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After the Fires, Rick Caruso Aspires to a New Role: Shadow Mayor of Los Angeles

The businessman has won supporters and detractors as he considers running for mayor or governor of California as Los Angeles rebuilds from the wildfires in January.

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A Killer’s Archive Is Offered for $80,000. Who Should Profit?

Albert Jones’s 11 books describe life in prison. His victims’ relatives say his family should not benefit from a sale of his story.

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Detained in The Hague, Duterte Pursues a Political Comeback at Home

Rodrigo Duterte, the former Philippine president who is facing charges of crimes against humanity, is running for mayor in a race analysts say he could win.

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Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On

The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of the incident, which described the vehicles as “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.

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New York Warns Trump It Will Not Comply With Public School D.E.I. Order

New York’s stance differed from the muted and deferential responses from other major institutions to the administration’s threats.

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Obama Calls for Universities to Stand Up to Trump Administration Threats

As the Trump administration threatens universities, the former president suggested schools shouldn’t be intimidated. But he also offered a critique of campus culture, saying it had too often shut out opposing voices.

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Los Angeles County Plans to Pay $4 Billion to Settle Sex Abuse Claims

The settlement, which still needs formal approval, covers more than 6,800 claims of abuse, some of which date back to 1959.

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Vandalism of Muslim Prayer Room at N.Y.U. Is Investigated as Hate Crime

Graffiti was etched onto walls of the room, at a university library, and prayer mats kept there had been soaked in urine.

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How Tariffs Are Hitting Digital Commerce Companies

These businesses, including e-commerce platforms and payment processors, are pulling back on public offering plans and bracing for pain.

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Los Angeles County Plans to Pay $4 Billion to Settle Sex Abuse Claims

The settlement, which still needs formal approval, covers more than 6,800 claims of abuse, some of which date back to 1959.

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Trump Rejects Proposal for Medicare to Cover Wegovy and Other Obesity Drugs

Administration officials reversed a decision made during the Biden presidency that would have given millions of people access to weight-loss drugs paid for Medicare and Medicaid.

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Judge Orders Tufts Student’s Detention Case Moved to Vermont

The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, was detained by ICE agents in Massachusetts, driven to Vermont and flown to a detention center in Louisiana, where the government was trying to argue her court case.

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In Texas, Misdemeanor Defendants Routinely Face Charges Without an Attorney

In some parts of the state, misdemeanor defendants routinely face charges without representation.

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How Guantánamo Bay Figures in the Trump Immigration Crackdown

In two months, only around 400 migrants have been held there, mostly Venezuelan and Nicaraguan citizens awaiting deportation.

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Laura Loomer’s Role in NSC Firings Shows Rising Sway of Fringe Figures on Trump

President Trump has always solicited information from dubious sources. But now, in his second term, he has fewer people around him who try to keep those voices away.

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Investors Recoil From Trump’s Pledge to Remake the Global Economy

Stocks hadn’t fallen this far this fast since the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. A 9.1 percent drop in the S&P 500 is the steepest weekly decline since March 2020.

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Stocks Keep Falling

Also, Trump granted TikTok another reprieve. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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More Than 500 Law Firms Back Perkins Coie in Fight With Trump

The firms signed a legal brief supporting Perkins Coie, calling the president’s actions a threat “to the rule of law.” The largest firms declined to sign.

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Judge Orders Trump Administration to Return Maryland Man Deported to El Salvador

A federal judge said officials had acted without “legal basis” last month when they arrested the migrant, Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, and put him on a plane to a notorious Salvadoran prison.

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Supreme Court Lets Trump Suspend Grants to Teachers

In boilerplate letters, the administration told recipients that the grants supported diversity efforts and were wasteful.

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Tracy Chapman Wants to Speak for Herself

For years, the singer and songwriter has avoided the spotlight. But she is breaking her silence to look back on her self-titled debut and its powerful hit “Fast Car.”

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Theodore McCarrick, Cardinal Defrocked Over Sex Abuse, Dies at 94

He ascended to the highest levels of the Roman Catholic Church before allegations of misconduct in 2018, and an investigation led Pope Francis to strip him of his title and priesthood.

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Supreme Court Asked to Keep Pause on Trump’s Birthright Citizenship Order

Immigrant groups and Democratic states pushed back on a Trump administration request for the Supreme Court to allow curbs on birthright citizenship to go into effect in some places.

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Private School Diversity Events Are Canceled Amid Government Crackdown

The National Association of Independent Schools said it would reassess two of its diversity conferences “given the rapidly evolving political and legal landscape.”

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Trump Is Defiant as Tariff Moves Roil Markets a Second Day

After China announced new retaliatory measures against the United States, President Trump responded that Beijing “PLAYED IT WRONG.”

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Swiss Indignant to Make the Top 10 of Trump’s Tariffs List

Swiss companies bemoan the loss of a reliable partner, and called the 32 percent tariff “incomprehensible.”

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A Miracle Underground: Sean Duffy Rides the Subway. (He Survived.)

Mr. Duffy, the U.S. transportation secretary who has characterized the New York City subway as dirty and dangerous, rode a train with Mayor Eric Adams on Friday.

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Trump Extends TikTok Deal Deadline, Delaying a Potential Ban

The app was facing a Saturday deadline to change its ownership or face a ban in the United States.

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Felon Freed by Trump Is Sent Back to Prison After Child Assault Charge

Jonathan Braun, a drug smuggler, on Friday made an obscene gesture toward people in the courtroom and complained about his legal representation.

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Appeals Court Orders Thousands of Voters to Verify Information in Contested N.C. Election

The ruling was a win for the Republican who narrowly lost a State Supreme Court race in November. The case has tested the boundaries of post-election litigation.

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