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Norway's chess grandmaster Magnus Carlsen gestures during a game in the Tata Steel Chess India tournament in Kolkata on Nov. 17, 2024.

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  • Series: Join The Game

Team World manages a draw in marathon chess showdown against grandmaster Magnus Carlsen

Carlsen squared off against 143,000 players from around the world — but the tennis legend was unable to clinch a victory over Team World.

May 20, 2025
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  • Alana Wise
A syndicated, AI-generated summer reading list featuring fake books by real authors was published in major newspapers this week. Above, a reader enjoys the sunshine in Hyde Park in London in 2009.

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  • Books

How an AI-generated summer reading list got published in major newspapers

Newspapers around the country, including the Chicago Sun-Times and at least one edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, published a syndicated book list featuring made-up books by famous authors.

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem testifies before a Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Washington.

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  • USPS

DHS secretary misstates meaning of habeas corpus under Senate scrutiny

Facing sharp questioning from Democratic lawmakers, the director of Homeland Security incorrectly described the constitutional right as a presidential authority to deport individuals.

May 20, 2025
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  • Scott Neuman
Photographs from the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office show the escaped suspects, from top left: Dkenan Dennis,  Gary C Price, Robert Moody, Kendell Myles, Corey E Boyd. Bottom from left: Lenton Vanburen Jr, Jermaine Donald,  Antonine T Massey, Derrick D. Groves, and Leo Tate Sr.

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  • National

A maintenance worker was arrested after a New Orleans jailbreak. Here's what to know

Six of the 10 men who escaped from a New Orleans jail through a hole behind a toilet on Friday are still missing. Authorities believe they had help from the inside and made an arrest on Tuesday.

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Demonstrators calling for preservation of Medicaid funding, are removed from the House Energy and Commerce markup of the budget resolution in Rayburn building on May 13.

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  • Health

New studies show what's at stake if Medicaid is scaled back

Researchers studied the health care program's effect on the health of millions of Americans and found tens of thousands of lives were saved.

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Leslie Walker
Refrigerators are on display at a Home Depot store in Orlando, Fla.

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  • Business

Home Depot doesn't plan to raise prices due to tariffs. But some items may disappear

The home improvement chain broke from many other retailers, who say they cannot afford to absorb new tariffs. President Trump recently attacked Walmart for warning of price hikes.

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Alina Selyukh
Elon Musk speaking during a town hall meeting on March 30, 2025 in Green Bay, Wisc. ahead of a state Supreme Court election where he invested millions of dollars, only to see his preferred candidate lose. The billionaire announced on Tuesday that he planned to spend less on politics going forward.

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  • Politics

Musk to slow down political spending: 'I think I've done enough'

The billionaire executive was Trump's biggest donor in 2024. Now, however, he is planning to cut back his spending on politics, he said on Tuesday.

May 20, 2025
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  • Bobby Allyn
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus addresses the World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 19. After the pandemic treaty was approved, he said, "The world is safer today thanks to the leadership, collaboration and commitment of our Member States to adopt the historic WHO Pandemic Agreement."

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  • Global Health

The world now has its first ever pandemic treaty. Will it make a difference?

At the World Health Assembly, 193 members nations voted to adopt a treat calling for better preventive measures and global cooperation. But there are still details to hash out.

May 20, 2025
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  • Jonathan Lambert
Joe Biden attends a roundtable session at the G7 world leaders summit in Italy, June 13, 2024.

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  • Politics

In 'Original Sin,' Jake Tapper describes a 'cover-up' of Joe Biden's decline

Tapper's book, co-authored by Alex Thompson, describes a president who struggled to function: "One person told us that the presidency was, at best, a five-person board with Joe Biden as chairman."

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Terry Gross
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection technician examines overseas parcels after they were scanned at the agency's overseas mail inspection facility at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport on Feb. 23, 2024.

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  • Economy

Trump has imposed a lot of tariffs. But here's why collecting them can be hard

Collecting Trump's tariffs could be tricky. The agencies that screen imports say they're frequently overwhelmed and understaffed, and experts say exporters are becoming cannier at evading taxes.

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Emily Feng
President Trump spoke to House Republicans on Tuesday as they prepare to vote on a massive legislative package of top GOP priorities.

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  • Politics

Trump gives House Republicans a 'pep talk' to close divides on massive tax bill

President Trump spoke to House Republicans on Capitol Hill on Tuesday to persuade holdouts in his party to back a massive tax bill that includes cuts to Medicaid.

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt and
  • Tamara Keith
Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., Tuesday.

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  • World

Marco Rubio defends foreign affairs cuts and Trump's Russia talks in Senate hearing

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is defending major cuts in the foreign affairs budget as he testifies on Tuesday before the Senate committee where he used to serve.

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Michele Kelemen
Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., speaks during a rally at the U.S. Treasury Department in February 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Law

DOJ charges New Jersey congresswoman with assault over immigration facility tussle

Democrats have denounced the charges as politically motivated and an effort by the Trump administration to intimidate members of Congress and chill oversight.

May 20, 2025
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  • Ryan Lucas
President Trump hopes to encourage more U.S. manufacturing with his import taxes on foreign goods. But an online experiment suggests most people aren't willing to pay a premium for a "Made in the USA" product.

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  • Economy

What a Texas showerhead salesman discovered about 'Made in the USA' labels

A Texas showerhead salesman wanted to know how much more customers would pay to buy a product that's made in the USA. The answer could pour cold water on President Trump's plan to encourage more companies to open factories in the U.S.

May 20, 2025
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By:
  • Scott Horsley
Cartoonist Scott Adams, pictured in 2014, said Monday he has metastatic prostate cancer and does not expect to survive the summer.

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  • Art & Design

'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams says he's dying of 'the same cancer that Joe Biden has'

Adams said he expects "to be checking out from this domain sometime this summer." The controversial cartoonist, a vocal supporter of President Trump, expressed compassion for former President Biden.

May 20, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
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