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Flexibility and Rising Costs Are Keeping Mothers at Work

12 février 2026 à 22:08
Labor force participation for women with small children continues to float above prepandemic levels, thanks to flexible work setups — and rising costs.

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Kelsey Whitlatch, 28, of Moundsville, W.Va., said she considered not working to focus on her children, ages 5 and 2. But with the rising costs of groceries and utilities, her family needs the second income.

Intelligence Dispute Centers on Kushner Reference in Intercepted Communication

12 février 2026 à 22:06
A whistle-blower has accused Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, of blocking distribution of a report that Jared Kushner’s name came up in an intercepted communication about Iran.

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Jared Kushner during a briefing at the Civil-Military Coordination Center in southern Israel in October, while on a trip with Vice President JD Vance.

Guard Troops Fully Withdraw From Chicago, Portland and Los Angeles

12 février 2026 à 22:00
President Trump initially deployed the troops in those cities to support law enforcement efforts to tamp down protests against immigration raids and protecting buildings.

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Members of the National Guard at their temporary barracks at the U.S. Army Reserve Training Center in Elwood, Ill., a suburb of Chicago, in October.

What is Israel Doing in Africa?

12 février 2026 à 20:00
The region has become a critical theater for global rivalries amid Israel’s recognition of breakaway Somaliland and Washington’s counterterrorism efforts.

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In Hargeisa, the capital of Somaliland, last year.

4 Months Trapped in a Hospital for an Obsolete Way of Treating Their Disease

12 février 2026 à 18:14
Health workers in developing countries know that isolating tuberculosis patients is an outdated and potentially harmful practice, but lack the resources to move away from it.

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Asta Djouma, a tuberculosis patient in isolation at the Djarengol Kodek Health Center in Maroua, northern Cameroon, who hasn’t seen her three children since she was admitted in October. “We’re just here,” she said.

California Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into L.A. Eaton Fire Response

12 février 2026 à 22:42
The state’s attorney general opened an investigation into whether emergency responders failed to adequately warn the residents of a Black middle-class neighborhood that was devastated in the blaze.

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Some residents used their own hoses to try to extinguish homes during the Eaton fire in Altadena last year.

Trump’s Actions Test the Fragile World of Air Travel

12 février 2026 à 22:16
Last-minute announcements and abrupt changes by the Trump administration have caused confusion in an already strained U.S. aviation system.

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A nearly deserted security checkpoint at El Paso International Airport on Wednesday after the Federal Aviation Administration announced a 10-day ban on flights over the city.

Brooklyn Diocese Agrees to Mediation to Settle Over 1,000 Abuse Claims

12 février 2026 à 20:33
The diocese, which also includes Queens, also said it would set aside hundreds of millions of dollars to settle accusations of child sexual abuse.

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The claims are part of “the church’s shameful history of sexual abuse of our young people,” Bishop Robert Brennan of Brooklyn wrote in a letter announcing the mediation on Thursday.

Trump Repeals Key Greenhouse Gas Finding, Erasing EPA’s Power to Fight Climate Change

12 février 2026 à 22:29
The Environmental Protection Agency repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being. It means the agency can no longer regulate them.

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Rigorous scientific findings since 2009 have showed that greenhouse gases and global warming are harming public health.

What to Know About the E.P.A.’s Big Attack on Climate Regulation

12 février 2026 à 19:45
The Trump administration has repealed the scientific determination that underpins the government’s legal authority to combat climate change.

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E.P.A. administrator Lee Zeldin has claimed that previous administrations used the endangerment finding to justify “trillions of dollars” in regulations on polluting industries and its reversal will help the economy.

Europe Worries Trump Poses Threat to Its Financial and Tech Sovereignty

12 février 2026 à 19:20
European leaders have been compelled to address the possibility of once-remote risks to the financial networks and technology that undergird their economies.

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The European Commission’s headquarters in Brussels. The Trump administration’s embrace of cryptocurrency has ratcheted up European concerns about control of the euro.

Crypto Super PAC Targets Al Green, a Texas Democrat Who Voiced Concerns

12 février 2026 à 18:23
A crypto-backed super PAC plans to spend $1.5 million against Mr. Green, a member of the House Financial Services Committee who has expressed concerns about cryptocurrency.

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Representative Al Green of Texas, whose Houston-area district was upended by redistricting, is running against Representative Christian Menefee, a fellow Democrat who won a special election late last month.

N.Y.C. Officials Condemn Stonewall Pride Flag Removal Ahead of Rally

12 février 2026 à 18:08
Activists and officials plan to re-raise the flag on Thursday, setting up a defiant response to the Trump administration’s assault on diversity initiatives.

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“The most Stonewall thing that we could possibly do is put that flag back up ourselves instead of waiting for the president,” Councilman Chi Ossé said on Thursday.
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