Last week, President Trump introduced the Special Education Simplified Funding Program as part of his 2026 budget proposal. The president’s budget isn’t binding, but it suggests that the way the administration proposes to allocate funds to the states …
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The Many Meanings of ‘True’ Religion
More from our inbox: Stop the ElderspeakReligious believers have a renewed power in Washington. Credit…Haiyun Jiang for The New York TimesTo the Editor: Re “Religion’s Role, Revisited,” by Lauren Jackson (Sunday Styles, April 20): About a third of …
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‘S.N.L.’: Toasting Moms and Toasted Trump Appointees
Cecily Strong returns as Jeanine Pirro, Walt Goggins shows off his clogging, and a dope new pope appears in the 50th season’s penultimate episode.
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Could Branding Herself as a ‘Mom Governor’ Help Hochul Win Re-election?
Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York, a moderate Democrat, used Fox News to amplify a message that her policies are “giving kids their childhoods back.”
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In a Beloved Bronx Park, a Neighborhood’s Drug Crisis Is on Full Display
When Martin Rogers’s family members left their Manhattan tenement in the 1920s, they sought a new home with access to more green space and open air. They found it in the South Bronx, and at a 35-acre park known as St. Mary’s. Mr. Rogers, 70, said he …
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‘A World-Wise Waitress Came to the Table and Scoped Out the Group’
A big breakfast after dancing all night, coveting a neighbor’s dessert and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
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Is the Trillion-Dollar Wellness Industry a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing?
Amy Larocca’s book “How to Be Well” dives deep into the global obsession with so-called health, and the companies that have profited from creating it.
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Did Andy Warhol Exploit His Superstars? A New Book Says Yes.
Laurence Leamer, the author of “Capote’s Women” and “Hitchcock’s Blondes,” takes the measure of another powerful man and his female muses.
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The Tech Guys Are Fighting. Literally.
Not content to battle it out in the boardroom, crypto bros, tech executives and start-up founders have embraced an old-fashioned version of masculinity.
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