Trump Is Reshaping the Nuclear Landscape

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12 mars 2025 à 06:00

In recent days, the perceived value among allies of acquiring nuclear weapons is up, and confidence in the U.S. nuclear umbrella is down.

Trump’s Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Take Effect

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Par :Ana Swanson and Jeanna Smialek

12 mars 2025 à 05:08

President Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on metal imports. The move is expected to raise costs for U.S. manufacturers of cars, solar panels and other products, potentially slowing the economy.

An aluminum smelter in Bécancour, Quebec.

E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices

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Par :Lisa Friedman

12 mars 2025 à 04:35

An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.

The decision comes after the E.P.A.’s administrator, Lee Zeldin (center), canceled hundreds of grants this week, many of them designated for environmental justice.

SpaceX Launches NASA’s SPHEREx and PUNCH Missions

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Par :Katrina Miller

12 mars 2025 à 04:21

The SPHEREx telescope will create the most colorful map of the cosmos, while the four satellites of the PUNCH mission track the evolution of the solar wind in three dimensions.

NASA’s SPHEREx spacecraft after completing environmental testing in November 2024 in a facility in Boulder, Colo.

Trump Pulls Back Plans to Double Canadian Metal Tariffs After Ontario Relents

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Par :Ana Swanson · Ian Austen and Vjosa Isai

12 mars 2025 à 01:08

The president had threatened to hit Canadian metals with 50 percent tariffs but opted not to go ahead after Ontario lifted a charge on U.S. electricity.

President Trump said Canadian steel and aluminum would face a 50 percent tariff when coming into the United States.

New Yorkers Protest as White House Defends Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia

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Par :Alyce McFadden

12 mars 2025 à 02:23

Hundreds of demonstrators marched downtown while a spokeswoman for President Trump said the president had the authority to detain Mahmoud Khalil.

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march on Tuesday through Lower Manhattan calling for the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student arrested by federal immigration authorities.

Elon Musk Seeks to Put $100 Million Into Trump Political Operation

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Par :Theodore Schleifer and Maggie Haberman

12 mars 2025 à 00:58

Elon Musk has signaled he wants to make some donations not just to his own super PAC, which is called America PAC and has spent heavily on President Trump in the past, but to an outside entity.

Elon Musk and President Trump touring different models of Tesla cars on the driveway of the White House’s South Lawn on Tuesday.

A Tour by Train of 5 Dazzling European Cities

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Par :Laura Rysman

10 mars 2025 à 10:00

Milan, Zurich, Berlin, Copenhagen and Stockholm: Our writer devised her own urban grand tour to some of the continent’s most dazzling cities.

Education Department Fires 1,300 Workers, Gutting Its Staff

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Par :Michael C. Bender and Dana Goldstein

12 mars 2025 à 01:24

The layoffs mean that the department will now have a work force of about half the size it did when President Trump took office.

Demonstrators protested cuts to the Education Department in Washington on Tuesday.

Republican Refers to Sarah McBride, Transgender Congress Member, as a Man

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Par :Annie Karni

12 mars 2025 à 00:13

Representative Keith Self of Texas insisted on calling Representative Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress, “Mr. McBride,” and adjourned the session when challenged about it.

A Great Unraveling Is Underway

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Par :Thomas L. Friedman

12 mars 2025 à 00:48

Trump’s foreign policy philosophy is not “containment” or “engagement,” but “smash and grab.”

Trump Poses With a Tesla, a Move Aimed Solely at Helping Musk

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Par :Tyler Pager

11 mars 2025 à 23:48

President Trump has spent years bashing electric vehicles. But with Elon Musk by his side, he said he would buy a bright red one.

President Trump with Elon Musk, looking at a new Tesla vehicle on the South Grounds of the White House, on Tuesday.

Russia Begins Assault on Ukrainian-Occupied Town of Sudzha in Kursk Region

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Par :Anatoly Kurmanaev

11 mars 2025 à 23:46

Moscow’s military advances on the town of Sudzha may deprive Kyiv of a bargaining chip in peace talks.

A Ukrainian solder standing near a damaged building in the town center of Sudzha, in Russia’s Kursk region, in August.

2,000 Striking N.Y. Prison Officers Fired and Barred From Public Jobs

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Par :Ed Shanahan

11 mars 2025 à 23:28

Gov. Kathy Hochul made good on a threat to punish those who failed to meet a Monday deadline for returning to their posts after a three-week work stoppage.

Correction officers at New York’s prisons who engaged in wildcat strikes complained about staff shortages and poor working conditions.

Stanley R. Jaffe, 84, Oscar-Winning Producer and Hollywood Power, Dies

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Par :Clay Risen

11 mars 2025 à 23:15

His “Kramer vs. Kramer” won for best picture in 1980, one of many high points in a career that saw him in top jobs, twice, at Paramount.

Stanley Jaffe in 1983 during his second stint as the head of Paramount, this time based in New York rather than in Hollywood. He was known as a hands-on producer of films that often focused on family dynamics.

Power, Money, Territory: How Trump Shook the World in 50 Days

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Par :David E. Sanger

11 mars 2025 à 23:11

The system America took 80 years to assemble proved surprisingly fragile in the face of Trump’s assault, a revolution in how the country exercises power across the globe.

Portugal’s Government Falls in No-Confidence Vote After Just a Year

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Par :Tiago Carrasco · Emma Bubola and Eve Sampson

11 mars 2025 à 23:02

The vote in Parliament will force new elections, the third in little more than three years.

Portugal’s Parliament voted to bring down Prime Minister Luis Montenegro’s year-old government, in Lisbon on Tuesday.

The U.S. Agreed to Resume Military Aid to Ukraine

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Par :Matthew Cullen

11 mars 2025 à 23:01

Also, Trump walked back a plan to double metal tariffs on Canada. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.

U.S. and Ukrainian delegations in Jeddah today.

Saturn Gains 128 New Moons, Bringing Its Total to 274

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Par :Jonathan O’Callaghan

11 mars 2025 à 22:29

The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s history.

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, measures 3,200 miles, or 5,150 kilometers, across and is larger than the planet Mercury.

Stocks Fall Further on Trump’s Latest Tariff Talk

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Par :Joe Rennison · River Akira Davis · Daisuke Wakabayashi and Danielle Kaye

11 mars 2025 à 22:15

The S&P 500 is nearly 10 percent below its mid-February record — approaching a symbolic milestone known on Wall Street as a correction.

Democracy Dies in Dumbness

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Par :Bret Stephens

11 mars 2025 à 22:15

Until Donald Trump, no president has been so ignorant of the lessons of history, so incompetent in implementing his own ideas.

Trump Tariffs and Trade Wars Leave Investors, Once Optimistic, Feeling Apprehensive

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Par :Ben Casselman and Colby Smith

11 mars 2025 à 21:50

On Tuesday, President Trump sent markets into another tailspin by announcing additional tariffs on Canada, suggesting a falling stock market is no longer the bulwark investors had hoped.

President Trump has so far been undeterred either by signs of cracks in the economy or by plunging stock prices.

Inside Google’s Investment in Anthropic

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Par :Cade Metz · Nico Grant and David McCabe

11 mars 2025 à 21:43

The internet giant owns 14% of the high-profile artificial intelligence company, according to legal filings obtained by The New York Times.

Google’s stake in Anthropic is capped at 15 percent, and it holds no voting rights, board seats or board observer rights in the start-up.

Investigators Recommend Permanent Restrictions for Helicopters Flying Near Reagan Airport

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Par :Mark Walker and Niraj Chokshi

11 mars 2025 à 21:15

Citing “intolerable risk for aviation safety,” the National Transportation Safety Board says helicopters should be banned from flying a certain route near Washington if two specific runways are in use.

Salvage crews in the Potomac River after the crash in January.

Israel and Lebanon Agree to Talks on Border, Long a Source of Tension

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Par :Adam Rasgon

11 mars 2025 à 21:06

Officials say negotiations would also include the future of Israeli military outposts in Lebanon and of Lebanese prisoners still held in Israel.

A U.N. vehicle in southern Lebanon near the border with Israel last month.

Hearing for Columbia Student Mahmoud Khalil to Address Basic Constitutional Questions

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Par :Jonah E. Bromwich

11 mars 2025 à 21:03

The government is trying to deport Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent resident and defender of the Palestinian cause, accusing him of siding with terrorists.

Lawyers for Mahmoud Khalil have asked a judge to return their client to New York and reunite him with his wife, an American citizen who is expected to give birth next month.

Duterte’s Arrest Shows Power and Limits of the International Criminal Court

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Par :Amanda Taub

11 mars 2025 à 20:59

The arrest represents a significant victory for the I.C.C., but only a narrow set of circumstances made it possible.

Filipino activists hold candles during a protest vigil supporting former President Rodrigo Duterte’s arrest by the International Criminal Court, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, on Tuesday.

Delta, Southwest, American Airlines Cut Forecasts, an Early Alarm About Consumer Spending

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Par :Niraj Chokshi

11 mars 2025 à 19:58

The revised revenue projections suggest that flagging economic confidence has started to hurt travel, which can be an indicator for other industries.

The news was not all bad, with most airlines optimistic about the rest of 2025, including the important summer travel season, when airlines collect much of their annual profits.

Europe Weighs Peacekeeping Role in Ukraine Amid Trump’s Embrace of Russia

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Par :Roger Cohen

11 mars 2025 à 19:53

The deeper discussion of a European force comes amid rising anger and dismay over President Trump’s embrace of Russia and abandonment of traditional allies.

President Emmanuel Macron of France assembled the chiefs of staff of more than 30 armed forces for a meeting on the conflict in Ukraine, in Paris, on Tuesday.

RFK Jr. Rattles Food Companies With Vow to Rid Food of Artificial Dyes

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Par :Julie Creswell and Christina Jewett

11 mars 2025 à 19:51

Mr. Kennedy told executives of major food companies that he wants synthetic colors removed from their products. “Decision time is imminent,” a trade group warned its members.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health and human services secretary, in his first meeting with top executives from PepsiCo, W.K. Kellogg, General Mills and other large food and beverage companies on Monday.

RFK Jr. Will Convene a New Health Commission in Private

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Par :Sheryl Gay Stolberg

11 mars 2025 à 19:12

President Trump ordered the creation of the Make America Healthy Again Commission last month, taking the name from the movement led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at the Capitol last week.

Trump Intensifies ‘51st State’ Threats in Attack on Canada

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Par :Matina Stevis-Gridneff

11 mars 2025 à 19:10

The U.S. president on Tuesday reiterated his claims on Canada’s territory as he increased tariffs, threatening to bring the country’s economy to its knees.

President Trump has complained that the existing free trade agreement with Canada does not sufficiently protect U.S. economic interests.

Tuberculosis Resurgent as Trump Funding Cut Disrupts Treatment Globally

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Par :Stephanie Nolen and Brian Otieno

11 mars 2025 à 18:41

The United States was the major funder of tuberculosis programs. Now hundreds of thousands of sick patients can’t find tests or drugs, and risk spreading the disease.

What Elon Musk’s Suit Says About Trump and Power

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Par :Shawn McCreesh

11 mars 2025 à 18:24

When Elon Musk puts on a nice suit, it has a way of looking like a demotion.

Elon Musk, wearing a T-shirt and a ball cap, at the White House last month.

Elon Musk Suggests DOGE Team Will Scrutinize Social Security and Entitlement Spending

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Par :Zach Montague

11 mars 2025 à 17:40

In an interview with Larry Kudlow, Elon Musk claimed that fraud in Social Security and other major programs was “the big one to eliminate.”

Elon Musk gave an interview to Fox News on Monday.

House GOP Passes Spending Bill to Avert Government Shutdown

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Par :Catie Edmondson

11 mars 2025 à 23:58

Approval of the bill sent it to the Senate, where Republicans need the cooperation of several Democrats to move it past a filibuster and to passage before a midnight deadline on Friday.