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[l] at 2/12/25 10:15am
The success of one of President Trump’s more divisive cabinet candidates shows his domination over the Republican Senate.

[Category: United States Politics and Government, Gabbard, Tulsi (1981- ), Trump, Donald J, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Espionage and Intelligence Services, Classified Information and State Secrets, Surveillance of Citizens by Government, Appointments and Executive Changes, Presidential Transition (US), Russian Interference in 2016 US Elections and Ties to Trump Associates]

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[l] at 2/12/25 9:45am
The Consumer Price Index rose 3.0 percent from a year earlier as food and energy prices picked up.

[Category: United States Economy, Consumer Price Index, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Inflation (Economics), Interest Rates, Federal Reserve System, Powell, Jerome H, Trump, Donald J]

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[l] at 2/12/25 9:45am
Plus, who isn’t in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

[Category: Batteries, Pop and Rock Music, Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Lithium (Metal), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, United States, California, Musk, Elon]

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[l] at 2/12/25 9:44am
Janet Malcolm is remembered, above all, for her ruthlessness. But when I went looking for it, I found something much more complicated.

[Category: Malcolm, Janet, Writing and Writers, Books and Literature, The Journalist and the Murderer (Book), New Yorker, Freud, Sigmund, Hughes, Ted, Plath, Sylvia, Libel and Slander]

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[l] at 2/12/25 9:42am
Senator Lindsey Graham, the South Carolina Republican who relishes being in the middle of the action, is leapfrogging the House G.O.P., which is still tied in knots over how to pass its budget.

[Category: United States Politics and Government, Federal Budget (US), Law and Legislation, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017), House of Representatives, Senate, Republican Party, Senate Committee on the Budget, Graham, Lindsey, Johnson, Mike (1972- )]

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[l] at 2/12/25 9:14am
The billionaire, whose federal cost-cutting team has been operating in secrecy, asserted that he had uncovered waste and fraud across the bureaucracy, without providing evidence.

[Category: Musk, Elon, Trump, Donald J, Government Efficiency Department (US), United States Politics and Government, Executive Orders and Memorandums, Conflicts of Interest, Government Employees, Layoffs and Job Reductions]

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[l] at 2/12/25 9:03am
Scientists have several theories about how the drug might reduce alcohol cravings.

[Category: GLP-1 RAs (Drug), Alcohol Abuse, Research, Ozempic (Drug), Alcoholic Beverages, Obesity]

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[l] at 2/12/25 9:00am
Monty the giant schnauzer took home best in show, but each of the group winners left a lasting impression.

[Category: Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, Westminster Kennel Club, Dogs, Madison Square Garden]

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[l] at 2/12/25 8:46am
A lawsuit appears to be the first challenge to the constitutionality of an executive order barring trans athletes from girls’ and women’s sports teams.

[Category: Transgender, Executive Orders and Memorandums, Title IX (Gender Discrimination Legislation), Iris Turmelle, Parker Tirrell, Education Department (US), United States Politics and Government, Discrimination, Law and Legislation, Trump, Donald J, Thomas, Lia (1999- ), New Hampshire, National Collegiate Athletic Assn, National Federation of State High School Assns]

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[l] at 2/12/25 8:39am
In his first trip abroad, the new U.S. defense secretary told Ukrainian and NATO officials that a durable peace could only come ‘with a realistic assessment of the battlefield.’

[Category: Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), International Relations, United States Defense and Military Forces, United States Politics and Government, Defense Department, United States International Relations, Peace Process, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Hegseth, Pete, Trump, Donald J, Europe]

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[l] at 2/12/25 8:20am
“Emilia Pérez” is hobbled, “Anora” is revitalized and plenty remains up in the air ahead of the March 2 awards ceremony.

[Category: Academy Awards (Oscars), Movies, Baker, Sean (1971- ), Anora (Movie), Conclave (Movie), Emilia Perez (Movie), I'm Still Here (Movie), Dune: Part Two (Movie), Wicked (Movie), The Substance (Movie), The Brutalist (Movie)]

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[l] at 2/12/25 8:12am
In his first trip abroad, the new U.S. defense secretary told Ukrainian and NATO officials that a durable peace could only come ‘with a realistic assessment of the battlefield.’

[Category: Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), International Relations, United States Defense and Military Forces, United States Politics and Government, Defense Department, United States International Relations, Peace Process, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Hegseth, Pete, Trump, Donald J, Europe]

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[l] at 2/12/25 8:01am
Investors are now betting that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates just once more this year, a drastic shift in expectations since late 2024.

[Category: Banking and Financial Institutions, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Stocks and Bonds, United States Economy, Federal Reserve System, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Trump, Donald J]

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[l] at 2/12/25 7:31am
President Trump pledged to lower costs on “Day 1” as a candidate. His administration now acknowledges it will take more time.

[Category: United States Politics and Government, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Protectionism (Trade), Presidential Election of 2024, United States Economy, Banking and Financial Institutions, Inflation (Economics), Avian Influenza, Trump, Donald J, Eggs]

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[l] at 2/12/25 7:29am
After finding refuge and building power in Venezuela, a decades-old rebel group has waged the worst violence in Colombia in a generation, setting off troubling regional tensions.

[Category: Colombia, Venezuela, War and Armed Conflicts, International Relations, National Liberation Army (Colombia), Maduro, Nicolas, Petro, Gustavo, Politics and Government]

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[l] at 2/12/25 7:28am
Now that the Justice Department has directed federal prosecutors to drop Eric Adams’s case, could Alvin L. Bragg’s office pick it up?

[Category: Eric Adams Federal Corruption Case (24 CR 556), Adams, Eric L, Bragg, Alvin, District Attorneys, Trump, Donald J, Vance, Cyrus R Jr, Manhattan (NYC)]

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[l] at 2/12/25 7:06am
The Times interviewed Russian soldiers who said they face a brutal fight to dislodge determined Ukrainian forces from a sliver of Russian land. Trapped civilians fear catastrophe.

[Category: Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Defense and Military Forces, Civilian Casualties, Evacuations and Evacuees, Politics and Government, Refugees and Displaced Persons, Wagner Group, Kursk (Russia), Russia, Ukraine, Akhmat (Russian special forces unit)]

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[l] at 2/12/25 6:24am
As Israel and Hamas accuse each other of violating the cease-fire deal, Israel’s prime minister has vowed a return to “intense fighting” if hostages are not freed by Saturday.

[Category: Amnesties, Commutations and Pardons, Israel-Gaza War (2023- ), International Relations, Kidnapping and Hostages, Defense and Military Forces, Palestinians, Peace Process, Hamas, Gaza Strip, Israel]

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[l] at 2/12/25 5:07am
India is acutely aware that trade and immigration issues are a potential double whammy. But it believes it can preserve growing ties.

[Category: United States Politics and Government, United States International Relations, Protectionism (Trade), Customs (Tariff), Illegal Immigration, Deportation, Modi, Narendra, Trump, Donald J, India, United States]

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[l] at 2/12/25 4:52am
The U.S. president has repeatedly asked the two Mideast allies to take in two million Palestinians from Gaza. Both Egypt and Jordan have been trying to offer Mr. Trump help in other ways.

[Category: United States Politics and Government, Foreign Aid, Politics and Government, Palestinians, Mohammed bin Salman (1985- ), Sisi, Abdel Fattah el-, Trump, Donald J, Egypt, Jordan, Abdullah II, King of Jordan]

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[l] at 2/12/25 3:04am
Health experts see his retreat from international cooperation as disrupting the safe-keepers of one of the world’s deadliest pathogens.

[Category: Smallpox, World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Politics and Government, United States International Relations, Trump, Donald J, your-feed-science]

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[l] at 2/12/25 3:03am
He is attracting different attention, and some leading man hardware, after standout performances in “The Apprentice” and “A Different Man.”

[Category: Actors and Actresses, Movies, Academy Awards (Oscars), Content Type: Personal Profile, Stan, Sebastian, The Apprentice (Movie), A Different Man (Movie)]

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[l] at 2/12/25 3:03am
One of President Trump’s first executive orders claims the power to fire, and hire, tens of thousands of career civil servants across the government. Astead W. Herndon, a national politics reporter and the host of the politics podcast “The Run-Up,” explains the order, which has drawn lawsuits from federal unions.

[Category: United States Politics and Government, Government Employees, Presidential Transition (US), Appointments and Executive Changes, Politics and Government]

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[l] at 2/12/25 3:03am
President Trump says he wants to make a deal for minerals from Ukraine in exchange for aid. That followed a long effort by Ukrainian officials to appeal to Mr. Trump’s transactional nature.

[Category: United States International Relations, International Relations, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), Foreign Aid, Metals and Minerals, Defense and Military Forces, Titanium, Graham, Lindsey, Lauder, Ronald S, Trump, Donald J, Kyiv (Ukraine), Russia, Ukraine]

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[l] at 2/12/25 12:58am
Xi Jinping seems to be in no rush to engage with President Trump, who has sent mixed signals about when a call might happen (or whether it already has).

[Category: United States International Relations, Trump, Donald J, Xi Jinping, China, United States, International Relations]

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[l] at 2/11/25 11:54pm
As two-way trade expands, India’s surplus is growing. President Trump is expected to press Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lower tariffs.

[Category: Modi, Narendra, Trump, Donald J, India, Customs (Tariff), Harley-Davidson Inc, United States, Protectionism (Trade), International Trade and World Market]

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[l] at 2/11/25 4:36pm
The Israeli leader’s warning came after Hamas said it would indefinitely postpone the next round of hostage releases.

[Category: Israel-Gaza War (2023- ), Peace Process, Netanyahu, Benjamin, Israel, Hamas, Defense and Military Forces, Terrorism, Kidnapping and Hostages, United States International Relations, Trump, Donald J, Abdullah II, King of Jordan, International Relations, Gaza Strip, Jordan, Egypt, Politics and Government]

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