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Trump Says Harvard Should Cap Number of International Students
The school has so far resisted considerable pressure from the Trump administration to enact other policy changes.
New York Times Top StoriesNew York Times Top StoriesTrump Allies Echo Claims of Political Prosecution to Secure Pardons
The president is increasingly using his clemency powers to undermine Justice Department cases against his supporters.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Pardons Michael Grimm, Former Representative Who Pleaded Guilty to Tax Fraud
Michael G. Grimm, a Republican, represented Staten Island and part of Brooklyn from 2011 until he resigned in 2015.
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Says Law Used to Detain Mahmoud Khalil Is Probably Unconstitutional
Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia graduate, was targeted for deportation because the Trump administration said he impeded its foreign policy. He will still be held in Louisiana.
New York Times Top StoriesU.S. Pauses Exports of Jet Engine Technology and Chip Software to China
President Trump has stopped some critical products and technologies made only in the United States from flowing to China, flexing the government’s power over global supply chains.
New York Times Top StoriesHarvard Fight Illustrates Trump’s Worldview: If He Attacks, It’s Your Fault
Since regaining the White House, President Trump has been fixated on making an example of those who push back against him.
New York Times Top StoriesTom Robbins, Versatile Muckraker for The Village Voice, Dies at 76
He exposed corrupt officials and greedy landlords, and his reporting on prison violence was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump Said He Was ‘Not Happy’ With Putin
Also, Haiti hired an American military contractor to fight gangs. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
New York Times Top StoriesLawyer Murdered Client in 2013 to Delay Start of Her Divorce Trial, Prosecutors Say
Prosecutors said the former lawyer, Gregory J. Moore, 51, had also sought to avoid court dates by feigning illnesses, getting into a car crash and calling in bomb threats.
New York Times Top StoriesNvidia’s Revenue Jumps to $44.1 Billion Despite A.I. Chip Controls
The company continued to grow fast in its most recent quarter despite new rules restricting the sale of A.I chips to China.
New York Times Top StoriesRFK Jr. and Dr. Oz Want Canada to Save Ostriches on Farm With Avian Flu
Ostriches on a British Columbia farm have died of the avian flu. Canada ordered hundreds of others to be culled. But two top Trump administration officials have objected.
New York Times Top StoriesMount Everest’s Record-Setting Sherpa Sees a Future of Snowless Mountains and Fewer Guides
Kami Rita Sherpa scaled Mount Everest for the 31st time on Tuesday. We spoke to him about what is next for the mountain.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump to Nominate Emil Bove to Appeals Court
The president tapped his former defense lawyer to join the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which covers Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
New York Times Top StoriesIn Countersuit, Smokey Robinson Accuses Housekeepers of Defamation
Four of Mr. Robinson’s former employees had sued the Motown singer, saying he sexually assaulted them for many years. He argues their anonymity is a reason to dismiss their suit.
New York Times Top StoriesChecks on Migrant Children by Homeland Security Agents Stir Fear
Agents are showing up unannounced to interview minors in what the government calls “wellness checks.” Critics see the visits as part of the immigration crackdown.
New York Times Top StoriesHigh-Demand Section of Brooklyn Will Be Redesigned, Adding 4,600 Homes
The plan, approved by the City Council, focuses on boosting residential development and job growth in a 21-block area along Atlantic Avenue in Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant.
New York Times Top StoriesFed ‘Well Positioned’ to Wait on Rate Cuts Even as Economic Risks Rise, Minutes Show
Officials at the Federal Reserve have adopted a wait-and-see approach to policy moves amid extreme uncertainty about the economic outlook.
New York Times Top StoriesGerman Court Dismisses Climate Lawsuit Against RWE
The judges ruled that German civil law could be used to hold companies accountable for the worldwide effects of their emissions.
New York Times Top StoriesBruce Logan, Who Blew Up the Death Star in ‘Star Wars,’ Dies at 78
A special effects artist and cinematographer, he also worked on “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “Tron,” took a detour to comedy with “Airplane!”
New York Times Top StoriesJudge Finds Government Acted Illegally in Russian Scientist Case
The judge said a customs officer had acted improperly in stripping Kseniia Petrova, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, of her visa after she failed to declare research samples she was carrying into the country.
New York Times Top StoriesElon Musk ‘Disappointed’ With Trump Policy Bill, Saying It Will Increase Deficit
Elon Musk also said the Republican bill, which passed the House last week, would undermine the work of his DOGE group.
New York Times Top StoriesA Missouri Town Was Solidly Behind Trump. Then Carol Was Detained.
For 20 years, Carol Hui has served waffles, raised her children and embraced the small town of Kennett, Mo. Her detention and pending deportation to Hong Kong has hit the community hard.
New York Times Top StoriesDust Storm Turns Australia’s Skies Orange
A dust storm clogged the sky this week, days after flooding devastated another part of the same region.
New York Times Top StoriesCrime Rings Plotted to Trade Cocaine for Syrian Weapons, Prosecutors Say
The intricate scheme, spanning four continents, appears to justify concerns that the military arsenal of Bashar al-Assad, the deposed Syrian dictator, could fall into dangerous hands.
New York Times Top StoriesU.N. Condemns Israel’s New Aid Program in Gaza, After Chaotic Start
The new operation is intended to bypass both the United Nations and Hamas, but aid groups say even if it works as intended, it is dangerously inadequate.
New York Times Top StoriesTrump’s Tariffs Turn Porsche’s Headwinds Into a ‘Violent Storm’
The storied sports car maker, which was facing challenges from China and slumping demand for electric cars, now has to grapple with tariffs from the Trump administration.
New York Times Top StoriesChina to Launch Tianwen-2 Mission to Capture Pieces of Near-Earth Asteroid
The robotic Tianwen-2 spacecraft will collect samples from Kamoʻoalewa, which some scientists suspect is a fragment of the moon.
New York Times Top StoriesA Fungus Devastated North American Bats. A New Species Could Deliver a Killer Blow.
Scientists have learned that another species of fungus found in Europe and Asia causes white-nose disease, which has ravaged bat populations in the United States and Canada.
New York Times Top StoriesJapan’s Debt, Now Twice the Size of Its Economy, Forces Hard Choices
Japan’s government faces pressure to curtail debt-fueled spending that some argue has staved off populist waves.
New York Times Top StoriesJoël Le Scouarnec, French Doctor Who Molested Hundreds of Children, Is Sentenced
A former surgeon confessed to abusing at least 299 people, mostly children, in what is considered the largest case of its kind in French history.