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How Lee Zeldin Went From Environmental Moderate to Dismantling the E.P.A.

He once talked about the need to fight climate change. Now, he embraces Elon Musk, lavishes praise on the president and strives to stand out in a MAGA world.

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The Financial Fallout of Being Deactivated from Delivery Work

Millions of Americans earn money finding gig work through platforms like Uber, Lyft or DoorDash. Many see their financial lives upended when their account is suddenly blocked for unclear reasons.

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Readers Commiserate on Brokers’ Commissions

One year after a settlement, sellers and buyers alike say that some agents are using loopholes to resist change.

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How Climate-Resilient Chickens Could Help Fight Poverty

An initiative in Zambia is showing that a profit-seeking company can help rural farmers battling extreme weather breed chickens that lay more eggs.

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Ilia Malinin Is Poised to Win World Figure Skating Championships on Saturday

The American figure skating star is expected to repeat as a world champion on Saturday. But he had to channel his grief over losing fellow skaters in January’s D.C. plane crash to get there.

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How Colleges Are Surveilling Students Now

Colleges are using surveillance videos and search warrants to investigate students involved in pro-Palestinian protests. Experts say it’s a new frontier in campus security that could threaten civil liberties.

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In Myanmar’s Earthquake, Some See Political Omens

In a censored nation that runs on rumor and omens, people in Myanmar wonder whether the latest disaster might be a portent of regime change.

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Democratic Brand Is Toxic, Governor Newsome of California Says

Gov. Gavin Newsom, appearing on “Real Time With Bill Maher,” said his own party talked down to people and was stuck in an echo chamber.

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The High School Dropout Hoping to Build a Legal Weed Empire in New York

Michael Flynn believes selling cannabis is his destiny. Do his ambitious expansion efforts violate state law?

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Their Catholic School Went Broke. They Found Another. It Went Broke Too.

The girls of St. Barnabas had to scramble to find a new high school. All Hallows rescued them, opening its doors to girls for the first time in 115 years. Then, in January, a familiar email arrived.

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4 Killed and Hundreds Rescued From Flooding in South Texas and Mexico

More than 20 inches of rain — about a half-year’s worth — fell in some areas near the border on Thursday and Friday.

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Hold the Chianti: Tariff Threat Leaves Italian Bottles Grounded

For now, President Trump’s 200 percent tariff on wine remains just a threat. But jittery American wine importers have already hit pause on orders from Tuscany.

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How Trump Is Inspiring Wannabe Authoritarians Everywhere

President Trump has turned a central precept of American diplomacy on its head, embracing fellow leaders who abandon democratic principles.

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Trump Suffers Day of Losses in His Retribution Campaign Against Law Firms

The rulings barred the administration from carrying out punishments described in the executive orders, like banning their lawyers from government buildings, meetings, or jobs.

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Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions

The defense secretary’s office has ordered that some books be removed from circulation in its library, and the academy has ended the use of affirmative action in admissions.

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Top FDA Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy’s ‘Misinformation and Lies’

Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.

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Tracking Each Party’s Early Turnout for Tuesday’s Special House Elections

Voters in two heavily Republican House districts in Florida will decide who to send to Congress. See which party is ahead in turnout so far.

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University of Minnesota Student Detained by Immigration Agents

University officials said they had not been informed of the federal agents’ plans and called the situation “deeply concerning.”

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Leaders of Harvard’s Middle Eastern Studies Center Will Leave

Harvard University has been under pressure by the Trump administration to follow directives related to diversity and combating antisemitism.

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Columbia University’s President Resigns

Katrina Armstrong is leaving the post a week after the university agreed to a list of demands from the White House.

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In Wisconsin Supreme Court Race, Republicans Shrug at Democrats’ Focus on Elon Musk

Both Republicans and Democrats think Elon Musk will help them win a key race the Wisconsin Supreme Court next week.

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Trump Is Giving Europe Vertigo, and Not Just About Ukraine

The split between Europe and the United States over how to end the war is exposing a new, disorienting reality for an alliance in trouble.

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Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Dismantling CFPB

The bureau has been in turmoil as the Trump administration moved to fire hundreds of employees, ordered the rest to stop working and closed offices.

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Trump Takes Aim at California Six Times in 24 Hours

The Trump administration seemed to hold back immediately after the January wildfires. But its multipronged assault on California has now begun in earnest.

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Elon Musk Says He Has Sold X to xAI

Mr. Musk said the deal valued xAI, his artificial intelligence start-up, at $80 billion, and X at $30 billion.

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A Powerful Earthquake Devastated Myanmar

Also, JD Vance went to Greenland. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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80,000 Pounds of Beef Stolen From a Tennessee Slaughterhouse, Sheriff Says

The sheriff’s office in Grainger County, Tenn., is investigating the theft after shipments from a meat processing facility were loaded onto trucks and never reached their destinations.

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Trump’s Deportation Efforts Hit Roadblock After Judge Issues Temporary Order

A temporary order will give some migrants a chance to convince the government that deporting them to “third countries” such as El Salvador would put them at risk.

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Trump Administration Moves to Eliminate USAID With Final Cuts

The staff of U.S.A.I.D. will be reduced to some 15 legally required positions. The agency employed about 10,000 people before the Trump administration entered office.

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Sludge-Fertilizer Giant Leaves Texas Town Amid ‘Forever Chemicals’ Crisis

Ranchers claim livestock has been sickened by toxic chemicals in fertilizer made from sewage. Now Synagro, a Goldman Sachs-backed firm, has lost a deal to make sludge fertilizer there.

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