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Trump Says Chinese Students Are a Security Risk. Espionage Experts Are Skeptical.

Some former spy-hunters see the State Department’s plan to revoke visas of some Chinese college students as heavy-handed and counterproductive.

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Denying Visas to Chinese Students Could Backfire on America

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World Scientists Look Elsewhere as U.S. Labs Stagger Under Trump Cuts

With the Trump istration withdrawing the welcome mat for promising researchers, America is at risk of losing its longstanding pre-eminence in the sciences.

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Analysis

Trump, Bashing the Federalist Society, Asserts Autonomy on Judge Picks

President Trump has grown increasingly angry at court rulings blocking parts of his agenda, including by judges he appointed.

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Trump Pledges to Double Tariffs on Foreign Steel to 50%

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White House Unveils New Details of Stark Budget Cuts

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A Golden Key and a Black Eye: Elon Musk Exits Washington

Mr. Musk, who said he will devote more time to his companies, never came close to achieving his goal of cutting $1 trillion from the federal budget.

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Did Somebody Punch Elon?

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Trump Praises Musk: Takeaways From the News Conference

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C.D.C. Contradicts Kennedy and Keeps Advice That Children May Get Covid Shots

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, said Covid shots were coming off the childhood vaccine schedule. A memo sent by the agency Friday contradicted that.

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Trump istration Ends Program Critical to Search for an H.I.V. Vaccine

The termination is the latest in a series of cuts to H.I.V. research and programs to prevent the disease.

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Loretta Swit, a.k.a. Hot Lips of TV’s ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 87

She won two Emmy Awards for her sympathetic portrayal of an Army major on the hit TV show and had a long career in TV and theater.

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‘M*A*S*H’ Showed Comedy Could Be More Than Just Funny

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  1. Swit portrayed Maj. Margaret Houlihan in “M*A*S*H” from 1972 through 1983.
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  2. In Los Angeles in 2006.
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  3. In the 1970s, Swit starred in the Broadway production “Same Time Next Year” with Ted Bessell. 
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  4. Swit was nominated 10 times for the Emmy Award for best ing actress in a comedy series, winning in 1980 and 1982.
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  5. With her “M*A*S*H” co-stars in 1982 after winning the People’s Choice Award for best comedy series.
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  6. Swit as Christine Cagney in “Cagney & Lacey” in the 1982 pilot movie.
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India and Pakistan’s Air Battle Is Over. Their Water War Has Begun.

Though the two neighbors declared a cease-fire this month, a crucial water-sharing treaty remains at risk.

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A view from the air of a river running through an area with trees, houses and fields.

Blow to Biden-Era Program Plunges Migrants Into Further Uncertainty

A Supreme Court ruling ended temporary humanitarian protections for hundreds of thousands of people. But it is unclear how quickly many could be deported.

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Trump Officials Deported Another Man Despite Court Order

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‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ Re When TV Had a Conscience, and a Spine

A TV critic looks at George Clooney’s play about CBS News standing up to political pressure, even as its current ownership might succumb to it.

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A man in a gray suit and black tie with old TV screens behind him talks into an old TV camera with “CBS” written on it.

Taylor Swift Buys Back Rights to Her First 6 Albums

The recordings to the pop superstar’s earliest work were sold to Scooter Braun in 2019, and acquired a year later by the investing firm Shamrock Capital.

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Taylor Swift, in a sparkly bodysuit, holds a microphone in one hand onstage and stretches out the other one.

Skulls of 19 Black Americans Return to New Orleans After 150 Years in

The remains, used in the 19th century as part of now discredited racial science, are being laid to rest on Saturday in a traditional jazz funeral.

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A woman carries a box near a hearse.

A Hindu Pilgrimage’s Sublime PainThousands make a grueling trek across Pakistan for spiritual devotion and cultural preservation.

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Smoke From Wildfires in Canada Wafts Into the Upper Midwest

States across the border issued air advisories about particulate pollution that are expected to last for several days.

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Western U.S. Is Seeing Its First Major Heat of the Year

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‘Prognosis Is Good,’ Biden Says in First Remarks About Cancer Diagnosis

Former President Biden said he was taking a single pill daily to treat aggressive prostate cancer.

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A Court Debates Whether a Climate Lawsuit Threatens National Security

Charleston, S.C., is arguing that oil companies misled people about climate risks. But President Trump has claimed these cases threaten national security.

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Businessman Accused of Orchestrating Attacks on Journalists

The journalists, who worked at New Hampshire Public Radio, had investigated claims of sexual misconduct against him.

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250 Million Honeybees Escape After a Truck Rolls Over in Washington State

Several emergency responders were stung after the truck flipped in a sparsely populated area of Whatcom County. Efforts were underway to recapture the bees.

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