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Indiana Lawmakers Are Poised to Vote on Redistricting After All

Republican leaders in the legislature backtracked and said they would vote on a new congressional map that President Trump wants, though support remained uncertain.

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Rodric Bray, the president pro tem of the State Senate, at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis this year.
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Once Foes of Obamacare, Some Republicans Push to Protect It

A small cadre of politically vulnerable Republicans in Congress is breaking with the party to push for the extension of health care tax credits for a program the G.O.P. reviles.

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Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey supports extending health care subsidies, saying, “The way I look at it, these voters who are going to face increasing premiums obviously did nothing wrong.”
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The ‘New’ Solution for the N.Y.C. Housing Crisis: Single-Room Apartments

There is a push to revive single-room occupancy housing, where kitchens and bathrooms are shared among apartments as small as 100 square feet each.

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According to one estimate, there used to be more than 100,000 single-room occupancy apartments in New York City, but they fell out of favor because of their association with poverty and unsanitary living conditions.
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser Says She Won’t Run for a Fourth Term

She has led the heavily Democratic city through confrontations with President Trump, who earlier this year sought to impose federal control over the local Police Department.

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Mayor Muriel E. Bowser at a news conference in Washington, D.C., in August.
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Republicans Fight With Trump’s Team Over Ukraine Talks

Senator Mitch McConnell and several other lawmakers have accused President Trump’s team of appeasing the Kremlin, warning that doing so would not lead to lasting peace.

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Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky posted on social media recently that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia had “spent the entire year trying to play President Trump for a fool.”
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New York Leads Effort to Stop Plan That Could Cut Housing for 170,000

The Trump administration is pushing a new approach to America’s homeless crisis, favoring shelters and rehabilitation centers over long-term housing for people who use drugs and alcohol.

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Geffner House, in Manhattan, provides permanent housing to low-income adults, many of whom were previously homeless.
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Doctor Critical of Vaccines Quietly Appointed as C.D.C.’s Second in Command

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Ralph Lee Abraham promoted discredited treatments like ivermectin and, as Louisiana’s surgeon general, halted the state’s mass vaccination campaign.

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Dr. Ralph Abraham is second in command at the C.D.C. As Louisiana’s surgeon general, he ordered the state health department to stop promoting vaccinations.
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Hamas Says It Returned Body of Another Hostage From Gaza

The remains were not yet identified. Before the handover on Tuesday, Israel said the bodies of three other captives were still in the enclave.

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A Red Cross convoy believed to be carrying the remains of a deceased hostage handed over by Hamas on Tuesday in Deir al-Balah, Gaza.
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Trump’s Trade War Has Canadians ‘Elbows Up’ for Homegrown Wine

The trade war with the United States, bans on U.S. wine and liquor imports and a recent distributor strike in British Columbia have Canadians giving their homegrown wines another look.

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The bar at the Cannon Estate Winery in Abbotsford, British Columbia. Sales there have increased by 66 percent this year.
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Will Dressing Up Fix Flying?

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has introduced a campaign meant to encourage civility.

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Clothes make the traveler: Once upon a time people dressed up on airplanes. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy hopes to encourage them to do so again.
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Binance Is Sued by Oct. 7 Victims’ Families, Accused of Aiding Terrorism

A lawsuit claims the cryptocurrency exchange turned a blind eye as $1 billion used to finance the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel and other acts moved through its network.

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Changpeng Zhao, Binance’s founder, was convicted of money laundering in 2023 and pardoned by President Trump in late October.
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