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Trump Seeks More Sway in Picking Kennedy Center Honorees

When President Trump was criticized by some of the artists who were recognized at the annual Kennedy Center Honors program…

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Protest Against Serbian Leader Draws 100,000 in Biggest Crowd Yet

A student-led protest movement in Serbia rallied more than 100,000 people for a huge peaceful street demonstration on Saturday in…

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‘It Got Everything’: Oklahoma Residents Who Escaped Fires Brace for Losses

When Geraldine and Charles Wyrick heard shouts ring out through their community of a dozen trailer homes on Friday afternoon…

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Rejected by Washington, Federal Workers Find Open Arms in State Governments

Where the federal government sees waste, states see opportunity — both to serve as a counterweight to the Trump administration…

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Junior Bridgeman, N.B.A. Player Turned Mogul, Dies at 71

Junior Bridgeman, who followed a strong N.B.A. career with a remarkable run as an entrepreneur, acquiring hundreds of fast-food restaurants,…

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He Dreamed Up Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer. It All Started With L.A.

On Dec. 10, Michael Connelly stood on the patio behind his house in the Hollywood Hills and gazed down at…

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Patel Pushes Command Changes at F.B.I.

Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, is pushing ahead with a plan to decentralize the agency’s command structure and divide the…

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Trump Signs Spending Bill to Fund Government, Spokesman Says

President Trump on Saturday signed the government funding bill passed by the Senate on Friday, a White House spokesman said.…

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U.S. Launches Broad Attack on Militant Sites in Yemen

The United States began to carry out large-scale military strikes on Saturday against dozens of targets in Yemen controlled by…

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Fear of Trump’s Tariffs Ripples Through France’s Champagne Region

French Champagne producers do nearly a billion dollars’ worth of business with the United States every year. But on Friday…

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Trump’s Clash With Maine Gov. Janet Mills Fuels Tensions Across State

Before President Trump chastised Gov. Janet Mills of Maine at the White House last month, and before his administration started…

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Keeping With Kennedy’s Advice, Measles Patients Turn to Unproven Treatments

Struggling to contain a raging measles epidemic in West Texas, public health officials increasingly worry that residents are relying on…

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In the Ring, It Doesn’t Matter How Much Money Sean O’Bradaigh’s Parents Have

Even for hard-core boxing fans, it is difficult to see how Sean O’Bradaigh emerged as a fearsome light heavyweight. His…

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Israel Keeps Up Attacks in Gaza Despite Truce

Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians in Gaza in strikes on Saturday, according to the Gaza health ministry, the…

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How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for Her

The first knock at the door came eight days ago, on a Friday morning. Three federal immigration agents showed up…

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Trump’s Justice Dept. Speech Shows a Renewed Quest for Vengeance

Presidents and prosecutors have for generations appeared in the Great Hall of the Justice Department to announce important anti-crime initiatives…

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‘Song of the North’ Uses Puppets to Help a Persian Epic Spring to Life

On a recent afternoon on 42nd Street in Manhattan, a mythological bird was preparing to take flight. Backstage at the…

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Science Amid Chaos: What Worked During the Pandemic? What Failed?

Until 2020, few Americans needed to think about how viruses spread or how the human immune system works. The pandemic…

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Five Years On, Ghosts of a Pandemic We Didn’t Imagine Still Haunt Us

Five years later, the everyday has returned to the pleasant New Jersey town of Maplewood. About the only visible trace…

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Slowly, Ukrainian Women Are Beginning to Talk About Sexual Assault in the War

A 77-year-old former high school teacher, turned out in a neat dress and hat, has been creating a quiet revolution…

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Haiti’s Biggest Hospital, Dependent on U.S.A.I.D., Goes Up in Smoke

Two days before last Christmas, Dr. Pierre S. Prince took an exciting new job as director of Haiti’s largest public…

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How New York’s Mayor, Eric Adams, Wooed Donald Trump

Donald J. Trump’s electoral victory alarmed most New York Democrats — but not Eric Adams. For Mr. Adams, the mayor…

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Solidarity Among Progressives Could Give New Life to Their Cause

In conversation with Page, Schulman explained that the speech was approved by Kelly’s partner and friends and delivered in the…

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With $921 Seats, Denzel Washington’s ‘Othello’ Breaks a Box Office Record

The hottest play on Broadway was written more than 400 years ago. Demand to see Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal…

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Syrian Druse Pilgrims Pay Rare Visit to Israel

A delegation of Syrian Druse made a rare visit to Israel over the weekend for a pilgrimage to a shrine…

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Bread Lines and Salty Drinking Water: Israeli Aid Block Sets Gaza Back Again

Outside the Zadna Bakery in central Gaza one recent afternoon, the long lines of people waiting for bread were threatening…

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The Frick Glows With a Poetic, $220 Million Renovation

A corner of New York hasn’t seemed quite itself since the Frick Collection shuttered during Covid for the architectural equivalent…

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Russia Presses Offensive in Kursk Amid Cease-Fire Talks With U.S.

Moscow is pressing its offensive to retake the full territory of Russia’s Kursk region from Ukraine as negotiations between the…

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Home Sellers and Buyers Accuse Realtors of Blocking Lower Fees

When Mike Chambers was ready to sell his house in Boulder, Colo., last month, he interviewed a handful of real…

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Opinion | Colleges Are Under Attack. They Can Fight Back.

When a political leader wants to move a democracy toward a more authoritarian form of government, he often sets out…

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Left for Dead, the C.F.P.B. Inches Back to Life

At the headquarters of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, faint shadows above the entrance are all that remain of the…

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As Trump Stirs Doubt, Europeans Debate Their Own Nuclear Deterrent

Germany’s next chancellor, Friedrich Merz, set European pigeons flying in circles when he suggested last month that given rising mistrust…

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Walz, Newsom and Buttigieg Are Among Democrats Stirring 2028 Presidential Chatter

Pete Buttigieg, the former transportation secretary, ruled out a run for statewide office in Michigan in 2026 and made it…

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Social Distance – The New York Times

Where were you in March of 2020? When did you realize Covid was a thing that was going to disrupt…

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Forecasters Issue Highest Risk Alert for Tornadoes in the South

Long-lasting severe storms at a level typically experienced only once or twice in a lifetime could sweep across the a…

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Trump Tries to Use White South Africans as Cautionary Tale

To hear President Trump and some of his closest supporters tell it, South Africa is a terrible place for white…

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Marco Rubio Essentially Expels South Africa’s U.S. Ambassador

As he flew back from the Group of 7 allies meeting in Canada on Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio…

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Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday seeking to dismantle seven additional federal agencies, including the one that oversees…

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‘On the Tightrope’: Britain Tries to Bridge a Widening Trans-Atlantic Gap

Five years after it left the European Union, Britain may have finally found a new role on the global stage…

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Draft List for New Travel Ban Proposes Trump Target 43 Countries

The Trump administration is considering targeting the citizens of as many as 43 countries as part of a new ban…

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In Mexico, a Grisly Discovery of Piles of Shoes, Ovens and Human Remains

A group of volunteers searching for their missing relatives first received a tip last week about a mass grave hidden…

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Appeals Court Allows Trump Administration’s DEI Crackdown to Proceed, but Judges Debate DEI Merits

A federal appeals court on Friday allowed the Trump administration’s crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion programs across the federal…

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The Democratic Divide: Would a Shutdown Have Helped or Hurt Trump?

When Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, announced that he would vote with Republicans to…

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Tyler Mitchell Captures ‘the Modern Dandy’ in a New Photo Essay for the Met

Last year, when the Metropolitan Museum of Art invited a young photographer to shoot its highly anticipated spring 2025 fashion…

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Tim Walz Talks to Anxious Iowa Democrats as Post-Election Travels Pick Up

Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, last year’s Democratic nominee for vice president, took another step back onto the national political…

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Opinion | Denali Will Always Be Denali

Now President Trump has done exactly that. In one of the first acts on his return to the White House,…

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Musk Keeps His Eye on Social Security

Elon Musk keeps talking about Social Security. Two weeks ago, he called it a Ponzi scheme. This week, he suggested…

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The Climate Fix: Nuclear Waste Finds Its Forever Home

Editor’s note: The Climate Fix is our twice-a-month guide to the most important solutions to climate change across the world.…

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F.D.A. Issues Warning About Galaxy Gas and Other Nitrous Products

The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning on Friday that advised consumers against inhaling nitrous oxide products such as…

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The Senate Voted to Avoid a Shutdown

The Senate voted this afternoon to pass a Republican-written spending bill and avert a government shutdown. In a crucial earlier…

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Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Approves Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown

The Senate on Friday narrowly averted a government shutdown at midnight, passing a G.O.P.-written stopgap spending measure after Senator Chuck…

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Schumer Under Fire as Pelosi and Other Democrats Criticize Shutdown Retreat

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, defended himself on Friday in the face of a Democratic backlash…

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Rep. Raul M. Grijalva of Arizona, a Democratic Progressive in the House, Dies at 77

Representative Raul M. Grijalva, a former political radical who became a Democratic stalwart of Arizona’s congressional delegation and who was…

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U.S. Arrests 2nd Person Tied to Pro-Palestinian Protests at Columbia

A second person who took part in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University has been arrested by U.S. immigration agents, after…

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Ocasio-Cortez Lashes Out at Schumer Over His Support for G.O.P. Measure

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, is facing a torrent of criticism for choosing to vote with…

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Stocks Rebound After S&P’s Fall Into Correction, but Trump Tariffs Keep Markets on Edge

Stocks on Wall Street rallied on Friday to their biggest daily jump since President Trump’s election, bouncing off a drop…

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Senators Grill Dr. Oz on Medicaid Cuts and Medicare Changes

In a hearing on Friday, senators pressed Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity nominated to head Medicare and Medicaid, on…

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Wildfires Fueled by Dry Conditions Quickly Spread Across Texas and Oklahoma

Fast-moving wildfires were spreading Friday afternoon over portions of the Texas Panhandle and Oklahoma, prompting evacuations, causing several car crashes…

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Sean Combs’s Lawyers Say Video of Hallway Assault Was Altered

Lawyers for Sean Combs argued at a court hearing on Friday that a leaked security video showing Mr. Combs assaulting…

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Gucci Taps Demna, Balenciaga’s Creative Director, as New Designer

The great Gucci reset is here. On Wednesday, the Italian fashion house named Demna, the mononymic designer who transformed Balenciaga…

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As Russia Tries to Push Ukraine Out of Kursk, Here’s What to Know

Russian troops appear close to driving Ukraine from all the territory it seized in the Kursk region of Russia last…

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As Trump Attacks Elite Colleges, Their Usual Allies Are Nowhere in Sight

In a very short time, Mahmoud Khalil, the former Columbia University graduate student and pro-Palestinian activist who was questionably detained…

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High School Students Reflect on Covid’s Impact, 5 Years After the Pandemic

By the fall of 2020, many of the seniors at Oakland Technical High School had become nocturnal. Already confined to…

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Justices to Consider Trump Request to Lift Nationwide Pause on Birthright Citizenship Order

The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon requested responses from states and groups that have challenged the constitutionality of the president’s…

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Hamas Says It’s Willing to Release U.S.-Israeli Hostage Edan Alexander

Hamas said on Friday that it had agreed to free Edan Alexander, an American Israeli soldier who has been held…

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Senior Islamic State Leader Killed in Joint Iraqi-U.S. Operation, Iraq Says

An airstrike killed a senior Islamic State leader believed to be the head of the group in Iraq and Syria…

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Oklahoma Proposes Teaching 2020 Election ‘Discrepancies’ in U.S. History

High school students in Oklahoma would be asked to identify “discrepancies” in the 2020 election as part of U.S. history…

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What Syria’s New Temporary Constitution Says

Syria’s new government has adopted a temporary constitution that concentrates much power in the hands of the interim president and…

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The South and Midwest Face Threats of Hail, 100 M.P.H. Winds and Tornadoes

“A multiday severe weather episode,” the National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center called a powerful cross-country storm system in their…

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Book Review: ‘When the Going Was Good,’ by Graydon Carter

Print magazines today are editorial starvelings. Journalism is among the most regretted college majors. Carter often had 400-page issues, with…

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University of Minnesota, Under Federal Scrutiny, Limits Its Political Speech

The University of Minnesota, which President Trump’s Justice Department is scrutinizing for its handling of antisemitism on campus, largely barred…

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Hope for a Trump Energy Boom Is Marred by Anxiety About Tariffs

Tariff threats. Growing uncertainty about the economy. And a push for much lower oil prices. For all of their bravado…

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Who’s Afraid of Lab-Grown Meat?

Curious to try a lab-grown chicken sandwich? Don’t look to satiate your craving in Mississippi, which earlier this week moved…

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How Much Should Weight Loss Drugs Like Wegovy and Zepbound Cost?

It’s easy to make a medical case for blockbuster weight loss drugs like Wegovy and Zepbound, which have been shown…

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Graydon Carter Looks Back on a Glossy Career of Parties and Feuds

Ms. Brown added that she accepted the job only after her mother agreed to move to New York to help…

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Mark Carney Becomes Canada’s Prime Minister at Crucial Moment

Mark Carney, who has never held elected office but has a long résumé in economic policymaking and investing, was sworn…

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Senate Moves Toward Critical Vote to Avert Government Shutdown as Schumer Relents

The Senate was headed on Friday toward a critical vote to avert a government shutdown at midnight, after Senator Chuck…

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U.S. Consumer Sentiment Drops as Inflation Anxiety Soars

Policy uncertainty and tariff whiplash are making consumers less confident about the economic outlook and more worried about inflation, new…

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Trump Tariffs Leave No Country Room for Exemptions, U.S. Tells Canada

Top U.S. representatives told a Canadian delegation on Thursday that there was no way Canada, or any other country in…

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Schumer’s Retreat From a Government Shutdown Has Young Democrats Fuming

Senator Chuck Schumer’s sudden decision on Thursday to support a Republican-written bill to avert a government shutdown so enraged his…

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U.S. Consumer Sentiment Drops as Inflation Anxiety Soars

Policy uncertainty and tariff whiplash are making consumers less confident about the economic outlook and more worried about inflation, new…

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NYC Subway Crime Report Shows Random Assaults Outnumber Robberies

A top concern for subway riders was once having a purse or wallet snatched. Now, they may be more worried…

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Powerful A.I. Is Coming. We’re Not Ready.

Here are some things I believe about artificial intelligence: I believe that over the past several years, A.I. systems have…

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How the Stock Market Has Done Under Trump

The stock market has plunged since President Trump took office for a second time, a stark contrast to the early…

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Finland Finds Russian Mercenary Guilty of War Crimes in Ukraine

A court in Finland found a Russian paramilitary fighter guilty of war crimes committed during Russia’s first invasion of Ukraine,…

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Duterte Appears in Court in The Hague via Video After Arrest

In a scenario once considered unthinkable for a head of state who presided over the public and brutal killings of…

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Alan K. Simpson, Influential Wyoming Republican Senator, Dies at 93

Alan K. Simpson, a plain-spoken former Republican senator from Wyoming who championed immigration reforms and conservative candidates for the Supreme…

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The Russell 2000 Index Is Flashing Economic Warning Signs

Investors watching the S&P 500’s plunge this week are processing a mix of signals. Will the threat of tariffs push…

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Germans Reach Deal to Spend Big on Defense, Climate and More

Friedrich Merz, the likely next chancellor of Germany, announced on Friday that he had cut a deal with the Green…

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As Congress Weighs a Spending Bill, Earmarks Are a Casualty

A museum in Connecticut was planning to build out its planetarium and observatory. Boys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee and…

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The People Whose Children Were Killed in Duterte’s Drug War

Emily Soriano was doing laundry this week when a friend rushed into her house with news about their yearslong quest…

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D.H.S. Agents Search Two Dorm Rooms at Columbia University

Department of Homeland Security officials searched two dorm rooms at Columbia University, days after the immigration authorities arrested and moved…

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Fact-Checking Dr. Oz’s Health Advice on Supplements, Weight Loss and More

Dr. Mehmet Oz built his television empire on the simple promise that you can take control of your health. Over…

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Measles Can Damage the Immune System for Years

As more measles cases emerge around the country, doctors say they’re concerned that those infected may be at risk of…

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Catholics Around the Globe Heed Francis’ Call to ‘Pray for Me’

When Pope Francis first appeared to the world on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, he humbly requested that the…

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Dr. Oz Faces Senators at Confirmation Hearing to Oversee Medicare and Medicaid

Dr. Mehmet Oz, the TV celebrity doctor, is expected to face a tense confirmation hearing on Friday, with Democratic senators…

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China Backs Iran in Nuclear Talks, Slams ‘Threat of Force’ From the West

China and Russia joined Iran on Friday in urging an end to Western sanctions after President Trump called this week…

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SpaceX Tries Again to Launch NASA’s Crew-10 Mission to the I.S.S.: How to Watch

Four astronauts are hoping that Friday is the day that they’ll get to head to the International Space Station. They…

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Bringing Astronauts Home – The New York Times

Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore thought they were taking off for a couple weeks in space. Their mission was to…

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Kremlin Says Putin Met With Trump’s Envoy, Steve Witkoff

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia met with Steve Witkoff, the U.S. special envoy, in Moscow late Thursday and now…

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Trump to Deliver Speech to Justice Dept. After Triumph in Battles Against It

In June 2023, Donald J. Trump’s lawyers arrived at Justice Department headquarters, grimly scooped up visitors badges and were ushered…

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Forecasters Warn of ‘Wildfire Outbreak’ Across Texas and Oklahoma

Forecasters with the National Weather Service have called Friday their “day of biggest concern” this week for dangerous fire weather…

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China Condemns CK Hutchison-BlackRock Panama Canal Deal

The Chinese government has strongly criticized a planned deal by a Hong Kong conglomerate to sell ports in Panama and…

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Putin’s Cease-Fire Demands, and a Democratic Flip on the Shutdown

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Two Astronauts on an 8-Day Mission That Turned Into a 9-Month Odyssey

An exclusive interview with Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore, whose planned short mission to space turned into an adventure lasting…

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Opinion | Why Is Gavin Newsom Seeking Common Ground With the Right?

I was open to the idea behind Gavin Newsom’s new podcast, in which the California governor has been breaking out…

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Outrage in Australia After American Woman Grabs a Baby Wombat

In times of tumult and uncertainty, a society can come together over resounding, unequivocal disdain against a common villain. This…

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Opinion | Dr. Oz’s Journey From Heart Doctor to Celebrity to Iconoclast

Before medical contrarianism became intrinsic to his identity, Dr. Mehmet Oz appeared motivated by curiosity rather than opportunism. Arriving at…

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Opinion | How Zelensky Can Help Ukraine

My most vivid memory of Volodymyr Zelensky’s campaign for president of Ukraine was his debate with President Petro Poroshenko in…

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Schumer Says He’ll Vote for GOP Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown

Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, broke with his party on Thursday and lined up enough Democrats…

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Why China Is Worried About Trump’s Tariffs on Mexico

Officials in Beijing are increasingly worried that President Trump’s tariffs on Mexico may be the start of a broad campaign…

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In Japan, a Journalist Takes a Stand by Striking Out on His Own

Makoto Watanabe has never forgotten the day when his previous employer, one of Japan’s biggest newspapers, retreated from its biggest…

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Attempted Theft and Poisoning of a Star Reindeer Leaves Anchorage Miffed

Dressed in dark clothes and hiding behind a mask, a dark figure hopped over a six-foot-tall wooden fence and opened…

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Postal Service Reaches Deal With Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency

The leader of the U.S. Postal Service said in a letter to lawmakers on Thursday that he had reached an…

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Larry Buendorf, Secret Service Agent Who Saved President Ford, Dies at 87

Larry Buendorf, the Secret Service agent who, by wresting a handgun away from Lynette (Squeaky) Fromme, was credited with saving…

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Plane Fire at Denver Airport Forces Passengers to Evacuate Onto Wing

An American Airlines plane that was diverted to Denver International Airport on Thursday evening after experiencing “engine vibrations” caught fire…

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Book Review: ‘Care and Feeding,’ by Laurie Woolever; ‘Cellar Rat,’ by Hannah Selinger

New accounts of working in a man’s world — and that world’s comeuppance — are long on boldface names and…

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Trump Sees ‘Good Signals’ on Russia-Ukraine Cease-Fire. Zelensky Does Not.

President Trump said Thursday he saw “good signals” toward finalizing a 30-day cease-fire agreement between Russia and Ukraine, as U.S.…

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What Is a Stock Market Correction?

Stocks have tumbled in recent weeks as investors have grappled with President Trump’s back and forth on tariffs as well…

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Death Toll in 1999 Columbine School Shooting Climbs to 14 With Homicide Ruling

For more than a quarter of a century, the death toll in the Columbine High School mass shooting, a statistic…

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Trump Administration Must Rehire Thousands of Fired Workers, Judge Rules

A federal judge on Thursday ordered six federal agencies to rehire thousands of workers with probationary status who had been…

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Opinion | Chuck Schumer: Why Democrats Must Not Allow the Government to Shut Down

Over the past two months, the United States has confronted a bitter truth: The federal government has been taken over…

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Wine Businesses Fear Disaster in Threat of Huge Tariffs

It’s not clear who will benefit if President Trump follows through on his threat to impose 200 percent tariffs on…

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German Tourists Detained for Weeks, Then Deported From U.S.

Chained, detained for weeks and eventually deported, two German tourists trying to enter the United States were recently tangled in…

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John Feinstein, Sportswriter and Author of ‘A Season on the Brink,’ Dies at 69

John Feinstein, an indefatigable sportswriter for The Washington Post and the author of more than 40 books, including the best…

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Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Florida Case Over Gender Identity in Schools

A federal appeals court ruled this week against a Florida couple who had sued officials in their child’s school district…

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Judge Orders Musk and His Team to Turn Over Records and Answer Questions

A federal judge in Washington has ordered Elon Musk and operatives involved with his Department of Government Efficiency to hand…

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A Judge Ordered the U.S. to Rehire Thousands of Workers

A federal judge in California ordered six agencies to rehire thousands of workers who had been fired last month as…

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Ron Nessen, Ford’s White House Press Secretary, Dies at 90

Ron Nessen, who as President Gerald R. Ford’s press secretary from 1974 to 1977 pledged a new era of openness…

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Putin, in No Hurry for 30-Day Truce, Seeks Ukrainian Concessions

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday did not rule out a U.S. and Ukrainian proposal for a monthlong…

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A Chilling Scream, Then the Discovery of 53 Dead and Dying Migrants

The chilling screams of a young woman came from a desolate, debris-strewn urban hinterland between salvage yards and railroad tracks…

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Federal Cuts Prompt Johns Hopkins to Cut More Than 2,000 Workers

Johns Hopkins University, one of the country’s leading centers of scientific research, said on Thursday that it would eliminate more…

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Columbia Disciplines Students Who Occupied Campus Building Last Year

Columbia University — embroiled in crisis after the Trump administration revoked $400 million in grants and contracts for the school’s…

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A Groundbreaking Ship That Sank in Lake Superior in 1892 Is Discovered

On Aug. 30, 1892, the Western Reserve, a state-of-the-art ship en route to Minnesota, found itself in the middle of…

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As Trump’s Untested Emissary to Putin, Witkoff’s Role May Bring Risk

When President Trump appointed his friend Steven Witkoff to be his Middle East envoy last November, the choice prompted head-scratching…

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Opinion | America Is Surrounded by Enemies … That We Created

Many years ago, I asked a friend who had been hired as a senior foreign policy official what he’d learned…

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Trump Expands Trade Threats in Global Game of Chicken

For the second time this week, President Trump has threatened to disrupt trade with a close ally for retaliating in…

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See How Elon Musk’s Team Inflated, Deleted and Rewrote Its Savings Claims

Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team debuted a website last month cataloging the contracts the group says it has canceled to save…

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Opinion | A Story About Salmon That Almost Had a Happy Ending

Completion of the world’s largest dam removal project — which demolished four Klamath River hydroelectric dams on both sides of…

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Stocks Fall Into a Correction With Investors Down on Trump

The world’s most widely followed stock-market benchmark slid into a correction on Thursday, a drop that underscores how the two-year-long…

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Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Reaches the Supreme Court

Lawyers for President Trump asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to lift a nationwide pause imposed on the president’s order…

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As Russia Tries to Push Ukraine Out of Kursk, Here’s What to Know

Russian troops appear close to driving Ukraine from all the territory it seized in the Kursk region of Russia last…

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He Was Once the ‘Subway Ninja.’ He Would Like to Explain.

The man wore a long-sleeve dark shirt and ball cap over his mirrored sunglasses. Strapped to his back was a…

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Public Health Survived the Pandemic. Now It Fights Politics.

For months, Dr. Jennifer Avegno, the director of the New Orleans Health Department, has watched the threats come closer: Louisiana…

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Protesters Back Khalil at Trump Tower: ‘Fight Nazis, Not Students’

Hundreds of demonstrators affiliated with a progressive Jewish activist group packed into the lower level of Trump Tower Thursday to…

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‘We Hear You, Mr. President:’ The World Lines Up to Buy American Gas

President Trump’s cabinet has been busy rolling back regulations that will make it far easier to extract and produce fossil…

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Sofia Gubaidulina, Composer Who Provoked Soviet Censors, Dies at 93

Sofia Gubaidulina, a Tatar-Russian composer who defied Soviet dogma with her openly religious music and after decades of suppression moved…

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‘I Thought I Was Going to Die Here’: 6 Days Trapped in a Car, Just Out of Sight

Brieonna Cassell woke up in her Ford Taurus on Tuesday morning and began to lose hope that she’d ever get…

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Wall Street’s Slide Resumes as Tariff Anxiety Persists for Investors

Wall Street’s slide resumed on Thursday, another anxiety-induced drop that left the S&P 500 brushing up against a “correction” —…

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Would Schools Close in a Future Pandemic?

Over the course of 20 days in March 2020, 55 million American children stopped going to school as Covid-19 swept…

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