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Mass Government Layoffs Begin, and New Abortion Fight Takes Shape Ukrainians Fear Peace May Strand Them Forever From Lost Homes What Happens to Global Trade If ‘the W.T.O. Is Toast’? With Fighting Stilled, Gazans Face New Trauma: Searching for Their Dead Trump Pushes Tariff Threats on Global Scale

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Senate Confirms RFK Jr., a Prominent Vaccine Skeptic, as Health Secretary

Senate Confirms RFK Jr., a Prominent Vaccine Skeptic, as Health Secretary

Feb 13, 2025

The vote capped a remarkable rise for Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who was confirmed by a Republican Senate in a chamber where his father and uncles once served as Democrats.

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U.S. Deports Migrants From Asia to Panama

U.S. Deports Migrants From Asia to Panama

Feb 13, 2025

The move could herald a new front in the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations, one that allows for more rapid removal of migrants whose home countries are reluctant to accept them.

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Kash Patel Passes Senate Panel Vote Amid FBI Turmoil

Kash Patel Passes Senate Panel Vote Amid FBI Turmoil

Feb 13, 2025

The vote moved Mr. Patel, a Trump loyalist, one step closer to leading the nation’s premier law enforcement agency.

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‘The Boss of Everyone and Everything’: Trump Seeks to Influence Many Spheres

‘The Boss of Everyone and Everything’: Trump Seeks to Influence Many Spheres

Feb 13, 2025

No paper straws or local bike lanes. President Trump is increasingly trying to enforce his will on areas like the arts, sports, news, private companies and college campuses.

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Senator Tina Smith Won’t Run in 2026 as Democrats Face a Brutal Map

Senator Tina Smith Won’t Run in 2026 as Democrats Face a Brutal Map

Feb 13, 2025

Ms. Smith, a Democrat from Minnesota, will leave open another seat for her party to defend next year as it confronts an uphill battle to retake the Senate.

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State Dept. Suspends Plan to Buy Armored Vehicles From Elon Musk’s Tesla

State Dept. Suspends Plan to Buy Armored Vehicles From Elon Musk’s Tesla

Feb 13, 2025

Vehicles made by Elon Musk’s company were on a purchase list issued before Donald Trump was inaugurated, and before Mr. Musk became one of the president’s top advisers.

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Trump Tests Legal Limits in Pushing out Federal Employees

Trump Tests Legal Limits in Pushing out Federal Employees

Feb 13, 2025

President Trump and Elon Musk, who is leading the administration’s downsizing efforts, are pushing for quick and widespread layoffs. But the blitz has run into a complicated set of restrictions.

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Modi to Meet Trump With Eyes on Trade and Immigration

Modi to Meet Trump With Eyes on Trade and Immigration

Feb 13, 2025

Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, who has a warm relationship with President Trump, may try to ease friction over migrants and trade.

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Courts Start to Impede Momentum of Trump’s Effort to Dismantle Government

Courts Start to Impede Momentum of Trump’s Effort to Dismantle Government

Feb 13, 2025

A mounting wave of lawsuits and court orders is slowing a dizzying effort to tear apart basic structures of the administrative state.

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Liberal Vets Group Gives Spanberger Boost in Virginia Governor’s Race

Liberal Vets Group Gives Spanberger Boost in Virginia Governor’s Race

Feb 13, 2025

The $500,000 donation to the campaign of Abigail Spanberger, a former representative and C.I.A. officer, is the largest direct contribution in VoteVets’ 20-year history.

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