NYTIMES (Mark Landler) - France’s Far Right Has 2 Leaders. They Don’t Always Have One Voice.
Marine Le Pen and her protégé, Jordan Bardella, lead presidential polls. They are united on curbing immigration but split recently on economic policy.
NYTIMES (Matt Flegenheimer) - The Knicks’ Playoff Run Has Brought a Peculiar Harmony to New York
The team’s playoff run has brought a curious sense of amity to the city.
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NYTIMES (James Poniewozik) - ‘Hacks’ Was Always a Love Story
In its finale, this comedy about comedy circled back to the romance of creative partnership and the saving power of laughs.
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NYTIMES (Patricia Cohen and Alexis Pazoumian) - A.I. Doesn’t Have to Mean Layoffs
A French multinational, Schneider Electric, decided to use artificial intelligence in manufacturing to make workers more productive, rather than to replace them. Here’s how that’s going.
NYTIMES (Patrick McGeehan) - Natural Light. Soaring Ceilings. At Penn Station? That’s the Plan.
A week after Amtrak selected a developer to remake the dreary rail hub, details of its rebirth are emerging. The cost is less clear.
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NYTIMES (Heather Knight, Soumya Karlamangla and Jill Cowan) - Why Hasn’t California Elected a Woman Governor?
Most states have had a woman serve as governor, but California is in the minority despite its progressive-minded electorate. Women who have reached the top elsewhere saw familiar roadblocks.
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NYTIMES (Laurel Rosenhall) - California House Primary in Sacramento Displays Democrats’ Fierce Generational Battle
Representative Doris Matsui has been re-elected 10 times with ease. But an upstart Democrat is threatening to end her run in Congress.
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NYTIMES (Ruth Igielnik) - Times/Siena Poll: 43% of Voters Dissatisfied With Both Parties
Persistent frustration over the economy and foreign policy have left many Americans feeling politically homeless, and young voters are particularly frustrated.
NYTIMES (Noam Scheiber) - The Politics of the Downwardly Mobile Professional Class
The debate over whether Graham Platner is “working class” comes at a time when more and more people are at risk of falling into it.
NYTIMES (Simon Romero) - Trump’s Boat Strikes Have Failed to Curb Cocaine Flow to U.S., Experts Say
Despite the rising body count off the South American coast, researchers say cocaine is as easy to get in many parts of the United States as it was before the strikes began.