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Drones, Helicopters, Hundreds of Arrests: Trump’s Immigration Crackdown in Chicago So Far

The administration announced a federal operation in the Chicago area more than three weeks ago. Agents have appeared along downtown streets, and National Guard troops are expected.

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Jane Goodall: A Life in Pictures

The primatologist gained scientific acclaim for her work with chimpanzees and then later used her fame to champion conservation.

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How TrumpRx Website May Affect Your Drug Costs After Pfizer Deal

President Trump and top health officials announced a deal with Pfizer to try to lower Medicaid prices, and a website to help consumers buy drugs directly from manufacturers.

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Trump Uses Shutdown to Maximize Pain for Democrats and Move Forward With Layoffs

The Trump administration forged ahead with plans to conduct mass layoffs, as the fiscal standoff appeared to intensify.

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Congress Is Deadlocked on the Shutdown

Also, Jane Goodall died at 91. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

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‘She Could Have Killed Me’: Scientist Survives Shark Bite to His Head

“My whole head was inside of her mouth,” Mauricio Hoyos, a marine scientist from Mexico, said from a hospital in Costa Rica.

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How Broken Politics Breaks Courts

We look at the difficult position of independent courts and judges at a time when countries around the world are deeply divided.

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The Refugee’s Gift to Us

Orphaned in a massacre in Congo, a onetime elementary school dropout is now an American and can teach us something about resilience.

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Judges Dismisses Lawsuit Over Naked Baby on Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’

The man pictured as a naked baby on the cover of Nirvana’s seminal second album argued that the band had engaged in child sex abuse imagery.

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When a Driverless Car Makes an Illegal U-Turn, Who Gets the Ticket?

California approved a law last year allowing the police to cite autonomous vehicles, but it did not specify any penalties, and the law doesn’t take effect until 2026.

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Activists Say Israel Has Intercepted Boats Headed to Gaza With Aid

The vessels are part of a flotilla carrying activists, including Greta Thunberg, who are trying to deliver humanitarian goods and protest Israel’s war.

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Pete Hegseth, Trump and an Era of Military Impunity

Pete Hegseth’s advocacy for service members accused of war crimes, and Trump’s pardons of them, have helped usher in an era of military aggression and disregard for the rule of law.

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These Democrats Voted With Republicans Against a Shutdown

Two Democratic senators and one independent who caucuses with them crossed party lines to support the G.O.P. plan to keep government funding flowing.

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Trump Fires Members of Humanities Council

The White House told members of a group of scholars who advise the National Endowment for the Humanities that their positions had been terminated.

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Jane Goodall Dead: Eminent Chimpanzee Expert Was 91

Her discoveries in the 1960s about how chimpanzees behaved in the wild broke new ground and represented what was called “one of the Western world’s great scientific achievements.”

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Israel Escalates Gaza Offensive as Hamas Mulls Trump Plan

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled Israel’s assault on Gaza City, but many are believed to remain, having nowhere to go or no means to leave.

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U.K. ‘Grooming Gang’ Leader Sentenced to 35 Years for Rape

Seven men in all were sentenced on Wednesday over their roles in a decades-old national scandal in Britain involving child sexual abuse.

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Why Pete Hegseth Summoned Top Military Leaders

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth faced a room of hundreds of generals and admirals whom he had summoned from across the globe, and made his case for shaking up a force that he said had gone soft and “woke.” Greg Jaffe, the Pentagon reporter for The New York Times, discusses Hegseth’s speech.

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Republicans Demand Information From the College Board and Firms That Help Set College Prices

In letters to consultants and the College Board, House and Senate Judiciary leaders invoked antitrust law and asked how student data feeds pricing algorithms.

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How Washington Became a Testing Ground for ICE

A series of arrests captured on video reveal how immigration officers have worked with other law enforcement agencies to identify migrants during stops for minor infractions.

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Did the Yankees Try to Keep Red Sox Fans Out of the Bronx?

Not exactly, but to the thousands of Boston fans who attended the first game of the Wild Card series at Yankee Stadium, it was a welcome reason to root against the home team.

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Why Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela Faces Criminal Charges in the U.S.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called Mr. Maduro, the Venezuelan leader who faces narco-terrorism charges, a “fugitive from American justice.”

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How Government Shutdowns Got More Severe and Further Reaching

Shutdowns started having significant effects after an attorney general in the 1980s argued that it was illegal for the government to spend money without congressional appropriations.

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Pope Leo Calls for Unity on Climate at a Divided Moment

The pope invoked his predecessor, Francis, for whom the environment was a core issue, but stopped short of criticizing world leaders dismissive of climate change.

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Trump Administration to Withhold $18 Billion for N.Y.C. Infrastructure

The transportation secretary said previously awarded funds for two major projects, the expansion of the Second Avenue subway and the construction of train tunnels under the Hudson River, would not be distributed.

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Does Your Backyard Need a Stegosaurus?

A popular theme park is closing. That’s good news for dinosaur fans who want their own life-size animatronic attraction.

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Spencer Pratt Lost His House in the Palisades Fire and Thinks Gavin Newsom Should Take the Blame

After losing his house in the Palisades fire, Spencer Pratt has gone from the archetype of celebrity emptiness to community activist — and become a magnet for Republican politicians.

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Supreme Court Allows Lisa Cook to Remain at Fed, for Now

The justices deferred a decision on the president’s efforts to oust Ms. Cook and instead set oral arguments in the case for January.

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The Dodgers United Los Angeles. Then the ICE Raids Began.

For decades, the Dodgers have been the pride of L.A.’s Latino community. Trump’s immigration raids are testing that.

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Spam and Scams Proliferate in Facebook’s Political Ads

A new analysis of political advertisers found that the platform profits from ads that include deepfakes and other content prohibited by its own policies.

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