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Fight Erupts Over Fate of U.S. Attorney Investigating Two Trump Foes

Trump officials told Erik S. Siebert that he was likely to be fired. He had hit roadblocks investigating New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, and the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey.

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Taliban Bans Books by Women in Afghanistan’s Universities

More than 600 books, many of them written by women, are being purged, based on a contention that they conflict with Sharia principles.

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Schumer, Wary of Blowback, Holds Out on Mamdani

Will the Senate minority leader, the avatar of old New York politics, endorse the young, up-and-coming democratic socialist?

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Judge Dismisses Trump’s $15 Billion Lawsuit Against The New York Times

The judge said that the complaint failed to contain a “short and plain statement of the claim.” Mr. Trump has 28 days to refile.

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Brett James, Grammy-Winning Songwriter, Dies in Plane Crash in North Carolina

He had written hits for Carrie Underwood, Kenny Chesney and other country stars. Two other people on the plane were also killed when it crashed into a field in Franklin, N.C., officials said.

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Trump and China, in Vague Statements, Suggest TikTok Deal Could Move Ahead

The president wrote on Truth Social, “appreciate the TikTok approval,” after a call with China’s top leader, Xi Jinping. But he also suggested the deal and other issues were still in progress.

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CDC Vaccine Panel Postpones One Vote and Reverses Another Amid Confusion

Committee members delayed indefinitely a vote on a hepatitis B vaccine for newborns because they did not feel ready to make a decision.

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Trump Officials Question Harvard’s Stability, Saying Federal Inquiries Raise Financial Risk

The administration’s latest attack on the nation’s oldest university comes as negotiations stall for a settlement to restore billions in frozen federal research funds.

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In Pressuring ABC Over Kimmel, Trump May Have Crossed a Constitutional Line

The Supreme Court has distinguished bully-pulpit persuasion, which is permissible under the First Amendment, from coercion and threats, which are not.

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Russian Fighter Jets Enter Airspace of Estonia, a NATO Member

Estonia’s foreign minister described the flights as an “unprecedented and brazen intrusion.”

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The S.E.C. Drops Efforts to Recoup Funds From Trump Clemency Recipients

Devon Archer, Trevor Milton and Carlos Watson were convicted in fraud schemes totaling hundreds of millions of dollars. Now, they will not be required to pay back victims.

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Soros Gives $10 Million to Newsom Redistricting Fight

The sum makes the Soros family the single largest funder so far in favor of the California effort to counter President Trump.

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Buses, Rats and Math Scores: Mayor Adams Had a Mixed Year, Report Says

The Mayor’s Management Report, a trove of statistics about crime rates, public health and many other issues, arrived at the tail end of Mayor Eric Adams’s re-election campaign.

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As Farm Aid Reaches 40 Years, It Deals With Familiar Farming Crises

Saturday’s star-studded concert will air on TV for the first time in years as the hotline for farmers gets more calls about a mix of complicated problems.

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Trump and Xi Set to Finalize TikTok Deal

The two leaders spoke on Friday to discuss a deal to keep the wildly popular app from going dark in the United States.

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We Can No Longer Tell Ourselves This Isn’t Really Happening

Laughter is now a government-regulated product.

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Europe Announces New Sanctions to Ramp Up Pressure on Russia

The latest set of European Union restrictions are aimed at chipping away at Russia’s energy profits and ability to do business globally.

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Agnes Gund, Who Oversaw a Major Expansion of MoMA, Dies at 87

A champion of contemporary art, she was the museum’s president for 11 years. She also founded the Art for Justice Fund, donating $100 million.

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Charlie Kirk’s Base Was Young People. Now His Tent Might Be Expanding.

Since his death, the parents and grandparents of his original followers are discovering his work. They like what they see.

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‘Harrowing Beyond Description’: Dozens Killed While at Prayer in Sudan

A doctor who spoke with The Times last week was among those killed when a missile hit a mosque on Friday as paramilitaries stepped up their brutal siege of the city of El Fasher.

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The Race Is on to Make Rare Earth Magnets Outside China

After Beijing exerted its power over the valuable magnets as leverage, other countries started to add production, but only incrementally. And China is far ahead.

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Battered but Undefeated, Hamas Remains a Fighting Force in Gaza

Some Israeli officials believe the military assault on Gaza City will deliver a decisive blow to the group, which continues to stage ambushes and guerrilla attacks.

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F.C.C. Head Says Kimmel Not ‘the Last Shoe to Drop,’ and Musk Goes All In on A.I.

Plus, your Friday news quiz.

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Democrats Seek to Limit Trump’s War Powers After Venezuela Boat Strikes

Lawmakers have said that President Trump has not provided sufficient evidence about the threat posed by the vessels or the legal basis to use force against them.

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How China Stands to Gain as the U.S. Steps Away From the U.N.

U.S. funding cuts are straining the United Nations and giving Beijing an opening to strengthen its influence, at a fraction of the cost Washington once paid.

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Spencer Cox Wants to Pull Our Politics Back From the Brink

The Utah governor is trying to model a different kind of leadership in a very dangerous political moment.

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How Outrage at Kimmel Grew to a Shout From a Whisper

Right-wing users on social media on Tuesday were frustrated but not yet apoplectic about Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue. Things changed.

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The Trump Administration’s Chilling Efforts to Punish Free Speech

If the American ideal of freedom means anything, it is that we can engage in an extremely wide range of political speech, including the tasteless and the offensive.

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What Charlie Kirk Could Mean for the Future of Marriage and Family

Erika Kirk said her husband aspired to “revive the American family.” Conservative activists wonder if Charlie Kirk’s legacy will lend new urgency to White House policy discussions.

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Combs Sentencing Focuses Attention on Prostitution Law From 1910

Acquitted of more serious charges, Sean Combs was found guilty of violating a law enacted during a panic over “white slavery” that is now a common tool in sex crimes prosecutions.

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