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A Moment of Silence Says It All About GOP Policies

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Hate Crime or Not? You Tell Me

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Trump Waved Off Israeli Strike After Divisions Emerged in His Administration

Israel developed plans for attacking Iranian nuclear facilities that would have required U.S. assistance. But some administration officials had doubts. [...]

Iran Says Despite Shifting U.S. Messages, It Plans to Keep Participating in Nuclear Talks

But Iran’s foreign minister said Tehran planned to participate “calmly and coolly” in the negotiations. Both sides will meet in Rome on Saturday for a second round, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said. [...]

New Pushback to Trump’s Deportations, and Climate Research Under Threat

Plus, a capybara controversy in Argentina. [...]

Trump Says Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s ‘Termination Cannot Come Fast Enough’

The president said that Jerome Powell has been too hesitant to cut interest rates, and “he should certainly lower them now.” [...]

Can China Fight Deflation and Trump’s Tariffs at the Same Time?

China is facing a double whammy: corrosive deflation and tariffs that threaten to block trade. Chinese workers will be the biggest casualties. [...]

China Wants Countries to Unite Against Trump, but Is Met With Wariness

Beijing is using a mix of carrots and sticks to try to prevent other countries from siding with the United States in isolating China. [...]

Nvidia C.E.O. Meets With Chinese Trade Officials in Beijing

The day before the visit by Jensen Huang, lawmakers in Washington said they were investigating whether the chipmaker’s sales in China violated U.S. rules. [...]

I.R.S. Is Said to Be Considering Whether to Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status

The move would be a major escalation of the Trump administration’s attempts to choke off federal money and support for the leading research university. [...]

Why Does Harvard Have Tax-Exempt Status and Can the IRS Revoke It? What to Know.

The university, like many colleges and charities, is exempt from federal income and property taxes, saving it billions of dollars. President Trump has questioned whether it should enjoy that status. [...]

Trump’s Threats Force Powerful Institutions to Choose: Cut a Deal or Resist

In a hint of a shift in strategy, some of the country’s most powerful institutions have started choosing to resist. [...]

How Kyrsten Sinema's decision makes Democrats' 2024 Senate map tighter

Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democrats and two independents within their ranks, the caucus has 48 Democrats and three independents. [...]

Meet the woman steering Biden's bipartisan winning streak on Capitol Hill

The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marriage to party-line bills tackling climate change and expanding health care coverage, it's a record President Joe Biden and Democrats on the ballot were all eager to tout on the campaign trail during the midterms. [...]

CNN Political Briefing

The political news you need to know, in 10 minutes or less. Hosted by David Chalian. [...]

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics. [...]

Margins of Error

Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out. [...]

The notable legal clouds that continue to hang over Donald Trump

All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid. [...]

The fine print of the Respect for Marriage Act

Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court. [...]

Everything you need to know about Biden's student loan forgiveness program

President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts. [...]

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US to hold talks on Ukraine with European allies

Donald Trump has repeatedly said he wants to broker a swift end to the ongoing conflict. [...]

Man deported to El Salvador will never live in US, says White House

The White House doubles down on claims Kilmar Ábrego García was in a gang, which his lawyer denies. [...]

Reboot of disaster-hit Fyre Festival postponed, US media reports

The organisers of the failed 2017 Fyre Festival are reportedly looking for a new location for the reboot. [...]

Colombia declares health emergency after dozens die of yellow fever

Health authorities are urging people to get vaccinated before travelling to risk areas for Easter. [...]

Spanish police uncover illegal underground shooting range

Police suspect the range was used by a weapons trafficking ring to test assault rifles and other arms. [...]

Trump administration threatens Harvard with foreign student ban

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem accused the institution of "threatening national security". [...]

Tesla whistleblower wins latest legal battle against Elon Musk

Engineer Cristina Balan raised a safety concern about a design flaw which could affect the cars' braking in 2014. [...]

Canada party leaders grilled in election debate on how to tackle Trump

Frontrunner Mark Carney was tested in Wednesday's French-language debate, the first of two match-ups before the 28 April election. [...]

Famed Philippine film star Nora Aunor dies at 71

She was one of the Philippines' biggest film stars with a career that spanned seven decades. [...]

Italy's Meloni heads to US with unlikely mission for Europe

She will have to walk a tightrope between representing the interests of the EU and remaining in the US president's good books. [...]

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