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Trump’s Sweeping Tariffs Invalidated by Appeals Court

The decision is a big blow to President Trump’s trade policies, but the judges left the duties in place for now to allow time for a likely appeal to the Supreme Court.

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Trump Administration Weighs Having Military Lawyers Work as Immigration Judges

No final decision has been made, but the proposal comes as President Trump increasingly uses the military in various aspects of domestic life.

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How the Trump-Kennedy Alliance Is Pushing the Boundaries of Public Health

The mutually beneficial relationship between President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is based on a striking alignment of some of their views.

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Families of Minneapolis Church Shooting Victims Pay Loving Tributes

The impact of the deaths of Fletcher Merkel, 8, and Harper Moyski, 10, and the injuries sustained by 18 others are only beginning to be felt.

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What Is IEEPA, the Law Trump Used to Impose Tariffs?

A federal appeals court struck down tariffs that President Trump had imposed by invoking a decades-old law.

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What’s Behind the Political Instability in Thailand

While the country is a constitutional monarchy that holds regular elections, analysts say it is beholden to an unelected old guard.

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What to Know About Jim O’Neill, the New Acting C.D.C. Director

The selection of Jim O’Neill, a former Silicon Valley executive, drew objections from Democrats, who noted his lack of medical or scientific training.

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3 Workers at Rikers Are Suspended After Another Man Dies in Custody

The death of the 29-year-old, who was found in his cell after midnight, is the latest of several at the Rikers Island jail complex in New York.

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Strangers Come Together to Deliver Baby Girl at Burning Man Festival

A woman unexpectedly went into labor at the desert festival. Within minutes, a neonatal nurse, an OB-GYN, a pediatric doctor and other attendees filled her camper.

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Appeals Court: Many Trump Tariffs Are Illegal

Also, Hurricane Katrina’s legacy. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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Missouri Unveils Redistricting Plan, Aiming to Add a Republican Seat

Following Texas, Gov. Mike Kehoe called a special legislative session to redraw his state’s Congressional district lines to boost Republicans.

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Will the C.D.C. Survive?

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s assault may have dealt lasting damage to the agency, experts fear, with harsh consequences for public health.

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What to Know About Jim O’Neill, the New Acting C.D.C. Director

The selection of Jim O’Neill, a former Silicon Valley executive, drew objections from Democrats, who noted his lack of medical or scientific training.

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Can This Chef Revive Babbo, Mario Batali’s Signature Restaurant?

Mark Ladner, a master of Italian cooking and a Batali protégé, is reinventing the Manhattan restaurant under the same famous (and infamous) name.

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Riding Amtrak’s New Acela Train: Sleeker, Comfier and a Tiny Bit Faster

The NextGen high-speed trains feel more like those in China, Japan or France. But topping out at 160 m.p.h., they’re still relatively slow.

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Transportation Dept. Cancels $679 Million for Offshore Wind Projects

The Trump administration’s campaign against wind power continued as it targeted funding for marine terminals and ports to support development of the industry.

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What to Know About Secret Service Protection for Former Vice Presidents

The Secret Service usually protects a former vice president for six months after they leave office.

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At Least 70 Drown Off Mauritania After Boat Capsizes

Around 150 people boarded a boat in Gambia that was thought to have been headed for Europe. The boat capsized after traveling about 380 miles.

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Trump Administration Bars Palestinian Officials From U.N. Meeting in New York

The United States generally allows foreign officials to attend the United Nations General Assembly. The administration’s move comes amid a new push for Palestinian statehood.

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London Man Admits to Wave of Sexual Assaults Over 3 Years

Xu Chao, 33, could face a “lengthy” prison sentence, the judge said. Most of his victims have not been identified.

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Conservatives Use Minneapolis Shooting in Anti-Transgender Campaigns

Activists are pointing to the attacker’s gender identity to falsely portray all transgender people as prone to mental illness and violence.

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Trump Asserts Expansive Power to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook

Lawyers for the administration told a court it should be “highly deferential” to the president when it comes to firing a Federal Reserve governor “for cause.”

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Iowa’s Joni Ernst Will Not Seek Re-election, Putting a Competitive Senate Seat in Play

Democrats still face an uphill fight to win in Iowa and retake the majority in the closely divided Senate.

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Grand Juries in D.C. Reject Prosecutors’ Efforts to Level Harsh Charges Against Residents

The extraordinary pushback in at least three separate cases comes as President Trump has flooded the streets with National Guard troops and federal agents.

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In Budget Logs It Tried to Hide, White House Wrests More Control Over Spending

Deep within obscure footnotes, the Trump administration is claiming more of Congress’s constitutional power of the purse by threatening to block funding.

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Gov. Greg Abbott Signs Gerrymandered Texas Map

After a bruising political fight, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a new congressional map. But the Republican-led Legislature, newly emboldened, has not stopped there.

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Defying Congress, Trump Moves to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid

The White House notified Congress that it plans to use a legally untested maneuver to circumvent lawmakers and claw back more money for foreign aid programs.

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Alabama Man Once Barred From Office Is Elected Mayor

Patrick Braxton won the first mayoral election in a half century in the small town of Newbern, five years after its leaders put up roadblocks to his assuming office.

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International Student Enrollments Stay Steady at Columbia and Princeton

But Black student enrollment is lower at the two universities after years of turmoil in elite higher education.

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Israel Military Says It Recovered Body of Ilan Weiss, Oct. 7 Victim, From Gaza

Ilan Weiss, who was killed in the Hamas-led attack, and the remains of another person, who was not identified, were found as the government looks set to expand a military offensive.

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