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Trump’s $100,000 H1-B Visa Fee Spurs Confusion and Chaos for Companies

The White House sought to clarify the proclamation on Saturday, but many companies remained cautious. “We are still flying in somewhat foggy conditions,” one attorney said.

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Eric Adams, Donald Trump and the Case That Broke American Justice

This is not just a New York story.

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California Bars ICE Agents From Wearing Masks in the State

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill to prevent federal agents from concealing their identities with masks. The law is expected to face a legal challenge.

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4 Men Sentenced in Warrant Scam Targeting Women From Prison

They used a drone to drop cellphones into a Georgia prison yard, where an inmate coordinated a scheme targeting women who were medical workers in multiple states, prosecutors said.

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With Ouster, Justice Dept. Independence Teeters as Trump Exerts Control

The forcing out of the prosecutor overseeing the cases of two Trump foes magnified questions about the politicization of U.S. attorneys. And it raised one more: Who might be next?

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Justice Alito, in Rome, Says Religious Liberty Is Under Siege

Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., a conservative Catholic, has visited Rome for decades, often teaching or participating in academic conferences.

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Arrest in Arizona Before Charlie Kirk Memorial Heightens Security Concerns

The man was arrested and released on bond. The incident heightened security concerns ahead of the event, which is expected to draw more than 100,000 people on Sunday.

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Trump Escalates Attack on Free Speech

Zolan Kanno-Youngs, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, describes how the Trump administration’s pressuring of ABC to take action against Jimmy Kimmel is part of a broader crackdown by the administration since the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

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Marian Burros, 92, Dies; Food Writer Famed for Her Plum Torte and More

At The Times and elsewhere, she combined recipe writing with reporting on topics like consumer protection and food safety. Her torte was a longtime fan favorite.

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White House Outlines a TikTok Deal With a U.S. Board

A potential deal to reduce TikTok’s ties to China would give the app a new board with six American directors out of seven, the White House press secretary said.

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They Helped Oust a Dictator. Now the New Regime Is Coming for Them.

President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua and his wife, who is co-president, have been arresting longtime loyalists, in an apparent quest to ensure no one outside the family rises to power.

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Gary Busey Sentenced to Two Years’ Probation for Sex Offense

The 81-year-old actor had admitted touching a woman’s buttocks over her clothing at a horror film convention in New Jersey in 2022.

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Top Democratic Leaders Ask Trump for Meeting to Avert a Shutdown

After a Republican plan to keep funding flowing foundered in the Senate, Representative Hakeem Jeffries and Senator Chuck Schumer accused the president of standing in the way of a solution.

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A Calm Before the Beer Taps Open at Oktoberfest

Until the taps open at Oktoberfest, it’s a nonalcoholic mix of card games, soft drinks and waiting.

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A Benefit for the Palestinian Cause Filled an Arena. Are More Coming?

Onstage campaigning for an end to the war in Gaza is now common in the British music scene, and pro-Palestinian benefit shows can sell out huge venues.

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Five-Alarm Fire on Brooklyn Waterfront Devastates Artists’ Warehouse

A row of converted 19th-century buildings filled with artists in the 1990s and transformed Red Hook. Now the work of more than 500 artists may be lost.

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We Want Your Best Breakup Lines

For a special Modern Love project, we’re looking for your most unforgettable lines from a breakup, either delivered or received — kind, bizarre, profound, haunting or funny.

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U.S. Military Buildup in Caribbean Signals Broader Campaign Against Venezuela

Trump officials say the mission aims to disrupt the drug trade. But military officials and analysts say the real goal might be driving Venezuela’s president from power.

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Here Comes the Sun Day

Fifty-five years after the first Earth Day, climate activists are organizing a nationwide celebration of solar power on Sunday.

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America Has Entered an Entirely New Situation

Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension exposes a chilling new reality of the media bowing to political pressure from the Trump administration, the New York Times Opinion columnist M. Gessen argues. “The only way for the media to resist is to band together to create a joint strategy to agree, for example, never to settle Trump’s lawsuits, to agree to defend one another, to provide individuals with institutional backing even if they weren’t working for a large institution when they were sued,” says Gessen.

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‘We’re in the Most Dangerous Point for Free Speech in America’

Jimmy Kimmel’s removal looks more like a red scare than a culture clash.

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What Wall Street Sees in the Data Center Boom

Data center capacity has become a barometer for both the health of the tech market and the risk of an A.I. bubble.

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Robert Redford Was Everything You Hoped He’d Be

Redford and Newman, real movie stars with real values.

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Confused About Vaccine Guidance? Doctors Are, Too.

Physicians are having tough conversations about vaccines.

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The Aid Cuts Are Trump’s Most Lethal Policy

In desperate villages in southwestern Uganda, not only are aid cuts killing children every day, but the death toll is accelerating.

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Cyberattack Slows Check-Ins and Threatens Delays at European Airports

A disruption to check-in and boarding systems at airports in Berlin, Brussels and London threatened to snarl travel.

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Oil Sanctions Have Made Russia’s Shadow Fleet Swell

Restrictions have made it costlier for Russia to ship oil by sea. But they have also expanded the illicit shipping economy, with lasting consequences.

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Some Europeans Fear Trump Aides Want a Far-Right Takeover

The continent’s leaders have concerns that U.S. officials are pushing for parties that support their views of nationalism and traditional values to come into power.

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Standing Date

A weekly dinner party sounds so enticing, but establishing a ritual can be a challenge.

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Seeing Through the Reality of Meta’s Smart Glasses

Mark Zuckerberg’s glitch-filled unveiling of computerized glasses revealed a company that may struggle to deliver on its promise for the future of computing.

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