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Hegseth’s Plans to Reshape the Military Start With Cuts

At the same time, Republican lawmakers are aiming to add more than $100 billion to the Pentagon’s proposed budget, which would push military spending close to $1 trillion a year.

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Here’s What to Watch For in Trump’s Speech to Congress

Presidents typically use these speeches to promote their accomplishments and lay out their plans. President Trump is expected to touch on Ukraine and government cuts.

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The ‘Parasite’ Director Brings Class Warfare To Outer Space

Bong Joon Ho has turned his funny-sad excavations of life under capitalism into unlikely blockbusters. With “Mickey 17,” he’s bending a whole new genre.

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Here’s How to Watch Trump’s Address to Congress

At 9 p.m. Eastern, President Trump will speak to a joint session of Congress for the first time in his second term. The New York Times will carry the address live.

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Agnès b.: The Shop That Changed What We Wear

Agnès b. was fresh, cool and totally Parisian, and it established the model for a raft of accessibly chic Euro labels to come.

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Dr. Pimple Popper Knows You Can’t Look Away

Dr. Sandra Lee has built a new kind of dermatologic empire by sharing gnarly extractions and cyst removals with the world online.

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Late Night Recaps Zelensky’s Casual Friday at the White House

“I don’t see you asking Elon Musk if he owns a suit,” Seth Meyers said of the reporter who questioned Ukraine’s president about his attire.

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China Retaliates Against Trump, Imposing Tariffs and Blacklisting U.S. Companies

Beijing imposed broad tariffs on imports of American food and said that 15 U.S. companies could no longer buy from China without special permission.

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Strikes in New York’s Prisons Were Declared Over, but Disarray Remains

Seven prisoners died as thousands of corrections officers at dozens of facilities protested working conditions in wildcat strikes across the state.

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A Plan for Legal Weed Shops Failed. New York Wants Its Money Back.

The state contributed $50 million to a failed plan to build 150 dispensaries. Gov. Kathy Hochul’s plan to recover the money has stirred concern.

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What to Know About Proposals to Fix the Chaos at Rikers Island

As a judge considers appointing a receiver to oversee the jails, there are two very different plans for how that would work.

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Friedrich Merz, Germany’s Next Chancellor, Is Yesterday’s Man

Friedrich Merz, almost certain to be the country’s next chancellor, is yesterday’s man.

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How Tariffs Could Raise Prices for U.S. Consumers: Avocados, Gas and More

New tariffs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China took effect Tuesday. They are likely to result in higher prices for Americans.

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Biden’s Envoy to Fight Antisemitism Says She Saw Surge of Hate After Oct. 7

Reflecting at the end of her tenure, Deborah Lipstadt said that after the Hamas-led attack on Israel and the devastating war in Gaza, antisemitism became “almost normalized.”

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Chinese Company to Single Workers: Get Married or Get Out

As China’s government worries about the falling birthrate, some private employers have ordered workers to do their part, or else.

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Is It Time to Transfer Frozen Russian Assets to Ukraine? Calls Grow Louder.

President Trump’s threat to abandon Ukraine added urgency to plans to fund security or reconstruction with the roughly $300 billion owned by Russia’s central bank.

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Trump Suspends Military Aid to Ukraine After Oval Office Blowup

The directive, which takes effect immediately, affects more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition in the pipelines and on order.

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Oscars Draw 18 Million Viewers, an 8% Drop

The show was broadcast on ABC, as it has been for decades, but also streamed live on Hulu, where there were glitches.

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U.S. Attorney Rebuffed by Justice Dept. in Push to Escalate Inquiry into Schumer

Ed Martin, the acting U.S. attorney in Washington, has been blocked so far in seeking a grand jury investigation into remarks made by Senator Chuck Schumer about Supreme Court justices.

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Jay-Z Sues Rape Accuser and Lawyers, Saying They Knew Claim Was False

The anonymous woman withdrew her sex abuse suit last month, but the entertainer says in court papers she has since admitted her account was fabricated. She and her lawyer deny that.

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Jay-Z Sues Rape Accuser and Lawyers, Saying They Knew Claim Was False

The anonymous woman withdrew her sex abuse suit last month, but the entertainer says in court papers she has since admitted her account was fabricated. She and her lawyer deny that.

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Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s Husband of Nearly 60 Years, Dies at 82

Mr. Dean was known to shy away from the spotlight as his wife rose to fame.

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James Dennehy, New York’s Top F.B.I. Agent, Forced Out After Defiant Email

James E. Dennehy had told agents to “dig in” in the face of the Trump administration’s culling of officials who investigated the Jan. 6 attack.

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In Speech to Congress, Trump Is Expected to Boast About DOGE Cuts and Ukraine

Tuesday night’s address will be a remarkable return to a chamber that President Trump last addressed five years ago, before voters ousted him from office.

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Old-Fashioned Train Heists Yield Modern-Day Loot: Nike Air Jordans

Transnational gangs have been targeting sneakers, wireless gaming headsets and other modern merchandise transported by rail, according to federal prosecutors.

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Inside a Celebration of The Washington Post’s Katharine Graham

A premiere for a documentary about Katharine Graham, the longtime publisher, had people talking about changes at the paper, and in Washington.

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Texas May Rename the New York Strip

The Texas strip? That state’s lieutenant governor wants to rebrand the steak, but New Yorkers aren’t biting.

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Tesla for Sale: Buyer’s Remorse Sinks In for Elon Musk’s E.V.-Owning Critics

The backlash against the electric vehicle company has intensified as the billionaire ally of President Trump exerts his power over the federal government.

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Trump Said Tariffs Are Coming

Also, Cuomo entered the New York mayoral race as a front-runner. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

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Strong Winds Force Cancellation of Some Mardi Gras Parades in Louisiana

Jefferson Parish canceled its parades, and officials in New Orleans were warily watching the Tuesday forecast.

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