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Top Social Security Official Leaves After Musk Team Seeks Data Access

The departure of the acting commissioner is the latest backlash to efforts by Elon Musk’s team to access sensitive data.

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With Congress Pliant, an Emboldened Trump Pushes His Business Interests

Norms recognized for decades by both parties no longer appear to apply to President Trump’s White House, former prosecutors and ethics lawyers say.

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Members of Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency have also been seeking access to sensitive data at the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service. — Eric Lee/The New York Times

Education Dept. Gives Schools 2 Weeks to Eliminate Race-Based Programs

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Thousands Gather on Presidents’ Day to Call Trump a Tyrant

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Can the Fed Look Past Trump’s Tariffs?

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New York Governor to Discuss Adams’s Future After Top Aides Plan to Resign

Kathy Hochul, who could remove Mayor Eric Adams, said the planned resignation of four deputy mayors raised concerns about his “long-term future” at City Hall.

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Judge in Adams Case Faces Demands to Continue the Prosecution

As the judge considers the Justice Department’s request to stop the case against Mayor Eric Adams of New York, former U.S. attorneys asked him to investigate.

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All 80 Aboard Survive as Jet Crashes and Overturns at Toronto Airport

At least 18 people were injured when the Delta flight from Minneapolis tried to land amid strong winds and drifting snow, officials said.

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‘S.N.L.’ Celebrates 50 Years With a Star-Studded Prime-Time Special

Stage and audience alike were packed with “Saturday Night Live” cast, alumni and other celebrities on a night that was in turns sweet and self-satirizing.

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A crowd of celebrities gathers onstage at Studio 8H. — Theo Wargo/NBC, via Getty Images

Agent Orange Twisted Her Limbs. The U.S. Is Abandoning a Vow to Help.

Fifty years after the Vietnam War, President Trump’s gutting of foreign aid has halted efforts to address a toxic legacy and build a strategic partnership.

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Nguyen Thi Ngoc Diem, an Agent Orange victim in southern Vietnam. — Linh Pham for The New York Times

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When Grave Markers Are Stolen, He Speaks for the Dead

To Michael Hirsch, the desecration of hundreds of graves was a shanda, a shame, a ghoulish crime. He wanted to do something about it.

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Michael Hirsch stares into the camera as he walks through a cemetery with a metal cane. — James Estrin/The New York Times

‘Here We Go Again’: Kentucky Residents Face More Destruction From Storms

The latest flood damage was not as catastrophic as previous climate disasters in the state. But the rains still brought havoc, and painful reminders of trauma.

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What We Know About the Storms That Keep Flooding Kentucky

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Killing of Transgender Man Is Not Ruled a Hate Crime, Investigators Say

Law enforcement officials in upstate New York said that the torture and killing of Sam Norquist, 24, did not appear to be a hate crime.

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Sam Norquist, wearing a white T-shirt and a black cap, looks directly into the camera. — New York State Police, via Associated Press

Russia Frees American Prisoner Before Talks With U.S.

The release of Kalob Byers Wayne, who was arrested on drug charges on Feb. 7, came on the eve of talks about the war in Ukraine.

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How Can It End? Here’s a Step-by-Step Guide to a Possible Ukraine Deal.

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Dmitri Peskov, wearing a suit and tie, sits in front of a brown curtain. — Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Prison Boss Elevated by Kathy Hochul Was Accused of Rape by 2 Ex-Inmates

The attacks occurred years earlier, Bennie Thorpe’s accusers said. Now he runs a New York prison where an inmate was fatally beaten by guards.

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Traffic passes outside Marcy Correctional Facility. — José A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times

Southwest Airlines Plans to Cut 15% of Its Work Force

The company said the cuts, the first round of broad layoffs in the airline’s 53-year history, would affect mostly corporate employees.

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Southwest Airlines employees at an airport counter tending to customers checking in their bags. — Desiree Rios for The New York Times

Why Everyone Is Still Talking About ‘Paddington 2’

With the third movie now in theaters, let’s look at how the 2018 film became a sleeper hit, thanks to Hugh Grant’s villain and its showstopping end credits.

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‘Paddington in Peru’ Review: Homeward Bound

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A C.G.I. bear in a red hat and blue duffle coat hangs off the side of a circus train. — Warner Bros. Pictures, via Associated Press

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Refusing to Carry Out Trump’s Flagrantly Dishonest Orders

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Nothing to See Here. Everything Is Exactly as It Should Be.

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It’s the Little Tweaks That Can Undermine Government

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Praise Song for a False Spring

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The U.S. Can No Longer Ignore the Threat Arising in Afghanistan

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This Is How Trump Will Smash the Machine of U.S. Economic Power

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There’s One Lie I Will Never Tell My Children

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My Values ‘Can’t Be Nullified by an Executive Order’

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The Republican Party’s NPC Problem — and Ours

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The 1980s Are Back, and Not in a Good Way

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The Need for Medical Oxygen Is ‘Very Urgent’

Oxygen is vital to many medical procedures. But a safe, affordable supply is severely lacking around the world, according to a new report.

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Israel Says It Will Keep Troops in Lebanon Past Its Withdrawal Deadline

The announcement that Israel will “temporarily” keep forces in five locations raised the specter of renewed fighting in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah.

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A person in full blue protective coverings, a mask and a scrub cap lifts a tank of oxygen in the back of an ambulance. — Ryad Kramdi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

Washington Post Cancels Ad From Groups Calling for Trump to Fire Musk

The newspaper told Common Cause, an advocacy group, that it was pulling its special ad calling for the firing of Elon Musk by President Trump.

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Canada as the 51st State? In Electoral Terms, Trump’s Idea Favors Democrats.

Bringing Canada into the United States, however farcical President Trump’s idea may seem, would alter the political map in a way likely to cost Republicans.

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