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Second Strike Scrutiny Obscures Larger Question About Trump’s Boat Attacks

Congress is focusing on two deaths in one strike. But nine other people died in that same attack, and the United States has killed 87 in all. Were any of those killings legal?

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Human Remains Found Buried at San Diego Home

Prosecutors are looking at potential connections to a former resident, who faces a murder charge in another case.

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Grand Jury Said to Decline to Re-Indict Letitia James

After a judge dismissed the Trump administration’s first attempt to indict the attorney general of New York State, a new grand jury effort failed, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Trump Trumpets Peace in Africa Amid War on Drug Boats, in Day of Dissonance

President Trump presided over a Congo-Rwanda peace deal on the same day his administration was being questioned about potential war crimes.

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Where Is Jacob? His Mother Won’t Say, and the Police Cannot Find Him.

Jacob Pritchett, 11, has been missing for months. A judge has said his mother must remain at Rikers Island until she reveals his whereabouts.

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Stellantis Is in Default for Moving Jeep Production to U.S., Canada Says

The automaker switched production from Ontario in a bid to please President Trump. But the company defaulted on contracts covering hundreds of millions of dollars in assistance, Canada said.

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The One Child Policy’s Legacy: A Surplus of Single Men

A decade after the end of the one-child policy, China has over 30 million so-called surplus men. Can this dating boot camp help them find love?

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Trump Switches Architects for White House Ballroom Project

The president had clashed with the original designer and insisted on increasing the size and scope of the ballroom on a short timeline.

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Supreme Court Clears Way for Texas to Use Republican-Friendly Redistricting Maps

Texas officials had asked the court to allow the state to use the new maps in the midterm elections, part of a push by President Trump to gain a partisan advantage.

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Tim Walz Calls Trump’s Tirade Against Somalis in Minnesota ‘Vile’

Minnesota’s governor said the president’s xenophobic remarks were dangerous as the state continued to face fiscal questions about a fraud scandal.

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Florida Republicans Start Redistricting Talks, but Some Aren’t in a Rush

Some of the state’s Republican leaders appear in no rush to draw a new map as they grapple with political and legal questions amid internal power struggles.

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Lawmakers Split on the Military’s Defense of Boat Strikes

Also, a man was arrested on charges of planting pipe bombs before Jan. 6. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

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Boat Strike Video Shown to Lawmakers

Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Adm. Frank M. Bradley, commander of the operation, met with members of Congress behind closed doors.

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N.Y.P.D. Officers Won’t Be Charged in Fatal Shooting of Queens Man

Win Rozario, who had called 911 in distress, was holding scissors when two police officers shot him. The New York attorney general said it was unlikely the officers would be convicted.

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Biden to Attend First Event for Presidential Library

His plans for the library have been slow to take shape, but he has invited potential donors to a holiday reception in Washington this month.

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Takeaways From the Pentagon Investigation on Hegseth’s Use of Signal

The inspector general concluded that the defense secretary violated the Pentagon’s instructions on using a private electronic device to share sensitive information.

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Meta Weighs Cuts to Its Metaverse Unit

Meta plans to direct its investments to focus on wearables like its augmented reality glasses but does not plan to abandon building the metaverse.

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ICE Separates Boy, 6, From Father During Effort to Deport Them to China

The child and his father fled China earlier this year and the boy had just been enrolled in school. Federal officials have tried and failed to send them back.

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2 Cocaine Cases. 2 Honduran Politicians. Only One Faces Years in Prison.

Just three days after President Trump pardoned the former Honduran president, Midence Oqueli Martinez Turcios, a former congressman and drug trafficker, got nearly 22 years.

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In Her 90s, a Painter Finally Confronts Her Nazi Trauma

Cornelia Foss, better known as a confidante to other artists than as an artist herself, has put aside landscape painting for something far more visceral.

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Ilhan Omar: Somali Americans Aren’t Afraid of Trump’s Bigotry

Attacks on Somali Americans are a cruel distraction.

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As Health Care Subsidies Teeter, Congress Is Again at an Impasse

Democrats won an agreement for a floor showdown after the shutdown, but consensus still eludes the Senate. Will Republicans pay a political price?

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Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101

As a 19-year-old medic, he won a Silver Star for his service during D-Day. Later, in the Korean War, he earned a Bronze Star.

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After Years of Debate, Vatican Says No to Women Deacons, at Least for Now

But a papal commission examining the question said further study was required, and advised that women should be given other leadership roles in the Catholic Church.

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Eurovision Is in Turmoil as Israel’s Participation Leads to Boycott

The Netherlands and Slovenia also said they would not take part in next year’s contest, meant to be its celebratory 70th edition.

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False U.S.G.S. Report of 5.9 Earthquake Sends Phones Buzzing in Nevada

The United States Geological Survey quickly deleted the alert, saying it had been sent in error. “This isn’t a good look,” one earthquake expert said.

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The Cracks in the G.O.P. Are Widening

Bret Stephens, Frank Bruni and Aaron Retica on the gap between Trump’s interests and what matters to Americans.

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Bipartisan House Group Proposes Long-Shot Health Care Plan

Republicans and Democrats released a two-year plan to scale back and extend expiring Affordable Care Act subsidies, but it faces long odds in the G.O.P.-led House.

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New Guidelines Endorse Self-Swab Alternative to Pap Smear for Cervical Cancer Testing

The recommendation comes after the first at-home test, a self-swab, received federal approval earlier this year.

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Suspect Arrested in Inquiry Into Pipe Bombs in D.C. Ahead of Jan. 6 Riot

The suspect was described as a 30-year-old man from Prince William County, Va., and his arrest could ultimately provide an answer to one of the mysteries arising from the Jan. 6. attack.

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