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Wine Businesses Fear Disaster in Threat of Huge Tariffs

President Trump’s threat to impose 200 percent fees on European wines could harm importers, distributors, retailers and restaurants without necessarily helping U.S. producers.

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Ron Nessen, Ford’s White House Press Secretary, Dies at 90

He pledged a new era of openness in the wake of the Watergate scandal, but his relationship with the press corps proved rocky.

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Larry Buendorf, Secret Service Agent Who Saved President Ford, Dies at 87

By grabbing a loaded handgun from Squeaky Fromme in 1975, Mr. Buendorf, as part of a Secret Service detail, thwarted a would-be assassin in California’s capital.

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A Chilling Scream, Then the Discovery of 53 Dead and Dying Migrants

Prosecutors in San Antonio are putting human smugglers on trial, as legal avenues into the United States are closed off and dangers to undocumented migrants may be rising.

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Federal Cuts Prompt Johns Hopkins to Cut More Than 2,000 Workers

The university, a leader in scientific research, has been hard hit by the Trump administration’s cuts, which will slash at least $800 million from its budget.

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Putin, in No Hurry for 30-Day Truce, Seeks Ukrainian Concessions

The remarks by the Russian leader suggested he wanted to draw out negotiations or make a truce impossible. Ukraine’s leader called the response to a cease-fire plan “manipulative.”

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A Judge Ordered the U.S. to Rehire Thousands of Workers

Also, Putin said he was open to a cease-fire, but with many conditions. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

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Judge Orders Musk and His Team to Turn Over Records and Answer Questions

Mr. Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has largely been shrouded in secrecy, but court cases are one way opponents of President Trump’s overhaul efforts have sought clarity.

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Columbia Disciplines Students Who Occupied Campus Building Last Year

Sanctions for the Hamilton Hall occupation include expulsions and suspensions.

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A Groundbreaking Ship That Sank in Lake Superior in 1892 Is Discovered

After searching for two years, researchers discovered the shipwreck of the Western Reserve, an early all-steel ship that broke apart in a gale in 1892 with a sole survivor.

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Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Florida Case Over Gender Identity in Schools

The mother at the center of the case, January Littlejohn, was a guest of the first lady Melania Trump at President Trump’s speech to Congress last week.

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John Feinstein, Sportswriter and Author of ‘A Season on the Brink,’ Dies at 69

A longtime columnist for The Washington Post, he also wrote dozens of books about basketball, baseball, tennis, golf, football and the Olympics, many of them best sellers.

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German Tourists Detained for Weeks, Then Deported From U.S.

Amid President Trump’s border crackdown, German news media have closely followed the treatment of two tourists who say they tried to enter the United States legally.

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America Is Surrounded by Enemies … That We Created

What happens when a superpower goes rogue.

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S&P 500 Dips Into Correction as Stock Market Sours on Trump

The S&P 500 is now more than 10 percent below its last record high — a line in the sand for investors worried about a sell-off gathering steam.

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Trump Expands Trade Threats in Global Game of Chicken

Trade wars with allies could spiral as the president tries to get trading partners to back down from retaliation with new threats of his own.

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What Is a Stock Market Correction?

The S&P 500 has fallen 10.1 percent from its recent high, crossing a threshold that signals investors have turned pessimistic about stocks.

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See How Elon Musk’s Team Inflated, Deleted and Rewrote Its Savings Claims

The cost-cutting group removed hundreds of contracts from its “wall of receipts,” added back many of them, and inflated savings values.

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As Trump’s Untested Emissary to Putin, Witkoff’s Role May Bring Risk

The real estate developer and president’s friend lacks diplomatic experience, but the new administration might view that as a plus.

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Trump Administration Must Rehire Thousands of Fired Workers, Judge Rules

A federal judge called the administration’s justification for the firings of workers with probationary status a “sham.”

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Trump Sees ‘Good Signals’ on Russia-Ukraine Cease-Fire. Zelensky Does Not.

U.S. officials were in Moscow for talks, and the Russian leader said he was open to a cease-fire, but President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine expressed skepticism.

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Trump Sees ‘Good Signals’ on Russia-Ukraine Cease-Fire. Zelensky Does Not.

U.S. officials were in Moscow for talks, and the Russian leader said he was open to a cease-fire, but President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine expressed skepticism.

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Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order Reaches the Supreme Court

Trump administration lawyers asked the justices to limit the sweep of decisions by three lower courts that had issued nationwide pauses on the policy.

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‘We Hear You, Mr. President:’ The World Lines Up to Buy American Gas

Facing Trump tariff threats, governments and companies are proposing major investments in American liquefied natural gas projects.

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Sofia Gubaidulina, Composer Who Provoked Soviet Censors, Dies at 93

Blacklisted at home but finding acclaim abroad, she sought to bridge East and West, the sacred and the secular, in vivid, colorful compositions.

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‘I Thought I Was Going to Die Here’: 6 Days Trapped in a Car, Just Out of Sight

Brieonna Cassell crashed into a ditch, shattering bones and getting pinned inside. Just yards away from a road, she was determined to survive until help arrived.

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Protesters Back Khalil at Trump Tower: ‘Fight Nazis, Not Students’

Demonstrators led by a progressive Jewish group gathered to support Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist whom the Trump administration wants to deport.

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Wall Street’s Slide Resumes as Tariff Anxiety Persists for Investors

The S&P 500 is on the cusp of closing in a correction, or a 10% drop from its February high. Constantly moving goal posts on tariffs and trade have rattled investors.

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David Raven, British Drag Performer Known as Maisie Trollette, Dies at 91

A mainstay of England’s drag circuit, he performed for over five decades and encouraged other drag queens to flourish.

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Tornado Reported in Los Angeles Area as Storm Batters California

Parts of the city had been urged to evacuate as a powerful system brought rain and snow up and down the state.

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