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Trump Seeks Extensive Student Data in Pressure Campaign to Control Harvard

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Par :Michael C. Bender
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Harvard and the federal government are locked in a battle that boils down to turning over records on international students. But Harvard says it is also about the First Amendment.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

Expansive requests for data have become a regular tactic of the Trump administration’s moves against Harvard.
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National Security Council Staff Will Be Cut by Half

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Par :Maggie Haberman and Erica L. Green
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The drastic restructuring, revealed by Marco Rubio, the acting national security adviser, is likely to encourage the president’s preferred style of top-down decision-making in foreign affairs.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

Marco Rubio, the secretary of state who is also serving as the national security adviser, last month at the White House. On Friday, he revealed a significant restructuring of the National Security Council.
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Who Won a Seat at Trump’s Crypto Dinner?

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Par :David A. Fahrenthold · Eric Lipton · David Yaffe-Bellany · Elena Shao and Dylan Freedman
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The New York Times reviewed a guest list and social media posts to identify who was invited to President Trump’s private event for customers of his cryptocurrency business on Thursday and a White House tour on Friday. Here are some of them.

© Jason Andrew for The New York Times

Guests of the dinner taking a private tour of the White House on Friday.
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Knife Attack at Train Station in Hamburg, Germany, Wounds at Least 17

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Par :Eve Sampson · Christopher F. Schuetze and Clay Risen
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Four of the victims are in critical condition. The police say they believe a 39-year-old woman carried out the attack, for which no motive has yet been given.

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Forensic police officers investigating a railway platform in Hamburg, Germany, the site of a knife attack in which at least 17 people were injured on Friday.
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Boeing to Avoid Guilty Plea With DOJ Over 737 Max Crashes

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Par :Niraj Chokshi
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A deal between the plane maker and the Justice Department, which was opposed by some of the families of those who died in the crashes, includes paying millions into a victims’ fund.

© Eric Lee/The New York Times

Demonstrators, including some whose relatives died in crashes of Boeing’s 737 Max planes, drew attention during a Senate hearing last June about Boeing’s safety culture.
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Lebanon Moves to Disarm Palestinian Groups, a Test Run for Hezbollah

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Par :Vivian Yee · Dayana Iwaza and Hwaida Saad
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After war with Israel weakened Iran-backed militias across the Middle East, including the Lebanese group Hezbollah, Lebanon’s government has moved to assert its authority over armed groups.

© Mohamed Azakir/Reuters

At the Burj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp in Beirut, Lebanon this week. More than 200,000 Palestinian refugees live in Lebanon, according to the United Nations agency that serves Palestinian refugees.
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Paris Court Convicts Eight in 2016 Robbery of Kim Kardashian

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Par :Aurelien Breeden
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The reality TV star, who was held at gunpoint as jewelry worth millions was stolen from her, said she was satisfied by the ruling.

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Kim Kardashian, center in black, was accompanied by her mother, Kris Jenner, after Ms. Kardashian testified in a Paris court earlier this month.
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The Small Tweaks That Republicans Slipped Into the Domestic Policy Bill

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Par :Andrew Duehren and Kate Kelly
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In their fiscal package, Republicans have slipped in a hodgepodge of tweaks that are, at times, only tangentially related to the rest of the bill.

© Erika P. Rodriguez for The New York Times

A tax break for the U.S. Virgin Islands was among the under-the-radar policy provisions Republicans included in the bill that was passed by the House this week.
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American Emigration to Britain Rises

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Par :Lizzie Dearden
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New data from the U.K. government showed applications surged in the first three months of this year, which some analysts attributed to the political climate in the United States.

© Andrew Testa for The New York Times

Pedestrians crossing a bridge across the River Thames in London. Immigration lawyers said they had received an increasing number of inquiries in recent months from people in the United States about possibly relocating to Britain.
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Billy Joel Announces Brain Disorder and Cancels All Concerts

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Par :Joe Coscarelli
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Joel said he had normal pressure hydrocephalus, which has led to “problems with hearing, vision and balance.”

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“Billy is undergoing specific physical therapy and has been advised to refrain from performing during this recovery period,” his social media accounts said in a statement on Friday.
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Why Making an iPhone in the U.S. Would Be So Difficult

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Par :Tripp Mickle
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Apple has resisted pressure to make its most important product in the United States since 2016, and instead has moved some production to India.

© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

Apple is under pressure to move its manufacturing to the United States.
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The Ditch Weekly, a Teen-Run Newspaper, Reports on the Hamptons From a Different Angle

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Par :Callie Holtermann
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The Ditch Weekly, a paper by middle and high schoolers in Long Island, is covering the Hamptons from a new angle.

© Alex Hodor-Lee for The New York Times

From left, Teddy Rattray, Harry Karoussos and Billy Stern of The Ditch Weekly. Billy started the newspaper with Teddy and his cousin Ellis last year, when they were eighth graders. “We were still very young,” Billy said. “We had no idea what we were doing.”
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‘Leap Together’: Kermit the Frog Gives a Graduation Speech

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Par :Isabella Kwai
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The cheery muppet donned a tiny cap and gown to inspire students at the University of Maryland. “Life is like a movie. Write your own ending,” he said.

© Stephanie S. Cordle/University of Maryland, via Associated Press

“The truth is, dreams are how we figure out where we want to go. And life is how we get there,” Kermit the Frog told graduates of the University of Maryland.
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Judge Blocks Trump Effort to Bar Harvard’s International Student Enrollment After Lawsuit

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Par :Stephanie Saul
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Harvard sued and asked for a restraining order less than 24 hours after the Trump administration had said it would block current and future international students from attending the university.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

The Trump administration has targeted Harvard University with multiple investigations and attempts to freeze its federal funding.
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3 Unsettled Questions in the Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Trial

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Par :Joe Coscarelli · Julia Jacobs and Ben Sisario
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The major outlines of the prosecution of the music mogul Sean Combs have taken shape in a Manhattan courtroom. But several issues at the core of the case remain unanswered.

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That Sean Combs and Casandra Ventura had a tempestuous relationship appears well established after two weeks of his trial. But major questions still loom.
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Pro-Palestinian Movement Faces an Uncertain Path After D.C. Attack

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Par :Sharon Otterman
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The slaying of two Israeli Embassy workers cast a harsh spotlight on pro-Palestinian groups in the United States. Activists, who were already being scrutinized, could face further pushback.

© Caroline Gutman for The New York Times

Law enforcement officials walked toward the site of the shooting near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
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Republicans Harness Tax Code to Punish Trump’s Political Nemeses

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Par :Andrew Duehren
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Immigrants and wealthy universities, as well as foreign companies, would see higher taxes under the House-passed bill.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

A bill passed by the House on Thursday would raise taxes at universities like Harvard, where the Trump administration has already choked off federal funding because the school has not agreed to its demands for overhauling campus practices.
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Harvard Derangement Syndrome

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Par :Steven Pinker
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​In my 22 years as a Harvard professor, I have not been afraid to bite the hand that feeds me. So I’m hardly an apologist when I say the invective aimed at Harvard has become unhinged.
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