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Fewer Pregnant Women Received Acetaminophen in E.R.s After White House Warnings

A new analysis of prescription data found that emergency room orders for acetaminophen for pregnant women fell for weeks after the federal warning.

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Who Is Markwayne Mullin, Trump’s Pick for Homeland Security Secretary?

The Oklahoma senator has been a staunch defender of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign.

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Iran delays naming a new leader out of security concerns, officials say.

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The Pentagon Officially Notifies Anthropic That It Is a ‘Supply Chain Risk’

Anthropic has said it will sue the Defense Department over the designation, which could prevent the start-up from doing business with the U.S. government.

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Trump Fires His Homeland Security Secretary

Also, child care costs are rising fast. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

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Ronnie Eldridge, NY Politician and Aide to RFK and Lindsay, Dies at 95

She was an adviser to Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Mayor John V. Lindsay and Representative Bella S. Abzug before serving on the New York City Council from 1989 to 2001.

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Lev Parnas Running for Congress as a Democrat in Florida

Mr. Parnas, who once tried to help find damaging information on Hunter Biden, said his background had turned him into “an advocate for speaking truth to power.”

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House Turns Back Bid to Restrict Trump’s War Powers in Iran

A handful of Democrats joined Republicans to defeat an effort to force President Trump to go to Congress for approval to continue using force against Iran, while two G.O.P. lawmakers backed it.

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Pokémon Company Objects to White House’s Political Memes

“No permission was granted for the use of our intellectual property,” the company said. The Trump administration frequently promotes policies with content from video games.

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As Noem Speaks in Nashville, Senate Swarms Mullin

The remarkable split-screen underscored how abruptly Kristi Noem’s ouster as homeland security secretary had unfolded, even by the standards of President Trump’s fast-paced Washington.

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António Lobo Antunes, One of Europe’s Most Revered Writers, Dies at 83

In a career studded with literary awards, he was the author of dozens of books that grappled with his nation’s legacy of dictatorship and colonialism.

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FEMA Delays Under Kristi Noem Angered Republicans

Long delays in FEMA assistance brought bipartisan complaints, especially in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene in 2024.

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After Apalachee High School Shooting, a Hunger for Accountability

The country is casting an ever wider net in its search for accountability after mass shootings. Charging parents is an emerging tactic.

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Politicians Are Trying to Control the News

The rising global attacks on the free press reveal increasingly desperate regimes attempting to snuff out attempts to find the truth.

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Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently

A draft assessment of the health of nature in the United States is grim but shot through with bright spots and possibility.

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Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base

The Feb. 28 school strike in Minab, which killed dozens, including children, appears to have been part of an attack on an adjacent naval base in southern Iran, where officials said U.S. forces were operating.

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Feeling the Effects of 260,000 Federal Jobs Lost

One year in, assessing budget cuts to federal climate and science jobs.

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Lindsey Halligan Is Under Investigation by the Florida Bar

The actions of Ms. Halligan, who as a U.S. attorney brought criminal cases against President Trump’s enemies, are under review by the organization that licensed her to practice law.

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Israel Pushes Farther Into Lebanon, and Readies for More

Days into its offensive against Hezbollah, Israel is massing armored vehicles near the Lebanese border for a potentially much larger ground incursion.

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Racist, Antisemitic Slurs Surface in Florida GOP Group Chat

After the secretary of the Miami-Dade County Republican Party created the chat for college students, it devolved into slurs against Black and Jewish people.

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How Trump’s Base Is Reacting to His War Message

Our White House correspondent Zolan Kanno-Youngs looks into how Trump’s base is responding to the administration’s conflicting messages on the war with Iran.

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Senate Democrats Block D.H.S. Funding Again Over Enforcement Guardrails

For the third time, a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security failed as Democrats refused to support the money without new restrictions on federal immigration agents.

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Mamdani to Close Huge Homeless Shelter Next to Bellevue Hospital

The 30th Street Shelter on the site of Bellevue’s former psychiatric hospital has been in disrepair for years.

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Sri Lanka Is Caught in the Middle as Second Iranian Vessel Seeks Safe Haven

A day after rescuing Iranian sailors from the wreckage of a warship sunk by a U.S. submarine, Sri Lanka’s neutrality is being tested.

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House Republicans Tell Gonzales to Quit Re-Election Campaign

The call came a day after the Texas congressman admitted to an extramarital affair with an aide, and as he faced a runoff to keep his seat.

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States Sue to Stop Trump From Reviving Steep Tariffs

The lawsuit filed by two dozen states seeks to invalidate the president’s new, 10 percent global tax on imports.

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50 Medical Schools Back Kennedy Plan on Nutrition After Pressure

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the commitments in Washington, even as some in the medical community questioned whether the government should try to influence curriculums.

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Britney Spears Is Arrested on Suspicion of D.U.I. in California

“Hopefully this can be the first step in long overdue change that needs to occur in Britney’s life,” a representative for the pop star said after she was released from jail.

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A Judge’s ‘Battle Royale’ With Trump and the Supreme Court

After repeated but cryptic rebukes from the justices, Judge Brian Murphy last week again ruled against one of the administration’s signature immigration programs.

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Deliberations Start in Sex-Trafficking Trial of Alexander Brothers

Prosecutors called more than 30 witnesses, including 11 women who said the three men had sexually abused them. The brothers, who have pleaded not guilty, face life in prison if convicted.

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