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India and Pakistan’s Air Battle Is Over. Their Water War Has Begun.

Though the two neighbors declared a cease-fire this month, a crucial water-sharing treaty remains at risk.

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World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts

With the welcome mat withdrawn for promising researchers from around the world, America is at risk of losing its longstanding pre-eminence in the sciences.

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Experts Who Warn of Risks Posed by Chinese Students Are Skeptical of Trump Plan

Some former spy-hunters see the State Department’s plan to revoke visas of some Chinese college students as heavy-handed and counterproductive.

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Trump Officials Deported Another Man Despite Court Order

A federal appeals panel ordered officials not to deport a 31-year-old to El Salvador. Minutes later, it happened anyway. The government blamed “administrative errors.”

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Blow to Biden-era Program Plunges Migrants Into Further Uncertainty

A Supreme Court ruling on Friday ended temporary humanitarian protections for hundreds of thousands of people. But it is unclear how quickly many could be deported.

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Trump Officials Unveil Budget Cuts to Aid for Health, Housing and Research

The new blueprint shows that a vast array of education, health, housing and labor programs would be hit, including aid for college and cancer research.

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George E. Smith Dead: Nobel Prize Winner Was 95

Together with Willard S. Boyle, he invented an imaging device that is an essential part of nearly every telescope, photocopier and digital camera used today.

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Trump Administration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine

The termination is the latest in a series of cuts to H.I.V. research and programs to prevent the disease.

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A Bruised Musk Leaves Washington: Takeaways From the Trump News Conference

President Trump gave Elon Musk a send-off in the Oval Office.

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Skulls of 19 Black Americans Return to New Orleans After 150 Years in Germany

The remains, used in the 19th century as part of now discredited racial science, are being laid to rest on Saturday in a traditional jazz funeral.

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A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security

The judge asked lawyers how a suit by Charleston, S.C., claiming oil companies misled people about climate risks, might be affected by a Trump executive order blasting cases like these.

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Trump, Bashing the Federalist Society, Asserts Autonomy on Judge Picks

The president has grown increasingly angry at court rulings blocking parts of his agenda, including by judges he appointed.

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A Golden Key and a Black Eye: Elon Musk Exits Washington

Mr. Musk, who says he will devote more time to his private companies, never came close to achieving his goal of cutting $1 trillion from the federal budget.

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Trump Pledges to Double Tariffs on Foreign Steel to 50%

President Trump made the announcement at a U.S. Steel factory outside Pittsburgh.

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Biden Is ‘Optimistic’ About Cancer Treatment in First Remarks Since Diagnosis

The former president said he was taking a single pill daily to treat aggressive prostate cancer.

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How Did Elon Musk Get a Black Eye?

The list of possible suspects seemed long.

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Fact-Checking Elon Musk and Trump’s Oval Office Press Conference

An Oval Office news conference signaled an end to a remarkable period of upheaval across the federal bureaucracy, supervised by Mr. Musk and his cost-cutting initiative.

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Businessman Accused of Orchestrating Attacks on Journalists

The journalists, who worked at New Hampshire Public Radio, had investigated claims of sexual misconduct against him.

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Trump Bids Farewell to Musk

Also, ISIS claimed responsibility for attacks in Syria. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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Smokey Robinson Faced a Sexual Assault Allegation in 2015

No charges were filed because of what the authorities said was insufficient evidence. The singer has been accused in a lawsuit of sexually abusing four women, which he denies.

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Trump Says He Fired Kim Sajet, National Portrait Gallery Director

Kim Sajet, the director of the Smithsonian museum for more than 12 years, has tried to bring in more contemporary artists.

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How Trump Denying Visas to Chinese Students Could Backfire on the US

Protecting the borders from espionage is essential. It’s something else to deny students because they are Chinese and hope to pursue a STEM degree in the United States.

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250 Million Honeybees Escape After a Truck Rolls Over in Washington State

Several emergency responders were stung after the truck flipped in a sparsely populated area of Whatcom County. Efforts were underway to recapture the bees.

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PBS Sues Trump Over Order to Cut Funding

The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington by PBS and a Minnesota public TV station, said President Trump’s executive order was unconstitutional.

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Loretta Swit a.k.a. Hot Lips of TV’s ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 87

She won two Emmy Awards for her sympathetic portrayal of an Army major on the hit TV show and had a long career in TV and theater.

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C.D.C. Contradicts Kennedy and Keeps Advice That Children May Get Covid Shots

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on Tuesday that the vaccine would no longer appear on the childhood immunization schedule. C.D.C.’s update counters his policy.

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Judicial Candidates Try TikTok and Tinder in Mexico’s Sprawling Elections

For the first time, Mexico will elect judges nationwide, from the highest to the lowest courts. Campaign restrictions pushed many candidates to campaign on social media, sometimes in divisive ways.

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Smoke From Wildfires in Canada Wafts Into the Upper Midwest

States across the border issued air advisories about particulate pollution that are expected to last for several days.

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Macron Says Israel Can’t Have ‘Free Pass’ in Gaza

A series of exchanges marked a new low point in the relationship between France and Israel, which accused the French president of “a crusade against the Jewish state.”

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Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point

The influence of A.I. companies now extends well beyond the realm of business.

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