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Man Accused in $100 Million Jewel Heist Is Deported, Thwarting Trial

The move comes as ICE seeks to deport more people charged with crimes, sometimes before their cases are resolved.

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In a photo released by the F.B.I., a jewelry showcase displays some of the items that were taken during the July 11, 2022, jewelry heist in California.
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F.A.A. Says Helicopter Restrictions Imposed After D.C. Crash Will Stay

The agency said that expanding the restrictions and making them permanent were urgent steps for avoiding another crash.

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The new rule for Ronald Reagan National Airport sets strict limits on what “essential operations” could be excepted from the airspace restrictions.
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ICE Demands More Access to Minnesota Inmates. But It’s Complicated.

The Trump administration said it would ease its immigration operation in Minnesota in exchange for broader access to inmates. Local leaders say they already cooperate significantly.

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Under Minnesota law, the state’s Department of Corrections must notify U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials when an immigrant convicted of a felony is set to be released.
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Big Insurers Try to Shift Blame for High Health Costs to Hospitals and Drug Makers

At two congressional hearings, lawmakers slammed executives of major companies, saying they were failing to rein in the cost of medical care for consumers.

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Stephen Hemsley, chief executive of UnitedHealth Group, left, defended insurers’ practices, along with other companies’ executives, during congressional hearings on Thursday.
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Five Fronts in Trump’s Culture War

In the first year of his second term, President Trump has made sweeping efforts to influence the arts and media in America.

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During a White House dinner in October, President Trump showed models of a triumphal arch he is planning to build in Washington.
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RFK Jr. Plan to Test a Vaccine in West African Babies Is Blocked

A planned U.S.-funded study of a hepatitis B vaccine drew widespread condemnation from researchers. Now the host country says it cannot proceed.

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Each year thousands of babies born in Guinea-Bissau, one of the world’s least developed countries, are exposed to hepatitis B, a virus that can cause severe liver damage and cancer.
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New York Could See Its Biggest Snowfall in Years

The National Weather Service warned of “considerable disruption to transportation and daily life” from Sunday into Monday.

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House Passes Spending Package Over Democratic Revolt on ICE

Approval of the package, which would fund a wide swath of government agencies, brings Congress closer to meeting a Jan. 30 funding deadline.

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Federal agents in Minneapolis this month, the week after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Good. Democrats in the House had said they would not vote for legislation that provided funding for ICE, at least not without major changes.
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E.P.A. Revives Plan to End Testing on Animals by 2035

Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, revived a plan created during the first Trump administration to end the testing of chemicals on mammals.

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The Trump administration’s goal has been to move faster to adopt alternatives to animal testing, like computer programs. But experts say methods like computer models do not produce the same level of information.
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Trump to Expand ‘Mexico City’ Abortion Rule to Include D.E.I. and Gender

The policy has traditionally been aimed at keeping organizations that receive U.S. tax dollars from performing or promoting abortion as a method of family planning.

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President Trump both reinstated and expanded the “Mexico City policy” in January 2017. His administration is set to broaden the policy again.
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House Rejects Measure to Bar Military Force in Venezuela

In a tie vote, the House defeated an effort to prohibit the president from using the U.S. military in Venezuela weeks after the raid he ordered that captured the country’s leader.

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Representative Jim McGovern, Democrat of Massachusetts, at the Capitol on Wednesday. Mr. McGovern, the top Democrat on the Rules Committee, led the effort to bar military force in Venezuela.
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Chicago Jury Acquits Immigrant Accused in Bovino Murder-for-Hire Trial

Prosecutors said a Chicago carpenter had offered a bounty for killing Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official. Defense lawyers said he was just sharing a social media post.

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Gregory Bovino, center, has become the face of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement tactics.
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Takeaways From Jack Smith’s Testimony on Trump Investigations

In his remarks, the former special counsel repeatedly denied that he had acted out of partisan animus and bemoaned the Trump administration’s efforts to go after the president’s perceived enemies.

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Jack Smith, the former special counsel, urged the lawmakers on Thursday to stand up for the rule of the law.
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Barron Trump Called U.K. Police After Witnessing Woman ‘Getting Beat Up’ on Video Call

The details of an emergency call made by President Trump’s youngest son to the London police last year emerged during a trial this week.

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Barron Trump at President Trump’s inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., in January last year, days after his phone call to the London police.
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An Emboldened Trump’s Whipsaw Approach to the World

He says there’s a method to the madness. But European allies wonder whether the United States is reliable anymore.

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President Trump at a reception with business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday.
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