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The Separation: Inside the Unraveling U.S.-Ukraine Partnership

As President Trump sought a peace deal and President Vladimir Putin sought victory, factions in the White House and the Pentagon bled the Ukrainian war effort.

Justice Dept. Is Now Said to Be Reviewing 5.2 Million Pages of Epstein Files

The number represents a more precise, potentially much larger, figure than earlier estimates. The department is seeking to enlist about 400 lawyers to help.

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Health Dept. Pauses Minnesota Child Care Funding, Citing State’s Fraud Scandal

The pause affects a funding stream that provides $185 million in annual aid to day care centers, as federal investigations into social services fraud continue.

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Mamdani Chooses a Veteran N.Y.C. Education Leader as Schools Chancellor

The selection of Kamar Samuels, who leads schools on the West Side of Manhattan, could help Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani craft his schools agenda.

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Tatiana Schlossberg, Kennedy Daughter Who Wrote of Her Cancer, Dies at 35

An environmental journalist and child of Caroline Kennedy, she recently wrote of her battle with leukemia in The New Yorker, drawing worldwide sympathy.

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To the World, She Was a Kennedy. To Me, She Was a Rookie Ready to Work.

Tatiana Schlossberg was the granddaughter of John F. Kennedy. But as a journalist, her first editor remembers, she insisted on putting in the work.

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When the Best New Year’s Plans Are No New Year’s Plans

Many opt out of the revelry, either as their own time-honored tradition or because of a different outlook this year.

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An apartment with several disco balls piled on a brown couch.

Iowa Democrat Wins State Senate Seat, Fending Off G.O.P. Supermajority

By holding a left-leaning seat in suburban Des Moines, Democrats ensured that Republicans would not have a supermajority in the State Senate.

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Renee Hardman, in a blue dress and glasses, stands at a microphone.

Crew Paints Russian Flag on Tanker Pursued by the U.S. Coast Guard

The tanker was headed to Venezuela to collect oil, putting it in the cross-hairs of President Trump’s pressure campaign on Nicolás Maduro’s government.

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Oil platforms over water in Venezuela.

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She Tried to Kill a President. He Loved Her Anyway.

A retired widower married Sara Jane Moore, who shot at President Ford in 1975. It tore his family apart.

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A smiling older man with glasses and an older woman in a plaid shirt embrace. He is looking at the camera. Her eyes are closed.

Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Former Colorado Senator, Dies at 92

A Democrat turned Republican, he was the only Native American during three terms in the House of Representatives and in 12 years in the Senate.

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A man in a white shirt and a black tie.

NPR’s C.E.O. Was a Right-Wing Target. Then the Real Trouble Started.

Katherine Maher has taken an unyielding approach to NPR’s biggest battles — which has sometimes put her at odds with her colleagues in public media.

10 min read

Katherine Maher, the chief executive of NPR, stands in a vertical portrait wearing a vermilion dress and tied black belt.
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A Rupture Over Israel Is Tearing MAGA ApartFor 40 years, Christian Zionism was a powerful force in American politics. A new generation on the right is taking cues from elsewhere.

Photo illustration by Ricardo Tomas

3 Southern California Hikers Are Found Dead Amid Dangerous Conditions

The authorities closed access to part of Mount Baldy, where the hikers were found. They cited dangerous and unpredictable terrain and weather.

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Emergency vehicles in front of mountains with brush and trees.

All Eyes Are on Carlie Irsay-Gordon, the N.F.L.’s Most Atypical Owner

The 45-year-old will be facing her first off-season at the helm of the Colts. Franchise-altering decisions await.

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Gaza Aid Groups Face Suspensions Under New Israeli Rules

The organizations, including Doctors Without Borders, have resisted providing Israel with detailed information about their workers.

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Spanish Woman Scorned, Then Loved, for Botched Fresco Restoration Dies at 94

Cecilia Giménez’s repainting of an image of Jesus in 2012 was widely mocked online. But tourists flocked to see her work, reviving her struggling hometown.

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George and Amal Clooney Become French Citizens

Mr. Clooney has said that living in France enabled him and his wife, the human rights lawyer Amal Clooney, to pursue a quieter life with their children.

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Carmen de Lavallade, Dancer Whose Career Spanned the Arts, Dies at 94

Over six decades she worked in theater, opera, film and television alongside luminaries like Alvin Ailey, Lena Horne, Agnes de Mille and Harry Belafonte.

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