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Protesters Nationwide Rally Again to Condemn Trump Policies

More than 700 events were planned for Saturday, as people turned out to speak against the administration’s handling of immigration, civil liberties and federal job cuts.

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Protesters rally against the Trump administration outside the New York Public Library on Saturday.
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Mike Wood, Whose LeapFrog Toys Taught a Generation, Dies at 72

His LeapPad tablets, which helped children read, found their way into tens of millions of homes beginning in 1999.

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Mike Wood in 2003, when he was the chief executive of Leapfrog Enterprises.
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In the Cradle of the American Revolution, Telling History Her Way

A teenager in Lexington, Mass., has for years been teaching people about the battle that started the war 250 years ago this weekend. Her entertaining website has drawn praise and raised eyebrows.

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Sabrina Bhattacharjya, 15, at a women’s monument in Lexington, Mass., her hometown.
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What to Know About Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre, Battling to Become Canada’s Next Leader

The April 28 election will come down to two candidates with starkly different personalities and experience: Mark Carney and Pierre Poilievre.

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Mark Carney, left, leads the Liberal Party of Canada, and Pierre Poilievre, right, is leader of the Conservative Party.
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The Next Stage of Rebuilding the Palisades Is Here: Burned Lots for Sale

As Pacific Palisades residents clear debris from January’s wildfires, they’re wrestling with the decision to stay and rebuild or sell and move away.

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Edward Stark, a lawyer, decided to sell his lot in Pacific Palisades, Calif., with an asking price of $1,899,000. It’s one of nearly 200 burned lots that have gone up for sale in recent weeks.
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New York City’s Hottest Hangout Is a 500-Person Board Game Night

At Richard Ye’s enormous monthly gatherings, where people play Exploding Kittens, Hues and Cues, and mahjong, New Yorkers find real-life connections and a little free fun.

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Raucous rounds of One Night Ultimate Werewolf resulted in screams and shouts.
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Putin Declares Easter Truce, Drawing Skeptical Ukrainian Response

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said that he had ordered his forces to “stop all military activity” from Saturday evening through Sunday. Ukraine’s leader said Putin was trying to “play with people’s lives.”

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Firing at a Russian target in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, on Friday. Russia previously declared a unilateral truce for the Eastern Orthodox Christmas in January 2023.
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Israeli Attacks Kill Dozens in Gaza, Health Ministry Says

Israel was keeping up its intense bombing campaign in the enclave, which has exacted a heavy price on civilians struggling to find safe places to shelter.

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Mourning at a hospital in the southern Gazan city of Khan Younis on Saturday after more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks.
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Say, Old Sport

“The Great Gatsby” is important, of course, but it’s also all kinds of fun.

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In Fight Over Abrego Garcia’s Deportation, Trump Seeks to Shift the Focus

The president is trying to rewrite the narrative of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s wrongful deportation as a dispute about illegal immigration rather than the rule of law.

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President Trump holding a document with talking points about Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia in the Oval Office on Friday. The Supreme Court ordered the Trump administration to “facilitate” his return from El Salvador, but the president has indicated he won’t try to do so.
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Trump’s American History Revolution

As the 250th anniversary of America’s independence approaches, the president is moving to put his stamp on how the nation’s story is told, in Washington and beyond.

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President Trump and Melania Trump at Mount Rushmore on July 3, 2020, where the president delivered a speech decrying the vandalism of statues during racial justice protests.
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Despite His Shaky French, Canada’s Prime Minister Is a Hit in Quebec

Voters are overlooking Mark Carney’s linguistic gaffes and lack of knowledge about the French-speaking province, viewing him as the most capable candidate to deal with President Trump.

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An election poster for Prime Minister Mark Carney, in Blainville, Quebec. In polls on this month’s federal election, Mr. Carney and his Liberal Party now have a huge lead in Quebec.
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The Trump Billionaires Who Run the Economy and the Things They Say

“You have to laugh to keep from crying,” one Republican pollster said about recent comments by the billionaires on the stock market, retirement funds and Social Security.

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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, right, in the Oval Office with President Trump this month. The three men are each worth billions of dollars.
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Carmakers Highlight U.S. Manufacturing in Bid to Influence Trump Over Tariffs

Wary of directly criticizing the president’s trade policies, automakers are emphasizing how much they have already invested in U.S. manufacturing.

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For automakers, boasting about how much they already contribute to the U.S. economy is a way to resist tariffs without offending President Trump.
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Gen Z Re-Evaluates Their Budgets as a Global Trade War Rages

Some young adults with disposable incomes for the first time in their lives are trying to make sense of how tariffs are affecting how they should save and spend.

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After graduating from the University of Missouri, Jack Kankiewicz, 22, is planning on moving in with his aunt and uncle in Ohio to save money.
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Many Have Tried to Fix Penn Station. Can Trump Get the Job Done?

Transportation experts say a thorough renovation is likely to take several years to complete — unless emergency measures are employed.

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A thicket of conflicting priorities among the various public and private entities with a stake in Penn Station have thwarted many attempts to renovate the busy train terminal.
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Trump’s Tariff Threats Chill Italy’s Cheese Makers

Italian food producers worry that tariffs may price them out of the American market amid competition from U.S. goods that look and sound as if they are from Italy.

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Grana Padano wheels aging inside the warehouse of Caseificio Zanetti. in Lallio, Italy, on Monday.
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Appeals Court Pauses for Now Contempt Proposal by Trial Judge

Judge James E. Boasberg had threatened to open contempt proceedings to determine whether the Trump administration had violated his order not to deport Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador.

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The appeals court made clear that it was not ruling on the merits of Judge James E. Boasberg’s plan for contempt proceedings but rather wanted more time to study the issue.
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Judge Rules Against Trump Administration on Passport Changes

A group of transgender plaintiffs sued President Trump and the State Department over a new rule prohibiting passports from including a gender different from the sex listed on an original birth certificate.

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Julia E. Kobick at a hearing in 2022 on her nomination to become a federal judge.
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The Head of the I.R.S. Was Ousted

Also, Milwaukee is facing a lead crisis in its schools. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.

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Gary Shapley, who briefly led the I.R.S.
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