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Trump and SoftBank CEO Announce $100 Billion Investment in US Projects

Trump and SoftBank CEO Announce $100 Billion Investment in US Projects

Maureen Farrell and Michael J. de la Merced
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Politics

The technology company plans to invest $100 billion in U.S. projects, echoing the multibillion-dollar pledge it made after Donald J. Trump’s first election victory in 2016.


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What Song Did You Discover, or Rediscover, in 2024?

What Song Did You Discover, or Rediscover, in 2024?

Lindsay Zoladz
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We want to know why it resonated with you.


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Austin Tice’s Mother Appeals to Netanyahu to Pause Strikes to Search for Son in Syrian Area

Austin Tice’s Mother Appeals to Netanyahu to Pause Strikes to Search for Son in Syrian Area

Adam Entous
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Politics

Debra Tice wrote to the Israeli prime minister that her family had “credible information” that Austin Tice may be held in a prison outside Damascus, in an area where Israel had been conducting military operations.


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Here’s what we know.

Here’s what we know.

Michael Levenson
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Politics

At least five others were injured in the shooting at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, which has about 390 children in kindergarten through 12th grade.


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Subway Surfing’s Deadly Lure in New York City

Subway Surfing’s Deadly Lure in New York City

Andrew Keh and Ana Ley
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Politics

For more than a century, people have climbed on top of moving trains in search of a thrill. Now social media has attracted a new generation of daredevils.


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Trump Says He Would Consider Pardoning Eric Adams

Trump Says He Would Consider Pardoning Eric Adams

Emma G. Fitzsimmons
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Politics

The comment by President-elect Donald J. Trump reflects an unusual relationship that has been encouraged by Mayor Eric Adams of New York as his federal corruption trial nears.


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Sudden Loss of Undocumented Workers Threw Tech Supplier Into Upheaval

Sudden Loss of Undocumented Workers Threw Tech Supplier Into Upheaval

Steve Eder
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Politics

Jabil says it required “herculean efforts” to replace employees from a staffing agency. Other businesses are bracing for “an enforcement storm” under President-elect Trump.


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Is Mikhail Baryshnikov the Last of the Highbrow Superstars?

Is Mikhail Baryshnikov the Last of the Highbrow Superstars?

Jason Diamond
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Politics

Fifty years since he left the Soviet Union, he insists on using his huge fame to bring attention to difficult, esoteric art.


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CrossFit’s Greg Glassman Attempts Comeback With MetFix

CrossFit’s Greg Glassman Attempts Comeback With MetFix

Calum Marsh
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Politics

Greg Glassman, who sold the company amid sexual harassment complaints, has a new health and fitness venture. It sounds a lot like his old one.


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Biden Prepares to Target Chinese Legacy Chips With Trade Investigation

Biden Prepares to Target Chinese Legacy Chips With Trade Investigation

Ana Swanson
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Politics

The investigation could result in tariffs on older types of chips from China, though the decision would ultimately fall to Trump.


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Ex-Bangladeshi Leader Orchestrated Mass Disappearances, Inquiry Finds

Ex-Bangladeshi Leader Orchestrated Mass Disappearances, Inquiry Finds

Saif Hasnat and Mujib Mashal
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Politics

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and top officials are implicated in a centralized program that abducted dissidents and held them in secret prisons, an official commission’s preliminary report said.


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Mayor Adams Is Denied Public Money for His Re-election Campaign

Mayor Adams Is Denied Public Money for His Re-election Campaign

Emma G. Fitzsimmons and Bianca Pallaro
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Politics

The New York City Campaign Finance Board voted to withhold as much as $4.3 million in matching funds from Mayor Eric Adams, hampering his re-election bid.


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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Loses Confidence Vote, Prompting Snap Election

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Loses Confidence Vote, Prompting Snap Election

Christopher F. Schuetze and Jim Tankersley
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Politics

Chancellor Olaf Scholz lost a confidence vote, deepening the political turbulence in one of the continent’s most powerful economies.


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Letby’s Lawyers Seek Appeal After Lead Expert ‘Changed Mind’ on Murders

Letby’s Lawyers Seek Appeal After Lead Expert ‘Changed Mind’ on Murders

Megan Specia
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Politics

Lawyers for Lucy Letby, a British nurse found guilty of the murders of seven babies, said that new evidence about the prosecution’s lead witness undermined the case against her.


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A Constitutional Convention? Some Democrats Fear It’s Coming.

A Constitutional Convention? Some Democrats Fear It’s Coming.

Heather Knight and Kate Selig
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Politics

Some Republicans have said that a constitutional convention is overdue. Many Democratic-led states have rescinded their long-ago calls for one, and California will soon consider whether to do the same.


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