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As Trump’s Tariffs Nudge Canada Toward Free Interprovincial Trade, Gerard Comeau Gets His Revenge

Gerard Comeau fought back after being fined for bringing too much beer into his province. He lost the battle, but may yet win the war.

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“If you’re going to be a country, you’ve got to be open to trade between the provinces,” Gerard Comeau said. The police fined him for bringing too much beer from Quebec to New Brunswick.
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Why South Korea’s New Leader Name Checked North Korea but Not China

Lee Jae-myung’s inauguration speech was a sign of the diplomatic maneuvering he will need to pull off to navigate relations with China and the United States.

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President Lee Jae-myung giving his inauguration speech at the National Assembly in Seoul on Wednesday, hours after he clinched a comfortable election victory.
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Sean Combs, Defendant: Gestures to His Family, Sticky Notes to His Lawyers

With no cameras in the courtroom, few have glimpsed the music mogul as he helps direct his defense, facing charges that could put him in prison for the rest of his life.

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Sean Combs in 2020. In court at his federal trial, he has dressed in a muted wardrobe of five sweaters and five button-down shirts.
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Drone Attacks Are the New Front in War. Can NATO Keep Up?

Assaults in Russia and Ukraine have shown major military powers that they are unprepared for evolving forms of warfare, and need to adapt.

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Soldiers with Ukraine’s 42nd Separate Mechanized Brigade who watch for, and try to shoot down, Russian drones, in the Kharkiv region last month.
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As Trump Wavers, Europe Is More Optimistic About Defending Ukraine

Europe has the money and the artillery shells, but key U.S. capabilities like operational intelligence and air defense would be difficult to replace.

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A Ukrainian soldier on the lookout for armed Russian Shahed drones at an air defense position in the Kharkiv region last month.
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E.P.A. Workers Are Unsettled as ICE Makes Arrests in Their Building

As immigration officials ramp up a crackdown in downtown Manhattan, employees at a neighboring federal agency have been ordered not to get in the way.

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Federal immigration officers in Lower Manhattan and across the nation have begun arresting migrants immediately after court hearings if they have been ordered deported or if their cases have been dismissed.
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Amid Rising Heat, Hajj Becomes Test of Endurance for Pilgrims and Saudi Arabia

Millions will make the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. The kingdom faces scrutiny over safety after more than 1,300 people died last year.

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Muslim gathered for prayers around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Monday.
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Some House Republicans Have Regrets After Passing Trump’s Domestic Policy Bill

The sprawling legislation carrying President Trump’s domestic agenda squeaked through the House with one vote to spare, but some Republicans now say they didn’t realize what they voted for.

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Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene at a town hall meeting in April. She is one of several lawmakers who learned after voting for the president’s policy bill that it contained measures they oppose.
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Taylor Swift Never Rerecorded ‘Reputation.’ Thank God.

After buying back her master recordings, the superstar says she has no plans to finish remaking her sixth album — her most inventive, shocking and risky yet.

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“Reputation” broke all of Taylor Swift’s formulas. Our pop music critic is glad she isn’t going to try to replicate it.
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Trump’s 50% Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Imports Go Into Effect

The president has ratcheted up the rate on foreign metals to 50 percent, double the previous rate, saying the levies weren’t high enough to help the U.S. industry.

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Companies that import steel for their products will now pay higher costs as a result of President Trump’s latest increase of tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum.
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China Really Wants to Attract Talented Scientists. Trump Just Helped.

Even before the U.S. threatened to bar international students and besieged universities, China’s huge spending campaign on the sciences was bearing fruit.

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Portraits of world-class scientists displayed in the main academic building of Westlake University in Hangzhou.
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Trump Wants America to Make Things Again. Does It Have What It Takes?

President Trump wants to revive factories, using tariffs as a tool. Companies that want to re-shore manufacturing are grappling with how to do it.

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The Saitex factory in Dong Nai, Vietnam, makes 500,000 pairs of jeans a month, more than seven times what its U.S. factory turns out.
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Before the Attack in Boulder, the Gaza War Consumed the City Council

Activists have regularly disrupted council meetings to demand that the city call for a cease-fire in Gaza. The unusual tension suggests a changing Boulder.

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Twelve people were injured on Sunday after a man threw Molotov cocktails at demonstrators marching in support of the Israeli hostages in Gaza.
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U.S. May Strip Harvey Milk’s Name From Navy Vessel

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered a review of ship names honoring Mr. Milk, a gay rights pioneer, and other leaders. In Mr. Milk’s case, the move is intended as a rebuke of Pride Month.

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The U.S.N.S. Harvey Milk during its launching ceremony in San Diego in 2021.
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Trump Rescinds Biden Policy Requiring Hospitals to Provide Emergency Abortions

At issue is how to interpret a federal law barring hospitals from turning away poor or uninsured patients.

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The emergency department of the University of Wisconsin hospital in Madison. The Trump administration did not explicitly tell hospitals they were free to turn away women seeking abortions in medical emergencies.
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In N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race, Mamdani Responds to a Call for His Deportation

Vickie Paladino, a councilwoman from Queens, called Zohran Mamdani a “radical leftist” who hates America, and warned against “future Zohrans.”

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Zohran Mamdani said the comment calling for his deportation was a byproduct of what President Trump “and his sycophants have wrought.”
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Jim Marshall, Iron Man Defensive End for the Vikings, Dies at 87

Part of Minnesota’s famed unit the Purple People Eaters, he started a record 270 consecutive games. Also famously, he once scooped up a fumble and ran to the wrong end zone.

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Jim Marshall, No. 70, was carried off the field on Dec. 9, 1979, after the Vikings defeated the Buffalo Bills, 10-3. It was Marshall’s last home game in Minnesota.
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U.S.-China Trade War Morphs From Tariffs Into Fight Over Supply Chain

Instead of battling over tariffs, Washington and Beijing have turned to a potentially far more harmful strategy: flexing their control over global supply chains.

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The jet engine technology that powers airplanes comes mostly from U.S. companies, but the engines can’t function without rare earth minerals that are manufactured largely in China.
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There Are Limits to Republican Lawmakers’ Reach, Even in Texas

Republican factions united to pass most but not all of their conservative priorities in this year’s legislative session, illustrating the limits of right-wing governance.

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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick at a news conference in May defending a ban on consumable T.H.C. products.
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What to Know About China’s Halt of Rare Earth Exports

Since early April, China has stopped almost all shipments of critical minerals that are needed for cars, robots, wind turbines, jet fighters and other technologies.

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A truck hauling material out of a mining valley for heavy rare earth metals in April on the outskirts of Longnan, China.
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A DNA Technique Is Finding Women Who Left Their Babies for Dead

Genetic genealogy is identifying the mothers of deceased newborns found abandoned, shedding light on crimes that went unsolved for years. Women now may face lengthy prison sentences for decades-old chapters of their pasts.

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Wayne Springer, a former investigator for Medina County, at the site in Hondo, Texas, where a deceased newborn was found.
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Trump Pressures Divided G.O.P. to Back Policy Bill

The president is pressing Republicans in the Senate to unite quickly behind sprawling legislation that carries his domestic agenda, but the measure’s opponents have a powerful new ally: Elon Musk.

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Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky is part of a group of Republican senators agitating for deeper spending cuts in a bill carrying President Trump’s domestic agenda, noting that it is projected to balloon federal deficits.
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