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Trump Orders Broad Effort to Root Out Groups He Says Organize Political Violence

President Trump has long maintained that liberal activists and organizations secretly fund political violence. Law enforcement officials say efforts like the antifascist movement are often disparate groups.

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Trump Will Slap Tariffs on Imported Drugs, Trucks and Household Furnishings

The president said his tariffs would range from 25 to 100 percent and would go into effect next week.

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Grand Jury Indicts James Comey, Former FBI Director and Longtime Trump Target

The move came after the president intensified his pressure campaign on the Justice Department in recent days, publicly demanding that top officials prosecute Mr. Comey.

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Kennedy Says U.S. Rejects Global Health Goals

The nation’s top federal health official said the United States could not support W.H.O. policies that he claimed promoted abortion and “radical gender ideology.”

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Countries Consider A.I.’s Dangers and Benefits at U.N.

The United Nations announced a new “global dialogue on artificial intelligence governance,” and a new global A.I. panel on the technology’s risks and rewards.

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Hegseth Is Said to Have Summoned U.S. Military Brass From Around the Globe

The unusual directive, without a stated reason, came after the defense secretary fired several top officers and ordered a reduction in four-star officers.

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Trump Clears Way for American-Owned TikTok Valued at $14 Billion

The administration has been working for months to find non-Chinese investors for a U.S. version of the app.

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The Justice Dept. Is Taking Aim at Trump’s Foes

Also, Trump waded into bailout politics by offering a lifeline to Argentina. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

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Canada Orders Postal Service To Ends Door-To-Door Mail Delivery

The government’s previous attempts at postal service cuts were politically unpopular but Canada Post’s dire financial situation has expedited them.

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13-Year-Old Shot in the Head While Walking to School Dies Days Later

Sanjay Samuel, who had recently started ninth grade, was shot in Queens in what authorities said was gang-related violence. The police are seeking a 16-year-old suspect.

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Trump May Try to Force Drugmakers to Lower Some U.S. Prices

A notice, quickly deleted by the administration, provides a hint that more aggressive pricing policies may be coming.

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Attack on Dallas ICE Was ‘Very Definition of Terrorism,’ Prosecutor Says

Federal officials said the gunman intended to shoot immigration agents, calling it a “tragic irony” that three detainees were struck, one fatally.

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Trump Wades Into Bailout Politics in Offering a Lifeline to Argentina

A $20 billion loan to support Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, could come with economic and political risks.

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Gambians Say, ‘Thank You’ After U.S. Denied Local Officials Visas to Attend U.N. Gathering

Gambians who see officials’ attendance at international events as taxpayer-funded vacations were grateful when some officials were refused U.S. entry for the U.N. General Assembly.

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L.A. Wildfire Evacuations Were Slowed by Poor Visibility and System Weaknesses

An independent report on the January disaster found that emergency alerts were hampered by flawed policies, aging equipment and high winds.

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Trump Says He Wants to Give Aid to Struggling Farmers

The president said some revenue from tariffs would go to crop farmers, but the agriculture secretary said a plan wasn’t yet ready.

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House Committee Opens Inquiry Into Uber Over Sexual Abuse

The inquiry comes weeks after a New York Times investigation found that incidents of sexual assault and sexual misconduct occurred much more frequently than Uber had disclosed.

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What’s Behind Nexstar and Sinclair Boycotting Jimmy Kimmel?

Nexstar and Sinclair say their boycott of the late-night host is all about what he said. But both are exploring deals for their sprawling networks of local TV stations.

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N.Y.C. Jail Official Broke Sanctuary Laws by Helping D.H.S., Report Says

A Department of Correction investigator improperly provided information to federal agents about two immigrants, a city watchdog agency found.

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Microsoft Disables Some Services to Israel’s Defense Ministry

Microsoft said it found that Israel was violating some terms of service for its products and that it does “not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians.”

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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Makes a Final Push to Reverse His Conviction Before Sentencing

The music mogul arrived in court on Thursday in jail clothes. His lawyers argued that his conviction rests on an unjust use of the Mann Act.

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Eurovision Members to Vote on Whether to Exclude Israel

The event’s organizer has called an extraordinary general meeting for November, with countries like Spain and Ireland saying they will not take part in the contest if Israel does.

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Maxine Clair, Writer Who Came to Her Craft in Middle Age, Dies at 86

She published her first book of poems at 49 and her first work of prose, the acclaimed novel “Rattlebone,” six years later.

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Do You Use A.I. Chatbots for Health Advice?

We want to hear about it.

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Soybeans Were America’s Biggest Export to China. Now, Sales Are Down to Zero.

China stopped buying soybeans from America in May, placing a retaliatory tariff on the bumper crop after President Trump increased levies on goods from China.

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Justice Dept. Official Pushes Prosecutors to Investigate George Soros’s Foundation

The directive suggests department leaders are following orders from the president, a major break from decades of past practice meant to insulate the agency from political interference.

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Amazon to Pay $2.5 Billion in Prime Membership Settlement

The settlement is one of the largest in the history of the Federal Trade Commission, which sued Amazon two years ago.

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Sara Jane Moore, Would-Be Assassin of President Ford, Dies at 95

A mother of four on the fringes of radical leftist movements, she fired at the president outside a San Francisco hotel in 1975. She had hoped to spark a revolution, she said.

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Israel Attacks Yemeni Capital

The Israeli military said it was targeting sites linked to the Houthi militia. The airstrikes came a day after the Houthis launched a drone at the Israeli city of Eilat, wounding 20 people.

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Democrats Dig In After White House Threat of Mass Federal Layoffs

Party leaders said the administration’s plan to fire government workers in the event of a shutdown would not prompt them to drop their demands in their spending standoff with the G.O.P.

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