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  • The latest released files show that Jeffrey Epstein had hoped to facilitate a meeting with the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin.

    Epstein Files Reveal Efforts to Build Ties With Officials in Russia

    By Steven Lee Myers and Nataliya Vasilyeva

    New documents detail Jeffrey Epstein’s efforts to foster strategic, sometimes reciprocal relationships with Russian officials.

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  • Democrats said they could not support continued funding for the Department of Homeland Security without new guardrails.

    Homeland Security Shutdown Nears Amid Stalemate on Immigration Agent Curbs

    By Carl Hulse

    Republicans have so far spurned most of Democrats’ demands to rein in federal agents carrying out President Trump’s immigration crackdown, threatening a homeland security funding bill ahead of a Friday deadline.

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  • Members of the F.B.I. seized 2020 ballots and other materials from an election center in Fulton County, Ga., late last month.

    Georgia Ballot Inquiry Originated With Election Denier in Trump White House

    By Devlin Barrett and Nick Corasaniti

    A newly unsealed affidavit showed that a criminal investigation into the 2020 election in Fulton County, Ga., relied heavily on claims about ballots that have been widely debunked.

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  • For the president, a dour jobs report could prove politically noxious.

    Ahead of Jobs Report, White House Seeks to Downplay Any Slowdown

    By Tony Romm

    President Trump’s top aides have argued in recent days that the economy is strong, even if new data on Wednesday show sluggish hiring.

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  • J.B. McCuskey, the West Virginia attorney general, in Washington last month. He led the effort against the climate chapter in the judges’ handbook.

    Climate Change Is Erased From a Manual for Federal Judges

    By Karen Zraick

    After Republican criticism, a group that offers professional resources to judges withdrew a climate science chapter from its Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence.

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  • Senator Susan Collins of Maine was widely expected to seek a sixth term.

    Susan Collins Runs for Re-election, in One of 2026’s Top Senate Fights

    By Reid J. Epstein

    The Maine Republican is one of her party’s most vulnerable senators, and her seat is crucial to Democratic hopes of retaking control of the chamber.

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    The Epstein Files Are Coming for Britain’s Prime Minister

    By Moya Lothian-McLean

    Even longtime admirers see the writing on the wall for Keir Starmer.

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    A.I. Is Giving You a Personalized Internet, but You Have No Say in It

    By Brian X. Chen

    The relentless addition of artificial intelligence in popular apps raises questions about what’s at stake. The answer: the future of the internet and its lifeblood, digital advertising.

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  • Neal Mohan, left, the chief executive of YouTube, in 2024. The company’s lawyers argued in court on Tuesday that YouTube was an entertainment platform, not a social media platform.

    YouTube Argues It Isn’t Social Media in Landmark Tech Addiction Trial

    By Eli Tan and Cecilia Kang

    The app said in opening statements that it was more of an entertainment platform. The lawsuit claims social media companies design products that cause personal injury.

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  • Peter Mandelson, then Britain’s ambassador to the U.S., in Washington last year.

    The Ties That Bound a Fixture of British Politics to Jeffrey Epstein

    By Michael D. Shear and Jane Bradley

    For years Peter Mandelson, a senior British politician, concealed the depth of his friendship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, until new files were released.

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  • “These bills provide literally hundreds upon hundreds of specific funding levels and directives that this administration must now, by law, follow,” Senator Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the Appropriations Committee, said.

    Congress Quietly Used Funding Law to Try to Rein In Trump on Spending

    By Catie Edmondson

    Dozens of measures sprinkled throughout the recently enacted spending package seek to tie the Trump administration’s hands on funding, an act of quiet bipartisan resistance to efforts to trample congressional power.

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  • Armed Hamas militants searching for the body of an Israeli hostage near Gaza City in November.

    Hamas Would Keep Some Arms Initially in Draft Gaza Plan, Officials Say

    By Adam Rasgon, Natan Odenheimer and Abu Bakr Bashir

    Israel is unlikely to withdraw its troops from the enclave before Hamas and other militant groups lay down their arms.

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  • Most research examining the effects of alcohol in a controlled laboratory setting has ignored the social context in which most drinking occurs.

    Drinking Is a ‘Social Lubricant.’ That’s Not Always a Good Thing.

    By Roni Caryn Rabin

    Explaining why officials dropped limits, Dr. Mehmet Oz said alcohol “brings people together.” But social drinking also can lead to health problems, studies show.

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    The Sublime and Subversive Desire Paths of a Snowy New York

    By Anna Kodé and Amir Hamja

    With the snow sticking around, New Yorkers have had to navigate new, temporary terrain.

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  • Jeffrey Epstein continued to have access to college administrators even after his felony convictions and prison sentence for solicitation of prostitution by a minor.

    Epstein Used Cash to Wield His Influence at Columbia and N.Y.U.

    By Sharon Otterman

    Federal records show that Jeffrey Epstein used donations and connections as he sought to gain college admission for young women in his orbit.

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  • John McGowan tried desperately to help his son Henry get the psychiatric help he needed.

    A Desperate Father, a Troubled Son and Death in a 5-Star Hotel

    By Katherine Rosman

    Henry McGowan headed for Europe, showing signs of mental distress. His father, John McGowan, raced after him. This week, the son will stand trial in Ireland, accused of his father’s murder.

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  • Analilia Mejia had the support of Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

    Mejia Declares Victory in New Jersey Race After Her Main Rival Concedes

    By Tracey Tully

    Tom Malinowski, who was battered by negative advertising, congratulated Analilia Mejia, a progressive political organizer running for Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s vacant seat in Congress, on a “hard-won victory.”

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    Republican Cash Edge Threatens to Swamp Democrats in the Midterms

    By Shane Goldmacher and Theodore Schleifer

    “Donald Trump has 99 problems going into the midterms,” one Democratic strategist said. “But money ain’t one.”

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