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U.S. Presses Tough Demands in Revised Deal for Ukraine’s Minerals

The Trump administration wants revenues from Ukraine’s natural resources, according to a draft obtained by The Times, with no security guarantee in exchange.

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Emboldened Kremlin Steps Up Efforts to Seize Businesses in Russia

The Russian government is taking over private businesses in the name of national security, and has filed a lawsuit to seize Moscow’s second-largest airport.

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Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid a Purge at the Pentagon

Gen. Charles Brown Jr. and Adm. Lisa Franchetti, the naval chief, were among those fired as President Trump moved to root out diversity initiatives in the military.

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Dan Caine, Trump’s Joint Chiefs Pick, Had Unusual Path to Top Ranks

The general made an impression in 2018 when he said, according to the president, that the Islamic State could be defeated in a week.

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Defense Secretary Hegseth Fires Navy’s Top Officer

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Judge Blocks Trump’s D.E.I. Crackdown

Public Ledger From Musk’s Department Is Riddled With Mistakes

The figures from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency represent billions in cuts. They also include accounting errors and outdated data.

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Officials Are Fired at Traffic Safety Agency Investigating Musk’s Company

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How Federal Employees Are Fighting Back Against Elon Musk

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Frustrated Democrats Urge Leaders to Show More Fight Against President Trump

Voters, activists and even some governors, like Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, are growing exasperated with congressional Democrats’ restrained approach.

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‘See You in Court’: Maine Governor Clashes With Trump Over Trans Rights

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Israel Delays Prisoner Release After Hamas Frees 6 Hostages

Israel was supposed to release 620 Palestinian prisoners soon after the hostages were handed over. Officials gave no reason for the delay.

Israel Confirms Body Returned by Hamas Is That of Shiri Bibas

DNA tests confirmed that a second set of remains belatedly turned over by Hamas belonged to Shiri Bibas, who was taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023.

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  1. Nuseirat, Gaza
    Three hostages were released at an orchestrated ceremony in central Gaza on Saturday.
    Saher Alghorra for The New York Times
  2. Tel Aviv
    Friends and family of Omer Shem Tov celebrated as they watched his televised release.
    John Wessels/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  3. Nuseirat, Gaza
    Palestinian fighters and onlookers gathered ahead of the hostage transfer.
    Reuters
  4. Petah Tikva, Israel
    Omer Wenkert, a hostage held in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, arrived at the Beilinson Hospital Rabin Medical Center.
    Atef Safadi/EPA, via Shutterstock
  5. Petah Tikva, Israel
    A helicopter transported freed hostages back to Israel.
    Ahmad Gharabli/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  6. Nuseirat, Gaza
    The Red Cross acted as an intermediary during the transfer in central Gaza on Saturday.
    Saher Alghorra for The New York Times
  7. Rafah, Gaza
    Avera Mengistu and Tal Shoham were released as part of an exchange of hostages and prisoners between Hamas and Israel.
    Omar Al-Qattaa/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
  8. Tel Aviv
    A memorial for four dead hostages: Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, and Oded Lifshitz.
    Ronen Zvulun/Reuters

A Closer Look at the Freed Israeli Hostages

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In Syria, Joy at a Dictator’s Demise Turns Into Fear of Israeli Raids

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Markets and Corporate America Are Unfazed by Washington Chaos, for Now

The federal budget debate has big implications for the economy. Businesses are betting that tax cuts will be extended and that the math will work out.

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Did You Sell Concert Tickets or Clothes? You May Owe Taxes.

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THE INTERVIEW

Ed Yong Wants to Show You the Hidden Reality of the World

IDEAS

The Politics of Brutalism

Call them monuments, foreign elements, eyesores — Brutalist buildings have become another battleground in President Trump’s culture war.

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An American flag is seen waving in front of a concrete building.
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Big Day for Crypto Goes South in a Hurry After a Giant Hack

Hours after Coinbase said the S.E.C. was dropping a lawsuit against it, another major cryptocurrency exchange reported a potentially record-setting theft.

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Ben Zhou, dressed casually, appears on a large screen in front of an audience.

Shocked by President Trump, Europe Turns Its Hopes to Germany’s Election

Germany’s economy is stalled and its politics fractured. But it sees an opening for a new chancellor to lead Europe’s response to a changing America.

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The Unabashedly Provocative Youth Driving Germany’s Far Right

A new band of influencers unafraid of confrontation has helped elevate the Alternative for Germany party to second in pre-election polls.

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Global Right-Wing Leaders Revel in a Renewed Fight, Supercharged by Trump

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  1. Young activists are forming a new core of the AfD, Germany’s nationalist, anti-immigrant party.
    Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times
  2. They are building on the party’s base, which has traditionally been older, working-class men.
    Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times
  3. These young people, who often revel in being called extremists, are helping to broaden the party’s appeal ahead of Sunday’s national parliamentary election.
    Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times
  4. And they are using social media and other modern political tools to get out their message.
    Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times
  5. “We achieved our own counterculture.”
    Andy Habermann, the frontman of Wutbürger, a German rock band whose name translates to “enraged citizen”
    Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

Headstrong Francis Put the Church Above His Health, Vatican Observers Say

Many who know Pope Francis said he essentially worked himself into the hospital, driven by his mission and a discipline born of his early training.

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Pope Francis wearing a cream colored cassock and being pushed in a wheelchair.

What Survivors of the L.A. Fires Took With Them

They rushed to flee the fires in Southern California, grabbing their belongings and their pets. They took the precious and the mundane, each with its own story to tell.

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Opinion

The Editorial Board

Who Will Stand Up to Trump on Ukraine?

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Maureen Dowd

Maureen Dowd

Fail, Caesar!

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Donald Trump signs executive orders as an oversized crown hangs above his head.

James Gerstenzang

I’ve Seen Presidents Clash With the Press. This Is Different.

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President Trump posing in front of Mount Rushmore.

Patrick Healy

Trump Really Can’t Get Enough of Himself

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