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This Spring, Try Monochromatic Dressing

With floor-sweeping hems and bold colors, this season’s fashion isn’t messing around.

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‘Terrorist’ Attack at Market in France Leaves One Dead

France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, said there was “no doubt” that the stabbing was a terrorist attack, and the police are investigating it as such.

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Gunman in York County, Pa., Hospital Shooting Is Dead, Officials Say

The police responded on Saturday morning to a shooting at UPMC Memorial hospital in York County, Pa. No patients were hurt, an official said, but at least four people were evaluated at a nearby hospital.

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Firing of Joint Chiefs Chairman and Others Draws Criticism

Democratic lawmakers and retired military officers expressed concern about the politicization of the military under President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

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Pope Francis in Critical Condition After ‘Respiratory Crisis,’ Vatican Says

The announcement on Saturday evening indicated that Francis’ medical condition had become more complicated since an update from his doctors on Friday.

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Pope Francis Put Church Above His Health, Vatican Observers Say

Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially worked himself into the hospital.

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Measles Outbreak in Texas and New Mexico Sickens Nearly 100 People

Texas reported 90 cases this week, while New Mexico reported nine. A majority of the cases have been in a Texas county where vaccination rates have lagged behind the rest of the state.

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On the Ropes, Olaf Scholz Keeps Punching

The German chancellor, who defied calls to step aside after his government fell apart, is down in the polls but insisting he can still win.

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Shocked by Trump, Europe Turns Its Hopes to Germany’s Election

Germany’s economy is stalled and its politics fractured. But it sees an opening for a new chancellor to lead Europe’s response to a changing America.

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Markets and Corporate America Are Unfazed by Washington Chaos, for Now

The federal budget debate has big implications for the economy. Businesses are betting that tax cuts will be extended and the math will work out.

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Officials Fired at Traffic Safety Agency Investigating Musk’s Company

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has raised questions about crashes involving Tesla’s self-driving technology.

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Who Are the 6 Freed Israeli Hostages

Two of the captives had been in the hands of Hamas for about 10 years. The rest were taken during the attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.

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New Proposal for Ukraine’s Minerals Is Nearly Identical to Rejected Version

The Trump administration appears to be insisting that Ukraine relinquish half of its revenues from natural resource extraction, with no security guarantee in exchange.

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Comparing Elon Musk and Jack Welch as Influential Cost-Cutters

Elon Musk’s hyperfocus on the bottom line has made him influential in Washington and Silicon Valley. How does that compare with the last famous cost-cutter, Jack Welch?

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The Unabashedly Provocative Youth Driving Germany’s Far Right

A new band of influencers unafraid of confrontation has helped elevate the Alternative for Germany party to second in pre-election polls.

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A Book Club for Bewildered Democrats

Democrats will have no shot at containing Trump if they don’t first understand why voters turn to him.

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Trump’s Misguided Strategies for Peace in Ukraine

In their silence, Republicans are betraying the Ukrainians, national security and their own party’s values.

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Fail, Caesar!

We can’t let Trump be a cruel emperor.

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Lost Causes

When we lose things, it’s tempting to think we need to keep better track of them, to hold on to stuff more tightly. What if the opposite is true?

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They Invented a New Language for War

The words of war and the war of words.

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‘The Interview’: Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World

The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer talks about burnout from covering the pandemic and how bird-watching gave him a new sense of hope.

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Big Day for Crypto Goes South After Bybit Hack

Hours after Coinbase said the S.E.C. was dropping a lawsuit against it, another major cryptocurrency exchange reported a potentially record-setting theft.

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Judges in D.C., Once Flooded With Jan. 6 Cases, Turn to Trump’s Executive Actions

The jurists are grappling with how to handle a different sort of bid for power by Mr. Trump, sometimes halting his blizzard of executive orders and sometimes letting them move forward.

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At CPAC, Leaders of the Global Right See a New World, Led by Trump

Emissaries of right-wing parties overseas who gathered at the flagship conservative conference described a fight spanning continents, supercharged by the new American president.

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Frustrated Democrats Urge Leaders to Show More Fight Against Trump

Voters, activists and even some governors, like Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, are growing exasperated with congressional Democrats’ restrained approach.

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Investigations Into 6 Killings Look to a Fringe Group Known as the Zizians

The violent deaths, including of a Border Patrol agent in Vermont, a landlord in California, and a couple in Pennsylvania, have led law enforcement to a group with obscure ideas.

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How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk

Some civil servants are using whatever levers they have to resist the orders of the world’s richest man, both in public and behind closed doors.

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As Conflict Rages in Congo, President Offers U.S. Minerals Deal

As vast swaths of Congolese territory are seized by a Rwandan-backed armed group, Congo’s president looks to make a minerals deal with the United States.

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In Syria, Joy at al-Assad’s Demise Turns to Fear of Israeli Raids

Villagers say they worry that incursions into border areas of Syria by Israel’s military could turn into a prolonged occupation. Israel says the raids are needed to protect the border.

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Jumaane Williams Is Ready and Willing to Take Mayor Eric Adams’s Place

Mr. Williams, the New York City public advocate, is preparing himself to serve as interim mayor if Eric Adams resigns or is removed.

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