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Mamdani to Close Huge Homeless Shelter Next to Bellevue Hospital

The 30th Street Shelter on the site of Bellevue’s former psychiatric hospital has been in disrepair for years.

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The 30th Street Shelter and Intake Center in Manhattan is well known among those seeking emergency housing, but safety issues and physical deterioration have been problems.
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Feeling the Effects of 260,000 Federal Jobs Lost

One year in, assessing budget cuts to federal climate and science jobs.

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Demonstrators gathered to protest against budget cuts outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Silver Spring, Maryland, last year.
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Racist, Antisemitic Slurs Surface in Florida GOP Group Chat

After the secretary of the Miami-Dade County Republican Party created the chat for college students, it devolved into slurs against Black and Jewish people.

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The WhatsApp chat was created last fall for students at Florida International University in Miami.
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Senate Democrats Block D.H.S. Funding Again Over Enforcement Guardrails

For the third time, a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security failed as Democrats refused to support the money without new restrictions on federal immigration agents.

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Democrats’ list of demands includes requiring immigration officers to show visible identification, blocking them from wearing masks and adopting stricter use-of-force policies.
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House Republicans Tell Gonzales to Quit Re-Election Campaign

The call came a day after the Texas congressman admitted to an extramarital affair with an aide, and as he faced a runoff to keep his seat.

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Representative Tony Gonzales, Republican of Texas, publicly acknowledged on Wednesday a sexual relationship with a staff member who later took her own life.
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North Carolina Voters Punish Incumbents in Primary Election

Voters across this politically purple state made it clear on Tuesday that they wanted to punish the powerful on both sides of the aisle. It may be a warning to incumbents elsewhere.

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Phil Berger, the leader of the State Senate, has steered the state in a more conservative direction since 2011. He and his allies spent a staggering $10 million in his primary race.
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Sri Lanka Is Caught in the Middle as Second Iranian Vessel Seeks Safe Haven

A day after rescuing Iranian sailors from the wreckage of a warship sunk by a U.S. submarine, Sri Lanka’s neutrality is being tested.

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A police vehicle arriving at a hospital in Galle, Sri Lanka, on Thursday, where Iranian sailors rescued from the IRIS Dena were being treated.
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States Sue to Stop Trump From Reviving Steep Tariffs

The lawsuit filed by two dozen attorneys general seeks to invalidate the president’s new, 10 percent global tax on imports.

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The legal challenge is only the latest twist in a saga that has engulfed President Trump’s economic agenda, which hinges on the use of tariffs.
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Republicans Toil to Avoid Saying ‘War’ as Iran Conflict Widens

Mission? Hostilities? Don’t call it a war, say G.O.P. lawmakers grappling with the political and legal challenges of the operation in the Middle East.

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Senator Markwayne Mullin, Republican of Oklahoma, arriving at the Capitol on Tuesday for a briefing on the Iran attacks. “This is war, and we’re taking out the threat,” he said before later backtracking.
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Deliberations Start in Sex-Trafficking Trial of Alexander Brothers

Prosecutors called more than 30 witnesses, including 11 women who said the three men had sexually abused them. The brothers, who have pleaded not guilty, face life in prison if convicted.

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The jury will start deliberating the fate of the Alexander brothers as soon as Thursday. The three men face life in prison if convicted of some of the most serious charges.
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50 Medical Schools Back Kennedy Plan on Nutrition After Pressure

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the commitments in Washington, even as some in the medical community questioned whether the government should try to influence curriculums.

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“This is how we implement the MAHA agenda,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at a news conference on Thursday.
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Britney Spears Is Arrested on Suspicion of D.U.I. in California

“Hopefully this can be the first step in long overdue change that needs to occur in Britney’s life,” a representative for the pop star said after she was released from jail.

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Britney Spears was pulled over after officers observed her driving erratically at high speeds, a California Highway Patrol spokesman said.
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An Assertive Supreme Court Turns to Curbing State Courts

Liberal justices accused their colleagues of expanding use of the emergency docket again in two orders issued this week.

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Since President Trump returned to the White House, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority has shown a willingness to short-circuit lower-court proceedings.
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Senator Tim Sheehy Helps Officers Forcibly Remove Protesting Veteran From Hearing

The physical struggle, involving Senator Tim Sheehy of Montana, was captured on video. The protester, Brian McGinnis, said on social media that his arm was broken.

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Brian McGinnis, a Marine veteran from North Carolina, was protesting military actions in Iran when he was forcibly removed from a Senate hearing by Capitol Police officers and Senator Tim Sheehy on Wednesday.
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