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America at a Boiling Point: From ICE Protests to an Attack on Rep. Omar

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Par :Shane Goldmacher
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An attack at a town hall in Minneapolis, amid a surge in threats against lawmakers, was the latest sign of the fraying of the nation’s political fabric.

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Representative Ilhan Omar after being sprayed with a foul-smelling liquid by an assailant at a town hall on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.
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Homelessness Appears to Decline, Reversing a Yearslong Trend

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Par :Jason DeParle
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The Trump administration has not yet released the count, which could complicate its plans for tough new policies.

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A homeless encampment in Chicago in March 2024. Local data collected by The New York Times showed that homelessness fell 60 percent in Chicago in the last year of the Biden administration.
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Sergey Brin Spends $20 Million on California Political Effort Amid Wealth Tax Debate

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Par :Laurel Rosenhall and Theodore Schleifer
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Sergey Brin donated $20 million to a new political drive aimed at solving California’s housing crisis, spurring other billionaires to pitch in. Their efforts may also help ward off a wealth tax.

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Sergey Brin’s group says it is trying to solve problems and help middle-class workers pay for housing in a state where the median home price has surpassed $850,000.
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Jury Awards $30 Million to Man Who Accused Teacher of Sexual Abuse

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Par :Andy Newman
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The man, now 44, said he was repeatedly sexually abused when he was a child at a school in Newark in the 1990s.

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Ann Street School in Newark, where a 44-year-old man said he was abused as a child by an after-school teacher in the 1990s.
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Agents Who Shot Alex Pretti Are Put on Leave

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Par :Matthew Cullen
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Also, the F.B.I. searched a Georgia election center. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.

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A screen grab from a bystander video shows Alex Pretti on the ground before federal agents shot and killed him.
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Why the NORAD Cold War Pact Between the U.S. and Canada Is News

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Par :Aimee Ortiz
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The State Department clarified comments made by the U.S. Ambassador to Canada that NORAD would be “altered” if that country did not purchase American F-35 jets.

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Canada began a review of its agreement to buy F-35 fighter jets from the United States last year. The United States still wants Canada to use those jets for the common defense of North American airspace.
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Mamdani Blames Rivals for Leaving New York With a ‘Poisoned’ Budget

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Par :Jeffery C. Mays
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the only way to close a more than $12 billion budget gap was to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations.

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani, joined by his budget director, Sherif Soliman, left, and Deputy Mayor Dean Fuleihan, warned of a huge budget gap.
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Hillary Clinton and Tucker Carlson Speak at Saudi Business Forum

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Par :Vivian Nereim
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The Democrat and the hard-right commentator found at least one thing to agree upon as they spoke at a conference in Riyadh.

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Hillary Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 2024. She called the changes in Saudi Arabia “exhilarating to see.”
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Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Role in Plot to Kill Iranian Dissident

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Par :Colin Moynihan
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Carlisle Rivera became the third person to be sentenced for playing a role in trying to kill Masih Alinejad, an activist and a critic of the Iranian government.

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Masih Alinejad leaves Federal District Court in Manhattan after testifying in the trial of two men charged with plotting to assassinate her.
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Attack on Ilhan Omar Follows Years of Trump’s Targeting Her

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Par :Annie Karni
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President Trump has spent years demonizing and dehumanizing the Somali-born Democrat from Minnesota, fueling escalating threats against her.

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Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, speaking before a man sprayed her with a liquid at a town hall event in Minneapolis on Tuesday night.
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Who Is the Man That Attacked Ilhan Omar at a Town Hall in Minneapolis?

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Par :Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Chris Hippensteel
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Anthony J. Kazmierczak frequently posted online about conservative issues. He told a neighbor that he was going to get arrested at an event hosted by Ms. Omar.

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The police say Anthony Kazmierczak, center, used a syringe to spray Representative Ilhan Omar with a liquid at a town hall in Minneapolis on Tuesday night before he was tackled by security officers.
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Republicans Gave ICE a Slush Fund. Democrats Want to Limit It.

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Par :Michael Gold
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The sweeping domestic policy law that Republicans muscled through Congress last year made ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in the country, with no strings attached.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Minneapolis on Tuesday.
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Microsoft Continues to Spend Big on A.I. While Profit Jumps 60%

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Par :Natallie Rocha
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The company said on Wednesday that revenue in the most recent quarter was $81.3 billion, but its share price dropped more than 7 percent in after-hours trading.

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Microsoft continues to spend billions on building out its data center capacity as the demand for A.I. computing power outweighs its available supply.
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Meta Forecasts Spending of at Least $115 Billion This Year

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Par :Eli Tan and Mike Isaac
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That would be a major jump from $72 billion last year, as the tech giant aims to compete in the artificial intelligence race.

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Meta’s Eagle Mountain Data Center in Utah. The bulk of Meta’s new A.I. spending will be on infrastructure like data centers.
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How to Bring Back the American Dream

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Par :Nicholas Kristof
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Some of the best coaches we can find to help struggling children escape poverty may be other children and their families.

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Tesla Profit Slumps, but Investors May Not Care

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Par :Jack Ewing
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The automaker also said it would invest $2 billion in xAI, the artificial intelligence company controlled by its C.E.O., Elon Musk, and stop making the two oldest models in its lineup.

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Falling car sales have taken a toll on Tesla’s net profit. The company announced Wednesday that it would stop producing its S and X model cars within months.
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Federal Officers Who Fired at Pretti Placed on Leave

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Par :Madeleine Ngo and Hamed Aleaziz
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A Border Patrol agent and a Customs and Border Protection officer have been on leave since Saturday, according to a Department of Homeland Security official.

© David Guttenfelder/The New York Times

Federal officers and protesters faced off in Minneapolis on Saturday, shortly after agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a Minneapolis man, that morning.
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Camping on Thwaites Glacier

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Par :Raymond Zhong
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After working and camping for a week on Thwaites Glacier, scientists were ready to start drilling into the ice, if only the weather would let them.

© Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

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Unions Sue FEMA Over Work Force Cuts They Say Threaten Readiness

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Par :Scott Dance
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The suit argues that the recent dismissals and plans for further cuts violate laws designed to preserve the disaster response agency’s independence and capabilities.

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FEMA’s national response center in Washington last week. About 1,000 agency employees were expected to lose their jobs this month, but the cuts were paused because of winter weather.
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