TIME asked 25 artists, critics and thinkers to pick the song that defines America and the list is a wild ride.
The picks range from obvious (two votes for Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On") to unusual ("What's Up?" by 4 Non Blondes) to whatever you call picking "Power" by Kanye West.
Al Jazeera on next round of Islamabad negotiations:
“There now appears to be a game between the US and Iran over who is going to get on their plane and fly here first.”
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New: When No One Was Looking, Ohio Became a Swing State Again
A year ago, the widespread assumption was the Ohio Senate seat held until last year by JD Vance would stay red. Now Republicans are openly panicking about Ohio.
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New: When No One Was Looking, Ohio Became a Swing State Again
A year ago, the widespread assumption was the Ohio Senate seat held until last year by JD Vance would stay red. Now Republicans are openly panicking about Ohio.
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“Like many traditions under the second Trump administration, this one has been turned on its head. The art world veterans are out. Taking their place: a months-old nonprofit run by a woman whose most recent job was owning a luxury pet food store in Tampa, Fla.”
Canada PM Mark Carney in video address released Sunday night: “Many of our former strengths, based on our close ties to America, have become weaknesses...The U.S. has changed and we must respond. It’s about taking back control of our security, our borders and our future.”
‘Dark Money’ Floods Virginia Redistricting Fight, With Millions Linked to Peter Thiel
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Editor’s note: If you plan to solve the Sunday Crossword in this week’s New York Times Magazine, you will find that the answers will not fit. After the issue had already been printed, we discovered that there was an error with the solvable grid of the Sunday Crossword. A corrected version of the puzzle can be found on Page 25 of Sunday’s daily New York Times. We sincerely apologize for the confusion.
PSA: Your sneaking suspicions about the crossword are, for the one and only time in your whole life, correct!
"Gov. Janet Mills said Friday that she hasn’t decided whether to sign a bill passed by the Legislature to impose a statewide moratorium on new data centers,"
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TVLINE | We know Supriya Ganesh isn't returning next season. Was Samira's exit always part of the plan for Season 2 — and were those final episodes meant to suggest she might not be built for the long-term demands of the emergency department? Yeah. Due to the nature of a teaching hospital, a lot of people move on. That's part of the fabric of the show. One of the reasons we did a four-month jump was so we didn't have to move everyone out. We love these actors, we love writing for them, and the audience enjoys them, so it's bittersweet when we have to see someone leave, but it's part of the process. She struggled a little bit, and that's part of the reality of medicine — some people do better than others. She's very good at connecting with patients, but she doesn't move as quickly as is expected these days in the ER. TVLINE | But it being only November, she would still be in the final year of her residency. So in this case, is it just that she's not on the shift? Yeah, she's just not working that day Read More: https://www.tvline.com/2149438/the-pitt-finale-explained-season-3-cast-time-jump/
Seems like the creator of #thepitt wasn’t expecting this follow up question
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In Texas, where an estimated 10% of restaurant workers are undocumented, owners have said that Tump's immigration crackdown has created a chilling effect, regardless of immigration status. Industry and political leaders are calling for legal pathways to hire immigrants.
OIL PLUMMETS AS IRAN SAYS “STRAIT IS OPEN”
WTI crude down 10%
RBOB gasoline down 16c/gal
ULSD diesel down 43c/gal
TVLINE | We know Supriya Ganesh isn't returning next season. Was Samira's exit always part of the plan for Season 2 — and were those final episodes meant to suggest she might not be built for the long-term demands of the emergency department? Yeah. Due to the nature of a teaching hospital, a lot of people move on. That's part of the fabric of the show. One of the reasons we did a four-month jump was so we didn't have to move everyone out. We love these actors, we love writing for them, and the audience enjoys them, so it's bittersweet when we have to see someone leave, but it's part of the process. She struggled a little bit, and that's part of the reality of medicine — some people do better than others. She's very good at connecting with patients, but she doesn't move as quickly as is expected these days in the ER. TVLINE | But it being only November, she would still be in the final year of her residency. So in this case, is it just that she's not on the shift? Yeah, she's just not working that day Read More: https://www.tvline.com/2149438/the-pitt-finale-explained-season-3-cast-time-jump/
Seems like the creator of #thepitt wasn’t expecting this follow up question
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The Senate voted down a War Powers Resolution on Iran for the fourth time
Aside from one abstention, the vote was identical to the previous war powers vote from three weeks ago.
Rand Paul joined all of the Democrats but John Fetterman
Hochul has resisted calls to raise taxes on high earners. “But a tax on multimillion-dollar 2nd homes was more palatable to her, according to her aides, since it mostly targets individuals who do not pay state or city income taxes because their official residences are outside New York.”
Texas' only licensed Hindi, Punjabi, and Urdu legal interpreter is now languishing in a Raymondville detention center. She’s lived in America for 35 years: www.texasobserver.org/immigration-...
Congress is nearing Iran War’s 60th day, when they must vote to keep it going.
A White House official says they’re “in ‘active conversations with the Hill on this topic,’” and warns against lawmakers trying “to score political points by usurping the Commander-in-Chief’s authority”
Under the War Powers Act of 1973, presidents must terminate military operations after 60 days unless Congress has voted to declare war or passed legislation to authorize the use of force.
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New: Congress is bracing for May 1, the 60th day after Trump formally notified Congress of the Iran War—and the deadline to authorize it.
Even some Republicans in the Capitol see it as a moment of reckoning: “If it’s not approved, by law they have to stop their operations," says Rep. Don Bacon.
Fair point.
New poll from Politico:
More Americans now doubt vaccine safety than trust it.
A plurality of Americans also back reducing the number of vaccines administered and believe the right to decide what people put in their bodies is more important than preventing the spread of disease
“The Army paid for three years of law school at Harvard for Ryan Gunderman. In exchange, the Army expected the young captain to serve for six years as an Army lawyer.
“She had served less than two when she was put on leave.”
“They spent more than a half a million dollars on me, just in education”
“Orbán’s downfall and Magyar’s ascent both have a lot to do with the tireless work of investigative journalists”
Excellent read!
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JD Vance may have had a rough week but at least he can look forward to his upcoming rollout of his book on Catholicism
Because, as many reporters who've been chasing this story have explained, the victims wouldn't go on the record until @sfchronicle.com reporters managed to get the initial/main victim to do so, and others came forward after that to CNN.
Rumors aren't publishable. Rumors aren't prosecutable.
Survey results released this week by Marist put Mamdani's job approval at 48 percent — significantly lower than the 61 percent notched around the same time by Eric Adams. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
NOTUS: "President Donald Trump is preparing a $98 billion supplemental spending request tied to U.S. military operations in Iran, a sharply reduced figure from earlier Pentagon proposals, according to two people familiar with the administration’s thinking."
Thanks Devon!
