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Epstein Built Ties to U.S. Customs Officers, Prompting Criminal Investigation
Jeffrey Epstein cultivated friendly relationships with several customs officers in the U.S. Virgin Islands, offering food, advice and even musical gigs.
By David Enrich and Steve Eder
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A College President With Ties to Epstein Is Also Seen as a Campus Savior
The president of Bard College raised millions to save his school from closure. As he sought donations, he talked with Jeffrey Epstein about music, watches and young female musicians.
By Vimal Patel
business
Bill Gates Cancels a Keynote Speech Amid the Epstein Controversy
The philanthropist made the announcement on Thursday, after having earlier confirmed his participation in a prominent artificial intelligence summit in India.
By Nicholas Kulish
business
In 2025, Trade Deficit in Goods Reached Record High
Data released Thursday by the Census Bureau showed the overall trade deficit with the world narrowed, the result of an expanding trade surplus in services. The trade deficit in goods was the highest on record.
By Ben Casselman, Ana Swanson and Keith Collins
business
Trump Mulls a North American Trade Pact Without Canada
U.S. officials are threatening major changes to a trade agreement with Mexico and Canada that could upend the way business is done and leave Canada on the outs.
By Ana Swanson, Matina Stevis-Gridneff and Tyler Pager
dining
Tariffs and American Wine: Additional Costs, Export Trouble and Hostility
One year in, many producers say tariffs have not helped them, and some countries are rejecting U.S. wine altogether.
By Eric Asimov
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Two Sisters Died in Avalanche During Sierra Nevada Trek With Friends
The sisters regularly met up with their friends, many of them fellow parents with ties to Stanford University, to go on ski trips.
By Sabrina Tavernise
weather
Another Storm Complicates Efforts to Recover Victims of Tahoe Avalanche
The sheriff’s office in Nevada County, Calif., said a storm that moved through early Thursday has slowed their work.
By Amy Graff
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With a Golden Gavel and a Threat to Iran, Trump Launches His Board of Peace
The first gathering of President Trump’s alternative to the United Nations is a manifestation of a Trump World Order.
By Shawn McCreesh
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Arts Panel Packed With Trump Allies Approves White House Ballroom Project
President Trump has eliminated any pocket of resistance from within his administration to his plans for a 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
By Luke Broadwater
climate
U.S. Tells International Energy Agency to Drop Its Focus on Climate Change
The Trump administration is threatening to leave the influential agency unless it stops publishing its annual road map for cutting planet-warming emissions.
By Brad Plumer
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U.S. Military Moves Into Place for Possible Strikes in Iran
President Trump has given no indication that he has made a decision about how to proceed, as diplomatic talks continue.
By Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt and Ronen Bergman
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Where the U.S. Is Building Up Military Force Near Iran
President Trump has not authorized military action in Iran, but the United States has built up its presence in the region in recent weeks. Now it’s sending even more firepower.
By Christoph Koettl, Eric Schmitt, Ashley Cai, Riley Mellen and Daniel Wood
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Why Is Trump Dumping East Wing Rubble in a Public Park?
The East Potomac Golf Links is a municipal course that has been a fixture in Washington for decades. President Trump is turning it into something else.
By Shawn McCreesh and Kent Nishimura
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A Press Freedom Case in Peril, From a Lawyer Who Helped Write It
Alan Dershowitz was present at the creation of New York Times v. Sullivan. Now he is asking the Supreme Court to revise or destroy it.
By Adam Liptak
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Their Transgender Child’s Health Care Had Ended. What Now?
In many ways, the parents whose adolescents had been receiving treatment at NYU Langone Health had been expecting this call. Still, they were stunned.
By Joseph Goldstein
arts
Billy Idol Had It All, and Then He ‘Lit It With Butane’
Last year, the British rocker with the iconic sneer played his biggest tour yet. At 70, he’s revealing how he survived the tough times in a new documentary.
By Melena Ryzik
world
Political Correctness Is Illegal, Say These Professors Suing Their University
A group of academics at the University of British Columbia say the school’s D.E.I. policies and practices, which include land acknowledgments, violate a law that requires universities to be “nonpolitical.”
By Pranav Baskar and Alana Paterson
technology
Inside the Birthplace of Your Favorite Technology
How Bell Labs shaped cellphones, satellites, video calls and A.I. technology.
By Steve Lohr, Jeanne Noonan DelMundo and Tina Zhou
opinion
Melania Knows Best
There are a lot of potential contestants.
By Frank Bruni and Bret Stephens
opinion
An Ancient Power Is Reasserting Itself
Why the next 30 years belong to India.
By Ross Douthat and Victoria Chamberlin
nyregion
Man Convicted of Murder of 4 Homeless Men in Chinatown
Randy Rodriguez Santos attacked five homeless men in Chinatown in 2019, killing four of them in a span of minutes.
By Hurubie Meko
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Ohio’s Covid Czar Hopes to Be the State’s Democratic Governor
Amy Acton’s service to retiring Gov. Mike DeWine gives her bipartisan credibility in a Republican state, but that service, leading Ohio’s pandemic response, also stirs charged emotions.
By Kate Zernike
world
A Rare Glimpse of a Sleeper Shark in Antarctic Waters
Researchers filmed a 10-to-13-foot sleeper shark off the South Shetland Islands, in what may be the first recording of the species that far south.
By Jenny Gross
nyregion
A Child Misses 3 Weeks of School. Should Protective Services Step In?
A growing number of states are debating whether to alter their policies on summoning child protection officials if a student has excessive absences.
By Troy Closson and Samantha Latson