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Trump Administration Ends Credit for Start-Stop Feature in Cars

Manufacturers will no longer get a credit toward vehicle emissions standards by installing engines that automatically stop at red lights.

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Complaints to the U.S. Department of Transportation about the start-stop feature peaked in 2022 and fell almost in half by 2024.
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Like Trump, U.S. Embassies Are Raising Cash for Lavish July Fourth Parties

Some of Washington’s diplomatic outposts in Asia are raising millions for events to mark the 250th independence anniversary. One ambassador offered to sing and dance.

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The Washington Monument illuminated on New Year’s Eve. In December, President Trump announced a campaign to organize celebrations of America’s 250th birthday.
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Light Snowfall Coming to New York, New Jersey and Long Island

Forecasters said snowfall totals of one to two inches were likely Sunday night, with isolated amounts of up to three inches across New York City, northeastern New Jersey and much of Long Island.

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In Woodside, Queens, where snow is still piled in the streets from earlier storms. Forecasters are predicting up to two more inches of snow, with isolated amounts of up to three inches, across New York City from Sunday into Monday.
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‘Wuthering Heights’ Gallops Toward $82 Million in Global Ticket Sales

Warner Bros. spent an estimated $80 million on the R-rated romance, directed by Emerald Fennell, not including hefty marketing costs.

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Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi in “Wuthering Heights.” The director, Emerald Fennell, and Ms. Robbie, a co-producer, went with Warner Bros. because it promised a wide theatrical release.
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Bans on Many CBD Products Loom This Year

A federal law taking effect in November severely limits the amount of THC, the euphoric cannabis compound, allowed in over-the-counter items. Many groups are fighting back.

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Europe Today Looks Different From the One Trump’s Team Describes

Secretary of State Marco Rubio appealed to European leaders in Munich by stressing Christian and cultural bonds that are no longer universal.

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Speaking over the weekend at the Munich Security Conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, “We are part of one civilization: Western civilization.”
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Trump’s Stinging Attack on Israel’s President Touches a Nerve

President Trump called President Isaac Herzog of Israel “disgraceful” because he has not yet pardoned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his corruption trial.

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President Trump with Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion Airport in October.
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More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too.

In Minneapolis, videos of the Alex Pretti killing undermined the federal government’s account. But an A.I. video of Brad Pitt shows the dangers ahead.

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A screen grab from a video showing how federal agents wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground before fatally shooting him.
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In First Public Comments Since Trump’s Racist Video, Obama Laments Lost Decorum

In a podcast interview, former President Barack Obama did not directly address the video posted by Mr. Trump but denounced a “clown show” on social media.

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Former President Barack Obama said he thought most Americans were troubled by inflammatory and racist rhetoric in politics.
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Everybody’s Mom

We explore why we care so much about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie.

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News media and law enforcement personnel outside Nancy Guthrie’s home.
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What They Wanted From Jeffrey Epstein

Epstein’s network may not have known everything, but it is hard to deny that many of them knew enough to know better.

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Trump’s Relentless Self-Promotion Fosters an American Cult of Personality

President Trump has engaged in a spree of self-aggrandizement unlike any of his predecessors, fostering a mythologized superhuman persona and making himself the inescapable force at home and around the world.

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“Don Colossus” — a 15-foot bronze statue of President Trump — at the sculptor’s studio in Zanesville, Ohio, earlier this month.
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More Than Ever, Videos Expose the Truth. And Cloud It, Too.

In Minneapolis, videos of the Alex Pretti killing undermined the federal government’s account. But an A.I. video of Brad Pitt shows the dangers ahead.

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A screen grab from a video showing how federal agents wrestled Alex Pretti to the ground before fatally shooting him.
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Republican State Legislators Rush to Limit Their Own Regulators

South Carolina’s state legislature is one of 17, mainly in heavily Republican states, that is moving to handcuff state agencies at a moment of tectonic changes in energy, technology and finance.

Some business owners like Gail Nicholls, owner of Red Bug Barn, a pet supply store in Richburg, S.C., support deregulation. Ms. Nicholls spends hours each week applying for permits.
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Texas Students Protest ICE Despite Gov. Greg Abbott’s Threats

In dozens of states, students have staged walkouts over immigration enforcement. In Texas, they’re doing so despite threats from Gov. Greg Abbott.

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High school students in Hutto, Texas, walking out of class to protest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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Shivering Americans Snap Up Firewood as Winter Grinds On

Weeks of freezing temperatures and winter storms across parts of the United States have increased the demand for firewood and manufactured fire logs.

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Jason Loflin prepares firewood in Thomasville, N.C., on Friday. Bitter cold weather and a series of winter storms have intensified demand for logs for firewood.
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