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At RNC Meeting, Trump Questions Fate of Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel

Donald Trump has long worked closely with Ronna McDaniel, the head of the Republican National Committee. In private, he has begun to question its direction under her leadership.

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Northern Ireland Has a Sinn Fein Leader. It’s a Landmark Moment.

The idea of a first minister who supports closer ties to the Republic of Ireland — let alone one from Sinn Fein, a party with historic ties to the Irish Republican Army — was once unthinkable. On Saturday, it became reality.

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Are These Recipes Good, or Is the TikTok Chef Just Good-Looking?

In an influencer economy, is attractiveness more important than ever?

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The 8 Days That Roiled the U.N.’s Top Agency in Gaza

The crisis that threatens the future of the main United Nations agency in Gaza, amid a humanitarian disaster, began at a routine meeting between diplomats in Tel Aviv.

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The Question Trap

What we ask to find out what we really want to know.

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In Gaza, We Can’t Justify This Much Suffering

Yes, Israel has the right to defend itself, but that doesn’t excuse this many civilian deaths.

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The World Needs to Stand by UNRWA

The foreign minister of Norway explains why his nation is continuing to fund UNRWA amid allegations of employees’ collusion with Hamas in the Oct. 7 attack.

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Only America Can Save the Future

A strange but optimistic vision.

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Inside Trump’s Not-So-Swift Brain

There’s no doubt Donald can’t shake off Taylor.

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Germany Braces for Decades of Confrontation With Russia

Leaders are sounding alarms about growing threats, but Chancellor Olaf Scholz is wary of pushing the Kremlin, and his own ambivalent public, too far.

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Exploring the Backyard

While a grand trip might offer novelty and excitement, there’s adventure to be found in territories much closer to home.

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After UMG Pulls Its Music, TikTok Users Encounter Silence

Content creators say they are considering the merits of Instagram and YouTube after a licensing battle led TikTok to pull songs by artists with Universal Music Group.

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Bank of America Reverses Its Pledge Not to Finance Fossil Fuels

The changes come as Republican lawmakers step up efforts to punish businesses that consider climate change and the environment in their operations.

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Taylor Swift Makes Fox News Suddenly Hate Celebs in Politics

The news network that wants Taylor Swift to stick to singing has had no problem handing conservative celebrities the microphone.

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Kamala Harris Bolsters Biden for 2024 Ahead of South Carolina Primary

Stumping for the president ahead of South Carolina’s Democratic primary, Ms. Harris has been working to shore up his vulnerabilities with Black voters and younger voters.

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After Speedy Start, Appeals Court Slows Down on Trump Immunity Decision

The implications have started coming into focus with the scrapping of March 4 as the start date for the former president’s federal trial on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election.

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As Face of Biden’s Israel Policy, Blinken Draws Wrath of Gaza War Protesters

Demonstrators have turned up at the secretary of state’s home and even splashed fake blood on his motorcade.

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How Much for Thin Mints? Some Girl Scouts Raise Cookie Prices.

While an increase in cost in parts of the country may surprise some cookie buyers, “Girl Scouts are not immune to the rising costs of life,” one leader said.

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A City Built on Steel Tries to Reverse Its Decline

Gary, Ind., home of U.S. Steel’s largest mill, is seeking a fresh economic start under a new mayor determined to draw new businesses and residents.

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‘My Heart Sank’: In Maine, a Challenge to a Book, and to a Town’s Self-Image

Wealthy, liberal-leaning Blue Hill prided itself on staying above the fray — until the library stocked a book that drew anger from the left.

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Frame by Frame, Paul Pfeiffer Distills What Sports Cameras Blur

Paul Pfeiffer’s transcendent manipulations of broadcast footage are intimate confrontations with spectacles meant for millions.

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Fighting Book Bans, Librarians Rally to Their Own Defense

As libraries become battlegrounds in the nation’s culture wars, their allies are fighting to preserve access to their collections and keep themselves out of jail, or worse.

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What are U.S. troops doing in the Middle East?

Years after the U.S. military ended its combat mission in Iraq, thousands of American troops remain on bases across the region. They have been coming under increasing attacks from Iran-backed militias.

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Ceferin’s UEFA Term Limits Fight Renews Debate on Presidential Power

A proposal that would weaken term limits at European soccer’s governing body has insiders and governance officials worried that sports’ power brokers are forgetting why the rules exist.

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How FAFSA Changes Affect Multiple Family Members in College

The federal financial aid formula used to give a break to families with two or more children in college at a time. That’s gone now, and some schools may not fill the gap.

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With House Seat at Stake, Republicans Court Jewish Voters Rattled by War

To fill George Santos’s seat, Republicans nominated Mazi Pilip, an Israeli military veteran, in the Feb. 13 special election in New York.

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Pigeon Was Cleared of Being a Chinese Spy, but Served 8 Months Anyway

Birds, be careful: Loitering at an Indian port with a microchip on your leg can make people nervous and get you locked up.

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Lights! Camera! Modi! It’s a One-Man Show on Indian Television.

The grand opening of a temple in Ayodhya was both a religious ritual and a made-for-TV spectacle for a broadcast media co-opted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

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Wayne Kramer, Influential MC5 Guitarist, Dies at 75

Mr. Kramer was one half of the twin-guitar attack that drove the Detroit band’s incendiary live performances, helping to set the stage for punk rock.

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Bill Ackman and Mark Zuckerberg Fail to Land Candidates on Harvard’s Board of Overseers

The candidates had promised to challenge the university’s leadership, but failed to collect enough signatures to get on the ballot for the board.

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