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What Is Tren de Aragua?

A gang with roots in a Venezuelan prison, the criminal group was at the center of President Trump’s order invoking the Alien Enemies Act of 1798.

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Firearms recovered from an operation against Tren de Aragua were on display during a news conference by the Queens district attorney in January.
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With 100 Pounds of Blue Pigment, an Artist Conjures Spirits of the Past

The ghost of George Washington Carver hangs over the studio of Amanda Williams, where hues are inspired by the Alabama soil Black farmers worked.

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Amanda Williams at her show at Casey Kaplan gallery, “Run Together and Look Ugly After the First Rain.” The wall is painted with a blue pigment that chemists made for her, inspired by George Washington Carver’s patented Prussian Blue.
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Trump Seeks More Sway in Picking Kennedy Center Honorees

The president, who recently had himself installed as the center’s chairman, has called a meeting of its board to approve changes that would give him more input in the process.

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President Trump is seeking a greater role in the selection of artists to be recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors.
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Photos Show Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse Around the World

The first total lunar eclipse in more than two years lit up the sky last night as humanity, forever fascinated with the Earth’s only natural satellite, watched.

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The total lunar eclipse between skyscrapers in Chicago.
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Protest Against Serbian Leader Draws Over 100,000 in Biggest Crowd Yet

The rally on Saturday in the capital, Belgrade, came as protests have spread to towns around the country and have drawn increasingly insistent calls that President Aleksandar Vucic step aside.

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Protesters in Belgrade burned flares as thousands of people from all over Serbia took part in the largest protest to date against the country’s president, Aleksandar Vucic, on Saturday.
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Kash Patel Pushes Command Changes at F.B.I.

The move means almost all top agents in the field will no longer answer to the deputy director, a significant departure from the way the F.B.I. has worked.

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The swift decision to alter the hierarchy of the F.B.I. comes just weeks after Kash Patel was confirmed as director and raises questions about the thoroughness of the plans.
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He Dreamed Up Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer. It All Started With L.A.

For almost four decades, Michael Connelly has set his characters loose in a city of big dreams and lucky breaks. Now they’re facing an altered landscape. So is he.

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“L.A. is a place that’s got it all but can’t keep it all,” Michael Connelly said. “It can never keep the brass ring.”
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Israel Keeps Up Attacks in Gaza Despite Truce

In the latest strikes, the Israeli military killed at least nine people, according to the Gaza health ministry. Israel says militants were threatening its forces.

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Mourners weep next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza on Saturday.
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Trump’s Clash With Maine Gov. Janet Mills Fuels Tensions Across State

​Funding cuts, a censured lawmaker, citizen protests: The state has had a bumpy month since Gov. Janet Mills tangled with President Trump over transgender athletes.

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Gov. Janet Mills’s clash with President Trump over transgender athletes deepened feelings about her on both sides, ratcheting up tensions that spilled into view at recent protests outside the State House in Augusta, Maine.
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How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for Her

Ranjani Srinivasan’s student visa was revoked by U.S. immigration authorities. That was just the start of her odyssey.

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Demonstrators rally outside Columbia University on Friday to demand the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and former Columbia student arrested by immigration authorities.
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Trump’s Justice Dept. Speech Shows a Renewed Quest for Vengeance

The sole offense of those President Trump singled out in remarks at the Justice Department appeared to have been trying to hold him accountable for his actions.

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President Trump arriving for his speech at the Justice Department with Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday.
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How New York’s Mayor, Eric Adams, Wooed Donald Trump

Mayor Eric Adams’s charm campaign involved phone calls to the Trumps and a meeting with Steve Bannon. Mr. Trump showed sympathy for the mayor, as his administration moved to drop charges against Mr. Adams.

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In the weeks before the presidential inauguration, Mayor Eric Adams of New York cozied up to President Trump, his political allies and his family.
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Home Sellers and Buyers Accuse Realtors of Blocking Lower Fees

A year after a landmark settlement called for a disruption in how real estate agents are paid, people say they still feel forced to pay them excessive commissions.

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Mike Chambers wanted to prove he could sell his house without an agent. He made an Instagram account, @realtorshateme, to chronicle the process.
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The C.F.P.B. Remains Alive as the Trump Administration Tries to Shut it Down

Court orders have paused, and at times reversed, the Trump administration’s efforts to shut down the consumer watchdog agency.

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Protesters outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau building last month. The bureau has become a test case for the boundaries of President Trump’s power to hobble government agencies.
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Social Distance

On the five-year anniversary of Covid, a look at the ways we vowed our lives and relationships would change afterward — and how they still might.
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Walz, Newsom and Buttigieg Are Among Democrats Stirring 2028 Presidential Chatter

Pete Buttigieg says he’s keeping his options open. Tim Walz went to Iowa. JB Pritzker’s off to New Hampshire. It’s too early to run for president, but some Democrats seem to be exploring the idea.

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Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota at a town-hall event on Friday in Des Moines. He has said he would consider a 2028 presidential run.
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As Trump Stirs Doubt, Europeans Debate Their Own Nuclear Deterrent

Talk of replacing the American nuclear umbrella over Europe with the small British and French nuclear armories is in the air, however vague and fanciful.

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Submarines docked at His Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde in Faslane, Scotland, this month. The base hosts Britain’s nuclear submarines, which are armed with Trident missiles and serve as the country’s nuclear deterrent.
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Haiti’s Biggest Hospital, Dependent on U.S.A.I.D., Is Set on Fire by Gangs

A fire set by gangs at the country’s largest public hospital underscores long-simmering problems in Haiti, which is heavily dependent on international aid.

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A woman sleeping inside the State University Hospital of Haiti last year. The United States has invested tens of millions of dollars to build a new wing.
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Five Years On, Ghosts of a Pandemic We Didn’t Imagine Still Haunt Us

Time’s passage may have granted the illusion of distance, but we are living in a world that has yet to put the effects of Covid behind it.

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The old movie theater in Maplewood, N.J., closed in early 2020. Its marquee stands frozen in time, about the only visible trace of what we endured.
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The Senate votes to avert a shutdown after Schumer relents.

After days of Democratic agonizing, the Senate voted to keep federal funds flowing through Sept. 30 just hours before a midnight deadline.

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The vote on the Republican stopgap spending bill laid bare an intraparty feud among Democrats about how to mount the most effective resistance to President Trump.
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Science Amid Chaos: What Worked During the Pandemic? What Failed?

As the coronavirus spread, researchers worldwide scrambled to find ways to keep people safe. Some efforts were misguided. Others saved millions of lives.

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Workers made disposable face shields ordered by New York State for use as personal protective equipment during the early days of the pandemic.
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Public Health Survived the Pandemic. Now It Fights Politics.

Five years after the pandemic began, many local health officials say that the politicization of Covid has left them with fewer tools and fresh challenges.

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Since the Covid pandemic, trust in public health has dropped sharply and new laws in some states limit local officials’ authority to issue health mandates.
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