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Hegseth Set Up Signal on a Computer in His Pentagon Office

The app facilitated communications in a building where cell service is poor and personal phones are not allowed in some areas.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the White House on Monday. Revelations about his sharing of sensitive information on Signal have dogged him for more than a month.
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After Militant Attack in Kashmir, Pakistan Braces for Strike by India

The Pakistani government said it did not want an escalation, but in the wake of a deadly attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir by unidentified militants, analysts warned of an unpredictable situation.

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Security personnel outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi a day after militants opened fire on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
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Mahathir Mohamad, 99, Reflects on a Contentious Legacy

In his first, 22-year stretch as prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad transformed Malaysia’s economy. But he was also accused of being a strongman and antisemite. In an interview, he offers a self-assessment.

Mahathir Mohamad, who served a total of 24 years as Malaysia’s prime minister, in his office in Putrajaya, Malaysia, in February.
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Trump Signs Executive Order Targeting College Accreditors

It was the latest move by President Trump in his effort to shift the ideological tilt of the higher education system as he battles elite universities.

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President Trump signed seven education-related executive orders in the Oval Office on Wednesday.
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Elon Musk Backs Away From Washington, but DOGE Remains

The Department of Government Efficiency has already made an immense imprint on the government, but it has not come close to Elon Musk’s pledge of cutting $1 trillion.

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Elon Musk said that he would soon scale back his work with the federal government, in an effort to reassure Wall Street analysts.
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Las Vegas Sands Drops Bid to Open a Casino on Long Island

The company cited the threat that online gambling posed to its profits in its decision to bow out of the competition for one of three casino licenses around New York City.

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Las Vegas Sands had wanted to open a casino on the site of the Nassau Coliseum.
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12 States Sue Trump Over His Tariffs

The lawsuit, filed by Democratic attorneys general, said the president’s tariffs have hurt their economies and residents.

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Dan Rayfield, the Oregon attorney general, was among the state leaders who filed suit against President Trump over his tariffs.
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Barry Benepe, Who Gave New York Its Greenmarkets, Dies at 96

He brought farm-grown produce to the city’s streets, creating the largest network of farmers’ markets in the country and helping to revive neighborhoods.

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Barry Benepe at Union Square Market in Manhattan in 2007. He started the market in the 1970s, kicking off a neighborhood rebirth.
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Mike Patrick, Voice of Sunday Night N.F.L. Games on ESPN, Dies at 80

He did the cable network’s play-by-play for college basketball, football and baseball games, but his most important assignment was “Sunday Night Football.”

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Mike Patrick, center, was honored in 2018 by Duke University in North Carolina, where he had been a longtime announcer of Atlantic Coast Conference basketball games. He was joined by two university athletics department officials: the director, Jon Jackson, left, and his deputy, Mike Cragg.
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How Safe Are Helicopter Sightseeing Tours?

The F.A.A. allows many of these popular flights to operate under less stringent rules than other commercial aviation, opening the door to dangers like pilot fatigue.

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Helicopter tours, popular among sightseers in destinations like New York, have drawn scrutiny over how they are regulated.
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Will Canada’s Next Prime Minister Solve the Million-Dollar Housing Crisis?

Soaring housing costs, with many homes nearing $1 million, have sparked an exodus from cities like Vancouver, and Canadians want their next prime minister to do something about it.

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Chilliwack, British Colombia, has become a magnet for people from Vancouver who can no longer afford living there.
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Trump Team Races to Form Trade Deals After Tariffs Sow Global Chaos

The president’s threats of tariffs have brought countries like Japan, South Korea and India rushing to negotiate, but they have sown chaos with bigger trading partners like China.

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President Trump has promised big gains for American trade, but given that deals typically take months or years to negotiate, experts say he has set up a seemingly impossible task.
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Rachel Reeves Says U.K. Will Not Alter Standards for U.S. Trade Deal

The British government is hoping to reach an agreement with the United States to soften the economic blow British businesses are facing from higher tariffs.

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A shopper in a Waitrose supermarket in London. The British government said it would not allow hormone-treated beef into Britain.
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Durbin, No. 2 Senate Democrat, to Retire After 44 Years in Congress

Senator Richard J. Durbin’s departure will set off a primary for a rare open Senate seat in Illinois and open a top leadership slot. He said it was time to “face reality” and make way for someone new.

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Senator Richard J. Durbin was considered a forceful advocate of Democratic Party positions during his decades in the Senate.
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Eric Adams Campaigns at Legal Weed Shop With Troubled History

Before it was a legal dispensary where the mayor hoped to raise campaign funds, the site held an illicit weed shop raided by the city. Some of its operators are still around.

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Mayor Eric Adams visited Sweetlife, a licensed cannabis dispensary on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, during a fund-raising event last week.
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Columbia Journalism Review Faces the Kind of Crisis It Usually Covers

The publication is now trying to find a successful business model without its top editor, who was abruptly fired last week.

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Columbia Journalism Review, a product of the journalism school at Columbia University, has historically relied on donations and university funding to survive.
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The Dispatch Buys SCOTUSblog, a Supreme Court Mainstay

The Dispatch, a right-of-center political news and commentary start-up, plans to keep the legal news website available at no cost. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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SCOTUSblog has been a go-to destination for news and analysis on all things related to the Supreme Court for decades.
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