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Gunshots were reported at the student union building on the university’s campus in Tallahassee shortly after noon on Thursday.

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People comforted one another after a shooting was reported on the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee on Thursday.
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Democrats Step Up Trump Resistance as Base Hungers for More of a Fight

Out of power in Congress, Democrats who were slow to fight back against President Trump are increasingly finding ways to do so. But activists want much more.

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A protest in support of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia this week. “People need to see leaders and organizers standing up and speaking with authority against what’s happening,” Representative Jamie Raskin, Democrat of Maryland, said of fighting back against the Trump administration.
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Europe and America, at Odds Over Ukraine, Try Talking to Each Other

President Emmanuel Macron of France hosted a lunch with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s envoy, as European delegations converged on Paris.

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President Emmanuel Macron of France, left, meeting with Steve Witkoff, a Trump administration envoy; Marco Rubio, the secretary of state; and Jean-Noël Barrot, France’s minister for foreign affairs, at the Élysée Palace in Paris on Thursday.
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Trump Threatens to Block International Students Unless Harvard Shares Student Data

The demand from the Department of Homeland Security is an escalation in President Trump’s fight against Harvard, the country’s oldest and richest university.

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Harvard University has been in a standoff with the Trump administration over issues including its admissions and hiring policies.
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At Meta Antitrust Trial, Sheryl Sandberg Testifies About Competition and Instagram Deal

In her second day on the stand of a landmark antitrust trial over Meta’s power, Ms. Sandberg, the former chief operating officer, also said the company faced plenty of competition from TikTok.

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Sheryl Sandberg, Meta’s former chief operating officer, testifying before the Senate in 2018.
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White House Eyes Overhaul of Federal Housing Aid to the Poor

The Trump administration has considered sharply curtailing vouchers as part of its budget for the 2026 fiscal year.

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The expected cuts to rental assistance reflect President Trump’s broader desire to shrink the footprint of government and its reach into Americans’ lives.
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What to Know About Trump’s Antitrust Efforts Against Google, Meta and Other Tech Giants

The Trump administration is continuing an aggressive effort to rein in the power of the biggest tech companies. Here’s what to know.

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Last year, the Justice Department and the F.T.C., above, reached an agreement to divide up responsibility for investigating whether biggest players in artificial intelligence were violating antitrust laws.
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Republican Lawmakers Face Fresh Backlash to Trump at Home

Despite some attempts to create controlled environments aimed at thwarting disruptions by protesters, congressional Republicans who are holding town halls are catching continued heat from their constituents.

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At a town hall in southeastern Iowa on Tuesday. Senator Charles E. Grassley was bombarded with complaints about President Trump’s policies, including tariffs and immigration.
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A Key Hearing for the Menendez Brothers Starts Today: What to Know.

The defense team for Lyle and Erik Menendez is expected to call witnesses to build a case that they have been rehabilitated. A judge will then decide whether to impose a new sentence.

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Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez during a court appearance in 1990. The brothers were convicted of murder in the killings of their parents.
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Maryland Mental Hospital With Painful History to Rebuild

The former Hospital for the Negro Insane of Maryland was once the state’s most crowded psychiatric institution. Pulling off a plan to redevelop it won’t be easy.

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Crownsville Hospital Center, formerly called the Hospital for the Negro Insane of Maryland, is a relic of the area’s painful history during segregation.
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Google Is Illegally Monopolizing Online Advertising Tech, Judge Rules

The ruling was the second time in a year that a federal court had found that Google had acted illegally to maintain its dominance. The judge ruled the company was a monopolist in two out of three sets of ad products.

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Google said it would appeal the ruling, which could force a major restructuring of the company.
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What Is Happening With Fyre Festival 2?

The organizers of Fyre Festival 2, a sequel to the ill-fated music event in 2017, said the festival would not longer take place in Playa del Carmen.

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Some of the remnants of the ill-fated Fyre Festival that took place in 2017. A sequel to the event was announced in February.
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IMF Warns Trump Tariffs Will Weaken Economy and Increase Inflation

Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, warned in a speech that protectionism erodes productivity.

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A growing chorus of top economic officials have sounded alarms this week about the potential harm that President Trump’s trade policies could cause.
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The Ukrainian Schoolmaster Teaching History to His Invaders

Vitalii Dribnytsia engages with Russians online to correct Kremlin propaganda about Ukraine. Over time, he has come to realize his more important audience is Ukrainians themselves.

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Vitalii Dribnytsia, a former history teacher, speaks with someone in Russia via Chatroulette, where he often challenges Russians on their understanding of history.
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European Central Bank Cuts Rates Amid Tariff Uncertainty

Policymakers lowered rates a quarter point and said that the region’s growth outlook had “deteriorated” because of rising trade tensions.

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The European Central Bank’s headquarters in Frankfurt. The bank lowered its key rate a quarter point to 2.25 percent.
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Trump Says Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s ‘Termination Cannot Come Fast Enough’

Jerome Powell has said that the Federal Reserve can be patient as the effects of tariffs become more clear. President Trump, pushing for interest rate cuts, said, “Powell’s termination cannot come fast enough!”

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Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, said that the central bank’s independence was “very widely understood and supported in Washington and in Congress.”
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Trump Targets K-12

We explain why the president is taking on public schools, and how officials are responding.

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At Carpenter Community Charter School in Studio City, Calif.
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Nvidia C.E.O. Meets With Chinese Trade Officials in Beijing

The day before the visit by Jensen Huang, lawmakers in Washington said they were investigating whether the chipmaker’s sales in China violated U.S. rules.

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Jensen Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, in San Jose, Calif., last month. This week, the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party opened an investigation into Nvidia’s sale of chips across Asia.
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U.K. Court Ruling on Trans Women Is Part of Wider Debate on Sex and Gender

President Trump and right-wing politicians in Europe have railed against trans rights. Britain’s top court has now added its voice to the discussion.

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Susan Smith and Marion Calder, the directors of For Women Scotland, which brought the legal case that Britain’s Supreme Court weighed in on, celebrating outside the court in London on Wednesday.
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Daily Pill May Work as Well as Ozempic for Weight Loss and Blood Sugar

Eli Lilly said clinical results of its GLP-1 in pill form showed safety and efficacy data similar to blockbuster injectable drugs.

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Insulin pen production at an Eli Lilly factory in France. The new drug — a pill that can be taken at any time of day, with or without food — is almost unheard-of in the world of peptide drugs.
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Europe Seeks a Direct Line to Trump, Skeptical That Aides Speak for Him

Despite Europe’s size, economic might and longstanding alliances with Washington, Trump officials have made clear it is not a priority, European officials say.

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In President Trump’s White House, he is the ultimate decision maker, and is far from a predictable one.
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Michigan’s Newest Senate Candidate Urges Tougher Stance on Trump

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a progressive former public health official, is joining the Democratic race to succeed Senator Gary Peters, who is retiring.

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Dr. Abdul El-Sayed at a protest against the Trump administration in Lansing, Mich., this month. He ran unsuccessfully for governor of Michigan in 2018.
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The Emergency Is Here

Trump is disappearing people to a Salvadoran prison for terrorists. And he says he wants to send “homegrown” Americans there next.

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