has been their pick since 2013, and has appealed to a wide range of testers for its comfortable handle and sharp, agile blade. nyti.ms/3QdebVb
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Updated with the CIA's declassified assertions today that info gathered via 702 helped thwart a planned terrorist attack on a 2024 Taylor Swift concert in Austria and several other things, now with @julianbarnes.bsky.social.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/us/politics/section-702-surveillance-fisa.html
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This simple no-bake tart has a delightfully complex flavor: the aromatic pairing of toasted coconut and bright Earl Grey, alongside the double whammy of nostalgic milk chocolate and grounding dark chocolate. nyti.ms/41QGMlJ
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This month’s high inflation figures “are just one-time jumps in response to the war in Iran, comparable to the way prices rose when President Trump rolled out his tariffs but now appear to have more or less leveled off,” Jason Furman writes.
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The four astronauts aboard Artemis II are hours from the end of their historic mission, the first with humans aboard to fly by the moon since 1972. If all goes as planned, they will splash down in the Pacific Ocean near San Diego on Friday evening. Follow live updates here.
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More than 35,000 employees at the Department of Homeland Security are set to begin receiving paychecks on Friday, the first time in weeks that they will be paid amid the agency’s record-long shutdown. But it could be the last one they get for a while.
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President Trump said in an interview with The New York Times that Melania Trump “had a right” to speak publicly about Jeffrey Epstein. In remarks on Thursday, she gave a surprise statement about Epstein, saying she was not a victim of his and had no knowledge of his crimes.
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After venturing farther into space than anyone in history, four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II are set to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego on Friday. Here’s what you need to know.
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The Defense Department issued a formal notification on Friday that it was appealing two adverse rulings from a federal judge who found that major parts of its restrictions on reporters were unconstitutional.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued a nationwide alert late last year to law enforcement agencies: Harassment of judges has surged, and the trend is likely to continue. The New York Times has identified thousands of threats targeting state judges in the past three years alone.
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“War, in and of itself, has become indivisible from Gaza: It’s in the landscape, in the harsh conditions that make up our days, in our bodies,” Ghada Abdulfattah writes. “The war does not feel finished. It continues to live within us. We can’t escape it.”
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From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: The World Cup is weeks away and there are all kinds of strange things going on with the defending champions, Argentina. nyti.ms/4cB8OYy
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Airlines used to give away most of their nicest seats, but they have increasingly found ways to persuade people to pay a lot for them.
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From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: With just over 60 days before the World Cup begins, FIFA has a new crisis on its hands: strike threats from thousands of workers at SoFi Stadium, the tournament’s host venue in Los Angeles and the site of the opening USMNT game.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris acknowledged on Friday that she was “thinking about” seeking the presidency again in 2028, offering some of her most detailed remarks to date about her future political ambitions. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/us/politics/eying-2028-ambitious-democrats-court-black-voters.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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The ideal pillow will keep your head and neck in the same relative position as when you’re standing with good posture. To find the right pillow, ask yourself what position you sleep in most of the night—on your back, side, or stomach. Different types of sleepers have different needs.
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Four astronauts on NASA’s Artemis II are set to splash down in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego on Friday. Inside mission control in Houston, the team behind the mission will be working to bring them home. www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/09/science/space/nasa-mission-control-room.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes
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Breaking News: A man accused of hurling a Molotov cocktail at the San Francisco home of Sam Altman, the OpenAI chief executive, was arrested.
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