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Shawn McCreesh

Enjoying the Pinnacle of Power, Musk Holds Court on Trump’s Stage

The president let the spotlight in the Oval Office go to his billionaire friend/budget slasher, who cited blank checks and 150-year-old Social Security beneficiaries to justify purging the federal work force.

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Alden Gonzalez

Dodgers stay hungry, say '25 'a unique challenge'

Facing immense expectations heading into the 2025 season, the defending champion Dodgers are preaching patience and avoiding the temptation to talk about the World Series in February.

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31 Charming Pieces Of Decor That’ll Make Your Home Feel A Million Times More Welcoming

Real flowers in your entryway are old news, it's all about Lego lotus flower bouquets now.

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Rob Tannenbaum

A Sly Stone Primer: 15 Songs (and More) From a Musical Visionary

The Sly & the Family Stone leader is the subject of a new documentary directed by Questlove. Here’s what to know about his brilliant career and crushing addiction.

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David McCabe and Tripp Mickle

Chinese Companies Use Legal Threats to Halt Foreign Research

Think tanks and universities have helped expose problematic Chinese business practices. Now, those businesses are accusing them of defamation.

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Adam Nossiter

Maria Teresa Horta, the Last of Portugal’s ‘Three Marias,’ Dies at 87

The book on which she collaborated with two fellow feminists drew global attention to the repression of women under their country’s dictatorship.

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Patricia Mazzei

Immigration Deal in Florida Ends DeSantis Feud With Fellow Republicans

The governor and legislators had jockeyed to prove that their respective plans for immigration enforcement aligned with President Trump’s.

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Jonathan Wolfe

Ye’s Website Selling T-Shirts With Swastikas Is Taken Down

A commercial for the shirts aired in some local markets during the Super Bowl, days after the rapper and designer called himself a Nazi on social media. The website was taken down Tuesday.

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Thomas L. Friedman

What’s Most Frightening About Trump’s Gaza Ravings

There is a case to make for fresh thinking about Gaza. But Trump’s plan is not fresh thinking, it’s fresh riffing.

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Bret Stephens

The Horror Show of Hamas Must End Now

The region needs to be put to a choice about Gaza’s future.

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Alyce McFadden

‘I Was Dying’: Salman Rushdie Testifies About Terrifying Stabbing Attack

The author recounted in vivid testimony the moment when an attacker stabbed him about 15 times as he was about to give a lecture in western New York.

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Mekado Murphy

Watch Demi Moore Transform in ‘The Substance’

The writer and director Coralie Fargeat narrates a sequence from her film, which is nominated for best picture.

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Melena Ryzik and Ryan Pfluger

Demi Moore, On the Verge of Her First Oscar

As she prepares for her first Oscars as a nominee, the star of “The Substance” talks about the daring role that revitalized her career.

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Constant Méheut

Ukrainian Lawmakers Approve Contentious Purchase of Nuclear Reactors

Opponents of the project say it is costly, will take far too long to strengthen Ukraine’s battered power supply and opens the door to corruption.

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Ivan Nechepurenko and Julian E. Barnes

Who Is Marc Fogel? The American Teacher Caught in a Global Power Struggle.

Mr. Fogel, who had lived and taught in many countries, including Russia for nine years, spent 3 ½ years in Russian custody for having cannabis for medical use, and is in poor health.

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Jonathan Swan, Maggie Haberman, Julian E. Barnes and Anton Troianovski

Russia Releases Marc Fogel After Talks With Trump Envoy

The Kremlin freed Marc Fogel, a teacher held for more than three years on drug charges, in a deal negotiated by Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s Middle East envoy.

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Sarah Scoles

Her Discovery Wasn’t Alien Life, but Science Has Never Been the Same

The internet erupted in controversy over Felisa Wolfe-Simon and colleagues’ claim of a microbe thriving on arsenic. Nearly 15 years later, she’s pursuing new research on the boundaries of life.

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Nicholas Fandos

An Emboldened Trump Seeks to Bend New York City to His Will

The Trump administration’s order to drop the charges against Mayor Eric Adams was the most pronounced example of the president using his power to determine the city’s future.

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Emma G. Fitzsimmons

Adams Asks for Voters’ Trust as Democrats Argue He Is in Thrall to Trump

Mayor Eric Adams of New York gave a speech on Tuesday professing his innocence and saying that he would not put his personal interests above the city’s.

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Benjamin Hoffman

How to Watch the 2025 Westminster Dog Show

The event returns to Madison Square Garden with seven group winners facing off in prime time for a chance at best in show.

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