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‘I Got Back Every Penny’: Inside Trump’s Supercharged Tax Season

The law Republicans passed last year has so far been largely imperceptible to most Americans. That’s changing as tens of millions file their taxes this spring.

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Trump Wants to Make Deportation Deals. Autocrats Are Ready to Listen.

The White House has turned deportations, a signature domestic issue, into a major piece of foreign policy. Here’s what we know about the program.

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Foreign Doctors Forced Out of U.S. Hospitals by Trump Immigration Policy

Physicians from 39 countries are being pushed out of U.S. hospitals as a policy blocks their ability to work.

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Fight Escalates Over Plan to Demolish and Rebuild N.Y.C. Public Housing

The city thinks four developments in Chelsea are too run-down to be saved, and wants to rebuild them, adding mixed-income housing. Some residents are opposed.

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She Wanted Her Hair Done for a Special Day. She Left the Salon in Tears.

A Black woman is pushing for changes in the hair industry after claiming in a lawsuit that she and her 7-year-old were turned away from an Ulta Beauty salon in Manhattan because of their hair texture.

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Epstein Presented Himself to Indian Tycoon as a Trump White House Insider

The convicted sex offender gave Anil Ambani information on appointments and foreign policy. Some seemed prescient, though there was no evidence he was close to the administration.

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Trump Directs Officials to Pay All D.H.S. Employees

The memorandum calls for paying employees at the Coast Guard, Federal Emergency Management Agency and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency who have gone without pay during a record-long shutdown.

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ICE Review Finds Dozens of Violations at Texas Migrant Detention Center

A review of Camp East Montana in Texas found failures in medical care, disease control and oversight, including improperly documented uses of force.

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Trump Contemplates Other Cabinet Changes as He Faces Political Clock

With the midterms approaching, the president may be running out of time to get new cabinet members confirmed without bipartisan support.

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Arrest of Wisconsin Mosque Leader Was Tied to Trump Antisemitism Campaign

Immigration lawyers and former federal officials say the case of Salah Sarsour echoes those against other pro-Palestinian activists.

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Trump Administration Celebrates Good Friday in Official Messages

President Trump and administration officials have extended more pronounced overtures to Christians in public statements and executive orders.

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Stray Bullet That Killed Baby Girl in Brooklyn Also Grazed Brother

Two men have been arrested in connection to a shooting on Wednesday that killed an infant. One was charged with murder, attempted murder and assault.

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Trump Goes After Programs He Calls ‘Woke’ in Budget Proposal

The president’s request for 2027 reflects his preoccupation with eliminating programs that support diversity and civil rights.

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After 11 Years in Court, Heir Reclaims a Modigliani Looted by the Nazis

A judge ruled against a holding company controlled by David Nahmad, the billionaire art dealer, which had bought the work at auction in 1996.

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Ex-US Army Pilot Recalls Battle for Survival When Shot Down in Iraq

Ronald Young Jr. was in the Army when his Apache Longbow copter went down during the U.S. invasion of Iraq.

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One of Two Americans Rescued After Iran Downs a U.S. Jet

Also, job growth rebounded in March. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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In the Philippines, Rising Fuel Prices Force Travelers to Stay Home During Holy Week

Surging gasoline prices in the Philippines have forced some people to cancel or scale back the Visita Iglesia, a Holy Week tradition in which Catholics travel to seven churches.

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‘Under Protest,’ Raw Dairy Farm Recalls Cheddar Linked to 9 E. Coli Cases

Raw Farm, a dairy producer in California, denies that its products have caused the outbreak, which has sickened people in three states.

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Six Senate Races to Watch as Democrats Grow Bullish Ahead of Midterm Elections

It’s still a tall task for the party to win back control. Here’s the latest.

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Forest Service Will Close Research Stations That Study Wildfire Risk

Scientists say their work on fires and climate change could be lost as the agency moves its headquarters to Utah from Washington and shuts 57 research stations.

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NASA’s Artemis II Astronauts Took iPhones Into Space

The astronauts traveling in the Artemis II spacecraft were allowed to take smartphones with them. Sadly, they can’t connect to the internet.

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What We Know About the US Fighter Jet Shot Down by Iran

It was the first enemy downing of an American warplane during the war with Iran. The F-15E Strike Eagle was carrying two crew members, who ejected, officials said.

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Preschool Instructor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Children

A 43-year-old man was accused of abusing “multiple” children over a period of 11 years in South Jersey, and prosecutors fear there could be more victims, given his employment.

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What Trump Is Doing to the English Language

There is a morality to verbs, especially in political speech.

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Iran Is Quickly Repairing Missile Bunkers, U.S. Intelligence Says

Reports cast doubt on how close the United States is to destroying Iran’s missile capability, a key goal in the war.

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Trump Seeks $152 Million to Begin to Turn Alcatraz Back Into a Prison

The plan faces significant local political opposition and the dilapidated state of the site poses considerable logistical challenges.

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The F-15E Strike Eagle: What to Know

The U.S. military aircraft with a two-person crew was shot down in Iran on Friday.

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The Neighbor Who Has No Problem Fighting With Mayor Mamdani

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the City Council speaker, Julie Menin, both live on the Upper East Side. They are sparring over different approaches to balancing a $5.4 billion deficit.

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Trump Requests $1.5 Trillion for Military Spending

The huge proposed increase would be partly offset by steep cuts to domestic programs, some of which the Trump administration describes as wasteful.

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House Democrat Wages a Lonely Legal Fight Testing Congress’s Power

Representative LaMonica McIver is facing crushing legal fees and prison time as she seeks to get the Justice Department assault case against her dismissed, citing her legislative prerogatives.

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