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Senate Thwarts Bid to Curb Trump’s War Powers on Iran

Nearly every Republican voted to block a measure that would require that President Trump win authorization from Congress to continue the offensive in the Middle East.

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The rubble of a police station in Tehran this week after the U.S.-Israeli airstrikes.
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Trump Follows His Gut. His National Security Advisers Try to Keep Up.

Decisions come fast, even if contradictions and inconsistencies abound. But without much of a process, there is little preparation for how things can go wrong.

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President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday. His decision to attack Iran, he said, was based on gut instinct.
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Daines Drops Re-election Bid in Montana, Upending a Senate Race

The surprise announcement by Senator Steve Daines could give Democrats a slim opening in the Republican-leaning state in their uphill fight to take the Senate majority.

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Senator Steve Daines said it was time for new leaders from Montana and endorsed a Republican successor.
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U.S. Court Takes First Steps Toward Ordering Tariff Refunds

The Trump administration is likely to appeal the move, as it ramps up its attempt to slow or potentially block the repayment of billions in past duties.

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For many importers, the liquidation process is still well underway for millions of goods that were brought ashore during President Trump’s first year back in office.
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Elon Musk Defends Social Media Posts in Twitter Shareholder Lawsuit

Mr. Musk said he did not expect his posts in the lead-up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media site, now X, to affect the company’s share price.

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Elon Musk arriving at the Phillip Burton Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in San Francisco on Wednesday.
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Pro-American Kurdish Forces Are Preparing Possible Iran Incursion

The C.I.A. has given small weapons to Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq in a covert program that began before the current war.

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A member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party of Iran inspects the damage sustained at the party’s Azadi Camp after an Iranian cross-border attack in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
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Judge Blocks DeSantis’s Declaration of Muslim Group as Terrorist Organization

A federal judge found that the designation for CAIR, one of the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy groups, had violated the organization’s First Amendment rights.

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Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed an executive order in December declaring the Council on American-Islamic Relations a terrorist group.
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Why Ecuador Invited the U.S. Military to Help With Its Drug Gangs

Drug gangs have turned the South American country into one of the most dangerous in the region and the world’s leading exporter of cocaine.

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The Ecuadorean Coast Guard patrolling in 2025. The U.S. military is now helping Ecuador plan a series of raids targeting the South American country’s violent drug gangs.
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Noem and D.H.S. Inspector General Spar Over Obstruction Claim

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem pushed back against her department’s inspector general, who told Congress in a letter that she had “systematically obstructed” his office’s work.

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The Homeland Security Department’s inspector general, Joseph V. Cuffari, testifying last year. Mr. Cuffari has opened investigations that include an audit of how Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigates use-of-force incidents.
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Former Barclays Center Executive Says Live Nation Threatened to Pull Tours

The Justice Department had John Abbamondi testify at an antitrust trial to support its case that Live Nation has acted as a monopoly, an accusation the company denies.

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Barclays Center in Brooklyn was the subject of heated testimony at the Live Nation trial on Wednesday.
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Trump Announces A.I. Industry Pledge to Pay for Power

Companies including Google, Microsoft and OpenAI committed to pay for the power plants and grid upgrades needed to run their data centers.

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President Trump meeting with executives from the artificial intelligence industry in Washington on Wednesday.
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