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Visiting Greenland, Vance Finds the Weather and the Reception Chilly

The trip was both a reconnaissance mission and a passive-aggressive reminder of President Trump’s determination to fulfill his territorial ambitions, no matter the obstacles.

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Cornell Student Facing Deportation Felt Drawn to Protest

Momodou Taal is from a political family and found his muse in Malcolm X. He joined a pro-Palestinian movement that led to his suspension. Now, he is fighting to stay in the United States.

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L.A. Firefighters Who Fought Blazes Show Elevated Mercury and Lead Levels

The findings, which compared the firefighters’ blood samples against those taken from other firefighters after past fires, suggest unique risks to blazes that burn in populated areas.

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Dachshund Lost on Australian Island Is Still Alive, but Elusive

A year after getting loose on Kangaroo Island, Valerie is still out there.

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Elise Stefanik Is the First Casualty of the Great Trump Disillusionment

Republicans may seem oblivious to voter discomfort with the administration’s excesses, but Elise Stefanik’s pulled nomination shows they see trouble ahead.

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High Toll Is Feared After Earthquake Batters Myanmar and Thailand

The 7.7-magnitude earthquake near Mandalay, in a country already torn by war, was felt across Southeast Asia, and experts warned there could be tens of thousands dead.

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Judge Expected to Rule Within Days on Moving Mahmoud Khalil’s Case From Louisiana

The government wants the detainee’s case heard in Louisiana, where an appellate judge may be friendlier. At a hearing in Newark, one of his lawyers called the situation “Kafkaesque.”

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Charlie Javice Found Guilty of Defrauding JPMorgan in $175 Million Acquisition

Federal prosecutors convinced a jury that Ms. Javice faked much of her customer list before selling her start-up, Frank, to the bank.

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CoreWeave Disappoints on Opening of Trading

The start-up, which provides the processing power to help develop A.I. systems, faces questions about its debt and the overall economy.

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Law Firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale Sue Trump Administration to Block Executive Orders

The president has targeted firms that he claims have “weaponized” the legal system. On Friday, Jenner & Block and WilmerHale fought back in court, while Mr. Trump said he’d reached a deal with Skadden to avert an executive order.

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CoreWeave Disappoints on Opening of Trading

The start-up, which provides the processing power to help develop A.I. systems, faces questions about its debt and the overall economy.

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Candy Clark Captured Some of the Most Famous Faces. Then She Put Them in a Drawer.

The actress Candy Clark documented her unlikely journey through 1970s Hollywood in a series of Polaroids, now published in a memoir.

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In Oklahoma, Counting Migrant Students May Have Gone Too Far

A divide between Oklahoma’s governor and schools chief over undocumented students may mark the outer limits of acceptable immigration enforcement, or the next frontier.

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Assessing Elon Musk’s Misleading Claims About Fraud in Government Spending

The world’s richest man made inaccurate claims about entitlement fraud, how a government payment system works and government survey costs.

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Stocks Fall as Inflation Anxiety Dampens Mood on Wall Street

The S&P 500 index dipped as investors weighed new hotter-than-expected inflation data and braced for President Trump’s next round of tariffs.

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For Trump, Biden Is an All-Purpose Target for Blame

A central dictum in the Trump White House is that Joseph R. Biden Jr. is to blame for just about anything and everything.

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MoMA’s New Director Will Be Christophe Cherix

The Museum of Modern Art in New York is promoting Christophe Cherix, who currently leads its drawings and prints department.

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With Cuomo Leading NYC Mayor’s Race, His Political Baggage Grows Heavier

Rumors resurfaced of a relationship between Andrew Cuomo and his top aide, the latest reminder that the former governor’s record presents plenty of targets for his opponents.

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Trump Orders Smithsonian to Promote ‘American Greatness’ in Executive Order

The president complained in an executive order that the Smithsonian had advanced “narratives that portray American and Western values as inherently harmful and oppressive.”

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Search for Missing US Soldiers in Lithuania Continues as Crews Work to Extract Vehicle

The search in dense, muddy swampland came after the U.S. Army vehicle disappeared in a waterlogged area on Tuesday.

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Security Breaches Can Be Fixed. People Without Honor Can’t Be Trusted.

There’s a reason every warrior society has a code.

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Trump Deportation Fight Reaches Supreme Court

The Trump administration asked the justices to allow it to use a wartime law to continue deportations of Venezuelans with little or no due process.

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Flying to Greenland, Vance Is Visiting a Place That Doesn’t Want Him

Vice President JD Vance’s trip to an island that President Trump wants to “get” is a scaled-back version of the original White House plan. “He’s not welcome,” one Greenlander said.

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Reworked U.S.-Ukraine Minerals Deal Proposal: What to Know

Officials in Kyiv say the country cannot possibly accept the proposal and that new negotiations would be needed. But they have not rejected it outright, which would anger the White House.

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Jenner & Block Sues to Stop Trump’s Executive Order Against Law Firm

President Trump has targeted big law firms that he said have “weaponized” the legal system.

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What We Know About the Earthquake in Myanmar

The death toll is expected to rise after the 7.7-magnitude quake was felt across Southeast Asia in densely populated cities. At least 20 people were reported dead in Myanmar, and three in Thailand.

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Utah Becomes First State to Ban Fluoride in Public Water

Medical experts warn the move could have consequences for oral health, especially among children.

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How to Invest in a Time of Stock Market Turmoil and Economic Uncertainty

People with bond and international stock funds have held their own, despite a shaky U.S. stock market and the uncertainty and turmoil flowing from the White House.

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Inflation Remained Sticky Ahead of Trump’s Escalating Trade War, PCE Data Shows

The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure showed underlying price pressures persisting in February.

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Israel Orders Residents in Neighborhood Near Beirut to Evacuate

The command for people to leave parts of the suburbs south of the Lebanese capital where Hezbollah holds sway is the first since a cease-fire went into effect in November.

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