A whirlwind tour
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May 16, 2025

 
TALKING POINTS

Businesses' planning ahead helped. But uncertainty still looms.

 
 

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT

The president's whirlwind regional tour concludes with glitz, bravado and an unclear list of concrete accomplishments

 
 
Picture of the day

Portugal's Prime Minister Luis Montenegro flashes a V for victory sign during a street rally in Lisbon, ahead of Sunday's general election. The Democratic Alliance leader called the snap vote — Portugal's third in as many years — three years ahead of schedule after failing to win a confidence vote in March.
Patricia de Melo Moreira / AFP / Getty Images

 
 
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THE EXPLAINER

Baseball's most aimless franchise takes aim at a record set just last year

 
 
UNDER THE RADAR

Venomous arachnids are infesting country's fast-growing cities

 
 
quote of the day

'The America I've sung to you about for 50 years is real and, regardless of its faults, is a great country with a great people. So we'll survive this moment.'

Bruce Springsteen reflecting on the state of the nation with Trump in office while opening his "Land of Hope and Dreams" tour in Manchester, England, after denouncing the administration for trampling on civil rights and workers, abandoning allies and siding with dictators

 
 
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