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Trump Has Said ‘No Exceptions’ to His Tariffs. Will That Last?

His administration has acknowledged that exceptions undercut the power of tariffs, but it seems hard for the president to resist making deals.

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A steel factory in Hangzhou, China. In his first term, President Trump initially imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum from countries like China and Russia.
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Washington Post Columnist Quits After Article Criticizing Jeff Bezos Is Shelved

Ruth Marcus, a longtime columnist at The Post, said its publisher refused to run her critique of the new focus for the paper’s opinion section.

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Ruth Marcus, the deputy editorial page editor of The Washington Post, told her colleagues that she had arrived at the decision to resign “with immense sadness.”
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Trump Seeks to Expel a Green Card Holder, Mahmoud Khalil, Over Student Protests

Immigration officers arrested a Columbia University graduate for helping lead campus protests against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians. President Trump said the case was “the first arrest of many to come.”

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Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by immigration officers in New York on Saturday.
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Eric Schmidt Joins Relativity Space as C.E.O.

The former Google chief executive is taking a controlling interest in Relativity Space, which aims to build low-cost, reusable rockets to compete against Elon Musk’s SpaceX and to reach Mars.

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Eric Schmidt, 69, has not served as a chief executive since he gave up the job at Google in 2011.
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Mahmoud Khalil Is Moved to Immigration Detention in Louisiana

Mahmoud Khalil is a permanent resident of the United States. His arrest sets up a fight over free speech and immigrant rights.

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Mahmoud Khalil speaks at a pro-Palestinian student demonstration after a sit-in at Barnard College last week.
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L.A. Prosecutor Says He Opposes Releasing the Menendez Brothers

Erik and Lyle Menendez still have paths to freedom. But the new district attorney is trying to roll back an effort by his predecessor to ease their punishment for killing their parents.

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Erik Menendez, left, and Lyle Menendez during a pretrial hearing in 1992 in Los Angeles.
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Ukraine Must Cede Territory in Any Peace Deal, Rubio Says

The secretary of state, heading to talks with Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia, said future talks with Moscow will be needed to determine what Russia is willing to give up to end the war.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to reporters about Ukraine as he traveled to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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‘Anchors, Under Your Desks!’: Tornado Hits Orlando TV Station

Crews at the Fox 35 station were on the air sharing updates about tornado warnings for Seminole and Volusia counties when one struck their news studio on Monday morning.

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Firefighters amid debris in Seminole County after a storm on Monday morning.
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U.S. Energy Secretary Pledges to Reverse Focus on Climate Change

To applause from oil and gas executives, Chris Wright said natural gas was preferable to renewable energy and climate change was a “side effect of building the modern world.”

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Chris Wright, the secretary of energy, gave a speech in Houston on Monday.
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Trump, With More Honey Than Vinegar, Cements an Iron Grip on Republicans

In his second term, President Trump is cultivating warm relationships with G.O.P. lawmakers — and using the implicit threat of ruining them if they stray — to keep them in line behind his agenda.

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Representative Chip Roy, bottom right, who initially would not commit to supporting Speaker Mike Johnson’s re-election, ultimately voted for him after a phone call from President Trump.
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Oil Tanker and Container Ship Collide in the North Sea

A container ship hit a stationary U.S.-flagged oil tanker on Monday, forcing the crews to abandon ship and raising fears about a leak of jet fuel.

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Multiple explosions were reported and jet fuel leaked after a container ship, the Solong, right, collided with an oil tanker, the Stena Immaculate, on Monday.
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Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Law Banning Conversion Therapy

Colorado, like more than 20 other states, bars licensed therapists from trying to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of minors in their care.

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The Supreme Court has turned down earlier cases challenging state laws regulating conversion therapy, over the dissents of some conservative justices.
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Trump’s Call to Scrap ‘Horrible’ Chip Program Spreads Panic

The president’s attack on the key tenet of the Biden administration’s industrial policy has set off concerns that he may claw back its funding.

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An Intel construction site in Chandler, Ariz. Intel is among the companies that have pledged to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in U.S. chip-making facilities.
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Trump’s Attacks Give Zelensky a Popularity Boost in Ukraine

The Ukrainian leader’s approval rating is rising, and critics have backed off after he was humiliated and criticized by President Trump, who has also demanded new elections in Ukraine.

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President Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine during their contentious meeting at the White House last month.
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Skirmish in Syrian Capital Raises Fears of Expanding Violence

The overnight incident in Damascus appeared to have been contained, but it has heightened concerns that the violence sweeping the country’s coastal region could spread.

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Members of the Syrian government’s security forces in the capital, Damascus, on Thursday.
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Think You Understand Your Dog? Think Again.

People interpret a dog’s emotions based on its situation and have “a big blind spot” for the actual animal, a new study found.

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“When it comes to just perceiving dog emotions, we think we know what’s happening,” one of the authors said. “But we’re actually subconsciously relying on a lot of other factors.”
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Everyone Has a Plan for Gaza. None of Them Add Up.

Since President Trump suggested expelling the territory’s population, Middle East leaders have rushed to propose options for a postwar Gaza. Each is unacceptable to either Israel or Hamas, or both.

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Displaced Palestinians in the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip in February.
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Book Review: ‘Careless People,’ by Sarah Wynn-Williams

“Careless People,” a memoir by a former Facebook executive, portrays feckless company leaders cozying up to authoritarian regimes.

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Facebook’s C.E.O. Mark Zuckerberg rings the Nasdaq’s opening bell from Facebook’s headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on May 18, 2012, the day of the company’s initial public offering, while Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s C.O.O., looks on.
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Los Angeles Wildfires Leave Residents Worried About Contaminated Soil

Federal agencies are removing topsoil from burned areas but will not test it for contaminants. So scientists and residents are testing fire-affected properties themselves.

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Residents and scientists worry that toxic pollutants may linger in burned areas even after tons of ash, debris and tainted soil are cleared away.
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Cutting Medicaid?

How Republicans could change the program.

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On Capitol Hill.
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Aftershocks of Supreme Court’s Immunity Ruling Echo in New Trump Cases

The real legacy of the case, scholars say, is not its protection of former presidents from prosecution but its expansive understanding of presidential power.

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Some of the most important elements of the decision were overlooked last year, including granting the president exclusive responsibilities that cannot be overridden by Congress.
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Who Likes Tariffs? Some U.S. Industries Are Eager for Them.

Concern about the cost of materials has tempered business enthusiasm about taxing imports. But steel and aluminum makers say they welcome the help.

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A steel supplier in Toronto last month. Leaders of American steel and aluminum companies have said that foreign rivals undercut them because they benefit from subsidies and other government support.
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Trump’s Tactics Lead Americans to Question Role on World Stage

Among supporters and detractors alike, his transactional approach to foreign policy has upended old notions about the United States as a global leader.

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President Trump’s approach to foreign policy has been drastically different from that of his Republican predecessors.
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Inside Trump’s War on the I.R.S.: Dropped Audits and a Skeleton Staff

President Trump is planning to gut the work force while trying to turn the I.R.S. into a more political agency.

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The Trump administration is preparing budget cuts and further layoffs that could ultimately force the Internal Revenue Service to shed as much as 50 percent of its work force.
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