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Aujourd’hui — 10 janvier 2025NYT

With Hearings Imminent, Partisan Fight Escalates Over Trump Cabinet

10 janvier 2025 à 11:03
Democrats are demanding that Republicans slow consideration of picks for the new administration until they can review background checks, as the G.O.P. faces major pressure to quickly confirm them.

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President-elect Donald J. Trump has made a special appeal for Pete Hegseth, left, his choice for defense secretary, who is scheduled to appear before the Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.

Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Law That Could Shut Down TikTok

10 janvier 2025 à 11:03
The justices are expected to rule quickly in the case, which pits national security concerns about China against the First Amendment’s protection of free speech.

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The Supreme Court’s decision will be among the most consequential of the digital age, as TikTok has become a cultural phenomenon that provides entertainment and information touching on nearly every facet of American life.

Venezuela’s Autocrat Detains U.S. Citizens As He Tightens Grip on Power

10 janvier 2025 à 11:01
President Nicolás Maduro will be sworn in for another six years on Friday, and he is hoping to use foreign prisoners to get his way on the global stage.

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President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, shown in July, has spent the last six months detaining foreigners, who experts say he plans to use as bargaining chips.

Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence?

10 janvier 2025 à 11:01
Economists have long helped to shape policy on issues like taxes and health care. But flawed forecasts and arcane language have cost them credibility.

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“Economists need to do a better job about understanding the problems people care about,” said Jason Furman, a former adviser to President Barack Obama.

China’s Central Bank Stops Buying Bonds as Deflation Fears Grip Economy

10 janvier 2025 à 10:58
The unexpected action is intended to tamp down a potential bubble in the bond market fueled by investors shunning riskier assets like stocks and real estate.

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The decision by the People’s Bank of China to stop buying bonds came less than a week after it said it would try to make ample money available for economic growth.

Supreme Court Rebuke of Trump on Sentencing Shows Its Divisions

10 janvier 2025 à 04:12
Two Republican appointees, Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Barrett, joined the court’s three liberals in ordering the president-elect to face sentencing on Friday.

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The Supreme Court rejected President-elect Donald J. Trump’s request to be spared from being sentenced for 34 felonies in New York.

What Dr. Ruth Left Behind

9 janvier 2025 à 16:44
Archivists from the Kinsey Institute are helping the family of the sex therapist Ruth Westheimer with a common quandary: How much of someone’s stuff do you keep?

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Books and memorabilia in the apartment of the sex therapist Ruth Westheimer, including one of her oversize dollhouses. “Her dollhouses are cluttered, just like her real house,” her son said.

A Big Idea to Solve America’s Immigration Mess

10 janvier 2025 à 11:00
Fixing America’s broken immigration system starts with acknowledging that the United States needs more people.

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R. Nicholas Burns, U.S. Ambassador, Says China Is Aligned With ‘Agents of Disorder’

10 janvier 2025 à 06:13
R. Nicholas Burns, the top U.S. diplomat in Beijing, says the Biden administration is making a final push to urge China to reconsider its tilt toward Russia, Iran and North Korea.

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U.S. ambassador to China R. Nicholas Burns, at left, with Antony Blinken, the secretary of state, and President Biden during a meeting in November with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, and other top officials.

U.S. Court Halts Guilty Plea Hearing for Accused 9/11 Mastermind

10 janvier 2025 à 02:50
A three-judge appeals panel will decide whether the plea deal Khalid Shaikh Mohammed reached to avoid a death-penalty trial remains valid.

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The Camp Justice sign at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Relatives of Sept. 11 victims had been taken to the naval base to observe the plea hearing that had been set for Friday.

Alec Baldwin Sues New Mexico Prosecutors Over Dismissed ‘Rust’ Case

10 janvier 2025 à 02:13
Lawyers for the actor accused law enforcement officials of waging a “malicious prosecution” against him after the 2021 shooting death of a cinematographer on a film set.

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Alec Baldwin’s lawyers accused the prosecutors of a series of violations, including claims that they had failed to disclose evidence to the defense on several occasions.

Why General Manager Is the Hottest Job Title in College Sports

10 janvier 2025 à 00:22
With players being paid and routinely changing schools, universities increasingly need someone besides a coach to put together a team.

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Bill Belichick is entering a college sports world that has more in common with the business practices of the N.F.L. than it used to.

Fetterman Accepts Trump’s Invitation to Meet

9 janvier 2025 à 23:45
The Pennsylvania Democrat is the first senator in his party to announce a meeting with President-elect Donald J. Trump, a sign of the political times as the Republican trifecta is about to begin.

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“I will meet with and have a conversation with anyone if it helps me deliver for Pennsylvania and the nation,” Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, said in a statement.
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Venâncio Mondlane Returns to Mozambique, Declaring Himself President

9 janvier 2025 à 22:34
After a self-imposed exile, Venâncio Mondlane was welcomed home by delirious crowds supporting his claim that the country’s last election was stolen from him by corrupt elites.

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Venâncio Mondlane, the opposition leader in Mozambique, spoke to the press upon his arrival at the Maputo International Airport on Thursday.

At Jimmy Carter’s Funeral, a Rare Image of Presidential Unity

9 janvier 2025 à 21:30
President-elect Donald J. Trump becomes part of the club. Melania Trump joins the first ladies.

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President Biden, President-elect Donald J. Trump, and former Presidents Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush honored the life of former President Jimmy Carter at the state funeral in Washington.
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