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Trump Selects Jamieson Greer as Trade Representative

The lawyer Jamieson Greer is set to be the top U.S. trade negotiator, a crucial position given the president-elect’s threats to impose tariffs on imports from other countries.

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Trump Taps Kevin Hassett to Lead National Economic Council

Mr. Hassett defended Donald Trump’s tax cuts and trade policies in his first administration but has also acknowledged that tariffs can weaken economic growth.

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Car Found in Georgia Pond May Be That of a New York Couple Missing Since 1980

The Romers, of Scarsdale, N.Y., disappeared from a Georgia hotel. Divers who seek to solve cold cases found a vehicle similar to theirs in a pond. They also found bones.

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Biden Announces Cease-Fire Deal Between Israel and Lebanon

With a deal to end more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, the president turns his attention back to stopping the war in Gaza before leaving office.

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Trump Team Signs Transition Agreement but Shuns F.B.I. Clearances

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s team will have some formal briefings with outgoing staff members, but it has so far refused to allow the F.B.I. to do security clearances for transition members.

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Trump’s Tariff Threat Pits Canada Against Mexico

The president-elect’s opening salvo in trade and border talks with the United States’ neighbors is casting a harsh light on the North American alliance.

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Tariff Threats Show Trump’s Commitment to Upending Global Trade

The president-elect’s threat to hit Canada, Mexico and China with new tariffs is already rocking business and diplomatic relationships and could topple the trade pacts he signed in his first term.

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Why Trump Is Targeting U.S.-Canada Border Over Migrant Crossings

Arrests for illegal crossings from Canada spiked in the last fiscal year, but remain a fraction of the number of those from Mexico.

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Judge Approves National Association of Realtors Lawsuit Settlement

Following a lawsuit, the National Association of Realtors was ordered to rewrite its rules governing agents’ commissions and pay $418 million in damages.

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Jack Smith Closes Up Shop, Defeated More by Voters Than by Jurors

The special counsel will leave behind a complex legacy, having amassed considerable evidence against Donald J. Trump but having lost key legal battles that could constrain future investigators.

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What the Cease-Fire Between Israel and Lebanon Means for Gaza

Can a truce lead to an enduring peace?

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Israel Approved Terms for a Cease-Fire With Hezbollah

Also, Mexico responded to Trump’s tariff threat. Here's the latest at the end of Tuesday.

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After Beloved Pilot Dies in Crash, 2 Rescue Dogs Rescue Themselves

Seuk Kim was transporting three rescue dogs from Maryland to Albany, N.Y., when his plane crashed in the Catskill Mountains. Two of the dogs managed to survive.

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Scott Bessent Helped ‘Break’ the Bank of England. Now He’ll Run the U.S. Treasury.

Scott Bessent’s former colleagues and rivals see the prospective Treasury secretary as a thoughtful choice with a broad understanding of financial markets.

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Rudy Giuliani Loses His Lawyers, and His Cool, in Court

The subject of several cases, the former New York City mayor lashed out at a judge questioning why he had not forfeited personal assets as required.

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Maps: Where Israel Has Invaded Lebanon

Here’s what a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah would look like on the ground.

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Yann Nury’s Recipe for a Simple Baked Potato, With a Luxurious Twist

The French-born chef Yann Nury shares a festive take on a classic American comfort food.

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Would Bernie Sanders Have Won?

Faiz Shakir makes a case for the Democratic Party to embrace economic populism.

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The Migrant Caravans Trump Derides Rarely Make It Close to the U.S.

Migrants often gather in groups in southern Mexico as a means of protection from criminal groups. But they almost never make it anywhere near the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Israeli Leaders Blamed by Independent Inquiry for Oct. 7 Failures

After the Israeli government delayed a formal investigation into the Hamas attacks, an alliance of survivors and victims’ families set up their own inquiry. Their scathing findings were released on Tuesday.

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Trump’s Tariff Plan Makes Little Sense

Why set off a tit-for-tat with our closest allies?

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Blinken and U.S. Allies Struggle with Wars as Biden’s Presidency Wanes

Top diplomats from the Group of 7 nations tried to project unity on Ukraine while discussing differences over Israel and anticipating the return of Donald J. Trump.

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G.O.P. Senator Blocking Promotion of General Who Commanded Afghan Withdrawal

Lt. Gen. Christopher T. Donahue was recently selected to lead the U.S. Army’s Europe Command as the war in Ukraine heads into its fourth year.

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The Senate Should Leave No Judgeship Unfilled

Donald Trump will try to fill every judgeship that Democrats leave open.

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U.S. Investigating Political Action Committee Tied to Mayor Adams

Prosecutors and the F.B.I. are examining an organization founded by the Rev. Alfred Cockfield II, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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Trump’s Tariffs Would Deal a Big Blow to the Auto Industry

Automakers and parts suppliers would struggle if President-elect Donald J. Trump followed through on his threat to impose 25 percent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico.

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Are All These U.N. Climate Talks Doing Any Good?

What the U.N. negotiations, known as COP, can (and can’t) do to combat climate change.

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Paul Caponigro, Photographer in Love with Nature, Dies at 91

He photographed landscapes, deer, sunflowers and still lifes. “I knew that the forces of nature were a language,” he said. “Nature was really my teacher.”

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New Amgen Drug MariTide Shows Promising Weight Loss in Early Data

The drug, which is named MariTide and delivered in a monthly injection, is years from being sold, but caused an average of up to 20 percent weight loss in a small group of patients.

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‘Wicked’ and the Merchandising Juggernaut That Eclipses ‘Barbie’

The new movie’s tie-ins are the logical endpoint for a Broadway show that always intended to be huge.

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