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Jamieson Greer, the architect of Trump’s trade overhaul

On Jan. 26, 2025, Jamieson Greer was teaching Sunday school to 9-year-olds when his phone began ringing with calls from the White House. Six days into the new administration, President Trump was threatening Colombia with tariffs, and Mr. Greer—then already advising the president—had been flying to Mar-a-Lago in

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Texas Students Protest ICE Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s Threats

Students in more than three dozen states have walked out of class to protest federal immigration enforcement, staging demonstrations from Salt Lake County to Maine and Maryland. At a high school in Sunnyside, Wash., classmates lined a parking lot with hand-drawn posters; one sign read, "We are skipping our

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Venezuelan deportee can return to US but fears repeat of ordeal

A US federal judge ordered that some Venezuelan men deported to El Salvador must be allowed to return to the United States to challenge their cases, and directed the government to cover travel costs for those who wish to come back. Judge James Boasberg said the US should prioritise deportees

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Richard Ottinger, 97, Dies; Fought for the Environment in Congress

Richard L. Ottinger, a New York Democrat who represented largely Republican Westchester County districts in Congress for 16 years and who championed the Hudson River’s cleanup, died on Monday at his home in Mamaroneck, N.Y. He was 97. His son Larry confirmed the death. Born into a wealthy

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Trump Repeals Endangerment Finding, Removing EPA Authority

President Trump announced he was erasing the scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health and the environment, ending the federal government’s legal authority to control pollution that is heating the planet. The move removes limits on carbon dioxide, methane and four other greenhouse gases that scientists say are

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Bannon Advised Epstein as Allegations Resurfaced, Texts Show

Late in June 2019, Stephen K. Bannon sent Jeffrey Epstein an excited text: “Dude!!!!! Is this real Tell me this is real.” The exchanges in newly released files show Mr. Bannon advising Mr. Epstein on how to handle renewed allegations, recommending lawyers — including his own — when to lie low and

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George W. Bush opens presidential essay series with praise for Washington

George W. Bush launches a series of essays on U.S. presidents by casting George Washington as a model of humility, noting that Washington twice relinquished power — after the Revolutionary Army and after two presidential terms — actions that, Bush writes, kept America from becoming a monarchy or worse. The project,

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A Russian ‘Village of Military Valor’ Waits for Its Reward

On the Kamchatka Peninsula’s remote coast, the Indigenous hamlet of Sedanka looks neglected: Soviet-era houses are collapsing, most homes lack running water, and blocked sewage feeds puddles on dirt streets while animals rummage through overflowing dumps. Yet Gov. Vladimir Solodov announced he intended to award Sedanka the title of

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Teddy Roosevelt’s Family Urges G.O.P. to Protect Public Lands

Four descendants of Theodore Roosevelt wrote to Republican senators urging them to oppose mining upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. Ted Roosevelt IV, a Manhattan-based investment banker and lifelong moderate Republican, said he believed his great-grandfather would have been "appalled" by the effort to allow mining

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How Much Will Trump’s Approval Rating Matter in the Midterms?

President Trump’s approval rating has slipped to 40 percent approve and 56 percent disapprove — his lowest this term — even as unrest in Minneapolis begins to fade and immigration agents are being pulled from the city. That decline raises a central question for the midterms: how much will his standing

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Xi Jinping’s Military Purge Seeks Absolute Loyalty

When Xi Jinping urged China to remember Yan’an, he invoked the Mao-era “rectification” campaign that turned guerrilla fighters into a disciplined force under a single leader. Three weeks after that appeal, the military’s top commander, Gen. Zhang Youxia — once seen as a confidant of Mr. Xi — was effectively

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Judge Orders Return of College Freshman Mistakenly Deported to Honduras

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to return Any Lucia López Belloza, a 19-year-old Babson College freshman, to the United States within two weeks after she was mistakenly deported to Honduras in November. Judge Richard G. Stearns had earlier recommended that the government issue a visa so she could

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What to Know About the E.P.A.’s Repeal of the Endangerment Finding

The Environmental Protection Agency repealed the 2009 endangerment finding, the scientific determination that gave the federal government the authority to regulate greenhouse gases. That decision removes the basis for rules affecting cars, power plants and other sources of pollution. The Trump administration says the finding relied on flawed climate models

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Trump’s Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality

The racist online video that President Trump recently shared and then deleted portrayed Barack and Michelle Obama as apes and presented Mr. Trump himself as the "King of the Jungle." After a year back in the White House, his efforts to promote himself as the singularly dominant figure

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Joel Klein Held Multiple Meetings With Jeffrey Epstein in 2013

Joel Klein, the former New York City schools chief, met repeatedly with Jeffrey Epstein in 2013, years after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor. Klein had left government and was leading Amplify, an education technology company, when the meetings began at the request of his friend Mortimer

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Navalny Was Poisoned With Frog Toxin, European Governments Say

Five European governments — Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands — said tests found epibatidine in the body of Aleksei A. Navalny, who died in a Russian Arctic prison in 2024. Epibatidine is a toxin found in South American poison dart frogs and, the statement said, is not found naturally in

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Iran Turns to Digital Surveillance Tools to Track Down Protesters

When Iranians began protesting in late December, some received an ominous text warning that their “presence at illegal gatherings” had been noted and they were under “intelligence monitoring.” Researchers later concluded the authorities most likely tracked protesters through location data from their phones. As some online services were restored after

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Jury Deadlocked in Trial of Pro-Palestinian Demonstrators at Stanford

A judge declared a mistrial on Friday in the case of five current and former Stanford students charged in connection with pro-Palestinian protests that included breaking into the university president’s office and barricading themselves inside. The defendants faced felony vandalism and felony conspiracy to trespass charges, carrying a maximum

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Canada Redirects Military Spending to Domestic Suppliers

The Canadian government plans a new defence industry strategy that will shift billions of dollars in military spending away from American firms and toward domestic suppliers. Prime Minister Mark Carney moved after rising tensions with the Trump administration, including tariffs and repeated suggestions from the president that Canada should become

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Trump’s Actions Test the Fragile World of Air Travel

Last-minute announcements and abrupt policy changes by the Trump administration have added confusion to an already strained U.S. aviation system, from emergency flight cuts at busy airports to sudden changes in security rules. Most recently the Federal Aviation Administration suspended flights in the El Paso area for 10 days

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What to Know About the Homeland Security Shutdown

Funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed on Saturday as lawmakers remain deadlocked over limits Democrats want on federal immigration agents. Much of the department’s work is continuing, with most personnel staying on the job without pay as they did during last fall’s shutdown, though a longer

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Thousands Rally for Regime Change in Iran Worldwide

Thousands of people took to the streets in cities around the world on Saturday to demand regime change in Iran. Many demonstrations coincided with the Munich Security Conference and followed weeks of unrest at home, where security forces crushed antigovernment protests and killed thousands. Reza Pahlavi, the son of the

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Trump Erased the Endangerment Finding; Lawsuits Loom

When the Trump administration erased one of the nation’s bedrock scientific principles on climate change this week, it set up a legal battle likely to hinge on the Supreme Court. The endangerment finding — the E.P.A. conclusion that greenhouse gases endanger public health by heating up the world

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U.S. embassies in Asia seek donations for 250th July Fourth events

In December, President Trump announced a campaign to stage a series of Fourth of July celebrations for the nation’s 250th anniversary, calling it “the most spectacular birthday party the world has ever seen.” Across Asia, U.S. embassies and consulates have been soliciting large donations, sending “America 250” forms

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Trump administration ends credit for start-stop systems

The Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday that manufacturers will no longer earn a credit for installing engines that automatically turn off when vehicles come to a complete stop and restart when drivers take their feet off the brake pedal. The start-stop feature is meant to save fuel and reduce