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JPMorgan Had to Pay for Charlie Javice’s Legal Fees — and Her Restaurant Bills

When prosecutors accused Charlie Javice of fraud, JPMorgan was forced to pay for her defense. The bank is not happy about her “shocking” spending.

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Switzerland Reaches Agreement With U.S. to Cut Tariff to 15%

The deal would reduce an extraordinarily high tariff rate that had threatened to cripple Swiss exports.

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A Bloody Month in the West Bank Olive Harvest Leads to the Death of a Boy

Palestinians see the violence, and its tolerance by right-wing Israeli officialdom, as part of a broader campaign to harass them and make life so unbearable that they will abandon their villages.

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Georgia Official, a Veteran Prosecutor, Appoints Self to Oversee Trump Case

The official, Pete Skandalakis, had been tasked by law with finding a new prosecutor for the election interference case after Fani T. Willis was removed from it.

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Stock Market Rally Is Dented as Signs of Worry Emerge

A recent dip in trading shows how investors are balancing a “fear of missing out at the same time as real fear.”

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Trump Turns to Affordability Message Amid Economic Frustration

The Trump administration is facing backlash from American consumers as higher costs from tariffs blunt wage gains.

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Palantir, the Market’s Most Valuable Military Contractor, Doesn’t Make Bombs or Guns

Palantir is a software company, and its national security work has driven its stock price to remarkable heights.

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Russia Pummels Kyiv as It Torments Ukrainian Civilians

A strike that killed six was the latest in a series of aerial assaults, many of which have targeted the power grid in an effort to deprive Ukrainians of energy as winter looms.

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Walmart C.E.O. Doug McMillon to Step Down

The chief of the company’s U.S. business, John Furner, will take over on Feb. 1.

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Ken Burns’s ‘The American Revolution’ Speaks to Our Cultural Clashes

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its timing feels urgent.

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A Major New Experiment in Voting, and the World’s Most Polluted Air

Plus, your Friday news quiz.

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Hurricane Melissa Leaves Behind a Staggering Homelessness Toll in Jamaica

Two weeks after Hurricane Melissa wrecked western Jamaica, officials are beginning to grapple with the challenge of trying to find housing for thousands of families.

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Zelensky’s Image Is Stained as Corruption Inquiry Shakes His Inner Circle

The revelations are a remarkable reversal for the Ukrainian president, who once presented himself as a leader who would clean up the country’s politics.

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Zelensky Ousted a Heavyweight Mayor. Was It a Power Grab?

President Volodymyr Zelensky removed Odesa’s mayor, raising fears he might be using his wartime powers to tighten control over opposition-run cities.

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Conservative Media Picks an Epstein Story Line and Sticks to It

Right-wing outlets have focused on a single redacted name in the 23,000 pages of correspondence related to Jeffrey Epstein that were released on Wednesday.

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The Machine Wants to Kill Us

Paul Kingsnorth on technology’s war against human nature.

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Trump Has Snatched the Power of the Purse. Congress Should Take It Back.

Trump’s actions should alarm anybody who shares the American founders’ suspicion of centralized power.

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America First? Some Trump Supporters Worry That’s No Longer the Case.

President Trump has been dining with billionaires and has taken a keen interest in crises overseas, leading to fears that he is drifting away from his more populist stances.

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Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and the Right’s ‘Groyper’ Problem

The political writer John Ganz dissects the Republican Party’s internal battle over antisemitism.

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Kenya’s Key Export Used to Be Coffee. Now It’s Cheap Labor.

There’s big money in sending poor workers abroad. Here’s how the economics work.

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RFK Jr. Walks a Tightrope on Trump Deal for Obesity Drugs

The weight loss medicines are proving to be a test case for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, in straddling divisions between his supporters and the president.

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Almost Everything About NASA’s ESCAPADE Mission to Mars Is Unusual

The ESCAPADE mission, which launched to space on a Blue Origin rocket on Thursday, breaks the mold of how planetary science missions typically come together.

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Why Hollywood’s Star-Studded Movies Are Failing at the Box Office

It has been a brutal three months for dramas and comedies.

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25 Movies, Many Stars, 0 Hits: Hollywood Falls to New Lows

It has been a brutal three months for dramas and comedies.

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While Asian Immigrants Work, Burglars Target Their Homes

Some law enforcement officials say they think organized crime rings from South America, in particular from Colombia, are responsible for the crime sprees.

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While Asian Immigrants Work, Burglars Target Their Homes

Some law enforcement officials say they think organized crime rings from South America, in particular from Colombia, are responsible for the crime sprees.

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Ken Burns’s ‘The American Revolution’ Speaks to Our Cultural Clashes

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its timing feels urgent.

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New York Lacked an Affordable Housing Portal. So These Teenagers Made One.

Two “children of the pandemic” did something the grown-ups who run the city have never managed to do.

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Kenyan Workers Get Abused Abroad. The President’s Family and Allies Profit.

President William Ruto’s government acts as an arm of an industry whose leaders compare women to dogs and blame them for their own abuse, a Times investigation found.

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Trump Housing Official Invokes Family Legacy, to Some Relatives’ Dismay

Bill Pulte has called out prominent Democrats for issues with their mortgage documents. But he has a history of carefully choosing facts about his family and businesses to enhance his reputation.

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