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Rahm Emanuel Calls for Age Limit of 75 for President, Congress and Judges

The former Chicago mayor, who is trying to shape the Democratic Party’s future and might run for president, said that “across all three branches of government, 75 years — you’re out.”

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Snow Maps and More: Everything You Could Want to Know About This Winter Storm

Here’s a look at the latest forecasts, and how to prepare.

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How Has Being Perpetually Single Affected Your Life as a Man?

We want to hear from men over the age of 30 who feel as if they have not yet had a meaningful romantic relationship for a New York Times Magazine feature.

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Trump Administration Backs Down in D.E.I. Schools Lawsuit

The administration withdrew its challenge to a ruling halting its effort to strip funding from schools and colleges with D.E.I. programs. It did not say why.

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Sexual Abuse Case Involving Basketball Legend Is Settled, Decades Later

Numerous lawsuits have now been filed against Riverside Church over sexual abuse allegations involving Ernest Lorch, who led its prestigious basketball team in Harlem.

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Fact-Checking President Trump’s Davos Speech

The president gave misleading accounts of the U.S. role in Greenland’s history and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, among other claims.

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Sports-Betting Scandals Are Ubiquitous. Whether Fans Will Care Is an Open Question.

Breaches of ethics in sports are almost as old as professional competitions. Here’s when they have affected the business — and when they haven’t.

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Here’s a Look at Everything (and Everyone) Trump Targeted at Davos

President Trump’s verbal broadsides drew gasps and nervous laughter at the annual gathering of political and business leaders.

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U.S. Pivot in Syria Leaves an Old Ally in the Lurch

A Kurdish force that helped defeat the Islamic State is collapsing as the Trump administration turns to back the new Syrian government.

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U.S. Starts Moving ISIS Detainees From Syria to Iraq

The U.S. military said it has transferred 150 and could eventually move as many as 7,000 Islamic State fighters out of prisons in Syria’s northeast to Iraq, as the Syrian government wrestles for control of the region from Kurdish-led forces.

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Trump Administration Starts Immigration Operation in Maine

A similar operation that unfolded in Minnesota became a flashpoint between protesters and immigration authorities.

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Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill 11, Including Three Journalists

The three journalists were operating a drone near the town of Al-Zahra.

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Months After Daniel Naroditsky’s Death, the Chess World Remains Divided

The death of Daniel Naroditsky exposed the conflicts between the game’s traditional wing and its many online stars.

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Court Denies Lawmakers Seeking Independent Monitor of Epstein Files

A federal judge said he did not have the authority to supervise the Justice Department’s release of the documents.

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Trump’s ‘Dear Jonas’ Letter Is No Prize

We have three years left with a mad king. It doesn’t feel sustainable.

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Michelle Obama and Gretchen Whitmer Disagree on America’s Readiness for a Female President

As Mrs. Obama defended her remarks from November that the country wasn’t ready for a woman as president, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan offered a different view.

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Widespread Winter Storm Is Forecast to Bring Heavy Snow to Central and Eastern US

People across a large section of the central and eastern United States are facing predictions for heavy snow and ice starting Friday.

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Hollywood’s Woke Era Is Over. Now It’s Turning the Culture War Into Camp.

The industry seemed penned in by our political debates — until it started channeling them into wild caricatures and frothy drama.

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Prince Harry Gives Emotional Testimony About Effects of U.K. News Coverage

Harry said in court that reading articles about him published by Associated Newspapers, which he has accused of acting unlawfully, had been “traumatic.”

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The Heritage Foundation Wants to Send American Women Back Half a Century

This is how the Heritage Foundation wants to turn back the clock.

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After Maduro’s Last Dance, a New Rhythm Goes Viral in Venezuela

For years, Nicolás Maduro and his movement used song and dance to rally support. Now, millions of Venezuelans are dancing to a different political tune.

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E.U. Delays Mercosur Trade Deal With South America

The move by the European Parliament delays a push by the bloc to find new trading partners, as President Trump has threatened escalating U.S. tariffs.

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Michele Tafoya Announces Senate Run in Minnesota

Ms. Tafoya, once a sideline reporter for N.F.L. games, has more recently turned her focus to Republican politics. She is seeking an open seat now held by a Democrat.

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Trump 2.0

We look at the first year of the president’s second term.

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Majority of Latin Americans Endorsed Trump’s Intervention In Venezuela, Polls Show

Several polls show that a majority of Latin Americans who were questioned endorsed the intervention, suggesting a shift, at least for now, from ideology to pragmatism.

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Supreme Court to Weigh Trump’s Bid to Fire Lisa Cook

The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on Wednesday in the case of Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor whom President Trump is trying to fire. Our reporter Colby Smith describes the importance of Cook’s case for the independence of the central bank.

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Canada’s Leader Warns of a ‘Rupture’ in the Global Order, and ICE Is Accused of Killing Detainee

Plus, what’s the point of learning cursive?

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An Anxious Japan Restarts the World’s Biggest Nuclear Plant

Japan is reviving nuclear power, balancing the need for more clean energy against the lingering trauma of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster.

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Supreme Court Considers Trump’s Attempt to Fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook

The justices deferred a decision on the president’s efforts to oust Cook, agreeing to hear arguments on Wednesday instead.

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What ‘Marty Supreme’ Says About Being Jewish in America

The film’s unapologetic depiction of the experience in all of its complications rejects the idea that such characters have to suffer.

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