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What to Know About the Supreme Court Ruling Against Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze

The groups that sued insist the court’s ruling ought to force the Trump administration to restore all funding delivered via U.S.A.I.D. But the administration says it has the power to decimate the agency.

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4-Year-Old Boy Dies After Being Found Near Fentanyl at Brooklyn Homeless Shelter

Officials are investigating whether drugs played a role in the death of the boy, who was treated with overdose-reversing medication.

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Juan Hamilton, Georgia O’Keeffe’s Companion and Contested Heir, Dies at 79

As a young potter, he turned up on the doorstep of an octogenarian master of modern painting. They grew so close it became a scandal.

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Discord in Early Talks With Bankers for Potential I.P.O.

The app has become a mainstay of the video game community and young internet users.

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Carmakers Were Given a Monthlong Reprieve From Tariffs

Also, meet the man who wants to save the world from bad sound. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

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California Rain Forecast Has Water Managers ‘Waiting with Bated Breath’

Back-to-back storms are expected over the next 10 days, potentially bringing a key measure of the state’s crucial water supply up to normal levels.

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L.A. County Sues Southern California Edison over Eaton Fire

The county says electrical equipment owned by the electric utility is to blame for the blaze that killed 17 people and destroyed 9,400 buildings.

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Children Were Forced to Torture Sam Nordquist, Prosecutors Say

Seven people are now charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of Mr. Nordquist, a transgender man whose killing has drawn national attention.

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America Became Great Because of the Things Trump Hates

“Shock and awe” didn’t end well in Iraq and it won’t end well in the United States.

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Democratic Response to Trump Shows a Party Divided on How to Resist Him

Party leaders opted for a soberly delivered, centrist counter to the president’s speech, but the dominant image of Democratic pushback was a liberal congressman waving his cane in protest.

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Trump Administration Plans to Eliminate More Than 80,000 Veterans Affairs Employees

The job reductions would be a major escalation of the downsizing that has already occurred at the department, which provides health care and many other services to veterans.

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Trump’s Decision to Halt Aid to Ukraine Could Reorder the Battlefield

Officials have suggested that the pause in weapons shipments and intelligence sharing could be relatively short-lived if Ukraine’s president bends to White House demands.

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Far-Right Israeli Minister Visits Washington After Years of Being Shunned

Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli finance minister, had drawn rebukes from the Biden administration for his opposition to a cease-fire in Gaza and his support for Jewish settlers in the West Bank.

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South Africa’s Play to Ease Tensions With Trump: A New Trade Deal

Lawmakers were warned that the United States is planning more punitive actions against the country. Officials hope a new trade deal will help repair the icy relations.

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Trump Says US Banks Can’t Do Business in Canada. It’s Not That Simple.

President Trump has complained that American banks are restricted from operating in Canada. They can, but are hamstrung.

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Tom Llamas Named Anchor of ‘NBC Nightly News’

Mr. Llamas, an anchor on the company’s streaming news service, will succeed Lester Holt, who last month announced his plans to step down.

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U.S. and Hamas Hold Direct Talks Over Hostages in Gaza, Officials Say

The talks marked a significant departure from previous negotiations involving the United States and Hamas, which the U.S. government has for decades designated as a terrorist group.

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Weight Loss Drug Will Be Offered for $499 a Month for Some Patients

Some commercially insured patients stand to save $150 per month on Wegovy, a popular obesity medication. Patients on Medicare and Medicaid are not eligible.

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Aging Women’s Brain Mysteries Are Tested in Trio of Studies

Researchers identified a gene that seems to help slow brain aging in women, and studied links between hormone therapy, menopause and Alzheimer’s.

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Hackers Stole $635,000 in Taylor Swift Ticket Scheme, Queens D.A. Says

Two people stand accused of taking hundreds of tickets from StubHub to redirect them to others who resold them, prosecutors said.

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Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Bid to Freeze Foreign Aid

The move came after Chief Justice Roberts temporarily paused a trial judge’s order requiring the administration to release more than $1.5 billion.

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Justice Dept. Indicts 12 Chinese in Hacking Plot Against U.S. Targets

The suspects were charged as part of what U.S. officials called a “hackers for hire” system whose primary customer was the Chinese government.

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U.S., Hamas Hold Direct Talks Over Hostages in Gaza, Officials Say

The talks marked a significant departure from previous negotiations involving the United States and Hamas, which the U.S. government has for decades designated as a terrorist group.

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Trump Promised Retribution. Turns Out He Had a Very Big Target in Mind.

It is hard to describe the president’s first month and a half in office as something other than a retribution campaign against the American people.

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Florida Seeks Drug Prescription Data With Names of Patients and Doctors

The state’s insurance regulator has demanded detailed information about patients and their medications, raising privacy concerns.

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Oil Prices Drop Amid Concerns Over Trump’s Tariffs and OPEC Increases

The international benchmark fell to its lowest point since 2021 after a decision by Saudi Arabia and other producers to pump more crude surprised the markets.

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Hanford, a Contaminated Nuclear Site, It Set to Be Largest US Solar Farm

Plans to transform Hanford, which was integral to the nation’s nuclear arsenal after World War II, had just begun inching forward when President Trump started his second term.

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Trump Administration Suggests Tariffs Against Canada and Mexico Could Be Reduced

Trump’s commerce secretary suggested a compromise might be reached to reduce the 25 percent tariff, following a day of turmoil in the stock markets.

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Democrats Wore Pink to Protest Trump’s Congress Speech. But Was It a Moment?

But is this really a “Barbie” moment?

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Sylvester Turner, Sworn In as U.S. Representative in January, Dies at 70

A former mayor of Houston, he was in attendance at the president’s speech on Tuesday night but was later taken to a hospital.

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