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Trump Takes Davos

We look at the news coming out of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.

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At the World Economic Forum.
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Tânia Maria Is Brazil’s Newest Film Icon

Clad in florals and puffing on a cigarette, Tânia Maria has captivated audiences with a striking, if brief, performance in “The Secret Agent,” Brazil’s latest Oscar contender.

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Tânia Maria, with Wagner Moura in a scene from “The Secret Agent,” has drawn praise from international critics.
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Jack Smith to Testify Before Congress on Trump Investigations

The appearance provides Mr. Smith with what is likely to be his best opportunity to challenge President Trump’s assertion that he was persecuted for his politics, not for his misdeeds.

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Jack Smith, the special prosecutor who twice indicted President Trump, during a news conference in 2023.
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The Voters Who Have Taken a U-Turn on Trump

One year later, the second Trump coalition has come apart, a Times/Siena poll finds.

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President Trump has lost a lot of support among the young, some of whom protested outside Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday.
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National Park Service Removes Sign on Climate Change From Fort Sumter

The historic site, on an island in South Carolina, could be inundated by rising seas in decades to come. A display on the threat has been removed.

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Fort Sumter, in the harbor off Charleston, S.C. President Trump has ordered the Park Service to review plaques and other materials presented to visitors at 433 sites around the country.
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Takeaways From the Times’ Look at Kash Patel’s FBI: Misleading Stats, Mismanagement and Meltdowns

Many current and former employees say Kash Patel’s first year as F.B.I. director was marred by vendettas, mismanagement and meltdowns.

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Current and former employees of the F.B.I. say its director, Kash Patel, has weaponized the bureau and radically changed its mission.
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Scammers Keep Stealing Food Stamps. New Cards Might Stop Them.

New York is joining the small group of states switching to chip-and-pin cards to evade skimming devices that siphon money for food from low-income people.

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Mariel Mejía, a day care employee in New York City, was one of thousands of victims of a scam in which food stamp benefits are stolen through skimmers on payment machines.
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He Wants New Yorkers to Have a Stake in the Knicks and the Rangers

Adem Bunkeddeko, a state comptroller candidate, wants to use some of New York’s $290 billion pension fund to buy a percentage of Madison Square Garden Sports.

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Adem Bunkeddeko believes that Madison Square Garden Sports is undervalued, pointing out that the company’s market capitalization is roughly half of the value of the New York Knicks and New York Rangers.
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Three Dead After Shooting in Rural Australian Town

The gunman was holed up in the town, local news media reported. The shooting happened on the day Australians were honoring the victims of the Bondi Beach massacre.

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The Australian and Aboriginal flags at half-staff for the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting in Sydney, on Thursday.
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My Rohingya People Are Running Out of Time

Genocide hearings in The Hague offer a ray of hope for the Rohingya, but aid cuts are worsening a humanitarian crisis in refugee camps.

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China Wins as Trump Cedes Leadership of the Global Economy

The president used a keynote speech at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland to renounce the last vestiges of the liberal democratic order.

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“Everybody took advantage of the United States,” President Trump told an audience at the World Economic Forum on Wednesday.
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