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Lawmaker Asks Court to Block Trump From Closing Kennedy Center

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Par : Luke Broadwater
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The president has said he plans to shut down the center for two years starting this summer for a “complete rebuilding.”

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“President Trump’s own words indicate that he is planning to demolish the existing Kennedy Center building,” says a lawsuit by Representative Joyce Beatty, Democrat of Ohio.
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How The Times Tracks Down the Connections Behind Trump’s Pardons

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Par : Kenneth P. Vogel
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Reporters tapped sources, combed through public records and scrutinized social media to penetrate the web of influence and money underlying the president’s clemency grants.

© Bryan Anselm for The New York Times

Over the course of his first term and the first year of his second, President Trump has granted pardons or commutations to at least nine inmates who served at Otisville’s camp or the adjacent medium-security prison.
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Defense Without U.S. Help Is a Live Topic for Canada, Japan and Australia

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Par : Ian Austen
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The leaders of Japan and Canada are making a unified front on defense cooperation as President Trump raises the pressure over military spending.

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Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada arriving in Tokyo on Friday as part of a tour that also included Australia.
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Top National Symphony Leader Quits in New Blow to Kennedy Center

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Par : Adam Nagourney
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The executive director, Jean Davidson, said her departure reflects frustration at the turmoil that has engulfed the arts center.

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“It’s no secret that this has been a really hard year,” the executive director of the National Symphony Orchestra, Jean Davidson, said of her decision to leave her post after less than three years.
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Markwayne Mullin, Trump’s Pick to Replace Noem at DHS, Learned to Spar in Oklahoma

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Par : Reis Thebault
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He hosted a home improvement radio show, fought in cage matches and inherited a plumbing business before becoming a “MAGA warrior” in Congress.

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Senator Markwayne Mullin, whose first name is a mash-up honoring two uncles, took questions on Capitol Hill after President Trump announced his nomination on Thursday.
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Trump Demands ‘Unconditional Surrender’ by Iran

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Par : David E. Sanger
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President Trump’s comments on Friday reflected yet another shift in the goals of U.S. military actions.

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Iranians mourning the killing of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader, in Tehran on Thursday night.
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New Nonfiction to Read This Spring

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Memoirs from Liza Minnelli and Arsenio Hall; essays from David Sedaris and Jesmyn Ward; plus histories, true crime, biographies and more.

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New Novels to Read This Spring

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New novels from Tana French, Emma Straub, Ben Lerner, Solvej Balle, Shannon Chakraborty, Tom Perrotta, Elizabeth Strout — and plenty more.

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With Iran, Trump Takes the U.S. to War Without the Public’s Support

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Par : Peter Baker
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In opening a military campaign against Iran, President Trump is the first president in modern times to take the United States to war without the backing of the public.

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President Trump on the USS George H.W. Bush in October. Polling shows public support for striking Iran is below what his predecessors enjoyed initially when they used force overseas.
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When Britney Spears’s Conservatorship Ended, Concern for Her Did Not

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Par : Julia Jacobs
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The pop star’s arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence this week was a breaking point, years after she regained control of her life and finances.

© Valerie Macon/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Some observers have questioned whether Britney Spears, after successfully fighting to be released from a 13-year conservatorship, now needs more supervision.
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Robotaxis Put on Hold as Hochul Seeks Support for Car Insurance Reforms

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Par : Benjamin Oreskes and Stefanos Chen
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How two seemingly unrelated policies, one to reduce car insurance costs, the other to allow driverless taxis, became tangled up in Albany politics.

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Though the driverless car industry has expanded quickly in some other states, it has not yet gained a foothold in New York outside of a small test currently running in New York City.
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Where Corn and Soybeans Rule, the ‘Oat Mafia’ Fights for Turf

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Par : Jacey Fortin and Tim Gruber
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Farmers in the Upper Midwest are investing in homegrown oats. It’s good for the land. But can it work as a cash crop?

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The original Oat Mafia members: from left, Kevin Connelly, Martin Larsen and Tom Pyfferoen. They remember growing oats when they were younger for animal feed. Now they are growing it for people.
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