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Treaties, Alliances and Soft Power Are Out. Raw Power Is Back In.
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Trump’s Immigration Measures Cause Fear, but No Surge in Deportations
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[–><!–>The administration has placed migrants’ names in Social Security’s “death master file” to cut off their access to bank accounts and other financial services. He has pressured countries to retrieve their citizens, sent people to third countries far from their homes and invoked a wartime law to remove migrants without due process.–><!–>
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Musk and Trump: A Partnership and a Bureaucratic Bull Rush
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A Campaign to Exact Revenge, Using the Powers of the Presidency
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[–><!–>The president terminated taxpayer-financed security protection for Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, who led the nation through the coronavirus pandemic, and others who went on to criticize Mr. Trump, including John R. Bolton, his former national security adviser.–><!–>
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Trump Called It ‘Liberation Day.’ But His Tariffs Triggered Panic.
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[–><!–>Products from China — the second-largest source of goods for the United States — now face a minimum tariff of 145 percent, and in some cases the levies are much higher. U.S. exports now face a 125 percent tariff going into China. For entrepreneurs and farmers that rely on trade between the countries, particularly small businesses, that has been crippling. Some companies have stopped trade altogether, and bookings for the ships that carry freight from China to the United States have plummeted.–><!–>
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Expecting Recession? How Trump’s Shifting Policies Have Upended the Economy
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Greenland? Canada? The Canal? The Mystery Behind Manifest Destiny
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In a Moment of National Tragedy, Trump Equates Diversity With Incompetence
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[–><!–>It was the first national tragedy of President Trump’s second term: An American Airlines plane and an Army helicopter collided over the Potomac River in late January, killing 67 people. After a moment of silence and condolences for the families whose loved ones were still being pulled from the water, Mr. Trump saw fit to cast blame.–><!–>
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For Trump, the Arts Had Become ‘Too Wokey’
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At the White House, a Cascade of Content for Social Media
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Source: Elections - nytimes.com
Mexico to Give U.S. More Water From Their Shared Rivers
It’s time to reset our failing climate policies, says Tony Blair
