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Your Gift Dilemmas, Solved

An expert from Wirecutter helps Morning readers with their trickiest holiday gift searches.

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Netflix Deal for Warner Bros. Adds New Twist to Rivalry With HBO

Netflix’s blockbuster deal to buy Warner Bros., including HBO, is the latest twist in a rivalry that has reshaped the entertainment industry.

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Ted Sarandos, now co-chief executive officer of Netflix, recently recalled his reaction to HBO’s refusal in 2010 to license its shows: Netflix had to make original programs of its own.
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Conservative Project at Supreme Court Meets Trump’s Push to Oust Officials

President Trump has repeatedly ousted leaders of independent agencies despite federal laws meant to shield those regulators from politics.

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Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and other conservatives on the Supreme Court have embraced the so-called unitary executive theory, which holds that the Constitution vests all executive power in the president and that he must be able to control everything the executive branch does.
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For Landmark Test of Executive Power, Echoes of a 1930s Supreme Court Battle

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s efforts to oust a Federal Trade Commission leader offer parallels to the current fight over President Trump’s actions.

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The battle between William E. Humphrey and Franklin D. Roosevelt has resurfaced in a blockbuster case the Supreme Court will hear on Monday,
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4 Takeaways From The Times’s Reporting on Biden’s Immigration Record

A New York Times review of President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s actions on immigration showed that they created an opening for a more aggressive Trump administration agenda.

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Customs and Border Protection agents taking migrants to be processed at a detention center in Jacumba, Calif., in 2023.
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The Married Scientists Torn Apart by a Covid Bioweapon Theory

In 2020, a Chinese virologist fled to the United States, aided by allies of President Trump who sought to promote her unproven theories about the origins of Covid-19. Her husband still can’t find her.

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Dr. Li-Meng Yan spoke in 2021 at a summit in Anchorage, Alaska, on early outpatient treatment for the Covid-19 virus.
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Hegseth Skirts Questions About Releasing Video of Sept. 2 Boat Attack

At an appearance in California, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was noncommittal about releasing the full video of a U.S. military attack on a boat in the Caribbean.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, Calif., on Saturday.
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Hong Kong Man Arrested After Posting Online About Deadly Fire

The arrest was part of a crackdown on speech that the authorities say is inciting hatred of the government. Critics say officials are silencing calls for accountability.

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Crowds watching the fire at the Wang Fuk Court apartment complex on Nov. 27 in Hong Kong.
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How Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Will Work

The country is barring children under 16 from social media, with a sweeping federal law that is one of the first attempts at a nationwide regulation.

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James Tomlinson, 9, playing a game on a phone in Melbourne, Australia.
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Judge Stalls Justice Dept. Effort to Seek New Comey Indictment

The judge’s decision prevented the government until at least next Friday from having access to much of the evidence it used to secure its original indictment against Mr. Comey.

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A federal judge temporarily blocked the Justice Department from using evidence in its efforts to seek a new indictment against James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director.
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