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100 days like no other
It was President Trump’s 100th day back in the White House yesterday, and tariffs were top of mind. At a rally at Michigan to mark the occasion, he made a speech focused on vilifying undocumented migrants, reveling in his use of executive power to remake the government and economy and sniping at political opponents.
The trip had been billed as an opportunity for Trump to demonstrate his commitment to reviving American manufacturing.
Trump’s tariff war has piled pressure on U.S. businesses. Toy retailers across the U.S. paused holiday orders as tariffs froze supply chains. After the White House press secretary attacked Amazon over a report that suggested it would highlight tariff-related price increases, the company said that was “not going to happen.” Separately, Trump walked back some auto tariffs.
The president’s approval ratings have steadily fallen. But there is no doubt that Trump’s return to the Oval Office has already been hugely consequential. “He has already changed the way America is perceived more than any president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt,” said Maggie Haberman, our White House correspondent. Here’s a deeper look at how and where he has made his mark.
Crypto: World Liberty Financial, Trump’s cryptocurrency firm, has shredded the boundary between private enterprise and government policy. A Times examination found a range of conflicts of interest.
What he said: Trump justifies his agenda with a barrage of falsehoods and distortions. We fact-checked his most-repeated claims.
| More on TrumpThe Trump administration fired Biden appointees, including Kamala Harris’s husband, Doug Emhoff, from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum board.The administration is pushing to build homes on federal land, which experts say could help ease shortages.The U.S. deported the mother of a 2-year-old to Venezuela and the father to a Salvadoran prison. Their daughter remains in the country.The Corporation for Public Broadcasting sued the White House, accusing it of illegally trying to fire members of the company’s board. |
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| A Russian drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, yesterday. Gleb Garanich/Reuters |
Zelensky called Putin’s truce pledge ‘manipulation’
Russia launched 100 drones across Ukraine on Monday night, just hours after President Vladimir Putin ordered a three-day cease-fire starting on May 8. The strikes killed a child and wounded several people.
Putin’s truce has been met with skepticism by Ukrainian officials. “There is no reason to wait until May 8,” President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said in his nightly address, calling the announcement “another attempt at manipulation” amid the Trump administration’s push for an end to the war.
Zelensky noted that Ukraine had already agreed, at the urging of the U.S., to an unconditional 30-day cease-fire — but that Russia had not. Nor did Russia agree to halt strikes on civilian targets, he added.
In Kyiv: The residents of an apartment building that was hit by a Russian missile last week formed a tight-knit community — now blown apart. “It feels like I lost my whole extended family,” one said.
Diplomacy: In an interview with The Times, President Alexander Stubb of Finland said Trump was running out of patience with Russia. Here are takeaways from the interview.
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These Vietnam War photos still haunt the world
The Vietnam War, which ended 50 years ago this week, was the first “living room war,” and it continues to have an impact through the violent, intimate images produced by photographers on the ground there.
Those photographs shaped politics, amplified opposition to the war and changed how many Americans viewed their country. But what people on both sides saw wasn’t always the same. Take a look.
Traces of America: The buildings that Americans left behind when they pulled out of Vietnam have their own story to tell. Our Vietnam bureau chief wanted to hear those tales for himself.
The latest: A half-century on, ideology is mostly dead and pragmatism is thriving. Vietnam has moved from war to peace, rural to increasingly urban, poor to roughly middle-class, and explicitly Communist to a complex hybrid of free markets and state control.
| MORE TOP NEWS |
| Canada: Prime Minister Mark Carney struck a combative tone toward the U.S. after his Liberal Party won a narrow victory in parliamentary elections. Here are takeaways from the election and the latest results. Syria: Clashes erupted in a suburb of Damascus with a large population from the Druse minority, killing at least 12 people, officials and a monitoring group said. Iran: Officials said they found false statements related to a cargo of dangerous substances that is believed to have triggered a port explosion that killed 70 people. South Asia: India has again accused Pakistan of supporting terrorism following the attack last week in Kashmir. Here’s what to know. Harvey Weinstein: Miriam Haley, one of three women who prosecutors say were victims of the producer, spoke at his retrial in Manhattan. Education: Harvard’s president apologized and promised changes after releasing reports on antisemitism and Islamophobia on campus. |
News From Europe
| France: After the fatal stabbing of a Muslim worshiper in a mosque last week, critics said that officials have been slow to call it a hate crime or show concern. Britain: A trial over the felling of a landmark tree near Hadrian’s Wall began in the northeast of England. Two suspects pleaded not guilty. Europe: A day after outages hit Spain and Portugal, electricity had returned to most areas of both countries. The cause remained unknown. Read stories from the blackout. Netherlands: A Dutch municipality appears to have mistakenly thrown out nearly 50 artworks, including a valuable Andy Warhol screen print, an investigation found. |
| SPORTS NEWS |
| Soccer: Liverpool’s Premier League title party went until 3 a.m., was sound-tracked by Dire Straits and ended in a bike ride. Tennis: Australia’s Max Purcell, last year’s U.S. Open men’s doubles winner, has accepted an 18-month suspension for violating antidoping rules. F1: The helmet worn by Ayrton Senna when he helped rescue an unconscious rival from a crash in 1992 has sold for a record £720,000 at auction. |
| MORNING READ |
David Kaczynski turned in his brother, the Unabomber, to the F.B.I. in 1996. He spent nearly three decades trying to explain why — and attempting to visit the older brother he had adored one last time. In a series of interviews, David spoke in detail for the first time about his long correspondence with his sibling.
| CONVERSATION STARTERS |
| “Cowboy Carter”: Beyoncé’s new stage show remixes history, both personal and musical, into joy. TikTok’s favorite nun: Sister Monica Clare dreamed of a career in comedy. Now, she uses social media to tell people about another way of life. Where faith meets fashion: Cross necklaces are popping up on influencers, pop stars and White House staff. A judge weighs in: What constitutes cheating at Wordle? |
| ARTS AND IDEAS |
How to be happy
Jancee Dunn, who covers health and wellness for The Times, collected her favorite advice on how to be happy from interviews with professionals including F.B.I. negotiators and dream researchers. Some suggested finding opportunities for delight; others look for little exercises in gratitude or ways to have more meaningful interactions.
And then there’s Cher’s approach to not sweating the small stuff: “If it doesn’t matter in five years, it doesn’t matter.”
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