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Gag Order Hearing Is Heated as Judge Considers Citing Trump for Contempt

Justice Juan M. Merchan, overseeing Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial, warned the former president’s lawyer that he was losing credibility.

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New Meloni Law in Italy May Embolden Anti-Abortion Activists

The measure, largely restating existing law, shows the prime minister’s skill at reassuring her right-wing base without sacrificing her increasingly mainstream image.

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Justice Dept. Reaches $138.7 Million Settlement Over FBI’s Failures in Nassar Case

The settlement likely signifies the end of a yearslong effort by U.S. Olympic gymnasts to seek justice for early failures by the F.B.I. to investigate Lawrence G. Nassar, the team’s doctor.

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UN Calls for Inquiry After Mass Graves Found at 2 Gaza Hospitals

Palestinian officials said scores of bodies had been found, some shot in the head, at one hospital after Israeli forces withdrew. Israel said it had dug up and reburied some bodies in a search for hostages.

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Justice Dept. Reaches $138.7 Million Settlement Over FBI’s Failures in Nassar Case

The settlement likely marks the end of a yearslong effort by U.S. Olympic gymnasts to seek justice for early failures by the F.B.I. to investigate Lawrence G. Nassar, the team’s doctor.

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Terry Carter, Barrier-Breaking Actor and Documentarian, Dies at 95

He was the only Black actor on “Combat!” and “The Phil Silvers Show,” then made well regarded documentaries on luminaries like Duke Ellington and Katherine Dunham.

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Senate Moves Toward Approving Foreign Aid Bill for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

Support for the package in the Senate is expected to be overwhelming and bipartisan, and President Biden has urged lawmakers to quickly take it up so he can sign it into law.

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Will Justice Merchan Find Trump in Contempt of Court?

Chances are high.

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Trump Flips Script in Election Case to Justify Immunity Defense

The former president’s claim ahead of a pivotal Supreme Court hearing that he was protecting the election system rather than subverting it is part of a pattern of shaping his own reality.

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How G.M. Tricked Millions of Drivers Into Being Spied On (Including Me)

This privacy reporter and her husband bought a Chevrolet Bolt in December. Two risk-profiling companies had been getting detailed data about their driving ever since.

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Belgian Man’s Drunken Driving Defense: His Body Made the Alcohol

A 40-year-old man was acquitted of a drunken driving offense after doctors confirmed he had a rare condition: auto-brewery syndrome.

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Tesla Earnings Report Could Add to Concerns About Its Strategy

Analysts expect first-quarter results to show a decline in profits, fueling worries that competitors will grab a bigger slice of slowing electric car sales.

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Kathleen Hanna Reveals the Story of Her Life in ‘Rebel Girl’

In “Rebel Girl,” the punk frontwoman reveals the story of her life — the men who tried to stop her, the women who kept her going and the boy who made her a mother.

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Pennsylvania Holds Its Primaries Today. Here’s What to Watch.

The Democratic primary for Representative Summer Lee, a vocal Israel critic, is the contest getting the most attention on Tuesday.

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Columbia Offers Remote Classes for the Last Days of the Semester

Tensions have rippled out to other schools. Protesters were arrested at Yale and New York University. And new protest encampments popped up on several campuses.

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Planned Parenthood Plans $10 Million Boost for Democrats in North Carolina

The party is banking on abortion access as an issue to animate the state’s competitive race for governor and, they hope, galvanize voters for President Biden.

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G.M. Reports Big Jump in Profit on Gasoline Car Sales

General Motors has struggled with electric vehicles and in foreign markets but it is selling lots of combustion engine cars and trucks in North America.

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Donors Stay Largely Silent Amid New Wave of Campus Protests

Robert Kraft, an alumnus of Columbia, suggested he would withhold donations to the school. Other alumni are keeping quiet.

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Scenes of Protests at Columbia, Yale, M.I.T. and N.Y.U.

The arrests of more than 100 protesters at Columbia last week led to more campus demonstrations, at Yale, M.I.T. and as far away as the University of Michigan.

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Donald Trump on Trial

Highlights from the first big day of the former president’s New York criminal case.

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Why Narendra Modi Called India’s Muslims ‘Infiltrators’

The brazenness of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vilification of India’s largest minority group made clear he sees few checks at home or abroad on his power.

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Campus Antiwar Protests Grow, and Trump Fights Attempts to Silence Him

Plus, Blair Witch actors push for royalties.

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A Salacious Conspiracy or Just 34 Pieces of Paper?

Inside the criminal trial of former President Donald J. Trump.

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Trump Set to Receive $1 Billion Extra Trump Media Shares

The former president is in line for a windfall after the stock price of Trump Media hit performance targets in its first few weeks of trading, raising the value of his already sizable stake.

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Senate Moves Toward Approving Aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

Support for the package in the Senate is expected to be overwhelming and bipartisan, and President Biden has urged lawmakers to quickly take it up so he can sign it into law.

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Biden to Give Abortion-Focused Speech in Florida, Tying State Ban to Trump

The Biden campaign has made abortion one of its top issues, as polling shows it is one of the few subjects in which voters place more trust in President Biden than Donald Trump.

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The Small-Business Tyrant Has a Favorite Political Party

It has never been more obvious that the Republican Party is the party of the boss.

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In Ukraine, New American Technology Won the Day. Until It Got Overwhelmed.

Project Maven was meant to revolutionize modern warfare. But the conflict in Ukraine has underscored how difficult it is to get 21st-century data into 19th-century trenches.

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Jan. 6 Rioters Should Not Catch a Break From the Supreme Court

Will the court go out of its way to disregard statutory language and create ambiguity where none exists?

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How Do We Know What Animals Are Really Feeling?

Animal-welfare science tries to get inside the minds of a huge range of species — in order to help improve their lives.

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