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Stock Market Chaos Over Tariffs Could Take Toll on Economy

A big hit to portfolios would be felt acutely by higher-income Americans, whose spending has recently been the biggest driver of the economy.

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Bloomberg Pumps Cash Into the Long-Term Legal Fight Against Trump

The billionaire’s gun control group plans to spend $10 million to help elect Democratic attorneys general, who are on the front lines of legal clashes with the president.

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‘Liberation Day’ Was Messy, but Trump’s Tariffs Can Still Work

It’s a matter of timing and communication.

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American Whiskey Distillers Brace for Trump’s 2nd Trade War

The already battered spirits industry will see its supply squeezed if tariffs raise import costs and other countries’ retaliation closes off export markets.

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Tech C.E.O.s Spent Millions Courting Trump. It Has Yet to Pay Off.

With inauguration donations and Mar-a-Lago visits, leaders of the biggest tech companies sought favor with the president in an attempt to steer regulation and tariffs, to little avail.

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A New Push to Open the Doors on Childhood Sexual Abuse

A man abused as a child at a Missouri Christian camp agreed to remain silent, and took his own life. His sister is pushing several states to ban such nondisclosure agreements.

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Why a Plane-Size Machine Could Foil a Race to Build Gas Power Plants

Wait times for the hulking turbines needed to turn natural gas into electricity have doubled in the past year as companies scramble to build data centers for A.I.

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Panama Canal Ship Pilot Navigates Tricky Waters, and Trump

For over 40 years, Capt. Efrain Hallax, 73, has been steering vessels through the canal, and he has seen it all, from a dictator’s fall to the rise of U.S. interest in retaking the waterway.

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Jon Stewart Can’t Stomach Trump’s Stock Market ‘Medicine’

The “Daily Show” host said America’s economy was “in the midst of a beautiful metamorphosis, turning from a simple caterpillar into a dead caterpillar.”

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They Work All Day and Go Home to Shelters

Thousands of working people in New York City now live in shelters, unable to afford apartments despite holding down jobs that pay them $50,000 or more.

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Reasons to Be Optimistic About a Post-American Order

Principles of free trade and cooperation have their roots in the non-Western world.

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Prince Harry’s Court Case Over Security in the U.K., Explained

A two-day hearing is set to begin on Tuesday in London’s Court of Appeal, as Harry challenges the government over his security protection in Britain.

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How Japan Built a 3D-Printed Train Station in 6 Hours

As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer?

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Leaders Flex Muscles Against International Criminal Court

The leaders of Israel, Hungary and the United States have moved to neutralize the judiciary both at home and abroad.

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U.S. and Iran Will Hold Nuclear Talks on Saturday

President Trump pulled out of the last Iran nuclear accord in 2018, and negotiators from the two nations have not met face-to-face since. Now he faces the challenge of dismantling the Iranian program.

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Some Calm Returns to Asian Markets Even as Trade Tensions Escalate

Stocks rise in China after Beijing announces support measures a day after market plunges triggered by tariffs imposed by President Trump.

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China Accuses U.S. of Blackmail After Trump Threatens More Tariffs

The country’s commerce ministry called President Trump’s threat to escalate tariffs on China by another 50 percent “blackmail.”

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Boris Johnson Has Run-In With Feisty Ostrich During Texas Trip

A video showed the former British prime minister yelping and uttering a profanity after the ostrich pecked him through a window at what appeared to be a wildlife park.

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At James Earl Jones Memorial, Denzel Washington and Whoopi Goldberg Share Stories

At a gathering in the Broadway theater renamed to honor the star, speakers including Denzel Washington and Phylicia Rashad described Jones as an inspiration.

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How Trump’s TikTok Negotiations Were Upended by China and Tariffs

The future of the popular video app is now at the center of a geopolitical tussle between Washington and Beijing.

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Why Did Wall Street Get Trump So Wrong?

Wall Street mistook demagogy for wisdom.

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Supreme Court Overturns Lower Court’s Block on Venezuelan Deportations

The Trump administration asked the justices to weigh in after a federal judge paused the president’s use of a wartime powers law to deport Venezuelans it accused of being gang members.

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Clem Burke, Versatile, Hard-Driving Drummer for Blondie, Dies at 70

He provided both the explosive percussion on hits like “Call Me” and the laid-back rhythm on the reggae-influenced “The Tide Is High.”

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New Study Links Diabetes During Pregnancy to Greater A.D.H.D. Risk in Children

Researchers reviewed data from more than 56 million pregnancies to examine the connection between diabetes and A.D.H.D., autism and intellectual disability.

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Can Musk Pull Trump Back From the Tariff Ledge?

Elon Musk has been criticizing Trump’s tariff policy — and publicly. Could there be a strategy?

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Nearly 150 Students Have Had Visas Revoked and Could Face Deportation

Dozens of schools, including the University of California and Harvard, said the Trump administration ended the visas of their students in recent days. For many, the reasons are unclear.

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Facing Pushback, Trump Threatened More Tariffs

Also, the Supreme Court halted an order to return a wrongly deported man. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.

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FEMA Cuts More Than $300 Million in Disaster Aid to New York

Much of the money was to go toward flood mitigation in vulnerable areas of New York City that were struck hard by Hurricane Sandy and the remnants of Hurricane Ida.

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Another Law Firm Braces for Possible Blowback From Trump

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft balked at having one of its partners represent Donald Trump in his criminal cases. Now the firm is among those that have been pushed to agree to a deal with the White House.

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Man’s 7 ‘Emotional Support’ Tigers Seized in Nevada

The local authorities arrested Karl Mitchell, who claimed he had been authorized by a doctor to keep the tigers.

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