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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The Environmental Protection Agency repealed the 2009 endangerment finding, the scientific determination that gave the federal government the authority to regulate greenhouse gases.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

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San Francisco Teachers End Four-Day Strike

San Francisco teachers ended their strike early Friday, allowing public schools to reopen next week for about 50,000 students. Employees were set to return to campuses on Friday, but classes will not resume until Wednesday because closures were already planned for Friday and the district had holidays on Monday

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Islamist Party’s Rise Overshadows Student Revolution in Bangladesh

An Islamist party that once operated largely underground has emerged as a major force in Bangladesh’s new political landscape, winning 68 of 297 parliamentary seats in the first national election since the student-led uprising. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party secured a clear majority, and its leader, Tarique Rahman, is set

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Iran Protester Dies in Custody, Raising Fears of Execution

Ali Rahbar, a 33-year-old gym coach who posted weight lifting videos and poetry online, was arrested at a protest in Mashhad on Jan. 8 and was dead two weeks later, relatives say. His family says the only contact from authorities was an instruction to collect his body. Rights groups are

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Three American speeches at Munich, and plenty of confusion

European leaders have had three markedly different descriptions over the past year of how the United States now views its alliances, each message nudging them toward a new era in which Washington’s commitment to their defense may be more limited. The speeches ranged from a blistering critique of European-style

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Where US presidents lived after leaving the White House

When presidents leave the White House they move into a wide range of homes — some return to modest hometown residences, others to private estates or historic properties turned museums. Woodrow Wilson stayed in Washington, DC, at 2340 South S Street until his death in 1924, and his wife Edith remained

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Treasury asked to probe $500M UAE investment in World Liberty Financial

Senators Elizabeth Warren and Andy Kim have asked the Treasury Department to investigate a $500 million United Arab Emirates–backed investment in World Liberty Financial, citing national security and data-privacy concerns. They set a March 5 deadline for the Treasury to determine whether the Committee on Foreign Investment in the

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Inside SAM 26000, the Air Force One that carried eight presidents

SAM 26000 was the first Air Force jet built specifically for US presidents and flew as Air Force One from 1962 to 1998, carrying every leader from John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton. Vice President Al Gore summed up its place in history on retirement: "If history itself had

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Homeland Security Demands Social Media Sites Reveal Names Behind Anti-ICE Posts

The Department of Homeland Security has been seeking the names, email addresses, phone numbers and other identifying data behind social media accounts that track or criticize Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Google, Reddit, Discord and Meta have received hundreds of administrative subpoenas in recent months, and some companies have complied. The

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In Munich, Lawmakers Concede Scars Remain After Trump’s Greenland Threat

U.S. lawmakers left the Munich Security Conference saying they had patched the wound inflicted on the trans‑Atlantic partnership after President Trump toyed with taking Greenland, but they conceded the episode had left lasting scars. Greenland dominated conversations over the three‑day summit, and several lawmakers said Secretary of

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Another Government Shutdown? Here’s What Travelers Should Know.

The Department of Homeland Security is set to run out of money at midnight, leaving parts of the agency unfunded. Congress has funded the rest of the federal government through the end of the fiscal year, but Democrats have blocked money for D.H.S. and vowed to oppose any

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Obama laments lost decorum after Trump’s racist video

Former President Barack Obama this weekend indirectly addressed a racist video posted earlier this month by President Trump that depicted Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, as apes. On Brian Tyler Cohen’s "No Lie" podcast, Mr. Obama described a "devolution of the discourse," calling what