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Trump Administration Halts Interviews for Student and Exchange Visas

Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a cable ordering a pause as the department expands its review of applicants’ social media accounts.

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Trump’s Attacks Have Helped Heal a Deeply Divided Harvard

Once at odds over the war in Gaza and questions about free speech, some people on Harvard’s campus have found a reason to come together.

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Judge Strikes Down Trump Order Targeting WilmerHale Law Firm

A judge struck down an executive order targeting WilmerHale, in the latest victory for the handful of firms that have fought back against a Trump administration crackdown.

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Trump to Pardon Todd and Julie Chrisley, Reality TV Stars Convicted of Fraud

The clemency for Todd and Julie Chrisley, the stars of “Chrisley Knows Best,” is Mr. Trump’s latest gift to people he calls victims of a weaponized justice system.

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Rick Derringer, 77, Who Sang ‘Hang On Sloopy’ and ‘Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,’ Dies

A Zelig-like rocker, the guitarist, singer and songwriter collaborated with the likes of Barbra Streisand and Peter Frampton and composed Hulk Hogan’s “Real American” theme.

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Ronnie Dugger, Crusading Texas Journalist, Dies at 95

As founding editor of The Texas Observer, he fought bigotry and exposed corporate greed, political chicanery and government corruption.

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ICE, Shifting Tactics, Detains High School Student at N.Y.C. Courthouse

The detention of a 20-year-old Venezuelan appears to be the first reported instance of immigration officials apprehending a student in the city this year.

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Marshals’ Data Shows Spike in Threats Against Federal Judges

Data gathered by the law enforcement agency responsible for judicial security showed 162 judges faced threats between March 1 and April 14.

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Bitten by Alligator, Man Is Killed After Charging at Deputies, Sheriff Says

The authorities say that Timothy Schulz, 42, of Mulberry, Fla., swam across an alligator-filled lake before a violent encounter with deputies in the neighborhood.

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A Gardener Stumbles Upon Hidden Treasure in a Vermont Park

Kelly Wakefield found a rock with a skull and crossbones in the same park last fall, but she didn’t realize that it was a clue to much more.

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Sarah Milgrim, Victim of D.C. Shooting, Is Mourned by Kansas City Jewish Community

At the funeral for Sarah Milgrim, who was killed outside a Jewish museum in Washington last week, the Israeli embassy aide was mourned as someone who wanted to help everyone.

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Trump Asks Supreme Court to Let Him Send Migrants to South Sudan

Government lawyers said a federal judge in Boston had overstepped his authority by requiring hearings before deportations to countries other than the migrants’ own.

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The U.S. Ended Some Covid Vaccine Recommendations

Also, chaos overran an aid site in Gaza. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

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Maternal Mental Health Has Declined, Study Says

New research involving nearly 200,000 mothers found that one in 12 rated her mental health as fair or poor.

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An Antiwar Movement Is Stirring in Israel

Israelis and Gazans both feel trapped by leaders they no longer trust.

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Trump Accuses Putin of ‘Playing With Fire’ as He Mulls Sanctions on Russia

It remained to be seen whether President Trump’s latest comments indicated a new aggressive phase against Russia.

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King Charles Warns Canada’s Parliament of a ‘Dangerous and Uncertain’ World

The king was invited to open Canada’s Parliament as a subtle rebuke to President Trump’s economic and annexation threats against Canada.

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SpaceX to Launch Starship Flight 9: When and How to Watch

Much is riding on Flight 9 for Elon Musk’s giant moon and Mars rocket after debris from January and March flights fell into the Atlantic Ocean, disrupting air travel.

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Texas Requires Apple and Google to Verify Ages for App Downloads

The state’s governor signed a new law that will give parents more control over the apps that minors download, part of a raft of new legislation.

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Senator Tommy Tuberville of Alabama Will Run for Governor

The Alabama Republican is the latest federal lawmaker to seek elected office back at home.

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Chaos Erupts at Israeli-Backed Aid Distribution Site in Gaza

Starvation looming, desperate Palestinians surged toward an aid center that Israel says was designed to circumvent Hamas.

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Rape Charge Is Dropped Against Dan Price of Gravity Payments

The owner of Gravity Payments became a prominent progressive figure on social media after raising the minimum pay at his company to $70,000.

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Meta’s Fate Now Rests With a Judge

A landmark antitrust trial accusing the social media giant of cementing its dominance through acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp has concluded.

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French Crypto Chiefs Step Up Security After Violent Kidnappings

​Big players in the crypto sector argue that new European cryptocurrency rules may be enabling recent abductions and are demanding changes and more security.

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Republican Calls for Russia Sanctions Intensify Amid Escalating Strikes

A group of G.O.P. senators has grown more vocal about urging penalties on Russia for its aggression against Ukraine, offering a counterpoint to President Trump’s hands-off stance.

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Trump’s Tariffs Drive a Rise in Trade Crime

President Trump’s steep global tariffs have supercharged efforts to evade them. Some U.S. companies say the government is ill-equipped to keep up.

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Stocks Rally on the ‘TACO Trade’ After Trump’s Latest Tariff Delay

The tongue-in-cheek term adopted by some analysts and commentators describes how markets tumble on President Trump’s tariff threats, only to rebound when he relents.

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Justices Allow School to Bar Student From Wearing ‘Only Two Genders’ Shirt

Conservative justices dissented as the Supreme Court denied review in that case and one on religious objections to mining on sacred Indian land.

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I Went to Syria, Where Our Era Began, and Found Something Deeply Moving

Nowhere is the longing for home more powerful than in Syria today.

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Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump Administration From Ending NYC Congestion Pricing

The ruling effectively keeps the New York City tolling program, the first of its kind in the United States, running through June 9. President Trump has long vowed to kill the program.

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