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‘The only adult in there’: The teacher and students forever bound by mass school shooting
New York Times: How one teacher became a lifeline for school shooting survivors.

Seeking God, or Peter Thiel, in Silicon Valley
New York Times: When tech luminaries talk about their Christian faith, people listen.

Three ‘last meals’: Man on death row for 26 years to get new trial
Supreme Court throws out conviction for man who has had nine execution dates.

Macron and Starmer have played Trump’s game before, but the rules are changing
New York Times: Approaches previously tried with Trump may no longer work.

‘We are not furniture’: Why Greenland won’t bow to Trump’s push for control
New York Times: The huge ice-bound island has been thrust into a geopolitical maelstrom.

Kremlin message to Trump: There’s money to be made in Russia
New York Times: Russia pushes for US business return amid Ukraine war talks with Trump.

He was pushed in front of a train. How did he survive?
New York Times: A random act of violence transformed Joseph Lynskey's life.

Trump suggests no laws are broken if he’s ‘saving his country’
New York Times: Trump tests legal limits with statement shared on social media.

The radicalisation of Elon Musk
The world’s richest man and his voyage from Biden-voting liberal to far-right cheerleader.

Ex-intelligence chiefs believe Trump is an unwitting agent of Putin. Here’s why
US President’s controversial ties to Russia are once again under close examination.

‘The boss of everyone and everything’: Trump seeks to influence many spheres
New York Times: Trump is increasingly trying to enforce his will on all areas.

Opinion: When ‘just asking questions’ about science turns into 300,000 dead
NYT OPINION: The danger of when science denialism comes into power.

Opinion: Look past Elon Musk’s chaos - there’s something more sinister at work
NYT OPINION: Why Musk's antics are a smokescreen for strategic takeovers.

Elon Musk’s business empire scores benefits under Trump shake-up
New York Times: Trump's return is reshaping regulatory challenges for Musk.

Trump’s media crackdown echoes Nixon’s Watergate-era tactics
NYT: Trump's heavy-handed approach has hallmarks of attempted crackdown 50 years ago.

Trump muses about a third term, over and over again
New York Times: Trump suggests he may seek to stay in office beyond constitutional limit.

Market Watch: Share markets are rattled, but here’s why one fund manager remains optimistic
Liam Dann talks tariff turmoil with Pie Funds CIO Mike Taylor.

Inside Musk’s power play to reshape the US federal government
NYT: Musk's moves represent an extraordinary flexing of power by a private individual.

DeepSeek’s rise: How a Chinese startup went from stock trader to AI star
New York Times: DeepSeek's AI breakthrough has challenged US tech dominance.

SkyCity admits 'huge toll' of NZICC, hospital delays and global stoppages | NZ Herald News Update
SkyCity admits the 'huge toll' the NZICC has taken on them, the hospitals continue to be full or delayed as Trump holds up thousands of global aid projects. Video / NZ Herald

Australia’s top conservative follows Trump’s playbook, up to a point
New York Times: Peter Dutton, who wants to be PM, has been taking aim at “wokeness".