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Texas A&M Ends Women’s Studies and Overhauls Hundreds of Classes on Race and Gender

New policies limiting the teaching of race and gender issues led administrators and professors to change hundreds of courses. School leaders say the rules could hurt A&M’s reputation.

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Drilling Through the Thwaites Glacier for Clues to Its Melting

A team hopes to place instruments in the waters beneath the colossal Thwaites Glacier, with the help of a drill that uses hot water to punch through ice.

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Loss, Grief and a World Record Attempt at 81

Facing life on her own for the first time in 60 years, Bonnie Sumner discovered she had a special skill for hanging from a pull-up bar.

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Algae Growth on Greenland’s Ice Contributes to Melting, Studies Show

New studies show how algae grows on ice and snow, creating “dark zones” that exacerbate melting in the consequential region.

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Kevin Warsh, Trump’s Choice for Fed Chair, Could Find It Difficult to Deliver

Kevin M. Warsh, whom Mr. Trump tapped to become the next chair of the Federal Reserve, could face fierce resistance if he tries to pursue substantially lower borrowing costs.

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Stock Market Takes Kevin Warsh’s Fed Nomination in Stride

Stock and bond markets were unfazed by Kevin Warsh’s nomination as the next Fed chair, with the S&P 500 nudging slightly lower in early trading on Friday.

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Tesla’s Model S, Soon to Be History, Changed the Auto Industry

The company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, said this week that it would stop making the car, an electric pioneer in 2012, as well as the Model X.

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Is the ‘Influencer Right’ at Odds With Trump Over Minnesota?

A vocal group of Trump supporters broke with the president when he appeared to backpedal on his immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. Is it a rift, or just a passing mood?

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Federal Judge Drops Death Penalty Charge Against Luigi Mangione

The judge, Margaret Garnett of Federal District Court, said the case against Luigi Mangione would still proceed to trial on other counts.

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The Netherlands Is Getting a New Government. Will It Last?

Rob Jetten, a 38-year-old centrist, is poised to be the youngest prime minister in Dutch history. But his government will be in a daunting position.

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Your ‘Safe’ Stock Funds May Be Riskier Than You Think

The U.S. stock market has become so concentrated that even broad index funds are no longer well diversified, our columnist says.

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Federal Agents Arrest Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest

The former CNN anchor has said he was not demonstrating, but reporting as a journalist, during the interruption of a service inside a St. Paul church earlier this month.

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Tucker Carlson’s Corrosive Bad Faith

To triumph in the modern Republican Party, you need to be able to wrench your soul into alignment with your ambition.

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Can Food Be Art? Denmark Is Finding Out.

High-level chefs in the country could become eligible for arts funding under a new initiative. Not all in the art and culinary worlds are raising a glass to the idea, though.

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Iran Rules Out Talks With U.S. Until Trump’s Threats Stop

Iran’s foreign minister ruled out direct talks unless President Trump stops threatening to attack it. He also said Iran would not discuss its ballistic missiles.

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Will Kevin Warsh Do What Trump Wants?

Some investors are worried that President Trump’s nominee to run the Federal Reserve may not be a guaranteed “yes” on cutting interest rates.

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Born of a Factory Mistake, This Sad Toy Horse Captures China’s Mood

A manufacturing error turned a Lunar New Year toy into an unlikely emblem of workplace fatigue.

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Trump Repeats Claims Against Alex Pretti, Casting Slain Nurse as ‘Agitator’

After videos resurfaced showing a confrontation between Mr. Pretti and federal agents 11 days before officers fatally shot him, President Trump again sought to cast blame on him.

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The New F.B.I.

We look at changes inside the agency.

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Syrian Government and Kurdish-Led Militia Seal a Deal to Merge Forces

The long-anticipated agreement closes a period of intense uncertainty in northeastern Syria after rebel forces led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, who is now the president, seized power in December 2024.

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The Push to Rein In ICE, and How the Government Is Echoing White Supremacist Messaging

Plus, your Friday news quiz.

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Carolinas Forecast to See Rare Blizzard Conditions From Winter Storm

A storm on Saturday is shaping up to be one of the strongest that parts of the South have seen in years. The storm will move through the Northeast on Sunday, but probably with far less snow.

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Trump Tells U.K. and Canada That Boosting Trade With China Is ‘Dangerous’

The leaders of both countries have recently visited Beijing seeking to strengthen economic ties, as tensions with the United States rise.

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Is America’s ‘Rupture’ China’s Moment?

The historian Adam Tooze discusses Davos, China and the fading of an old world order.

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F.B.I. Search in Georgia Shows Trump’s Willingness to Pursue 2020 Grievances

The search might also be a harbinger of things to come, signaling the president’s disposition to use the powers of law enforcement to intervene in election matters as the 2026 midterms approach.

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Brett Ratner Makes Directing Comeback With ‘Melania’

Once a reliable Hollywood hitmaker, Mr. Ratner hasn’t directed a film since accusations of sexual misconduct in 2017 that he denied.

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This Moment Is Asking What Kind of America We Are

The clash in Minneapolis has revealed a profound cleavage over the meaning of citizenship.

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The Department of Homeland Security Was a Mistake From The Start

Since its founding in 2002, DHS has evolved into the unaccountable domestic security apparatus we have today, one that views the very people it is supposed to protect as threats not humans.

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Fact-Checking Trump Officials on Minnesota After Shootings by Federal Agents

President Trump and top administration officials, in trying to shift blame over two recent shootings, have mounted an array of arguments for the influx of federal agents.

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International Companies Doing Business With ICE Are Taking Heat

A number of companies have found themselves facing questions about their work with Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid the agency’s intense operation in Minnesota.

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