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Talks on Syria’s Future Fall Short of Promises, Participants Say

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Par :Christina Goldbaum
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The country’s new leaders had billed a two-day “national dialogue” in Damascus as the start of a process to build an inclusive government. But some who attended came away disappointed.

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Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, speaking at the National Dialogue Conference in the capital, Damascus, on Tuesday.

Trump Takes Aim at Chinese Shipping Amid Widening Trade War

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Par :Peter S. Goodman
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A new proposal would impose steep levies on Chinese-made ships arriving at U.S. ports, threatening to increase costs for imports.

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The Port of Oakland in California. A proposal outlined on Friday arose from an investigation, dating from the Biden administration, into China’s dominance of the shipping industry.

Trump’s New Crackdown on China Is Just Beginning

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Par :Ana Swanson
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The administration is positioning itself to clamp down on Chinese investment and access to technology. But the wild card may be the president himself.

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People familiar with President Trump’s thinking say he is more open to Chinese investment in the United States than his more hawkish advisers.

Timothée Chalamet’s Very Viral Oscars Season

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Par :Esther Zuckerman
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The 29-year-old actor has hit the usual stops, but the defining moments of his awards campaign have been distinctly online.

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Timothée Chalamet at the Berlin International Film Festival.

On X, Conservative Activists Find a Direct Pipeline to Musk’s Team

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Par :Zach Montague
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Prominent conservative activists with a presence online have appeared to wield extraordinary access to Elon Musk’s team, and the power to sway policy through it.

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Elon Musk, right, with the Newsmax host Rob Finnerty during CPAC, a conservative convention, in Maryland this month. On X, he has been responsive to calls for changes in the government.

Cuts at USAID and Elsewhere Strains Global Journalism

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Par :Ken Bensinger and Benjamin Mullin
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Investigative journalists around the world relied on funding from the U.S. Now, those watchdogs are scrambling to survive a sudden cash crunch.

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Galina Timchenko, the publisher of Meduza, an independent, Russia-focused start-up in Latvia, in 2015. The U.S. funding cutoff has left “some kind of a broken world.”

Mass Federal Firings May Imperil Pets, Cattle and Crops

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Par :Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli
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The terminations, which hit agencies involved in protecting the nation’s food supply and agricultural products, could have long-lasting consequences, experts said.

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U.S.D.A. workers with the agency’s eradication program to combat the invasive Asian long-horned beetle’s spread in West Babylon, N.Y.

How New York’s Plan for Reparations Became a Debt Trap for Marijuana Retailers

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Par :Ashley Southall
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New York persisted with a plan to build flagship dispensaries for people the state once prosecuted for weed offenses, even as it failed to meet its goals.

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Roland Conner, owner of the Smacked Village dispensary, said he was wary of taking a $1.9 million loan with “onerous” terms from a state fund to get his shop off the ground. He soon fell behind on repayment.

Marian Turski, Who Refused to Forget the Holocaust, Dies at 98

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Par :Sam Roberts
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From influential platforms, Mr. Turski, an Auschwitz survivor from Poland, warned the world of rising antisemitism and the perils of indifference to it.

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Marian Turski in 2015, at an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. “Auschwitz did not fall from the sky,” he said later. “It began with small forms of persecution of Jews.”

1,200 Acres of Powder for Around $100: Skiing Vermont’s Bolton Valley

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Par :David Goodman
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Brought back from the brink by devoted skiers and a new generation of a skiing family, Bolton Valley has cultivated a niche among Eastern ski areas as an affordable downhill and backcountry resort.

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The decades-old Bolton Valley, with its fabled 1,200-acre powder preserve, returned to profitability by leaning into demand for backcountry skiing.

Chile Declares Curfew as Power Outage Sweeps Country

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Par :Yan Zhuang and John Bartlett
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Most residents had power restored by midnight but the situation remained unstable. President Gabriel Boric blamed power companies for not acting faster.

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Military vehicles patrolling in Santiago, Chile’s capital, on Wednesday after a state of emergency was declared.

House Passes G.O.P. Budget Teeing Up Enormous Tax and Spending Cuts

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Par :Catie Edmondson · Andrew Duehren · Maya C. Miller and Robert Jimison
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The vote cleared the way to enact major elements of President Trump’s domestic agenda and escalated a bitter fight among Republicans over what federal programs to shrink to finance major tax cuts.

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Passage came after Speaker Mike Johnson, with assistance from President Trump, tried to put down revolts among centrist Republicans who feared that the plan would require deep cuts to Medicaid and conservatives who wanted more reductions.

Gabbard Says More Than 100 Intelligence Officers Fired for Chat Messages

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Par :Julian E. Barnes
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The chats had been set up to discuss sensitive security matters. But a group of employees used it for discussions that contained sexual themes, intelligence officials said this week.

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Appearing on Fox News, Ms. Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, said the chats were an “egregious violation of trust” that violated “basic rules and standards” of workplace professionalism.

Israel Strikes Syria Hours After Country’s Leader Demands Withdrawal

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Par :Ephrat Livni
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The attacks in southern Syria are part of a new policy aimed at protecting what Israel calls its “security zone” in the region. Syria’s new government has condemned that policy.

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The Syrian interim president, Ahmed al-Shara, speaking at the Syrian National Dialogue Conference in Damascus on Tuesday.

Given the Right Conditions, Could a Woman Run a 4-Minute Mile?

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Par :Jeré Longman
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Researchers say it’s possible, at least for Faith Kipyegon of Kenya, who holds the world record for the distance.

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Faith Kipyegon celebrating after setting the women’s world record for the mile of 4 minutes 7.64 seconds in Monaco in 2023.

Trump Administration Plans to Require Undocumented Immigrants to Register

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Par :Hamed Aleaziz and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
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The move, which could expose unregistered migrants to criminal prosecution, represents a drastic escalation of the administration’s efforts to push millions of immigrants to leave on their own.

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Immigration enforcement agents preparing to conduct an arrest. The new rule is unlikely to result in widespread compliance, especially given President Trump’s threats of mass deportations.

The Next Phase of Trump’s Large-Scale Work Force Cuts Is Underway

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Par :Eileen Sullivan
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Workers at a handful of agencies have begun receiving notifications that they are part of the “reduction in force” directed by the president, after a wave of firings that targeted probationary workers.

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A protest against President Trump’s agenda, including his efforts to terminate thousands of federal workers.

At This Architectural Gem, an Artist Was Present. Horses, Too.

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Par :Kim Córdova
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The performance artist Marina Abramovic celebrated the announcement of a new cultural center in a private home designed by the famed Mexican architect Luis Barragán.

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Marina Abramovic, seated, read aloud from a manifesto, shaded from the sun by the Guggenheim Museum’s curator at large of Latin American art, Pablo León de la Barra.

She Interrupted a Town-Hall Meeting and Was Dragged Out by Private Security

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Par :Alexandra E. Petri
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The City of Coeur d’Alene revoked the license of a security firm after its plainclothes guards forcibly removed a woman. The police said they were investigating the incident.

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Employees of a security firm, LEAR Asset Management, drag Post Falls resident Teresa Borrenpohl out of a town hall meeting on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, in Post Falls, Idaho.

Amy Gleason Named Acting DOGE Administrator

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Par :Nicholas Nehamas · Kate Conger and Ryan Mac
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Ms. Gleason is the acting administrator of the Department of Government Efficiency, according to a White House official. The news comes as a federal judge questioned who was leading the operation.

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Amy Gleason had worked in the cost-cutting effort’s previous use, a digital services office, during President Trump’s first term.

Under Trump, America’s New Friends: Russia, North Korea and Belarus

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Par :Peter Baker
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When it comes to the war in Ukraine, President Trump finds common cause with the world’s outlier states and stands against traditional U.S. allies like Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan and Italy.

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President Trump meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in the Oval Office on Monday. Mr. Macron tried to gently coax Mr. Trump into being more wary of Russia, but the American president seemed unmoved.
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