Trump Ordered U.S. Strikes Against Houthi Militant Sites in Yemen

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15 mars 2025 à 20:43

The air and naval strikes on targets controlled by Houthi fighters were intended to open up international shipping lanes in the Red Sea.

Smoke rises from a location reportedly struck by U.S. airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, on Saturday.

Rejected by Washington, Federal Workers Find Open Arms in State Governments

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Par :Talya Minsberg

15 mars 2025 à 20:06

Seeking to serve as a counterweight to the Trump administration, a flurry of mostly blue states has created initiatives — and ad campaigns — to lure federal employees to state government jobs.

An employment ad campaign in New York City last week.

Kash Patel Pushes Command Changes at F.B.I.

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Par :Adam Goldman

15 mars 2025 à 19:59

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.

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.

Junior Bridgeman, N.B.A. Player Turned Mogul, Dies at 71

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Par :Richard Sandomir

15 mars 2025 à 19:42

He became an entrepreneur during a solid career with the Milwaukee Bucks. He later bought hundreds of fast-food outlets, a Coca-Cola bottling business and Ebony and Jet magazines.

He Dreamed Up Bosch and the Lincoln Lawyer. It All Started With L.A.

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Par :Elisabeth Egan

15 mars 2025 à 13:19

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.

“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.”

Fear of Trump’s Tariffs Ripples Through France’s Champagne Region

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Par :Liz Alderman

15 mars 2025 à 18:17

Merchants worried that a trade war could wreak financial havoc in a region that has a robust business exporting the world’s finest bubbly to the United States.

Sunset over vineyards in the village of Châtillon-sur-Marne in the Champagne region.

Keeping With Kennedy’s Advice, Measles Patients Turn to Unproven Treatments

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Par :Teddy Rosenbluth

15 mars 2025 à 17:09

In West Texas, some with severe illness have not been taken to a doctor until their conditions worsened, officials said.

A health worker at a mobile measles testing site in the Seminole Hospital District in West Texas last month.

Israel Keeps Up Attacks in Gaza Despite Truce

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Par :Aaron Boxerman

15 mars 2025 à 16:51

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.

Mourners weep next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza on Saturday.

In the Ring, It Doesn’t Matter How Much Money Sean O’Bradaigh’s Parents Have

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Par :David Waldstein

15 mars 2025 à 16:14

Sean O’Bradaigh grew up in a world of Manhattan privilege, but private schools and ski vacations have nothing on the dream of being a professional boxer.

Sean O’Bradaigh makes his professional debut as a boxer at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, March 16.

Trump’s Clash With Maine Gov. Janet Mills Fuels Tensions Across State

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Par :Jenna Russell and Sydney Cromwell

15 mars 2025 à 10:00

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.

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.

How a Columbia Student Fled to Canada After ICE Came Looking for Her

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Par :Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Hamed Aleaziz

15 mars 2025 à 16:01

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

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.

Trump’s Justice Dept. Speech Shows a Renewed Quest for Vengeance

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Par :Alan Feuer

15 mars 2025 à 15:41

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.

President Trump arriving for his speech at the Justice Department with Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday.

Syrian Druse Pilgrims Pay Rare Visit to Israel

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Par :Aaron Boxerman

15 mars 2025 à 13:01

As part of an effort to deepen its influence in southern Syria, Israel has been seeking stronger ties with the Druse religious minority that holds sway there.

How New York’s Mayor, Eric Adams, Wooed Donald Trump

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Par :Maggie Haberman · Ben Protess · Jonah E. Bromwich · William K. Rashbaum and Dana Rubinstein

15 mars 2025 à 10:01

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.

In the weeks before the presidential inauguration, Mayor Eric Adams of New York cozied up to President Trump, his political allies and his family.

Home Sellers and Buyers Accuse Realtors of Blocking Lower Fees

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Par :Debra Kamin

15 mars 2025 à 12:30

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.

Mike Chambers wanted to prove he could sell his house without an agent. He made an Instagram account, @realtorshateme, to chronicle the process.

Russia Presses Offensive in Kursk Amid Cease-Fire Talks With U.S.

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Par :Paul Sonne and Maria Varenikova

15 mars 2025 à 12:26

Moscow said it had retaken two villages outside the town of Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk region. Ukrainian officials did not immediately comment on the claim.

Ukrainian soldiers repairing a vehicle near the border with Russia’s Kursk region in January.

The C.F.P.B. Remains Alive as the Trump Administration Tries to Shut it Down

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Par :Stacy Cowley

15 mars 2025 à 12:19

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

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.

The Authoritarian Endgame on Higher Education

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Par :The Editorial Board

15 mars 2025 à 17:04

This is a moment to trumpet the strengths of higher education and address its weaknesses.

Social Distance

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Par :Melissa Kirsch

15 mars 2025 à 11:15

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.

Walz, Newsom and Buttigieg Are Among Democrats Stirring 2028 Presidential Chatter

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Par :Lisa Lerer and Shane Goldmacher

15 mars 2025 à 15:44

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.

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.

As Trump Stirs Doubt, Europeans Debate Their Own Nuclear Deterrent

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Par :Steven Erlanger

15 mars 2025 à 10:02

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.

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.

The Frick Glows With a Poetic, $220 Million Renovation

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Par :Michael Kimmelman and Lila Barth

15 mars 2025 à 10:02

The museum, based in Henry Clay Frick’s 1914 Fifth Avenue mansion, reopens with a deft expansion worthy of a New York treasure.

The new limestone-clad addition, left, overlooking the garden, steps back for a row of hornbeams.

Bread Lines and Salty Drinking Water: Israeli Aid Block Sets Gaza Back Again

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Par :Vivian Yee · Bilal Shbair and Saher Alghorra

15 mars 2025 à 10:02

Shipments surged into Gaza after Israel and Hamas reached a cease-fire, even if they weren’t enough. Then Israel blocked the border again to pressure Hamas in truce talks.

With $921 Seats, Denzel Washington’s ‘Othello’ Breaks a Box Office Record

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Par :Michael Paulson

15 mars 2025 à 10:01

Demand to see Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal play Shakespeare has set a record in a year when big stars have been driving up the prices of Broadway plays.

Crowds line up to see Denzel Washington play the title role in “Othello.”

Solidarity Among Progressives Could Give New Life to Their Cause

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Par :Parul Sehgal

15 mars 2025 à 15:09

During the first Trump era, the resistance engaged in soaring rhetoric about unity — then fell apart. Will this time be different?

Haiti’s Biggest Hospital, Dependent on U.S.A.I.D., Is Set on Fire by Gangs

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Par :David C. Adams and Frances Robles

15 mars 2025 à 19:08

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.

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.

Slowly, Ukrainian Women Are Beginning to Talk About Sexual Assault in the War

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Par :Carlotta Gall and Oleksandr Chubko

15 mars 2025 à 10:00

Thousands of women may have been raped by Russian soldiers, experts say, but have kept quiet for fear of the stigma. But that is changing.

Liudmyla in Ukraine’s Kherson region last year.

Five Years On, Ghosts of a Pandemic We Didn’t Imagine Still Haunt Us

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Par :Dan Barry

15 mars 2025 à 08:00

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.

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.

The Senate votes to avert a shutdown after Schumer relents.

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Par :Catie Edmondson and Carl Hulse

15 mars 2025 à 07:07

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

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.

Science Amid Chaos: What Worked During the Pandemic? What Failed?

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Par :Apoorva Mandavilli

14 mars 2025 à 20:44

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

Workers made disposable face shields ordered by New York State for use as personal protective equipment during the early days of the pandemic.

‘Song of the North’ Uses Puppets to Help a Persian Epic Spring to Life

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Par :Jennifer Schuessler and Gavin Doran

14 mars 2025 à 10:00

Hamid Rahmanian has made it his life’s work to share the richness of Iranian culture. “Song of the North,” at the New Victory Theater, is just the latest installment.

Public Health Survived the Pandemic. Now It Fights Politics.

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Par :Kate Zernike · Emily Cochrane and Isabelle Taft

13 mars 2025 à 18:45

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.

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.

Fierce Storms Kill at Least 14 Amid High Tornado Risk in the South

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Par :Judson Jones

15 mars 2025 à 20:11

The most dangerous threat would most likely be in parts of Louisiana and Mississippi, where intense long-duration tornadoes are expected on Saturday, forecasters said.

A severe storm passing through Webster County, Mo., late on Friday night.

Trump Tries to Use White South Africans as Cautionary Tale

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Par :John Eligon

15 mars 2025 à 10:31

The president and his allies accuse South Africa of discriminating against and killing white people, and warn that it could happen in America if attempts to promote diversity aren’t stopped.

White South Africans rallying in support of President Trump outside the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, last month.

Trump Administration Expels South Africa’s Ambassador to the U.S.

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Par :Edward Wong and John Eligon

15 mars 2025 à 07:16

Secretary of State Marco Rubio had lashed out on social media over comments critical of President Trump that the ambassador had made to a think tank in Johannesburg.

South Africa’s ambassador to the United States, Ebrahim Rasool, in Washington in 2013.

Trump Orders Gutting of 7 Agencies, Including Voice of America’s Parent

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Par :Tyler Pager

15 mars 2025 à 06:24

The order targeting the agencies, largely obscure entities that address issues like labor mediation and homelessness prevention, appeared to test the bounds of the president’s power.

The Voice of America building in Washington. President Trump is seeking to dismantle the federal agency that oversees the outlet.

‘On the Tightrope’: Britain Tries to Bridge a Widening Trans-Atlantic Gap

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Par :Mark Landler and Stephen Castle

15 mars 2025 à 15:01

Five years after Brexit, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s intense diplomacy on Ukraine has put Britain back in a familiar role on the global stage.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer with Volodymyr Zelensky and Emmanuel Macron, the presidents of Ukraine and France. Mr. Starmer’s diplomacy revives a role that Britain routinely played before Brexit.

Draft List for New Travel Ban Proposes Trump Target 43 Countries

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Par :Charlie Savage · Ken Bensinger and Allison McCann

15 mars 2025 à 04:21

A draft circulating inside the administration lists three tiers of countries whose citizens may face restrictions on entering the United States.

The most stringent restriction level would flatly bar citizens from 11 countries from entering the United States.

In Mexico, a Grisly Discovery of Piles of Shoes, Ovens and Human Remains

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Par :Paulina Villegas

15 mars 2025 à 03:04

The authorities are investigating the discovery of cremation ovens, human remains, piles of shoes and other personal effects at an abandoned ranch outside Guadalajara.

An abandoned ranch outside of Guadalajara in western Mexico, where cremation ovens and human remains were found by a local volunteer group last week.

The Democratic Divide: Would a Shutdown Have Helped or Hurt Trump?

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Par :Michael Gold

15 mars 2025 à 02:46

The party’s split over supporting a spending extension to avert a lapse in government funding boiled down to a practical question of how much power the president has in a shutdown.

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