Apple Unveils Lower-Priced iPhone 16e With A.I. Features

The iPhone 16e is the first update to the company’s most affordable model since 2022, but carries a higher price tag of $599.

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Trump Eyes a Bigger, Better Trade Deal With China

U.S. officials are considering whether they can strike a deal with China that would ramp up its purchases of American goods and investments in the United States.

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A Guide to Living in New Bedford, Mass.

The Whaling City, home to a diverse food scene, will soon have a new rail connection to Boston.

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Dorothy Chin Brandt, Trailblazing Asian American Judge, Dies at 78

She was the first descendant of a Chinese immigrant to win elective office in New York State. She was also the state’s first female jurist of Asian heritage.

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Trump Administration Moves to End New York’s Congestion Pricing Tolls

President Trump had raised concerns that the new tolling program, the first of its kind in America, was drawing visitors and businesses away from Manhattan.

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At Kennedy Center, Trump Inherits a Tough Job: Fund-Raising

For the arts institution, which receives only a small portion of its budget from federal funding, the perennial challenge is to raise additional revenue through ticket sales and private donations.

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Millions of Dead People on Social Security? The Agency’s Own Data Says Otherwise.

The database includes millions of Americans who are probably dead but who have no death records. But they generally don’t collect checks.

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Trump Says Medicaid Won’t Be ‘Touched.’ That Would Make It Hard to Extend Tax Cuts.

The math doesn’t seem to work with the House budget proposal, and the president’s record shows a consistent openness to Medicaid cuts.

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New Poll Shows Americans’ Approval for Congress Has Soared, but Probably Not for Long

A major public poll indicates that Americans’ approval for Congress has soared, powered by a surge in positive assessments by Republicans. History shows such booms are common and rarely last.

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A Frustrated Trump Wants His New Air Force One Planes Pronto

Among the ways being discussed to force faster delivery of two presidential planes are relaxing security clearances for Boeing workers and even purchasing a temporary luxury plane and retrofitting it.

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