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DHS Shutdown Looms as Senate Democrats Reject White House ICE Deal

Republicans have so far spurned most of Democrats’ demands to rein in federal agents carrying out President Trump’s immigration crackdown, threatening a homeland security funding bill ahead of a Friday deadline.

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Democrats said they could not support continued funding for the Department of Homeland Security without new guardrails.
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Epstein’s Cash and Influence Helped Women Attend Columbia and N.Y.U.

Federal records show that Jeffrey Epstein used donations and connections as he sought to gain college admission for young women in his orbit.

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Jeffrey Epstein continued to have access to college administrators even after his felony convictions and prison sentence for solicitation of prostitution by a minor.
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Ahead of Jobs Report, White House Seeks to Downplay Any Slowdown

President Trump’s top aides have argued in recent days that the economy is strong, even if new data on Wednesday show sluggish hiring.

© Pete Marovich for The New York Times

For the president, a dour jobs report could prove politically noxious.
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Drinking Is a ‘Social Lubricant.’ That’s Not Always a Good Thing.

Explaining why officials dropped limits, Dr. Mehmet Oz said alcohol “brings people together.” But social drinking also can lead to health problems, studies show.

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Most research examining the effects of alcohol in a controlled laboratory setting has ignored the social context in which most drinking occurs.
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They Use MetroCards to Make Art. They’re Starting to Run Out.

The fare card is dead. How much longer can these New York artists stretch a finite supply?

© Vincent Alban/The New York Times

Shih-Pao Lin, a MetroCard artist, stands with some of his Chinese Zodiac-inspired sculptures, including a poodle, bottom left, and an ox, top right, at his studio space in Flushing, Queens.
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Malinowski Concedes to Mejia, a Progressive Activist, in New Jersey Race

Tom Malinowski, who was battered by negative advertising, congratulated Analilia Mejia, a political organizer running for Gov. Mikie Sherrill’s vacant seat in Congress, on a “hard-won victory.”

© Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times

Analilia Mejia had the support of Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
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Antonio Delgado Drops Out of NY Governor Race

After falling out with Gov. Kathy Hochul, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado mounted a challenge from the left. But his campaign failed to gain traction.

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Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado failed last week to meet the threshold to qualify for an automatic spot on the Democratic primary ballot.
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Lutnick, Wasserman and Others Caught Up in Epstein Files

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and Casey Wasserman, the entertainment mogul, are among those facing blowback amid the release of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.

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Representatives Ro Khanna, Democrat of California, and Thomas Massie, Republican of Kentucky, are part of a bipartisan political push to shed more light on the Jeffrey Epstein ordeal.
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The End of Arms Control

We look at how world superpowers are approaching nuclear weapons.

© U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, via Associated Press

An atomic test in Nevada in 1955.
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