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U.S. Strike Kills 4 on Boat Trump Says Was Smuggling Drugs

The strike in the Caribbean brings the death toll in the Trump administration’s lethal campaign to 80 since early September.

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The administration said U.S. strikes on boats were lawful because President Trump had “determined” that the United States is in a formal armed conflict with drug cartels.
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Justice Dept. Memo Blessing Boat Strikes Is Said to Rely on Trump’s Claims About Cartels

Accounts of a secret Justice Department memo offer a window into how administration lawyers approved the president’s desired course of action.

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The Trump administration has insisted that its boat strikes are lawful, telling Congress in September that Mr. Trump had “determined” that the United States was in a noninternational armed conflict.
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The Government Reopened

Also, Ukraine is facing a dilemma in Pokrovsk. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.

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Tours are back at the Capitol.
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Justice Dept. Joins Lawsuit to Challenge California’s New Redistricting Maps

The agency intervened in a lawsuit brought by the California Republican Party seeking to throw out a map, approved last week by the state’s voters, that would redraw House districts to favor Democrats.

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On Thursday, the Justice Department announced it would join a lawsuit filed by the California Republican Party that aims to block new voter-approved congressional maps championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat.
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Trump Officials Prepare Tariff Exemptions, Seeking to Lower Food Prices

If the proposal goes into effect, it would be the latest rollback of one of President Trump’s key economic policies over concerns about affordability.

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Shoppers at a grocery store in Brooklyn last week. Food prices have risen significantly this year, and a gauge of consumer confidence hit near-record lows this month.
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Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes

The university system will ban advocacy of “race or gender ideology, or topics related to sexual orientation or gender identity” without approval.

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At Texas A&M University, the president recently stepped down following a controversy over a professor’s class about gender identity.
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Jim Avila, Former ABC News Correspondent, Dies at 70

He spent almost two decades at the network, covering a wide range of court cases and the White House. He was also at the center of a defamation lawsuit over “pink slime.”

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Mr. Avila in 2003 in Baghdad, where he covered the war in Iraq.
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Hochul Approved Permits That Could Help Clients of Her Husband’s Firm

Opponents of a natural gas pipeline approved by Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York noted that the project would benefit a client of the prominent law firm where her husband works.

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Critics said Gov. Kathy Hochul should have recused herself from decisions to issue permits that benefited recent clients of the law firm that employs her husband, William Hochul.
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SNAP Benefits Are Resuming as Government Reopens After Shutdown

Several states have restarted food stamp payments, but millions of Americans are still awaiting the November deposits that the Trump administration resisted paying out in full.

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A grocery store in Anchorage earlier this month. Payments to some food stamp recipients could be delayed as states restart their funding processes.
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Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson

The professor will no longer be able to teach a class on diversity after she showed students a diagram that included the “Make America Great Again” slogan as an example of white supremacy.

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The Indiana University campus in Bloomington. A state law requires universities to monitor whether faculty members are fostering “intellectual diversity.”
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Former Prince Andrew and Another Prominent Briton Come Up in the Epstein Emails

Newly released files from Jeffrey Epstein include correspondence with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to Washington.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, the former prince, left, and Peter Mandelson, the former British ambassador to Washington, right.
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Fetterman, Senator Who Survived Stroke, Hospitalized After Fall

Senator John Fetterman, the hoodie-wearing Pennsylvanian who nearly died during his campaign and was later hospitalized for clinical depression, had minor injuries, according to his office.

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Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, in the Capitol last month.
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Seattle Elects a Left-Wing Mayor With a Light Résumé but Mamdani Appeal

Katie Wilson, who narrowly defeated the incumbent, Bruce Harrell, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.

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Seattle’s mayor-elect, Katie Wilson, was elected on a wave of energy from the political left, in Seattle and beyond.
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Katie Wilson, a Political Newcomer, Is Elected Mayor in Seattle

Ms. Wilson, a self-described socialist, joined the race after Mayor Bruce Harrell opposed taxing high-income residents to finance construction of new housing.

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Katie Wilson had never sought public office before her run for mayor in Seattle.
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