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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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Questions for Alex Honnold Before He Tries to Climb a Skyscraper in Taipei

Alex Honnold again will be ascending without ropes. In an interview he considers the impact on his family if something were to go wrong.

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Alex Honnold will try to climb a 1,667-foot skyscraper in Taiwan, without ropes, in an event scheduled to stream live on Netflix.
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Trump Administration Cuts Off Funding for Fetal Tissue Research. Again.

The prohibition halts support for projects both inside and outside the N.I.H. President Biden had restored funding after an earlier ban by President Trump during his first term.

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Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the N.I.H. director, said that the agency will look to make additional investments in “validated emerging technologies” that could “reduce or potentially replace reliance on human embryonic stem cells.”
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Trump Sues JPMorgan for Closing His Bank Accounts for Political Reasons

The lawsuit, citing “political discrimination,” said the banking giant told President Trump shortly after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol that it would close his accounts.

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The lawsuit says Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan’s chief executive, directed the bank to put Mr. Trump and some of his businesses on a “blacklist.”
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Judge Rejects DOJ’s Criminal Complaint Against Don Lemon Over Minnesota Church Protest

The Justice Department would seek to find other avenues to pursue a case against Mr. Lemon, a senior law enforcement official said.

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Don Lemon reporting from a demonstration in Broadview, Ill., last year. Mr. Lemon, a former CNN anchor, has said he was at the Minnesota protest as a journalist.
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How a Major Winter Storm This Weekend Could Affect Your Travel Plans

Ice, sleet and possibly significant snowfall are threatening to snarl travel in much of the eastern U.S. starting on Friday. Here’s what to know.

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Ronald Reagan National Airport, near Washington, is one of dozens of airports that could experience delays this weekend.
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Amy Klobuchar Files Papers for Run to Succeed Tim Walz as Minnesota Governor

The Minnesota senator, a potential 2028 presidential candidate, appears set to enter a race that has been transformed by President Trump’s immigration crackdown in the state and protests against it.

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Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is widely expected to clear the Democratic primary field for governor of her home state.
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