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Trump Grows Increasingly Combative in Showdowns With the Courts

Scholars say that the Trump administration is now flirting with lawless defiance of court orders, a path with an uncertain end.

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Palm Sunday Attack Leaves Sumy Residents Doubtful of a Ukraine-Russia Cease-Fire

People in the Ukrainian city struck on Palm Sunday have little hope of a cease-fire.

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Trump Tariffs Could Raise iPhone Prices, But Affordable Options Remain

Even if gadget prices surge, we have plenty of cheaper options, like buying last year’s phone model instead of the latest and greatest.

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Federal Lands Are a Resource. America Needs More Housing. What’s the Problem?

Public land is a promising place to build what Western cities need most and mostly don’t allow: homes and apartments for low-wage workers.

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The Easiest Salmon Recipe Is Also a Perfect Easter Main

A whole fillet of salmon looks and tastes impressive while leaving you time to enjoy the day.

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Santa Lives in Rovaniemi, Finland. Some of His Neighbors Are Not Thrilled.

A tourist season that stretches from October to March has been anything but jolly for some residents of the “Official Hometown of Santa Claus.”

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Trump’s Tariff Threat for Drug imports Poses Big Political Risks

Levies on Americans’ daily prescriptions and other medicines could raise costs, spur rationing and lead to shortages of critical drugs.

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Sandstorm Turns Iraq’s Skies Orange and Sends Thousands to Hospitals

Climate experts say such storms are becoming more frequent and severe in the country. This was its worst of the year so far.

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Stocks Edge Higher as Investors Assess Tariff Scenarios

The Trump administration’s chaotic tariff rollout continues to spur volatility in the markets.

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Trump and DOGE Are Planning Deregulation at a Massive Scale

The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more.

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JD Vance Predicts Trump Will Make Trade Deal With UK

The vice president did not offer details, but his comments may offer British leaders some comfort after the Trump administration imposed tariffs.

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Head of Kuwait Specialty Field Hospital in Gaza Says Israeli Strike Killed a Guard

Israel’s military did not immediately comment on the report, which came two days after it attacked the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City.

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Changing the Rules

We cover a White House plan to slash regulations.

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Harvard vs. Trump, and Your (Shrinking) Chance of Being Audited

Plus, black market Lego.

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Tom Friedman Thinks We’re Getting China Dangerously Wrong

The Times Opinion columnist discusses what he thinks Trump — and American policymakers — misunderstand about China in the escalating trade war.

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For Idyllic Village, Van Gogh’s Roots Pose a Knotty Problem

It was recently determined that the artist painted his last work, “Tree Roots,” in Auvers-sur-Oise. The roots still exist, and that has ignited a nasty fight over their preservation.

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The Techno-Utopian Seasteaders Who Want to Colonize the Ocean

Libertarians have long looked at ocean living as the next frontier. Some wealthy men are testing the waters.

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Inside Trump’s Rushed Effort to Deport 238 Migrants

The Trump administration sent them to a prison in El Salvador under a wartime act, calling them members of a Venezuelan gang. But a New York Times investigation found little evidence of criminal backgrounds or links to the gang.

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Who Are the Venezuelan Deportees Sent to El Salvador?

Who are the 238 Venezuelans deported by the Trump administration without due process to El Salvador’s maximum-security Terrorism Confinement Center? Julie Turkewitz, a bureau chief for The New York Times, explains what her team’s investigation reveals about the deportees, their criminal records and how they were selected for deportation.

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A Scientist Is Paid to Study Maple Syrup. He’s Also Paid to Promote It.

Funded by the maple industry, a researcher has exaggerated his findings to suggest that syrup could help prevent serious diseases.

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Late Night Weighs In on Trump’s Perfect Physical

“The doctor said Trump’s BMI is 28,” Jimmy Kimmel said. “Right, and so is his next wife, by the way.”

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Harvey Weinstein, Facing New Charge, Returns to Court in New York

The disgraced Hollywood producer will face a new trial for sex crimes in New York after a previous conviction was reversed last year.

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Harvard’s Decision to Resist Trump Is ‘of Momentous Significance’

But a fight with the nation’s oldest, richest and most elite university is a battle that President Trump and his powerful aide, Stephen Miller, want to have.

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JD Vance Drops Ohio State’s Championship Trophy During White House Celebration

The vice president, a former senator from Ohio who graduated from Ohio State, joked about the mishap on social media.

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Airport Was Given Bird Strike Warning Days Before South Korea’s Deadly Crash

Operators of the airport where Jeju Air Flight 2216 crashed in December, killing 179, failed to meet both international and South Korean guidelines intended to prevent such strikes.

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A Crisis at a British Steel Mill Has Cast a Shadow Over U.K.-China Relations

Britain was edging closer to China, but a dispute at a Chinese-owned steel company in the U.K. may prompt a rethink.

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A Crisis at a British Steel Mill Has Cast a Shadow Over U.K.-China Relations

Britain was edging closer to China, but a dispute at a Chinese-owned steel company in the U.K. may prompt a rethink.

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Trump’s Trade War With China Could Be Good for India. But Is It Ready?

While India dreams of becoming a new factory to the world, its manufacturers are struggling to find skilled workers, secure components and overcome red tape.

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What Are Rare Earth Metals, the Exports Halted by China?

China’s new restrictions on exports of the metals could have an impact on the production of everything from LED lights to fighter jets.

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Missing Rotor Is Recovered From Site of Helicopter Crash in Hudson River

The aircraft was on a sightseeing flight when it suddenly broke apart in midair, its rotor blades falling separately toward the water.

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