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Trump Cuts Imperil Cancer, Diabetes and Pediatric Research at Columbia

Dozens of medical and scientific studies are ending or at risk of ending, leaving researchers scrambling to find alternative funding.

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Jon Stewart Isn’t Falling for Trump’s Golf Tournament ‘Win’

After the president claimed victory at his own club, Stewart compared him to “the Make-a-Wish Batman kid: ‘Hey, look at that, Donald. You caught all the criminals.’”

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The Hidden Cost of Trump’s Trade War on China

Progress on battling fentanyl trafficking could be lost, and so could American lives.

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Putin Doesn’t Actually Want Peace

He has come to love war and can no longer imagine a future without it.

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Drones Will Do Some Schlepping for Sherpas on Mount Everest

The devices will be used to airlift heavy, dangerous loads normally carried by mountain guides. They might even deliver a hot meal or two.

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Less Than Half of the 59 Hostages in Gaza Believed to be Alive

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday’s attack on Gaza came after Hamas said no to the latest proposals by mediators, which included releasing the remaining captives.

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Pelicot’s Daughter Pursues Conviction That He Raped Her, Too

Her mother, Gisèle, was at the center of a trial that gripped France and made her a feminist icon. But it left Caroline Darian with her own pains and suspicions unanswered.

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Japan Reaches Peak Shohei Ohtani as Dodgers and Cubs Open MLB Season

The Los Angeles Dodgers star is a marketer’s dream — both a sports icon and national hero in Japan. Ohtani has about 20 active sponsorship deals at any time.

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DeepSeek Is Embraced in China by Government Nationwide

Government bodies nationwide have been eager to show they are using DeepSeek’s A.I. technology since the company’s founder met with Xi Jinping, China’s leader.

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DOGE Staff Marches Into U.S. Institute of Peace and Evicts Its Officials

A bubbling dispute broke into a dramatic standoff that ended with police involvement and the Department of Government Efficiency taking up residence at the independent agency.

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Ming Fay, Who Made Magical Sculptures of the Natural World, Dies at 82

His artwork paid tribute to its surroundings, in New York City and elsewhere, rendering nature at an oversized scale that made it unmissable.

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Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm

More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.

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Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex

Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.

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Israel Carries Out ‘Extensive Strikes’ in Gaza, Imperiling Cease-Fire Deal

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said he had ordered the attack early Tuesday, saying Israel would “act against Hamas with increasing military strength.”

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The Tell-All Book That Facebook Doesn’t Want You to Read

The “free speech” champion Mark Zuckerberg tries to shut up a critic.

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Timeline of Trump’s Deportation Flights, From Alien Enemies Act to Judge’s Order

A New York Times review of flight data showed that at the time of a federal judge’s order, two flights were in the air, and one had not yet taken off.

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Trump Pulls Secret Service Protection From Hunter and Ashley Biden

The president posted on social media that Hunter Biden would lose his security detail “effective immediately” and also identified the country he was vacationing in.

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Trump Lawyer Refuses to Answer Judge’s Questions in Deportation Flight Hearing

The Trump administration tried to have the hearing canceled and sought to remove the judge overseeing it, as White House officials took a confrontational stance.

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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt’s Farmhouse Among Properties Burned in Wildfires

In a video posted to social media, Gov. Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma said he had experienced the “total loss” of his farmhouse over the weekend.

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Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s Leader, Sees Opportunity in Trump’s Deportations

Nayib Bukele’s role in the Trump administration’s deportation strategy signals a new level of power and global visibility for El Salvador’s young leader.

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Trump Says He’ll Release JFK Assassination Files on Tuesday

Mr. Trump did not provide additional details on what the trove of files would include, but he has long promised to release them unredacted.

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Texas Midwife Charged in Abortion Case

The two arrests in greater Houston appear to be the first time abortion providers have been charged with violating abortion bans in their state since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.

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A Court Showdown on Deportations

Also, wildfire danger looms over the southern Plains. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

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Canada Turns to European Allies Amid Trump Threats

Days after becoming prime minister, Mark Carney visited Paris and London to highlight deep European friendships as his country fights back against President Trump’s tariffs and annexation talk.

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Trump Discussion With Putin to Focus on What Ukraine Will Lose

In an echo of the Yalta Conference in 1945, the American and Russian leaders will talk on Tuesday about who gets what in the process of ending the war in Ukraine.

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Anti-Abortion Lawyer Pushed Out of F.D.A. After Republican Senator’s Pressure Campaign

Hilary Perkins, a career lawyer and a conservative, was targeted by Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri for defending the Biden administration’s position on the abortion pill.

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Out at Sea for 95 Days, a Peruvian Fisherman Clung to Hope

Máximo Napa Castro, 61, was spotted by the crew of an Ecuadorean tuna boat after he set out from the Peruvian port of Marcona in December.

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Thomas Moser, Woodworker Whose Chairs Were Works of Art, Dies at 90

Self-taught, he practiced “the lost art of making furniture well,” producing pieces for collectors, presidents and even the pope.

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Deported Professor Rasha Alawieh Attended Hezbollah Leader’s Funeral, D.H.S. Says

Dr. Rasha Alawieh was detained in Boston and denied entry when returning from a trip to Lebanon. The government says she attended a Hezbollah leader’s funeral.

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Warned Off Meeting Voters, Republicans Who Do Confront Anger and Unease

In a deeply conservative district and a more liberal one, two Republicans found uncertainty and anxiety about the Trump administration’s agenda and their support of it.

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