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Los Angeles Faces Nearly $1 Billion Deficit as It Rebuilds From Fires

Shifting federal policies, combined with the cost of January’s wildfires, have created “serious financial headwinds” for the city, officials said.

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Musk Donates to G.O.P. Members of Congress Who Support Impeaching Judges

Amid a controversy over whether President Trump will abide by court rulings, Elon Musk gave the maximum to the campaigns of Republicans who back ousting judges who impede the administration.

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Democrats Call Chuck Schumer’s Senate Leadership Into Question

Leaders in the upper chamber of Congress occasionally have to take a political beating to protect their members in tough spots, like the showdown over government funding.

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America Is Aggravating the World’s Worst Humanitarian Crisis

Our silence about Sudan and the cancellation of U.S. aid comes painfully close to complicity.

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Donald Trump Jr. Mixes Business and Politics in Serbia, as Protests There Rage

President Trump’s oldest son visited Belgrade, the site of a Trump International Hotel project, and pushed back on calls for the country’s president to resign.

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Humiliation as Propaganda: Videos of Shackled Detainees Have History in El Salvador

A video showing rough treatment of deportees over the weekend was an extraordinary depiction by U.S. standards, but not by El Salvador’s.

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Bea Bongiasca Turned Her Apartment Into a Giant Jewelry Box

The jewelry designer Bea Bongiasca’s Milan studio is a celebration of color and creativity.

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K.W. Lee, Journalist Who Gave a Voice to Asian American Communities, Dies at 96

His reporting sought to humanize and unite Asian Americans. It also led to the release of a Korean immigrant on death row.

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Stocks jump as Fed stays on a predicted path.

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Judges Overseeing Trump Policy Cases Fear for Their Safety Amid Threats

Federal judges are worried that online threats against judges who oversee high-profile cases challenging Trump administration policies may lead to real-world violence.

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Race for IOC Presidency Turns Increasingly Harsh as Decision Day Looms

With the winner instantly becoming the most prominent sports official in the world, the high-stakes campaign for president of the International Olympic Committee has turned increasingly harsh.

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Justice Department Moves to Unseal MLK Jr.’s FBI Surveillance Records

The request, which comes on the heels of an executive order by President Trump, represents a sharp reversal for the F.B.I. and the department.

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Jury Finds Greenpeace Liable for Hundreds of Millions in Damages

A lawsuit by pipeline giant Energy Transfer claimed Greenpeace had played a major, costly role in protests nearly a decade ago. Greenpeace has said a loss could put it out of business.

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Tallying the Dead Once Again: Photos From the Gaza Strikes

For two months, a cease-fire spared Palestinians the grim task of identifying bodies. With Israel resuming its assault, they are back at it.

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Menaced by Trump, Canada Prepares to Join E.U. Military Industry Efforts

Canada’s draft deal to participate in Europe’s defense industry will bring contracts to Canadian manufacturers and help lessen dependence on the United States.

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Trump’s Public Health Appointees Don’t Believe in a Public

Trump’s appointees don’t believe in the concept of a public in the first place.

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Swipe No More: M.T.A. to Stop Selling MetroCards

The transition to the new tap-and-go system for New York City subway and bus riders is expected to save the agency at least $20 million annually, it said.

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A Guide to Living in Bywater, New Orleans

A calm retreat that’s just a short walk from the bacchanalia of Bourbon Street.

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Trump’s Ending of Hunter Biden’s Security Detail Raises Questions About Who Gets Protection

The sudden ending of Secret Service protection for former President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s son thrust the issue of security details into the headlines but raised concerns about political payback.

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Hold My Snacks: Pirate’s Booty Founder Attempts a Seaside Coup

A snack food magnate declared himself mayor of the Village of Sea Cliff, on Long Island. The voters said otherwise.

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White House Expected to Pause $175 Million for Penn Over Transgender Policy

The decision is the latest clash between a university and the administration as it pushes schools to end diversity programming and adopt stricter discipline, among other things.

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Tim Walz Attacks Musk With Language From the Trump Playbook

The Minnesota governor derided Elon Musk, a naturalized United States citizen, as a “South African nepo baby.”

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Trump Administration Considers Scaling Back H.I.V. Efforts at C.D.C.

The move comes after a series of cuts to prevention and treatment efforts worldwide. Some functions might be moved to another agency, officials said.

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Judge Grants the Government Another Day to Share Details on Deportation Flights

Judge James Boasberg has asked the government to tell him what time two planes took off from U.S. soil and from where, what time they left U.S. airspace and what time they landed in El Salvador.

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Jack Schlossberg Slams JFK Files Release and the Media’s Coverage

In a series of social media posts, Jack Schlossberg, a frequent critic of the Trump administration, said his family was not given a “heads up” about the release.

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Florida Mayor Drops Threat to Evict Cinema Over Showing of ‘No Other Land’

After an emotional city meeting, the mayor of Miami Beach dropped his effort to end a theater’s lease over its showing of “No Other Land.”

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Israeli Forces Expand ‘Targeted Ground Activities’ in Gaza Strip

The military said it had seized part of a major corridor that separates the enclave’s northern half from the south.

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Dismayed by Trump, the Star Pianist András Schiff Boycotts the U.S.

Mr. Schiff, who has refused to play in Russia and his native Hungary because of strongman rule, said he was alarmed by President Trump’s “unbelievable bullying.”

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What to watch at the Fed meeting.

A new set of economic projections will provide the latest view of how central bankers think President Trump’s agenda will affect the economy.

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Trump’s Tariffs Have Sown Uncertainty. That Might Be the Point.

President Trump’s economic advisers have used a hodgepodge of messages to justify starting trade wars that are spooking markets.

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