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Maryland Mental Hospital With Painful History to Rebuild
The former Hospital for the Negro Insane of Maryland was once the state’s most crowded psychiatric institution. Pulling off a plan to redevelop it won’t be easy.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTexas Is Poised to Create a $1 Billion Private School Voucher Program
The Texas House approved the plan, part of a push by President Trump’s allies to offer up to about $10,000 for private school, home-school or virtual learning.
New York Times Top StoriesStephen Colbert Defends PBS and NPR Against Trump’s Defunding Plan
Colbert said both public media entities are “already operating on a shoestring budget — Daniel Tiger can’t even afford to wear pants.”
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Has Already Lost His Tariff War With China
Trump thinks he holds all the cards in this high-stakes game, but he’s wrong.
New York Times Top StoriesSouth Korea Shipbuilding Strength Could Help in Tariff Talks With US
As it faces the possibility of a 25 percent tariff on its exports, South Korea has taken notice of President Trump’s stated goal to revive U.S. shipbuilding.
New York Times Top StoriesChina Wants Countries to Unite Against Trump, but Is Met With Wariness
Beijing is using a mix of carrots and sticks to try to prevent other countries from siding with the United States in isolating China.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Names Interim U.S. Attorney for Manhattan, Bypassing Schumer
Senator Chuck Schumer had said he would block the permanent appointment of Jay Clayton, the president’s choice to head one of the nation’s most prestigious prosecutor’s offices.
New York Times Top StoriesI.R.S. Is Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status
The move would be a major escalation of the Trump administration’s attempts to choke off federal money and support for the leading research university.
New York Times Top StoriesA Columbia Activist Sought Middle Ground on Gaza. The U.S. Detained Him.
Mohsen Mahdawi was arrested at a citizenship interview in Vermont. He had spent a decade trying to understand the conflict that shaped his life, his supporters say.
New York Times Top StoriesBoasberg Finds Probable Cause to Hold Trump Officials in Contempt Over Deportation Flights
The move was a remarkable attempt by a jurist to hold the White House accountable for its apparent willingness to flout court orders.
New York Times Top StoriesMother of Woman Killed by Immigrant Speaks at White House Briefing
The appearance by Patty Morin came as a federal judge threatened the Trump administration with a contempt-of-court investigation over its deportation flights to El Salvador.
New York Times Top StoriesA Harvard Scientist’s Tuberculosis Research Is Threatened by Trump’s Cuts
Researchers who have lost funds warned of long-term repercussions, but several said their school should still refuse to comply with the federal government.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Waved Off Israeli Strike After Divisions Emerged in His Administration
Israel developed plans for attacking Iranian nuclear facilities that would have required U.S. assistance. But some administration officials had doubts.
New York Times Top StoriesIran Says Despite Shifting U.S. Messages, It Plans to Keep Participating in Nuclear Talks
But Iran’s foreign minister said Tehran planned to participate “calmly and coolly” in the negotiations. Both sides will meet in Rome on Saturday for a second round, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Halts Building of Giant Wind Farm Off N.Y. Coast
Gov. Kathy Hochul quickly responded that she would “fight this decision every step of the way.”
New York Times Top StoriesMichelle Trachtenberg, ‘Buffy’ Actress, Died From Complications of Diabetes
The New York City medical examiner’s office determined the cause and manner of her death after reviewing toxicology test results, a spokeswoman said.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Threats Force Powerful Institutions to Choose: Cut a Deal or Resist
In a hint of a shift in strategy, some of the country’s most powerful institutions have started choosing to resist.
New York Times Top StoriesAstronomers Detect a Signature of Life on a Distant Planet
Further studies are needed to determine whether K2-18b, which orbits a star 120 light-years away, is inhabited, or even habitable.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Is Relying More on Tattoos to Identify Gang Members. Experts Say That’s Unreliable.
The administration appears to be using little more than body art to deport people that it says are members of Tren de Aragua, a move that critics say ignores decades of protocol.
New York Times Top StoriesL.A.U.S.D. Superintendent Alberto Carvalho Advocates for Undocumented Students
A visit by federal agents to two elementary schools drew an angry, impassioned response from the superintendent, Alberto Carvalho, a Portuguese immigrant.
New York Times Top StoriesClimate Change Is Stressing the World’s Blood Supplies
Extreme weather disasters, increasing as the planet warms, can curb blood donations while increasing demand, a new analysis found.
New York Times Top StoriesWHO Member Countries Agree to Pandemic Treaty
The World Health Organization finally reached a compromise on a pandemic treaty after three years of talks. The United States withdrew from negotiations after President Trump took office.
New York Times Top StoriesOntario Premier Doug Ford Orders Review of Therme’s Toronto Waterfront Lease
Doug Ford said he had asked his government to look into the contract that granted a 95-year lease to a European wellness company following a New York Times investigation into the deal.
New York Times Top StoriesA Judge Threatened to Hold Trump Officials in Contempt
Also, Americans are being cut off from cheaper obesity drugs. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesAdams’s Legal Debt Rises to $3 Million as Donors Fade Away
The federal charges against Mayor Eric Adams were dropped. Now he owes millions in legal expenses and must navigate a complex relationship with President Trump.
New York Times Top StoriesIt’s Time to Protect America From America’s President
Trump’s authoritarian actions are vandalizing the American project.
New York Times Top StoriesRFK Jr. Calls Autism ‘Preventable,’ Drawing Ire From Researchers
The health secretary said he would prioritize studies into environmental causes while harshly discounting other factors scientists say are likely contributing to rising rates of the condition.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Administration Directs Judges to Deny Asylum Without Hearings
A directive from the Justice Department, which says the move is intended to reduce a backlog in immigration court, would result in rapid deportation orders in many cases.
New York Times Top StoriesRussia Arrests Former Governor of Kursk Region
Aleksei B. Smirnov, together with his deputy and other accomplices, was accused of embezzling money earmarked for building defenses that failed to prevent a Ukrainian attack in Kursk.
New York Times Top StoriesUS Officials Target Nvidia and DeepSeek Amid Fears of China’s A.I. Progress
China’s success in artificial intelligence has the Trump administration and lawmakers weighing rules and investigations to slow Beijing’s progress in the industry.