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Putin Has Long Wanted More Power in Europe. Trump Could Grant It.

Remarks by officials from President Trump’s cabinet are fueling concerns that the U.S. will abandon Europe and align with President Vladimir Putin of Russia.

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Trump Aides and Russian Officials to Meet Next Week on Ukraine War

The talks would be the first between American and Russian delegations since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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Ukraine Rejects U.S. Demand for Half of Its Mineral Resources

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Trump Suggests No Laws Are Broken if He’s ‘Saving His Country’

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How Trump’s One-for-One Tariff Plan Threatens the Global Economy

In starting a process to impose reciprocal tariffs on American trading partners, President Trump is sowing uncertainty and risking inflation.

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Who Controls the Gulf of Mexico?

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Trump’s Gaza Proposal Overshadows Rubio’s First Mideast Visit

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel amid political chaos over President Trump’s proposal for Gaza.

 

How a Network of Amateur Sleuths Helps Rescue Women Kidnapped by ISIS

No international body is searching for hundreds of Yazidi women and girls. Instead, they need relatives, armchair detectives and activists like Pari Ibrahim.

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She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death

In the Netherlands, doctors and dementia patients must negotiate a fine line: Assisted death for those without capacity is legal, but doctors won’t do it.

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On a Mission to Heal Gila Monsters

After years in Big Pharma, a chemist pivoted to help save the species that made Ozempic possible.

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  1. Ozempic has been a blockbuster drug by any measure, but in the beginning, there was just a strange lizard, the Gila monster, with a flair for intermittent fasting.
    Emily Elconin for The New York Times
  2. The lizard’s venom contains a digestion-slowing hormone that helped scientists create the popular medication. Now Pebbles, a Gila monster, needs medicine to help her fight a life-threatening parasite.
    Emily Elconin for The New York Times
  3. Tim Cernak, a pharmaceutical chemist at the University of Michigan, makes medicines for ailing plants and animals, like Pebbles.
    Emily Elconin for The New York Times
  4. Dr. Cernak is trying to isolate the parasite, sequence its genome and, if all goes well, find a drug that can destroy it.
    Emily Elconin for The New York Times
  5. “To me it’s this full circle thing. We’re attempting to solve the ultimate health inequity.”
    Dr. Cernak thought it was time for pharmaceutical chemists to work on behalf of the biodiversity that they had long benefitted from.
    Emily Elconin for The New York Times
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3 Parrots, 1 Shared Wall, 2 Ruptured Lives

How noise complaints in a Manhattan co-op led to a $750,000 legal settlement and shattered a friendship.

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Venting at Democrats and Fearing Trump, Liberal Donors Pull Back Cash

Demoralized donors are frustrated with Democrats and worried about retribution from President Trump. Their frugality has left liberal groups struggling.

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The Growing Pains of Asia’s Newest Country

East Timor has become a stable democracy after securing independence in 2002. But its finances are precarious, and nearly half of its people live in poverty.

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How to Watch the ‘S.N.L.’ 50th Anniversary Special

The venerable sketch show is throwing itself a big star-studded party on Sunday night. Here’s everything you need to know about it.

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Our Comedy Columnist Reflects on 50 Years of ‘Saturday Night Live’

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The Justice Department’s Dangerous Game Will Backfire

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The Republican Party’s NPC Problem — and Ours

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Tim Donahue

Let Students Finish the Whole Book. It Could Change Their Lives.

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Timothy White

My Father Was a Conservative Evangelical Pastor. Then I Came Out.

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Heavy snow, sleet, freezing rain, and damaging winds of up to 70 miles per hour are all in the mix for Sunday into Monday.

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Knife Attack Suspect in Austria Is Inspired by ISIS, Official Says

One person was killed and five others were injured in stabbings in the center of the town of Villach. A man from Syria was arrested at the scene.

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Rebels in Congo Say They Have Entered a Crucial City

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