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Top Social Security Official Leaves After Musk Team Seeks Data Access

The acting commissioner’s move happened after Elon Musk’s team sought sensitive data about millions of Americans.

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Federal Judge Declines to Block Musk’s Team From Having Access to Education Data

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With Congress Pliant, an Emboldened Trump Pushes His Business Interests

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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

Secretary of State Marco Rubio stands on a small red stage next to Rodrigo Chaves, the president of Costa Rica.

Costa Rica Will Take 200 Migrants Deported by the U.S.

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A statue at the center of Columbia University’s campus. Across from the statue is a grassy lawn and a large building with many columns.

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

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A protester holds up an upside-down U.S. flag while facing a crowd of protesters stand with signs outside the U.S. Capitol.

Thousands Gather on Presidents’ Day to Call Trump a Tyrant

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A shopper bundled in a gray winter coat, hat and bluejeans looks at a carton of eggs in front of a large case of eggs and milk in a grocery store.

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.

String of Air Crashes in 2025 Has Rattled Travelers

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What We Know About the Toronto Plane Crash

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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

Louis Pasteur’s Relentless Hunt for Germs Floating in the Air

In 19th-century France, the young chemist challenged the theory of spontaneous generation and discovered an invisible world of airborne microbes.

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As Deadline for Withdrawal Lapses, Israel Says It Will Stay in Southern Lebanon

Israeli forces will remain at five strategic points within Lebanon despite Tuesday’s deadline for Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters to pull back.

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A soldier is standing in back of a military vehicle at the Israel-Lebanon border. — Jalaa Marey/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

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

U.S. Marines Start to Leave Japan, Decades Behind Schedule

The American base on Okinawa has relocated 105 Marines. But an agreement to move 9,000 in total is colliding with the perceived threat from a rising China.

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Okinawa, a Small Island Caught Between Big Powers

Residents of the Japanese island see U.S. bases as a legacy of war and colonialism, but younger generations also worry about a threat from China.

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Soldiers in camouflage uniforms and carrying guns run away from a helicopter — Chang W. Lee/The New York Times

Southwest Airlines Plans to Cut 15% of Corporate Work Force

The airline said it would cut 1,750 jobs, the first broad layoffs in its 53-year history.

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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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Movie Review

‘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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Brad Setser

Xi Is Making the World Pay for China’s Mistakes

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Refusing to Carry Out Trump’s Flagrantly Dishonest Orders

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Gail Collins and Bret Stephens

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

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Richard L. Revesz

It’s the Little Tweaks That Can Undermine Government

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Margaret Renkl

Praise Song for a False Spring

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Javid Ahmad

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

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Let’s Argue About Our Phones (and Tech in General)

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Henry J. Farrell and Abraham L. Newman

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

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Allison Sweet Grant

There’s One Lie I Will Never Tell My Children

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Kirk Wallace Johnson

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

Ezra Klein

The Republican Party’s NPC Problem — and Ours

Elizabeth Spiers

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

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Storms have overwhelmed the state in recent years. On top of the floods, snow is expected soon.

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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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