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Chrystia Freeland on the U.S. Tariffs on Canadian Steel and Aluminum
Retaliation is a must. One hundred percent tariffs on Teslas, imposed by every country in the world, would be a good place to start.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesState Dept. Draws Up List of Cartels to Be Labeled Terrorist Groups
The move against a half-dozen organizations followed an executive order from President Trump that said the United States would ensure their “total elimination.”
New York Times Top StoriesUSAID Lifesaving Aid Remains Halted Despite Rubio’s Promise
A new directive puts further exemptions on hold. Aid workers also say the U.S. government has made it impossible to pay partners around the world.
New York Times Top StoriesSome Migrants Sent by Trump to Guantánamo Are Being Held by Military Guards
The Times has obtained a list of 53 Venezuelan men the Trump administration has put in a wartime prison built to hold Al Qaeda suspects.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk’s DOGE Overhauls the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
The upheaval at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau offers a glimpse into the playbook that Elon Musk and other Trump allies seem to be writing in real time.
New York Times Top StoriesWoman Gives Birth to Baby Girl on NYC Subway
A 25-year-old woman from Florida gave birth on a W train in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning. She had been missing since last summer, her sister said.
New York Times Top StoriesMyanmar Refugees’ Dreams of Living in America Dashed by Trump Orders
President Trump’s moves to pause refugee resettlement, freeze foreign aid and suspend funds to promote democracy have added more chaos to one of the world’s most urgent humanitarian crises.
New York Times Top StoriesCzech Dam Project Was Stalled by Bureaucracy. Beavers Built Their Own.
The dam project, drafted in 2018 and based on a former military training site south of Prague, had been delayed by land negotiations. Local beavers built several dams, saving the government more than one million euros.
New York Times Top StoriesBondi Announces Lawsuit Against New York Over Immigration
The attorney general, citing a law allowing New Yorkers to get a driver’s license regardless of citizenship or legal status, accused the state of “prioritizing “illegal aliens over American citizens.”
New York Times Top StoriesOpenAI Questions Rationale of Elon Musk’s Bid to Control the Company
The company answered the billionaire’s offer in a legal filing, accusing him of hypocrisy.
New York Times Top StoriesMeasles Outbreak Hits Town in Texas
As of Tuesday, 22 children and two adults had been infected, all of whom were unvaccinated, local officials said.
New York Times Top StoriesEric Adams Discussed Possible Republican Primary Run With G.O.P. Leader
The mayor discussed options to run for re-election in the Republican contest as recently as Monday. Asked for comment, he said he was running as a Democrat.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Resignation Program for Federal Workers Can Proceed, Judge Rules
The decision was a win for the Trump administration, which has been stymied by a series of other court rulings in recent days. The judge said the plaintiffs lacked standing.
New York Times Top StoriesMany Groups Promised Federal Aid Still Have No Funds and No Answers
Judicial rulings have unfrozen some grants awaited by nonprofits, states and companies, but the reprieve has been uneven and many fear the relief is only temporary.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Got $80 Million for Migrants. The White House Took It Back.
The New York City comptroller’s office, which first noticed the missing money, said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency had unilaterally taken the funds from the city’s accounts.
New York Times Top StoriesIt’s America That Suffers When We Cut Foreign Aid
U.S.A.I.D. keeps children alive and us safe.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump and Putin Discussed the War in Ukraine
Also, scientists suggest that Ozempic can curb drinking. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesGoogle Calendar Removes a Number of Cultural Events
The Silicon Valley giant said it made the change last year because it was difficult to keep up with every occasion, but some users questioned the decision.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Deputy Attorney General Nominee Decries Treatment of His Client
Mr. Blanche made clear that his prior work as a personal lawyer for the president informed his approach to the job of deputy attorney general.
New York Times Top StoriesVance Is Laying the Groundwork
The vice president is the millennial Republican we should have seen coming.
New York Times Top StoriesDavid Edward Byrd, Whose Posters Captured Rock’s Energy, Dies at 83
His designs for Jimi Hendrix, the Who and others embodied the spirit of the psychedelic era. He also created images for stage shows like “Godspell.”
New York Times Top StoriesEric Adams Case Tests an Ambitious Prosecutor’s Independence
Danielle R. Sassoon, Manhattan’s interim U.S. attorney, has built a life on conservative values. The order to drop the corruption case against New York’s mayor presents her with a pivotal choice.
New York Times Top StoriesIllinois County to Pay $10 Million After Fatal Shooting of Black Woman
A Sangamon County deputy fatally shot Sonya Massey, 36, last year, after she called to report a prowler outside her home in Springfield, Ill. The former deputy has been charged with murder.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Says Call With Putin Is Beginning of Ukraine Peace Negotiations
Among the topics the leaders discussed in their first confirmed conversation of President Trump’s second term was ending the war in Ukraine, he said.
New York Times Top StoriesHow Elon Musk and the Right Are Trying to Recast Reporting as ‘Doxxing’
Right-wing influencers are criticizing journalists who have published public information about government employees.
New York Times Top StoriesBelarus Frees an American and 2 Others as It Tries to Thaw Relations
Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s autocratic president and Russia’s closest ally, has taken steps to soften his country’s isolation from the West.
New York Times Top StoriesN.Y.P.D. Officer Who Fatally Shot Driver Should Be Fired, Judge Says
Lt. Jonathan Rivera was a sergeant in October 2019 when he shot Allan Feliz during a struggle in the Bronx. An administrative judge found him guilty of first-degree assault.
New York Times Top StoriesFlu Cases Are Surging
At least 24 million cases have been reported so far this season — and the virus is still spreading widely.
New York Times Top StoriesBehind R.F.K. Jr.’s Vow to ‘Follow the Science’ on Vaccines
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited a disputed study from a close network of fellow vaccine skeptics during his confirmation hearings. His critics say it is part of a pattern that raises concerns about whose research he would elevate as health secretary.
New York Times Top StoriesVirginia Snowstorm Leaves 180,000 Without Power and Causes Havoc on Highways
More than a foot of snow fell across much of Virginia as wintry weather swept across the Mid-Atlantic. State officials said more than 900 car collisions had been reported.