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Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality

President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around the world.

© Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times

“Don Colossus” — a 15-foot bronze statue of President Trump — at the sculptor’s studio in Zanesville, Ohio, earlier this month.
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More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too.

In Minneapolis, videos of the Alex Pretti killing undermined the federal government’s account. But an A.I. video of Brad Pitt shows the dangers ahead.

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A screen grab from a video showing how federal agents wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground before fatally shooting him.
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Republican State Legislators Rush to Limit Their Own Regulators

South Carolina’s state legislature is one of 17, mainly in heavily Republican states, that is moving to handcuff state agencies at a moment of tectonic changes in energy, technology and finance.

Some business owners like Gail Nicholls, owner of Red Bug Barn, a pet supply store in Richburg, S.C., support deregulation. Ms. Nicholls spends hours each week applying for permits.
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Texas Students Protest ICE Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s Threats

In dozens of states, students have staged walkouts over immigration enforcement. In Texas, they’re doing so despite threats from Gov. Greg Abbott.

© Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman, via Associated Press

High school students in Hutto, Texas, walking out of class to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Shivering Americans Snap Up Firewood as Winter Grinds On

Weeks of freezing temperatures and winter storms across parts of the United States have increased the demand for firewood and manufactured fire logs.

© Travis Dove for The New York Times

Jason Loflin prepares firewood in Thomasville, N.C., on Friday. Bitter cold weather and a series of winter storms have intensified demand for logs for firewood.
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